I still remember going over to my neighbors’ house and we’d play this game over and over (we were all around the ages of 5 - 7); fast forward to many years later and me randomly thinking of this game but not remembering what it was called. It was so nice to be able to find a walkthrough of Vol. 1 and reliving the nostalgia from 12 years ago
This game is a masterpiece. The virtual museum brings back so many memories with my sister just exploring it and playing toypop together because it was one of the few multiplayer games available to us at the time. I love the music that plays in the museum. Somewhat ominous but still relaxing. The sound of it makes me feel like time is going by quickly but it's peaceful. Everything in the museum is peaceful. Also it's strange how there is no one else in the museum either, just a mannequin at the entrance. Anyways this was my childhood and i still have the game but it doesnt work on my new ps2 slim so i came back to check it out
Your comment made me tear up. My brother and I grew up playing this together on his PS1. It was always funny watching him play as his whole body would lean to the sides during the racing game. He passed away a year and a half ago. I’m so thankful I found this, it brought back many beautiful memories. Cherish your siblings 🤍
This needs a remaster. A fully fleshed out, awesome museum hub that brings you to the old namco games but in HD. Dont touch the old games obviously, Just the museum itself.
@@alexworld8255 Yeah it’s funny that you mention that because I’m thinking the same thing. Considering that the Namco Museum series still exists today, and with the rise of VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC vive, I’m surprised that Namco hadn’t brought the museum hub back in the latest versions.
This is something I've always thought about making but only recently built a PC, so, thank you for making these videos. I spent an unreal amount of time in these virtual museums as a kiddo, but have only ever owned Vol 1 and Vol 3. I remember all of the weird promotional items in the exhibit halls--and as a slightly older kid--finding out that some of the games I liked the most in these compilations were never released outside of Japan. It was like a mysterious window into another time, in another world.
Yeah and you can tell that most of the items on display are from Japan especially when you look at the flyer for Pac man because it says Puck man and if you know the story of Pac-Man’s creation then you’ll know why. When Pac-Man was originally released in Japan they called it Puck man due to his shape, but when Namco decided to bring the game to the United States they changed the name because Masaya Nakamura, the founder and president of Namco, was worried that American’s would vandalize the game and change the p to an f so they changed to Pac-Man.
@@smashmaster521 Volume 4, 5, and ncore are where the best of Namco's games from arcades reside. Legend of Valkrie, Genpei Toumaden, Return of Ishtar, Sky Kid, Rolling Thunder, Dragon Saber, Pac-Land, Assault/Assault Plus, Rompers, Mappy, Super Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, games that are not to be taken lightly. What you said are why Namco keeps putting out the same games over and over on their museums.
As a kid, I spent HOURS in vol. 1 and vol. 3 going through all the memorabilia exhibits and playing the games. Bosconian, Toypop, Galaga, Dig Dug, Phozon and the Tower of Druaga were my absoute favorites.
I love that these collections have an overworld / hub, it works really well.. it was cool that sonic on the Saturn had one too.. there should definitely be one with Mario games and peach’s castle from the 64.. just replace the games with the paintings.. been a video I’ve wanted to make for a while now, finally getting to it soon.
I had this game for Playstation. It was originally my uncle's copy, but he eventually gave it to me since I played it more than him. And that's how my love of retro gaming started!
I would honestly hate if I had to slowly walk in first person to each game today. But at the time, my 4-year-old mind was so enamored by the atmosphere because I had all the time in the world.
Finally. Finally finally finally. I remember this game. I was always so intrigued at what it was and just the whole museum thing. I remember playing toypop so much. I need to find this game. I know I have it somewhere. Can’t believe I’m 29 now. I would play this for hours and hours.
1:34:50 - I wonder if the original plan was to have Pole Position II in this collection before at some point it was changed. The cover art has a PP2 screenshot, and the projector is showing the PP2 car as well.
