Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary

Developer(s): Digital Eclipse
Publisher(s): Namco (US, JP), Electronic Arts (EU)
Genre: Arcade, Compilation
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 61/100
Game description: Namco celebrates their 50th anniversary by packaging 14 of their best classic arcade games onto one disc. The interface lets you browse a virtual game hall with each game shown in its original arcade cabinet. The games included in this collection are: Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Rolling Thunder, Rally X, Bosconian, Dragon Spirit, Sky Kid, Xevious, and Mappy.

Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary

Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-21164 SLUS-21164GH (Greatest Hits) SLUS-20273 (same serial as Namco Museum) SLUS-20273GH (Greatest Hits, same serial as Namco Museum) Release date: August 30, 2005 2006 (Greatest Hits) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-53957 Release date: March 31, 2006 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPS-25590 Release date: January 26, 2006 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows 10	i9 10900k Geforce RTX 3070ti	1.7.2369	GSdx	SPU2-X	This game really does not like to play well with loading in the games on hardware mode, you'll experience a softlock. Just load in with software mode and switch to hardware mode when you're in, easy fix! But yeah other than that they all work fine, played through each level to check.	Optim

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on Linux. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

• Original names: ナムコミュージアム アーケードHITS! (SLPS-25590)
• Also known as Namco Museum Arcade Hits! (JP)
• Not to be confused with NamCollection and Namco Museum (2001)
• Some editions of the game have the same serial numbers as Namco Museum, although this game uses DVD media while Namco Museum uses CD.

Known Issues

Games won't load in hardware mode

• Status: Active
• Type: Major
• Description: The game will softlock if you try to load in with hardware mode enabled.
• Workaround: Use software mode to load in then press F9 to switch to hardware mode.