Atariboy Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 There are no licensing issues involved here. This is all Namco IP with many dozens more in the lineup that could've been included. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 There are no licensing issues involved here. This is all Namco IP with many dozens more in the lineup that could've been included. or maybe some with atari, or midway? later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 or maybe some with atari, or midway? later -1 Nah, Namco owns it all. Atari and Midway were licensees. There have been a great many cut-down products called Namco Museum. I suspect it's about the upsell, or to keep development costs down. I'd rather have a more expensive and more complete product, but it seems like retro compilations "need" to be cheap. Like the silly AtGames Atari flashback software collections on Xbone and PS4 (or the Atari collections on DS before that) that are split into two volumes just so they could be sold cheaper in pieces. Argh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Personally I'd pay full market pricing ($50-60) if they threw every single Namco arcade game that has ever graced one of their emulation/simulation package deals going back the 5 volume run on PS1 to start, and then into the GBA, Cube/PS2, PSN offerings, and so on. There's a heap of games, a few more if you think of perhaps something only Japan got that probably today (but not then) would have been localized. I still knowing their cheapo coining habits on mobile wouldn't put it beyond them to charge X per game or for a pack of 3-5 games within the game itself. $30 for the base 10 titles, then another $5 for 3 or something. It would add up fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 The one thing I'm disappointed in is the fact there's no Pole Position! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 The one thing I'm disappointed in is the fact there's no Pole Position! Yeah. What's the deal with that. Maybe if it sells well another game will be released Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I'm still of the belief looking at their mobile model they'll release many more games as small bundle and/or individual download add-ons to really juice peoples wallets. All the complaining online about various omitted games is just $ to them you can nickel and dime out piece by piece. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/06/27/namco-museum-on-nintendo-switch-is-getting-a-bonus-gamecube-game/ Switch version gets the GameCube game Pac Man Vs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I'm still of the belief looking at their mobile model they'll release many more games as small bundle and/or individual download add-ons to really juice peoples wallets. All the complaining online about various omitted games is just $ to them you can nickel and dime out piece by piece. I'm okay with that, if they follow through with support. Seems equally possible they'll drop it and release something else called Namco Museum with a different set of games a few years later, as they've done on other platforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) I'd love to see DLC add-ons here, especially if they're games that are new to the Namco Museum lineup. Edited June 28, 2017 by Atariboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I could see it go either way. They have that history going back to the PS1 with the N A M C O branded 5 discs of old games, but you can see the do additional purchase under existing stuff in the last decade in console/mobile(tablet/phone) stuff too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I could see it go either way. They have that history going back to the PS1 with the N A M C O branded 5 discs of old games, but you can see the do additional purchase under existing stuff in the last decade in console/mobile(tablet/phone) stuff too. They did two different releases on PS2, a whole bunch of overlapping collections from different developers on GBA, one disc-only collection on PSP, and a damned confusing set of releases on mobile. Capcom has done that too, releasing arcade collections then dropping support then releasing very similar things. It's enough to make people talk about "ownership" vs. "virtual leases" and other codswallop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/06/27/namco-museum-on-nintendo-switch-is-getting-a-bonus-gamecube-game/ Switch version gets the GameCube game Pac Man Vs. This is an excellent game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Very aware of what Namco, Capcom, even Taito and Konami have done. Codswallop eh? I raise you a digital heretic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Pack Man, Dig Dug and Galaga alone are worth my $30. I hope you can go full screen and some sort of fugly border isn't mandatory. Can't stand those.. They might allow stretching in Vertical to give full-screen, but personally, I think it's more likely they'll do a border over the other solutions. For me, I'd rather have a border (or no border) and preserve aspect ratio than get erroneous graphics or cut-off elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 This is an excellent game. I'm very confused as to how it will work though. Will this be a multi-switch only game? I can't imagine it working otherwise. Incidentally, Namco Museum DS also had Pac-Man Vs. built in, and it supported single-card multiplayer. Personally I'd go for that one, if only because it's definitely cheaper these days, and you're way more likely to find four DS or 3DS than four switch in a single spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 It should be out now. Any reviews from people here? Any good highscores on the leaderboards? later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) So there is no physical release to this?? Also noticed an killer $30 price for it too, really? The PS3 game was 1/3 or 1/2 that price a few years back as a download too and had a nice selection of games too. Smells of a cash grab. Edited July 29, 2017 by Tanooki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJosh Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) I see some of you guys playing this, how is it? Worth $30 or not really? Edited July 29, 2017 by FJosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) Second guessing if I will buy this because no physical release and can't stand ugly borders! Who would not want to play these games full screen? Yuck. Is much rather play dig dug on my 7800 than with some cheesy border graphic on a smaller screen. Edited July 29, 2017 by travistouchdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) Who would want something like a 3:4 arcade game stretched to fill a 16:9 display? I think it's safe to state that you're very much in the minority, at least among classic gamers. Edit: Or are you complaining that they don't fill your screen vertically? That there's always letterboxing going on (Judging by YouTube videos) is a complaint that I can get behind. Even in TATE mode, the top and bottom of your television that now represents the left and right sides of your game display, still have a border for some bizarre reason. But they're close enough to being as large as possible within the constraints of their original aspect ratio where it would be an annoyance for me rather than a significant issue. This happens in several classic compilations of the past 10-12 years, and I imagine is done since it's desirable from a scaling perspective. Edited July 29, 2017 by Atariboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I'll take that cheesy border because I saw pictures of it and that's a travesty calling it names -- they're the original borders you'd find around the actual screen on an arcade cabinet. It gives it more atmosphere like the original you heretic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 The Switch looks like it might be a good machine for TATE mode in arcade classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 It is, it's fun, if a little small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I want this, but $30 with no physical cart is asking a lot. I have trouble passing the $20 threshold for a download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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