Ludography
Namco Museum cover

1995 · Now Production · Arcade

Namco Museum

Namco Museum is a series of video game compilations developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for home video game consoles. The first title in the series, Namco Museum Vol. 1, was released for the PlayStation in 1995. Entries in the series have been released for multiple platforms, including the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360.

Released
22 November 1995
Platforms
DreamcastGame Boy AdvanceGameCubeNintendo 64Nintendo SwitchPlayStationPlayStation 2PlayStation 3PlayStation PortableXbox
Genres
Arcade
Developers
Now ProductionTose Co.NamcoMass Media Inc.M2Bandai Namco EntertainmentGotch Technology Corp.
Publishers
NamcoBandai Namco Entertainment
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English, Japanese, Korean
Copies sold
1.0 million

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

In August 1996, Namco reported accumulated sales of 600,000 units for the Namco Museum series in Japan alone. In the United States, The NPD Group in 2010 listed Namco Museum among the all-time top ten best-selling video games in the United States. The franchise has sold a total of at least 14.087 million copies worldwide.

125 out of 10, citing the excellent quality of the emulation and the interesting virtual museum content. Mark Lefebvre summarized that "Namco has given gamers what they've always been asking for: old titles." Next Generation likewise complimented the emulation quality and the virtual museum, and concluded that for those interested in retro compilations, "this is as good as this sort of thing gets." They scored it four out of five stars.

Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update

Title ids and disc serials by release
PlatformTitle IDRegionLatest update
DreamcastT-1403NNorth America—
Game Boy AdvanceAGB-ANMP-EUREurope—
AGB-ANMJ-JPNJapan—
AGB-ANME-USANorth America—
Nintendo Switch010002F001220000—v2
PlayStation 3NPJB90118Japan—
PlayStation PortableNPJH-50138Japan—
UCAS-40166Japan—
UCKS-45005Japan—
ULJS-00012Japan—
ULJS-19006Japan—

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