Oh my lord I found it I finally found it, I've been trying to remember what this fucking thing was for the last 5 years, started to think I'd dreamt it! 20 years ago bloody hell
@@Dizzyizzy42 yeah I have it but I was they can just use ps3s ps1 emulator on a ps4 and bring all the games of ps1 that were on ps3 cause it has all namco museum volumes
Introduction: 0:00 2:28 Toy Pop Exhibit 10:41: Toy Pop (Playing) 16:01 Bosconian Exhibit 23:00 Bosconian (Playing) 32:30 Rally X Exhibit 43:10 Old Version 47:09 New Version (Playing) 55:00 Pac Man Exhibit 1:05:45 Pac Man (Playing) 1:11:05 Galaga Exhibit 1:17:05 Galaga (Playing) 1:27:31 Pole Position Exhibit 1:35:20 Pole Position (Playing) 1:39:33 Lounge Ending
I freaking miss when developers actually put effort into game re-releases and compilations. This must've felt truly magical in the 90s. I'm still pretty mad that volumes 2, 4 and 5 never got re-released though. If you put every Namco Museum PS1 game side by side, the box art for each spells out the Namco logo
1 and 3 are dirt common, they had reprints so that raised their amount of printed copies, while 2,4, and 5 were criminally overlooked, no thanks in big part to gaming magazines back in the day giving them poor scores because Namco "scraped the bottom of the barrel to created voolumes 4 and 5". So Namco started putting out the same games over and over for future Museum games, and left a lot of their classics out.
ToyPop and Popcorn. Once upon a time in 1997, a 4 year-old boy was being babysat by his godfather while his parents went out. The boy’s godfather had just gone to Hollywood Video earlier that day to rent a copy of Namco Museum Vol. 1 and buy popcorn and candy. The boy wasn’t interested in playing at first but the boy’s godfather insisted that his godson choose a game. The boy chose ToyPop. One hour passed, and the godfather wanted to choose another game but the spoiled boy wanted to keep playing ToyPop. They played on for another hour, with fingers greasy with butter from the popcorn. They both shared that memory, and little does that boy’s godfather know how much the boy cherished that night. Sadly, the godfather and the boy haven’t spoken in decades, but if the boy sees his godfather again, he will remind him of this nostalgic moment. My story telling sucks but there’s a memory for you guys! My godfather and I may turn to stardust one day, but may this random memory survive on the internet for as long as UA-cam or Google exists!
2:43 This song is so nostalgic. I was 8 in 95 and remember playing this game at night by myself and feeling creeped out lol. I made this my morning alarm song now
Namco Museum Vol 1 was my first favorite namco arcade on PS1 same day my first video game console was PS1 when I was a child 3 years old since 2004 in Houston, TX I enjoy playing Pac-Man, Galaga, Bosconian, Rally-X, New Rally-X, Pole Position and Toypop is okay
@TheInnocentSinful I swear to god I saw this original upload of Namco Museum Vol. 1 back in January/February/March/April 2014, did you redo the original tours to make them more 1080p and upscaled on a better emulator? If so, why did you remove the originals?? Because the only one that hasn't been removed is the Namco Museum Encore Tour from 2014. And if you didn't delete them, did you unlist or private the original uploads from 2014? Thanks. -SuperFlashDriver (aka Monsterlover)
I wish this was real to be able to walk into be able to play whatever game you want from Namco Museum vol 1 - encore ps1 that would be a big museum and to have the exhibit rooms. When you walk into the rooms you hear the museum music.
I always loved playing the Namco Museum games on PS1 so nostalgic So I decided to Remake all 5 Namco Museum's and all 29 Arcade games in minecraft to play and explore
Actually, it is ALERT! ALERT! probably due to the problems having voice enchantment in the arcade game, despite one of the first games to use voice. Anyway, the alert thing was from the PSP Japan exclusive Namco Museum Vol. 2 soundtrack in the Bosconian soundtrack section.
I would’ve loved to see all six volumes included in Ps Plus Premium, aside from the AtGames feud and Ms Pac Man, there’s also Arcade Archives ports and the Ms Pac Man Arcade Game series ports of any of the these games featured in these compilations. Huge Namco enthusiast right here.
