Namco Brings Its Museum To PS3, Home

Posted by Jeff (3084 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

Namco Bandai has announced domestic release plans for Namco Museum Essentials, a compilation of several old Namco arcade classics. The package is set to hit the PlayStation Network as a download in July, and it will include Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Dragon Spirit, and Xevious. There will also be a newly designed Xevious update called Xevious: Resurrection.

Like the beta version released in Japan, Namco Museum Essentials will also have its hooks in PlayStation Home. By completing goals in the games, you'll be able to unlock clothing for your Home avatars. I got a totally gangsterous Pooka hat from the Japanese beta that easily made randomly dancing and standing around in Home five times as amazing as it is without said hat.

Along with some images of the various games (news flash: Dig Dug continues to look like Dig Dug), Namco also sent over some footage of the new Xevious remake in action. Look!

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#1 Posted by Jeff (3084 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

Namco Bandai has announced domestic release plans for Namco Museum Essentials, a compilation of several old Namco arcade classics. The package is set to hit the PlayStation Network as a download in July, and it will include Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Dragon Spirit, and Xevious. There will also be a newly designed Xevious update called Xevious: Resurrection.

Like the beta version released in Japan, Namco Museum Essentials will also have its hooks in PlayStation Home. By completing goals in the games, you'll be able to unlock clothing for your Home avatars. I got a totally gangsterous Pooka hat from the Japanese beta that easily made randomly dancing and standing around in Home five times as amazing as it is without said hat.

Along with some images of the various games (news flash: Dig Dug continues to look like Dig Dug), Namco also sent over some footage of the new Xevious remake in action. Look!

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#2 Posted by darkspirit138 (480 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

Hey! This is interesting? A tie-in to PSHome? I hope its good, might help PSHome succeed its potential.

#3 Posted by Luke (1609 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

@darkspirit138: Other games have already done this, including Street Fighter IV. I got 3 new shirts from playing through it... including a Dan one!!! yay :)

#4 Edited by coffeesash (347 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

Namco Museum was one of the very first game to have Home integration when it hit in Japan aaaaaaaaaaaaages ago. I'm glad I can finally buy the full version instead of bumming around on the Japanese beta. If you do really well in the Japanese beta you get Pacman, Dig Dug and Galaga cabinets to put in Home that work when you use them... as long as you have the game... so people invited to your apartment always go right up to them then complain they don't work xD

#5 Posted by JJOR64 (18132 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

Maybe I will actually have some fun in Home now.

#6 Posted by WilliamRLBaker (4767 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

With the Xevious remake being the only original content its not worth a purchase for me, since i got namco virtual arcade which has all those games....

#7 Posted by babz (310 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

free stuff = + 2

#8 Posted by ROBdaMOB (173 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

@coffeesash: i unlocked those from my japan account and they are in my us account

#9 Posted by Pepsicolaboy (306 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

More of this.

I said more dammit!

#10 Edited by TwoOneFive (9449 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

sweet!

@WilliamRLBaker said:

" With the Xevious remake being the only original content its not worth a purchase for me, since i got namco virtual arcade which has all those games.... "

good for you.