Namco Museum scores?

[Britboy]

I've been playing Namco Museum on PS2 for a couple of weeks, love the nostalgia. Here are my high scores, written down after last night's gaming. If you so wish, post yours so I can see how good/pathetic mine are! Please note that none of these scores use patterns or other cheats...

Pac Man: 33,940
Galaga: 29,200
Dig Dug: 19,340 (truly awful I know)
Ms. Pac Man: 28,560
Galaxian: 10,550

Also, can you guys let me know what other classic arcade games and collections have been released for PS1, PS2, or N64? I'm having a blast with this collection, I'd love to play others if I knew what to ask for. (sorry if this has been asked before)

[digitalpress]

A few other notable PlayStation compilations:

Konami Arcade Classics
Arcade's Greatest Hits: Atari Collection I
Arcade's Greatest Hits: Atari Collection II
Arcade's Greatest Hits: Midway Collection
Williams' Arcade's Greatest Hits
Arcade Party Pak
Atari Collection Redux

NOT GOOD - Home console compilations
Atari 2600 Classics
Intellivision Classics

There are several import collections too: Irem Classics, Nichibutsu Arcade Classics, and several MSX and Capcom disc collections.

[bargora]

If you're into Xevious (and who isn't?), you could get Namco Museum Vol. 2 for PSX, but I would suggest you get the standalone disc Xevious 3D/G+ instead. I don't like the scroll method used on the Namco Museum Xevious port, so I prefer the port on 3D/G+. Also, you get Xevious Arrangement, and of course, the main attraction, Xevious 3D/G, which I think is one of the better "classic game updates" that I've played.

And my high score on Galaga is a paltry 175,000 or so. I was reading Supercade by Van Burnam, where it said that the author could "kick your ass" at Galaga. I've been wondering ever since how many millions her high score runs.

[cerex]

was playing galaga last night and got a highscore of 500,356 got up to level 70... :)

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

When, not if, but when, I finally make it to CGE, if there's a Galaga cabinet on free play I'm gonna smoke all y'all's asses. Including Van if she shows up. :lol:

[Arcade Antics]

Galaga? Pfft!

Meet me over on the GAPLUS machine and we'll see what's what.

:lol:

[Britboy]

I figured my scores sucked, but holy moly!

Thanks for the recommendations everyone

[Lady Jaye]

BTW, Britboy, which version of Pac-Man is in the PS2 version of Namco Museum? I have Namco Museum vol. 1 for the PSX, and its Pac-Man version is probably Puck-Man. The maze is completely different from the Midway North American release.

I personally prefer Atari Anniversary Redux to Namco Museum, not because of game preference, but because of versions used for the compilation (by the by, there's a bug in Atari Anniversary Redux's Pong in which the paddle can't cover the top, which gives it a sure-point corner for the opponent).

Then again, it is possible that Namco corrected Namco Museum's shortcomings when they ported it to the PS2. Is the museum better designed? I hate having to go back to the museum screen just to select the next item in the exhibition hall.

[Neil Koch]

It has Pac-Man, Pac-Man Arragngement, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Land, Pac-Attack, Dig Dug, Dig Dug Arrangement, Pole Position 1 and 2, Galaga, Galaga Arrangement and Galaxian.

There is no "museum" type stuff, but it's still a good disc because of the number of games. They did fix some of the glitches from the PSX ports; Pole Position has all the voices.

BTW, Aracde Party Pak and Arcade's Greatest Hots: Atari 2 won't work on a PS2.

[Lady Jaye]

But is Pac-Man actually Puck-Man (in other words, the original version of the game) or is it the Midway Pac-Man? There are substantial differences between the two versions.