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Namco Museum Virtual Arcade

Go back in time with Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade and relive classic Namco arcade favorites including Tower of Druaga, Galaga, Grobda, Mappy, Metro-Cross, Ms. Pac-Man, New Rally-X, Pac-Man Arrangement, Pole…

70 4 November 2008

Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is an arcade developed by Namco Bandai America, released 4 November 2008 on Xbox 360.

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What Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is

Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is an arcade game developed by Namco Bandai America and released in 2008. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on Xbox 360 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Go back in time with Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade and relive classic Namco arcade favorites including Tower of Druaga, Galaga, Grobda, Mappy, Metro-Cross, Ms. Pac-Man, New Rally-X, Pac-Man Arrangement, Pole Position 2, Sky Kid, and Xevious, just to name a few. Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade also features Pac-Man Championship Edition which was voted the best downloadable game of 2007 by numerous video game publications. Galaga Legions continues Pac-Man Championship Edition's legacy with a smart re-tooling of the franchise that stays true to the series' roots.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Namco Museum Virtual Arcade holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Namco Museum Virtual Arcade launched on 4 November 2008, within three weeks of Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Gears of War 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2.

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When did Namco Museum Virtual Arcade come out?
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade was released on 4 November 2008 for Xbox 360.

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