Pac-Man's Arcade Party, which went on release in 2010.

Bandai Namco Holdings is a Japanese holdings company that specializes in video games, toys, arcades, anime and amusement parks, and is headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo.[1] They were formed after the merge of Namco and Bandai on 29 September 2005, with both companies' assets being merged into a single corporate entity. The video game branch of the company is Bandai Namco Entertainment, producing games for home consoles, arcade hardware and mobile phones. Bandai Namco creates several highly successful video game franchises, including Tekken, Pac-Man, Gundam and Tales, as is Japan's third largest video game company and the seventh in the world by revenue, as well as the largest toy company in the world by 2017.[2][3]

Since 1990, Bandai Namco has produced many compilations containing their games, notably their arcade titles from the 1970s and 1980s, for various home video game systems, handhelds, personal computers and arcade boards. Out of these compilations, the Namco Museum series has been the most successful, selling a total of 9.113 million copies total across all platforms.[n 1] Some of these compilations would be outsourced to other game developers, including Microsoft, Mass Media, Digital Eclipse, M2, and Cattle Call.

List of compilations

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Title Original release date

Japan

North America

PAL region

Disk NG 1 9 March 1990[9] none none
Notes:
Disk NG 2 26 April 1990[9] none none
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Galaxian & Galaga 14 July 1995[9] 26 June 1996[11] 1995
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Namco Museum Vol. 1 22 November 1995[9] 31 July 1996 17 August 1996
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Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 November 1995 1995 1995
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Namco Classic Collection Vol. 2 March 1996 1996 1996
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Namco Museum Vol. 2 9 February 1996[9] 30 September 1996 22 November 1996
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Microsoft Return of Arcade none April 1996 none
Notes:
  • Released for Windows 95
  • Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Dig Dug and Pole Position
  • Published by Microsoft as the second installment of the Microsoft Arcade series and the first to feature Namco games (The original Microsoft Arcade featured Atari games)
  • Was given a re-release in 2000 that included Ms. Pac-Man, renamed Microsoft Return of Arcade Anniversary Edition
Namco Museum Vol. 3 21 June 1996[9] 31 January 1997 12 February 1997
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Namco Gallery Vol. 1 21 July 1996[9] none none
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Namco Museum Vol. 4 8 November 1996[9] 30 June 1997 18 August 1997
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Namco Gallery Vol. 2 29 November 1996[9] none none
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Arcade Classics none none 1996
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Namco Museum Vol. 5 28 February 1997 26 November 1997 26 February 1998
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Xevious 3D/G+ 28 March 1997[9] 30 June 1997 1997
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Namco History Vol. 1 25 April 1997[14] none none
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Namco Gallery Vol. 3 25 July 1997[9] none none
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Namco Museum Encore 30 October 1997 none none
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Namco History Vol. 2 28 November 1997 none none
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Namco Anthology 1 4 June 1998 none none
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Namco History Vol. 3 9 June 1998 none none
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Namco Anthology 2 23 September 1998 none none
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Microsoft Revenge of Arcade none October 1998 none
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  • Released for Windows 95
  • Includes Rally-X, Ms. Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy and Motos
  • Published by Microsoft as the third installment of the Microsoft Arcade series and the second to feature Namco games
  • Marks the first known appearance of the arcade version of Motos in North America
Namco History Vol. 4 4 December 1998 none none
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Namco Collection Vol. 1 2 April 1999[15] none none
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Namco Collection Vol. 2 30 April 1999[15] none none
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Namco Museum 64 none 31 October 1999 none
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Pac-Man: Special Color Edition none November 1999[16] none
Notes:
Pac-Man Collection 11 January 2002[17] 12 July 2001[17] 7 December 2001[17]
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Namco Museum none 31 July 2000 none
Notes:
  • Released for the Dreamcast
  • Includes the same titles as Namco Museum 64 with the addition of Pac-It, a mini-game playable on the Dreamcast VMU
  • Developed by Mass Media
Namco Museum none 4 December 2001 none
