NamCompendium: Game Boy RANKED
Namco published dozens of games for the original Game Boy. Here I'll show you with absolute, soul-deflating accuracy how they stack up against themselves.
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(Developed by TOSE) This cart contains Famista 4, which is exclusive to this compilation. It also contains the pretty good GB conversion of Galaxian, the compromised but content rich conversion of Dig Dug, and the massive pseudo-RPG rendition of Druago no Tou. Just for the amount of gameplay alone this takes the biscuit.
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(Developed by TOSE) It's a pretty good port of Galaxian and a decent port of Galaga. Both lose their arcade aspect ratio, but at least manage to display the entire play field on screen at all times (sans score). Galaxian is also included in Namco Gallery Vol. 2, while Galaga is included in Namco Gallery Vol. 1.
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It's the same Druaga you know and love from the Famicom, but with a few tweaks to make it play a bit more like a portable action RPG. It also has a complete second dungeon with multiple endings. Certainly worth a look. Also included in Namco Gallery Vol. 2, which is an insanely good buy.
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(Developed by Namco) You can play this with either full view of the maze with sprite that are basically ants, or with scrolling field of view that reveals maybe 40% of the maze at a given time. Power Pellets last longer as well, making the default arcade difficulty much easier than you'd think. This does mitigate the loss of visual awareness somewhat. It's also still Pac-Man, which means it can only be so bad.
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The okay Galaga conversion, the only way to play Mappy on the original GB, and plus Battle City (remake of Tank Battalion which is also available as a standalone) and Namco Classic.
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(Developed by Namco) Take everything from Ms. Pac-Man above and paste it here, but the sound is a little worse? Also the ghosts being a little more adept here makes the loss of vision in the scrolling mode way more of a shit.
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(Developed by Now Production) Features two game play modes, the second being a puzzle-adventure-esque take on Dig Dug. Both are severely dinged by slow game play and a limited field of view. Included in Namco Gallery Vol. 2, which is a way better get than the standalone cart if you must play this version.
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