Trying to figure out how I remembered the beginning cutscenes after all these years considering I only saw it like 2 times when I was 4 at a haircut place that shut down years ago
Honestly, the music of this game and the lonely feel to exploring the museum always freaked me out as a kid. But now, looking back, I get so nostalgic
thats why ghost island and loading in pmw makes it more scarier
but the ugly models ruined the game
Straight up haha
It made a lot more sense once I learned about liminal space
Same here I don’t know why I loved the games so I would just play the games by the main menus
you're so so right
I still remember going over to my neighbors’ house and we’d play this game over and over (we were all around the ages of 5 - 7); fast forward to many years later and me randomly thinking of this game but not remembering what it was called. It was so nice to be able to find a walkthrough of Vol. 1 and reliving the nostalgia from 12 years ago
Yeahh same for me, i randonly remembered this game and had to search for myself. Ooh the nostalgia
pretty much my experience with this game exactly
I had a really similar experience. I can’t believe it’s been nearly 15 years. I’m hoping I may be able to get the full jewel case set!
@@GazerTheGamer Is this compatible with PlayStation 2?
@@keironforbes9512 They all are.
Timeless memories as a child... I imagined being trapped in that museum in my dreams. That song played over and over in my head
Same man. The Namco Museum supposed to be crowded but instead, it is empty.
This game is a masterpiece. The virtual museum brings back so many memories with my sister just exploring it and playing toypop together because it was one of the few multiplayer games available to us at the time. I love the music that plays in the museum. Somewhat ominous but still relaxing. The sound of it makes me feel like time is going by quickly but it's peaceful. Everything in the museum is peaceful. Also it's strange how there is no one else in the museum either, just a mannequin at the entrance. Anyways this was my childhood and i still have the game but it doesnt work on my new ps2 slim so i came back to check it out
Your comment made me tear up. My brother and I grew up playing this together on his PS1. It was always funny watching him play as his whole body would lean to the sides during the racing game. He passed away a year and a half ago. I’m so thankful I found this, it brought back many beautiful memories. Cherish your siblings 🤍
11:09 ToyPop
23:40 Bosconian
43:44 Rally X
47:38 New Rally X
1:05:49 Pac-Man
1:17:55 Galaga
1:35:49 Pole Position
Oh that cutsence at the beginning made me so happy I never skipped it
This just unlocked a deep memory. Thank you.
This needs a remaster. A fully fleshed out, awesome museum hub that brings you to the old namco games but in HD. Dont touch the old games obviously, Just the museum itself.
I would love that. I spent so much time just wandering around the Vol. 3 Museum, so seeing it in HD would be a treat to behold.
And in VR.
@@alexworld8255 Yeah it’s funny that you mention that because I’m thinking the same thing. Considering that the Namco Museum series still exists today, and with the rise of VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC vive, I’m surprised that Namco hadn’t brought the museum hub back in the latest versions.
This is something I've always thought about making but only recently built a PC, so, thank you for making these videos.
I spent an unreal amount of time in these virtual museums as a kiddo, but have only ever owned Vol 1 and Vol 3. I remember all of the weird promotional items in the exhibit halls--and as a slightly older kid--finding out that some of the games I liked the most in these compilations were never released outside of Japan. It was like a mysterious window into another time, in another world.
To be fair, Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 are the best ones.
Yeah and you can tell that most of the items on display are from Japan especially when you look at the flyer for Pac man because it says Puck man and if you know the story of Pac-Man’s creation then you’ll know why. When Pac-Man was originally released in Japan they called it Puck man due to his shape, but when Namco decided to bring the game to the United States they changed the name because Masaya Nakamura, the founder and president of Namco, was worried that American’s would vandalize the game and change the p to an f so they changed to Pac-Man.
@@smashmaster521 Volume 4, 5, and ncore are where the best of Namco's games from arcades reside. Legend of Valkrie, Genpei Toumaden, Return of Ishtar, Sky Kid, Rolling Thunder, Dragon Saber, Pac-Land, Assault/Assault Plus, Rompers, Mappy, Super Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, games that are not to be taken lightly. What you said are why Namco keeps putting out the same games over and over on their museums.
AHHHH right in the childhood. I had volume 3.
AGES the VMU, I have all 5.
@@Bren71319 Are they all compatible with PlayStation 2? Because I read Namco Museum Volume II's game Xevious, the speed is slow.