Notes:
20 Year Reunion: Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga – Class of 1981 none 2001 none
Notes:
  • Released for arcades
  • Includes Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga to celebrate both games' 20th anniversary
  • Pac-Man is included as a hidden game, and can be unlocked with a code
Gunvari Collection + Time Crisis 12 December 2002 none none
Notes:
Namco Vintage none 6 November 2004[18] none
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Game Densetsu January 2005 none none
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Namco Museum Battle Collection 24 February 2005 23 August 2005 9 December 2005
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NamCollection 21 July 2005[19] none none
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Namco Museum 50th Anniversary 26 January 2006 30 August 2005[20] 31 March 2006
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Pac-Man 25th Anniversary none 2005 none
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Namco Museum Vol. 2 23 February 2006 none none
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Namco Nostalgia 1 15 June 2006 none none
Notes:
  • Released as a "plug'n play" controller
  • Includes Xevious, Mappy, Xevious: Scramble Mission and Mappy: Revenge of Nyamco, the last two being exclusive to this compilation
  • Part of Bandai's Let's! TV Play Classic series
Namco Nostalgia 2 15 June 2006 none none
Notes:
  • Released as a "plug'n play" controller
  • Includes Gaplus, Dragon Buster, Gaplus Phanlax and Dragon Buster 100, the last two being exclusive to this compilation
  • Part of Bandai's Let's! TV Play Classic series
Namco Museum DS 11 October 2007 18 September 2007 22 February 2008
Notes:
Namco Museum Remix 23 October 2007[21] 6 December 2007[21] 18 April 2008[21]
Notes:
Namco Classic Fighter Collection none 17 September 2008[22] none
Notes:
Pac-Man Power Pack none 17 September 2008[22] none
Notes:
Naruto: Ultimate Collection none 17 September 2008[22] none
Notes:
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade 5 November 2009 4 November 2008[23] 15 May 2009
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Namco Museum Essentials 29 January 2009[24] 22 July 2009[25] 1 April 2010[25]
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Namco Games Portal none 26 July 2010[29] none
Notes:
Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X 5 August 2010[30] none none
Notes:
Time Crisis: Razing Storm 21 October 2010 19 October 2010[31] 5 November 2010
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Namco Museum Megamix none 16 November 2010[33] none
Notes:
Pac-Man's Arcade Party none 2010[34] none
Notes:
Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions 23 June 2011 26 July 2011[35] 26 August 2011[35]
Notes:
Galaga 30th Collection 3 July 2011[36] 3 July 2011[36] 3 July 2011[36]
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Tekken Hybrid 1 December 2011[37] 22 November 2011[37] none
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Namco Arcade 26 January 2012 2013 2013
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Pac-Man Games none 29 March 2012 none
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Duel Pack: Pac-Man World 3 / Namco Museum DS none 30 October 2012 none
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Pac-Man Museum 25 June 2014 25 February 2014[38] 26 February 2014
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Arcade Game Series 20 April 2016[40] 20 April 2016[40] 20 April 2016[40]
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Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack 20 April 2016[41] 20 April 2016[41] 20 April 2016[41]
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Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 + Arcade Game Series none 1 November 2016 none
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Namco Museum 28 July 2017 28 July 2017[42] 28 July 2017[42]
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Pac-Man's Pixel Bash none June 2018 none
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Namco Museum Arcade Pac none 28 September 2018[43] none
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Namco Museum Mini Player none 25 July 2019[44] none
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Namcot Collection 18 June 2020 none none
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Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1 none 18 June 2020 18 June 2020
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Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2 none 18 June 2020 18 June 2020
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See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Namco Museum series:
    • Namco Museum Vol. 1 sales: 1.65 million units[4]
    • Namco Museum Vol. 3 sales: 2.24 million units[4]
    • Namco Museum 64 sales: 1.04 million units[4]
    • Namco Museum (GBA) sales: 2.96 million units[4]
    • Namco Museum (PS2) sales: ≈1.80 million units[4]
    • Namco Museum Battle Collection Japan sales: 79,527 units[5]
    • Namco Museum Vol. 2 (PSP) sales: 24,934 units[6]
    • Namco Museum DS Japan sales: 33,393 units[7]
    • Namco Museum Virtual Arcade Japan sales (first week): 5,912 units[8]

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