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Carly sez: Namco Museum Vol.3 is four stars worth o'fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 25 / 26
Date: November 23, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun for such a small price tag! It features all of the same graphics and programming as the original arcade versions and even boasts an arcade mode. This means that if you're buff enough to tip your TV on it's side, you can relive that long-screen appearance of the old stand-up games. I like being able to choose up to five lives on Ms.Pacman and Dig Dug. This allows me to take rare possession of the playstation from my boyfriend's grip. He bores after watching me play my hundredth game of Ms.Pacman! You can play for hours on all four of the choice games: Ms.Pacman, Pole Position II, Dig Dug and Galaxian. This game loses one star for including two so-so games that must've been popular in Japan or something: Phozon and Tower of Druaga. Relive one of the best things about the 80s - video games! Hey, you may find you're even better at them now then you were back in tha day!

As fun as they were back then

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: February 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I used to really like playing Ms. Pac Man, but I absolutely loved Dig Dug. Now I have it right here in my living room in all its original glory. These classics are still around for a reason - cause they're addictively fun! Anyone would love these games, despite their primitive features. It's their simplistic design that really adds to the quaint appeal. The games even held the attention of my 4 and 5 year old, just as well as their hi-tech, big budget games. The only thing I hated is how you're forced to use the directional keys only, instead of the joy stick. That made playing a bit frustrating. But still, it's worth the price to be a teenager in the 80's again.

Study the classics.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 04, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is a great value. Worth the price just to play Ms Pac-man and Dig Dug. I remember playing these games growing up and I am happy to see them reproduced in this authentic manner. My only reservation is that Playstation doesn't have a good joy-stick style controller. Chomp! Chomp!

You Know You Grew Up In the 1980s If . . .

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This collection of games from Namco is a blast from the past for anyone who grew up playing video games at home on Atari or who spent their entire life savings at the arcades. The games included on this collection are: "Ms. Pac Man", "Dig Dug", "Galaxion", "Phozon", "Pole Position II", and "Tower Of Druaga". For those who don't own a PS2, NAMCO MUSEUM VOL. 3 is worth owning because of "Ms. Pac Man", "Dig Dug", and "Galaxion".

"Ms. Pac Man" is just as fun to play as the original "Pac Man" but is just slightly more difficult and gives a more continues the "story" begun in "Pac Man".

"Dig Dug" is one of the classic arcade games of the 80s. The game seems easy enough to play (dig your way through dirt, kill monsters before they kill you, and collect vegetables). However, the game becomes increasingly difficult as you progress and before you know it your running away more than you are shooting at monsters because there's just too many of them.

"Galaxion" is another arcade classic. It takes the premise of "Space Invaders" one step further so that instead of defending a planetary base from destruction and invasion, you're in space trying to destroy an enemy fleet before they blow you up. In "Space Invaders" you could hide your gun behind turrets, but there is no place to hide in "Galaxion."

The other three games on the collection are fairly forgettable and were somewhat obscure in the day. "Phozon" is a type of puzzle game where you try to match up the phozons with the pattern without getting blown to bits. "Pole Position II" is a racing game where you blow up if you get too far off course or run into items. In that sense its realistic. However, the game is extremely difficult to play because the analog component of the paddle isn't compatible and you don't have a joystick so you're forced to drive your car using the directional buttons. What a pain. "Tower of Druaga" is the final game on the collection. It involves trying to get Gil to climb through all the levels of the Tower. It's kind of like an early video game version of role playing. It's kind of interesting, but it takes an incredibly long amount of time to defeat.

Overall, this is a great collection for anyone who grew up playing video games in the 80s. For those who are too young to remember Atari, the game is nice to play because of its retro and anything retro is cool.

Even Better than Namco 1!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Namco Museum 3 (third in a series of five collections of old arcade hits) hits some high and low spots, but is well worth the purchase price for three games. The best of the lot is the translation of Ms Pac-Man - very faithful to the original. Galaxian is highly addictive and equally faithful to the original. Most people don't give Dig-Dug the credit it's due - it is very entertaining - even for adults. I rather liked Dig-Dug in the arcades, and this is a good rendition. On the other hand, "Phozon" and "Tower of Druga" are very forgettable, "Tower" the most worthless of the lot. Still well worth buying just for the excellent Ms Pac Man.

Three-peat!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Maximum vintage gameage! This game is packed with the best (and worst?) of the arcade days. First, there's Ms. Pac-Man...though this might be the Japanese version; the Midway one played differently. Galaxian is the precursor to Galaga; maybe it should've been on Volume 1 instead? Phozon is based on the atom principle--you collect the various atoms (with your X-shaped thingy) to form various shapes matching the one(s) in the background. Dig Dug, also back, features that guy in a suit digging in the underground, collecting fruits/vegetables, and dropping rocks on (or blowing up) Pookas [little bouncing orange creatures with big eyes] and Fygars [basically small dragons]. Pole Position II is the sequel to Pole Position; this time you have your choice of 4 tracks to race on. I didn't play Tower of Druaga much as I don't care for that game. Don't forget, you can also check out knowledge/history of the games in the various Museum virtual rooms; there's even a stack of NG magazine covers in the Library! If you were addicted in the early 1980s, get addicted again...only this time you don't need quarters to play!

Old games with a new twist!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Namco Museum Vo. 3 is great. There are 7 games. The games are Galaxain, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position 2, Dig Dug, Phozon, and The Tower of Druaga. The games are just the same as they were when they were little. ( At least that is what my mom and dad said.) The graffics in the museum are great. Know I will tell you about the games. Galaxian. Shoot your enemies before they shoot you. Ms. Pac-Man. Just like Pac-Man but Ms. Pac-Man moves faster. Dig Dug. To clear the screen and go to the next level you must pop ALL your enemies. Pole Position 2. Try to be the fastest racer. Do not run into other cars. The Tower of Druaga. Find the key. This will unlock the door to the next level. Phozon. Fire the enemy so it looks like the one the game shows you. ( The only bad thing about Namco Museum 3 is that The Tower of Druaga is boring.)

Only a couple are fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I thought this would be exciting and nostalgic but after trying each game I found the only ones I liked to play were Ms. Pacman and DigDug. Ms. Pacman takes some getting use to on the Playstation controller instead of the joystick of the original arcade game. I probably play DigDug more and after awhile the games just get plain boring -- but I guess when you're not having to put quarters in and have unlimited game playing time that will happen.

Classic Arcade Games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Namco Volume 3 is a well rounded collection of classic arcade favorites. It features Ms. Pacman, DigDug, Galaxian (which became addictive very fast after a few plays.), also..features Pole Position II, Phozen (which I had never heard of till this collection. It's not for everyone.), and last but not least we have..The Tower of Druaga. Obviously the best games are Ms. Pacman, Galaxian, and DigDug which each of these games are worth having individually, so having them all on one disc it's hard to go wrong. But wait there is one slight problem. When you go to the screen that allows you to change the dip switches..when they pop up they cover the menu and you don't know what your changing until you get back to the game, only to realize you have unknowingly changed your amount of lives to 1 and set your bonus on 10000000 or something to that effect. Maybe it's just me but I would have preferred a modern menu instead of the switches. Never~the~less 4 STARS.

I don't think I ever played the original pac man

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Mrs. Packman and Dig Dug are two of the best video games ever throw Pole Position in and this is a must have game it is especially fun at parties

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