- For other uses of Namco Museum Vol. 2, see Namco Museum Vol. 2 (disambiguation).
Namco Museum Vol. 2 (ナムコミュージアム Vol. 2 Namuko Myūjiamu Vol. 2) for the PlayStation Portable is a game compilation released in 2006 by Namco. It is the sequel to the PSP version of Namco Museum.
This collection was exclusively released on the Japanese and South Korean market. In North America and Europe, a majority of its contents were included in Namco Museum Battle Collection (which was released in between the first and second Japanese/Korean volumes).
It is not to be confused with the original PlayStation game Namco Museum Vol. 2, which was later released digitally for the PlayStation Portable as a "PS1 Classic" release.
Overview[]
This compilation features two new "Arrangement" games (Pac-Man Arrangement Plus and Motos Arrangement), alongside a different selection of arcade titles. As with the first volume, the arcade ports are emulation-based, though have added additional features (such as the ability to continue and to enable "Maniac Options").
Each game (with the exception of The Tower of Druaga and Grobda) features a multiplayer wireless mode for use with two PSP consoles. Additionally, Namco Museum Vol. 2 includes one-round "demo" versions of the seven arcade titles from the first volume. The player can also send these demos to another PSP through a wireless "Game Sharing Mode".[2]
Games[]
Namco Museum Vol. 2 includes the following titles:
- Pac-Man Arrangement Plus (2006)
- Motos Arrangement (2006)
- King & Balloon (1980)
- Bosconian (1981)
- Xevious (1982)
- Mappy (1983)
- The Tower of Druaga (1984)
- Grobda (1984)
- Dig Dug II (1985)
- Dragon Buster (1985)
- Motos (1985)
- Rolling Thunder (1986)
- Dragon Spirit (1987)
Titles that are included as one-round demo versions include Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaxian, Galaga, Rally-X, New Rally-X, and Dig Dug. Titles that support the "Game Sharing Mode" include the aforementioned games in addition to Bosconian, King & Balloon, and Xevious.
Trivia[]
- The arcade ports in the compilation were reportedly outsourced to two different developers. Games that were originally released between 1979 and 1982 had their ports developed by Gotch Technology; the titles from 1983 onward were ported by an unknown developer, possibly TOSE.
- Likely in connection to the split development staff, the "Game Sharing Mode" only includes the pre-1983 titles.
- While nearly all of the arcade ports use proper emulation, the included version of Rolling Thunder is reportedly a port of the less arcade-accurate Namco Museum Encore version.
- The South Korean release is unmodified from the Japanese version in code, with all menu text remaining in Japanese.[3] Ironically, this also results in the Korean version retaining the Ms. Pac-Man demo, despite the game being removed in the Korean release of the first volume; as well as using the actual game titles for Galaxian and Rally-X.[1]
- While Namco Museum Vol. 2 is the direct sequel to the original Japanese version, it is likely that Battle Collection was developed first. This is evident by early promotional write-ups highlighting Battle Collection as having "10 US exclusives",[4] as well as Vol. 2 reusing Battle Collection's "Game Sharing Mode" (with the same game titles).[2]
- Pac-Man Arrangement Plus, Motos Arrangement, and Dragon Spirit are the only games present in Vol. 2 that are not also featured in Battle Collection.
- The Motos Arrangement game would effectively be reworked into Pac-Motos, a Pac-Man-themed game that debuted in Namco Museum Remix for the Wii.
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