Tuesday, April 26, 2016

No Nonsense Review: Namco Museum Battle Collection PSP



On the surface, just a collection of 17 classic arcade games and 4 remixed versions of classic titles.

I know I could get into the description of all the games, but I won’t bore you with that. Just to post a list of them.

Galaxian (1979)
Pac-Man (1980)
King & Balloon (1980)
Rally-X (1980)
New Rally-X (1981)
Galaga (1981)
Bosconian (1981)
Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
Dig Dug (1982)
Xevious (1982)
Mappy (1983)
The Tower of Druaga (1984)
Grobda (1984)
Dragon Buster (1985)
Motos (1985)
Dig Dug II (1985)
Rolling Thunder (1986)

My personal favs are Mappy, Dig Dug, Xevious and Galaga.

In short, the remixes are

Pac-Man Arrangement
Dig Dug Arrangement
Galaga Arrangement
New Rally-X Arrangement

Pacman is fun. This one has bosses who as soon as you hit a power pellet explodes into mini ghosts which for a brief time you gobble up.

Dig Dug is interesting. The power up and the various levels make it a really good game.

Galaga is IMPOSSIBLE. There is no clear way to beat the bosses in this game.

New Rally X is pure fun. Oh sure it’s more or less the same as the original, but with better graphics. Which only improves things, and I think even today’s gamers will have fun with this one.