Namco Museum (Game Boy Advance video game)

Namco Museum (ナムコミュージアム, Namuko Myūjiamu) is a 2001 video game compilation developed by Mass Media and published by Namco for the Game Boy Advance. It contains ports of five of their classic arcade games, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position, Dig Dug, Galaga, and Galaxian.

Namco Museum
Developer(s)	Mass Media
Publisher(s)	WW: Namco EU: Infogrames
Series	Namco Museum
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Release	NA: June 11, 2001 JP/EU: December 7, 2001
Genre(s)	Various
Mode(s)	Single-player

Compilation

Namco Museum for Game Boy Advance was one of the first compilations in the Namco Museum series to omit a virtual museum. The GBA version was released worldwide, and was a launch title for the system in North America.^[1] The following games, originally featured in Namco Museum Vol. 1 and Namco Museum Vol. 3 for the PlayStation, are included:

• Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
• Galaga (1981)
• Galaxian (1979)
• Pole Position (1982)
• Dig Dug (1982)

The GBA version does not retain high scores when powered off, which is also the case with Pac-Man Collection.

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	79/100[2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
AllGame	[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	7/10[4]
Game Informer	7/10[5]
Gamekult	3/10[6]
GameSpot	7.2/10[7]
GameSpy	82%[8]
IGN	8.5/10[9]
Jeuxvideo.com	4/20[10]
Next Generation	[11]
Nintendo Power	[12]
Nintendo World Report	5.5/10[13]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[2] NextGen said of the game, "The emulation is perfect, though GBA's mono speaker warps the timbre of the occasional sound effect. [...] If you can actually see it, you'll love it."^[11] Bad Hare of GamePro called it "an old-school must-own."^[14][a]

The game sold 2.4 million units in the U.S. and earned $37 million by August 2006. During the period between June 2001 and August 2006, it was the third-highest-selling game for handheld game consoles in that country.^[15] By December 2007, that number grew to 2.96 million units.^[16]

Notes

1. GamePro gave the game 4.5/5 for graphics, two 4/5 scores for sound and control, and 5/5 for fun factor.