These arranged games have appeared on other Namco Museum titles, but the PSP editions have been revamped yet again to set them apart. The arranged games feature heavily updated graphics, and Namco did an amazing job with them. Each game in NMBC (except for the arranged versions) has multiple screen settings original, stretched, and sometimes even vertical! This allows the player to get as close to the original arcade look as possible.
Previous handheld editions of Namco Museum have often had their graphics squished and smushed to fit the handheld’s aspect ratio. While there’s only a few of these arranged titles, they’re a nice bit of polish on an already great collection of classics. These feature all-new graphics, sound, and added gameplay elements. As if that list wasn’t impressive enough on its own, Namco strengthens the pack by adding “arranged” versions of Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, New Rally-X, and Galaga. Plenty of genres are represented here, like platformers, racing games, shooters, adventure, and action. Many games here as exclusive to the US version, too…for once, we didn’t get screwed over! At any rate, here’s the list of classic arcade titles you’ll find in NMBC: As the title states, the focus here is on battling friends, so let’s see how well that works out.Īs with past anthologies in the series, NMBC has quite an impressive roster. We had multiple volumes on the Playstation, then the collected editions on the N64, PS2, GBA, and more…and they just keep on coming! Recently, the PSP got its own version known as Namco Museum Battle Collection. It seems like there’s been an endless amount of Namco Museum games.