Namco Museum Battle Collection - PSP - Review

Namco Museum Battle Collection[a] is a 2005 video game compilation developed by Tose and published by Namco for the PlayStation Portable; the first Namco Museum since the PS1 series to be developed in Japan. It includes 21 games - four of these are brand-new "arrangement" remakes of older Namco games, while the rest are emulated ports of Namco arcade games from the 1970s and 1980s. These ports include an options menu that allows the player to modify the in-game settings, such as the screen orientation and number of lives. Players can send one-level demos to a friend's console via the "Game Sharing" option in the main menu.
Battle Collection was the first PlayStation Portable game to make use of the system's game sharing function. The Japanese version of the game, simply titled Namco Museum, was split into two different volumes - the second volume includes three games not found in international releases, these being Dragon Spirit and two new "arrangement" games based on Pac-Man and Motos. Battle Collection was met with a positive response from critics; reviewers applauded the large library of games, emulation quality and multiplayer features, although would heave criticism towards the Game Sharing option, which many deemed "useless", and for the game requiring a firmware update to boot. In Japan, the first game sold 79,572 copies in its first week of release. (Wikipedia, 2024)

[@bundjohn]

A nice collection of games, it’s always good to see more PSP reviews!

[@gullpayne]

I m all about the psp John 👍

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Got this with my first PSP, its a nice collection. Cool share! 👍

[@gullpayne]

Ya interesting collection all right so many of them as wel 👍

[@RetroEdUK]

Used to love the pre loading games!
I’ve played most apart from rally x that, from your footage, looks fun
Enjoy the weekend mate.

[@gullpayne]

Ya it’s surprisingly addictive have a great weekend as well buddy 😁

[@mtshark7]

Nice review Gull!

[@gullpayne]

Hope all is good with you my friend 👍

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

Awesome collection of games, love rolling thunder and galaga.
The upgraded versions are pretty cool.

[@gullpayne]

Love these collections very good pick up and play

[@Pjvenom1985]

Nice video and review Gull fair play as always boyo.🌱🕹🍀

[@gullpayne]

Hope all is good with u PJ buddy

[@marcgoesblindgaming2076]

That is a great collection of games

[@gullpayne]

Quality titles all right

[@gallowaygaming75]

Looks a pretty decent collection of games buddy i like the looks of the pac man game on it 🙂👍

[@gullpayne]

Ya interesting they did not go full remake just slight upgrade 😁

[@retroimportgamer513]

I like the NAMCO collection games on any console, I did have this a few years ago and remember it being good, I prefer the original games myself. Mappy is fantastic 👍

[@gullpayne]

You can’t beat these collections