What if they made a Garry's Mod map out of the museum?
Omg yes
I would be so happy
I really wanna recreate the museum in Dreams then play it in VR
On a side note, after mentioning both Garry and Museum in thr same sentence, my mind immediately went to the game Ib
@Fat Chocobo haha so funny and original
Holy shit. What a faint and very distant memory. Took me so long to find this
I used to play Toypop with my sister nearly every day growing up. Beautiful memories
As a kid, I spent HOURS in vol. 1 and vol. 3 going through all the memorabilia exhibits and playing the games. Bosconian, Toypop, Galaga, Dig Dug, Phozon and the Tower of Druaga were my absoute favorites.
I was a toddler when I played those games!
I love that these collections have an overworld / hub, it works really well.. it was cool that sonic on the Saturn had one too.. there should definitely be one with Mario games and peach’s castle from the 64.. just replace the games with the paintings.. been a video I’ve wanted to make for a while now, finally getting to it soon.
I had this game for Playstation. It was originally my uncle's copy, but he eventually gave it to me since I played it more than him. And that's how my love of retro gaming started!
I loved this game as a kid. Nostalgia!
I remember sitting in my grandmas room with her and playing these with her. I remember her playing toy pop a lot. I have been looking for this.😢
Galaga and Bosconian was my first video game shooter and my first racing game Pole Position when I was a 3 year old child since 2004
Oh my god, my childhood of just sitting on my ps1 playing this wow
WOW. this is so nostalgic.. like this was locked in the recesses of my memories. I spent hours playing this game.
This just bring back so much memories thank you for putting this on UA-cam
I appreciate that you go through every room in detail. There's some neat trivia here that most videos on this site just glance over!
I would honestly hate if I had to slowly walk in first person to each game today. But at the time, my 4-year-old mind was so enamored by the atmosphere because I had all the time in the world.
You can play them directly from the main menu dude... 😂
The museum offers some cool trivia and how to play so it's not that bad
Finally. Finally finally finally. I remember this game. I was always so intrigued at what it was and just the whole museum thing. I remember playing toypop so much. I need to find this game. I know I have it somewhere. Can’t believe I’m 29 now. I would play this for hours and hours.
this museum was the first time i felt immersed in a video game
Wow! I forgot how imposing the endless void they housed Toypop in was.
that ambiance..... nut worthy
This was the first first-person game i ever played and it blew my mind. The sound effects and visuals are impeccable together
1:34:50 - I wonder if the original plan was to have Pole Position II in this collection before at some point it was changed. The cover art has a PP2 screenshot, and the projector is showing the PP2 car as well.
Strider is an excellent game
Why doesn't Namco make a new game like this where you can actually virtually walk through the museum??
I’ve been searching for this obscure Namco Museum game where you could explore, I knew it existed
This was my first video game i used to play since childhood
Decent start.
It took me so long to figure out the name of this game! I would play this when I had nothing else to play back in the day. Lol
Oh my lord I found it I finally found it, I've been trying to remember what this fucking thing was for the last 5 years, started to think I'd dreamt it! 20 years ago bloody hell
I like that old-school video games 1980.s
…memorieeeeeees…. The graphics ..the music …the games. Such memories..glorious . I could also shed a tear
Toypop, like Phozon in Volume 3, are supposed to be rare PCB's to find. Namco gifted us with these 2 games on their early Museum titles thankfully.
This was my first time ever entering the meta verse
I liked the exhibits in the overworld hub. You get to see what the arcade videogame cabinet motherboards looked like. Very educational.
I wish this series was on ps4 or ps5. Grew up with this series as a kid
Same. Just played toy pop today with my sister. I wish that it was ps4/ps5 compatible
They have Namco Museum Archives but it's not the same
@@Dizzyizzy42 yeah I have it but I was they can just use ps3s ps1 emulator on a ps4 and bring all the games of ps1 that were on ps3 cause it has all namco museum volumes
This will always be the best version of namco museum I wish they brought this version to the switch I remember playing them on the ps vita.🥺
11:32 I didn't know Trump was in Toy Pop as a card guy😂😂
Introduction: 0:00
2:28 Toy Pop Exhibit
10:41: Toy Pop (Playing)
16:01 Bosconian Exhibit
23:00 Bosconian (Playing)
32:30 Rally X Exhibit
43:10 Old Version
47:09 New Version
(Playing)
55:00 Pac Man Exhibit
1:05:45 Pac Man (Playing)
1:11:05 Galaga Exhibit
1:17:05 Galaga (Playing)
1:27:31 Pole Position Exhibit
1:35:20 Pole Position (Playing)
1:39:33 Lounge
Ending
Nostalgia bro I remember playing this when I was like 6. I'm now 13 and I still love this
Same! I played this when I was about 5/6 with my sister. Now I’m 16 and played toy pop today with her. It wa Avery nostalgic
pmw in 2011 means nostalgia
nds in 2013 means more nostalgia
1:17:25 “That man is playing Galaga! Probably thought we wouldn’t notice. But we did.”
I freaking miss when developers actually put effort into game re-releases and compilations. This must've felt truly magical in the 90s. I'm still pretty mad that volumes 2, 4 and 5 never got re-released though. If you put every Namco Museum PS1 game side by side, the box art for each spells out the Namco logo
This one , 4th and 5th vol are harder to find in retro stores and they cost more than vol 1 and 3. These namco museum games for the ps1 are so rare
1 and 3 are dirt common, they had reprints so that raised their amount of printed copies, while 2,4, and 5 were criminally overlooked, no thanks in big part to gaming magazines back in the day giving them poor scores because Namco "scraped the bottom of the barrel to created voolumes 4 and 5". So Namco started putting out the same games over and over for future Museum games, and left a lot of their classics out.
PlayStation logo followed by that Namco logo
Best sounds of my childhood
ToyPop and Popcorn.
Once upon a time in 1997, a 4 year-old boy was being babysat by his godfather while his parents went out. The boy’s godfather had just gone to Hollywood Video earlier that day to rent a copy of Namco Museum Vol. 1 and buy popcorn and candy. The boy wasn’t interested in playing at first but the boy’s godfather insisted that his godson choose a game. The boy chose ToyPop. One hour passed, and the godfather wanted to choose another game but the spoiled boy wanted to keep playing ToyPop. They played on for another hour, with fingers greasy with butter from the popcorn. They both shared that memory, and little does that boy’s godfather know how much the boy cherished that night. Sadly, the godfather and the boy haven’t spoken in decades, but if the boy sees his godfather again, he will remind him of this nostalgic moment.
My story telling sucks but there’s a memory for you guys! My godfather and I may turn to stardust one day, but may this random memory survive on the internet for as long as UA-cam or Google exists!
I have very, very vivid memories of this when I was a kid, I almost believed it never was real and I just dreamt it or something.
I feel the same way! Something about this has come and gone within my childhood memories of playing this but I only just now decided to look this up.
Toypop's game room was kinda sad, not gonna lie. I definitely feel like it's one of the more neglected Namco games.
It's PCB is rare and hard to find.
2:43 This song is so nostalgic. I was 8 in 95 and remember playing this game at night by myself and feeling creeped out lol.
I made this my morning alarm song now
I have the actual ps1 disc of this and im proud. i can only play this on my ps3 since i don’t have a ps1.
11:41 the nostalgia when I saw that screen😳😳😳 I’m going on 32yo. I loved this game
Pac-Man walk is the cutest thing I will ever see ever
glad to know i wasn't the only one scared by this as a kid
Namco Museum Vol 1 was my first favorite namco arcade on PS1 same day my first video game console was PS1 when I was a child 3 years old since 2004 in Houston, TX I enjoy playing Pac-Man, Galaga, Bosconian, Rally-X, New Rally-X, Pole Position and Toypop is okay
1:05:03 Mario: “PAC-MAAAAN VERSUUUUS!!”
u have a devianart acc and u did comment on a pmw image
Toypop and rally x was definitely my favorite in the museum game aside from Pac-Man as well! Toypop was hard tbh
Sacrée enfance ! Et dire que mtn j'attends Cyberpunk 2077 .. .
@TheInnocentSinful I swear to god I saw this original upload of Namco Museum Vol. 1 back in January/February/March/April 2014, did you redo the original tours to make them more 1080p and upscaled on a better emulator? If so, why did you remove the originals?? Because the only one that hasn't been removed is the Namco Museum Encore Tour from 2014. And if you didn't delete them, did you unlist or private the original uploads from 2014?
Thanks.
-SuperFlashDriver (aka Monsterlover)
I remember a lot that Toypop Game Room in Namco Museum Volume 1 is in the white void...😅
Man I didn’t even know they had this for the playstion. I was playing this on my game boy
Wow I've been playing this Game from My Childhood, But I Never Played the Vol. 2, 3, 4 & 5 as a Kid
Nostalgia i loved this game playing with my brother
I wish this was real to be able to walk into be able to play whatever game you want from Namco Museum vol 1 - encore ps1 that would be a big museum and to have the exhibit rooms. When you walk into the rooms you hear the museum music.
0:50 I swear pac man and ms pac man
Looks like they were created by a 6 years old USING BLENDER SHAPES
This is 1995 we are talking about here
Pac-Man was inspired by the creator having pizza, and taking off one slice, Pac-Man's origins were born.
pacman looks so much better on 2000 ps
but the monster that appears when u lose lifes is the worst
So this is where I got the song that I hummed to without knowing.
Pac-Man museum+ ain’t got nothing on this
On Galaga, the goal is to reach and complete stage 50!
I still got this game. Even I have Vol. 2, 3, and 4.
Finally i find the game i played as a kid! Toy pop! I always thought it was Pinocchio
Me encantaba este CD de niño
0:01: PlayStation 1 Sound (PS1)
This game always felt like a fever dream
I always loved playing the Namco Museum games on PS1 so nostalgic
So I decided to Remake all 5 Namco Museum's and all 29 Arcade games in minecraft to play and explore
Pure unleaded nostalgia
54:00
Rally-X:
1st: 53,100 points (You)
2nd: 50,000 points
3rd: 30,000 points
4th: 20,000 points
5th: 10,000 points
(You Ranked 1st 🥇, but failed to complete 1 loop of 15 rounds)
I played this one. Nostalgia
I remember playing this when I was lil boy so many Memories
for some reason i kept hearing A LIE A LIE
Haha same here
Actually, it is ALERT! ALERT! probably due to the problems having voice enchantment in the arcade game, despite one of the first games to use voice. Anyway, the alert thing was from the PSP Japan exclusive Namco Museum Vol. 2 soundtrack in the Bosconian soundtrack section.
Challenge Difficulty:
Toy Pop: Intermediate
PAC-MAN: Medium
Bosconian: Intermediate
Rally X: Hard
Galaga: Easy
Pole Position: Very Hard
On 1:10:18, that part is exactly like the movie; PIXELS
i remember this game being hd when i was little lol
1:37:22: Game Start (Pole Position)
I like how in Pac Man they consider those leaf looking shapes Bells and Keys as fruit
1:05:02: PAC-MAN vs. Remix Theme
It would be nice if this and the other games in the series could be added to PSN...but they can't, because of AtGames.
I would’ve loved to see all six volumes included in Ps Plus Premium, aside from the AtGames feud and Ms Pac Man, there’s also Arcade Archives ports and the Ms Pac Man Arcade Game series ports of any of the these games featured in these compilations. Huge Namco enthusiast right here.
This is vaporwave af
Not really. Its more like a creepy endless void with no life o.o
0:16: Intro Logo
This is the original back rooms
Better then Pac Man Museum Plus
1:47: Name Entry
Trying to figure out how I remembered the beginning cutscenes after all these years considering I only saw it like 2 times when I was 4 at a haircut place that shut down years ago
Can anyone explain why Toy Pop had a big white room as a hub? Was the game not successful in Namco's eyes?
1:53:24: Game Over
10:09 Toypop's 1st game
1:05:01 Pac-Man 2 New Adventure reference
2:02: Game Saved
If there is anyone who knows how to read Japanese, please let us know what they say if you have the time for it!