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Remember when...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm almost 30 years old and bought this game for my son and I enjoy playing it myself because it's got the classic games that I played when I was a kid. It arrived very quickly in the mail too.

Some very fun nostalgia

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Namco Museum ports five classic games over to the Gameboy Advance: Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Galaga, and Galaxian. If you grew up playing these games, they're timeless classics. Younger audiences probably are expecting more out of a game than the limited technology of the 1980s allowed.

These games are recreated very well, with only a couple of minor issues (largely due to the adjustment made going from an arcade-size screen to the tiny GBA). The sounds are crisp and faithful reproductions of the bleeps and blips from our childhood. The graphics aren't jazzed up in any way, instead celebrating the 8-bit glory that was the golden age of the arcade. The biggest port issue comes with Ms. Pac-Man, where you have the option of playing on a shifting screen -- the GBA screen doesn't compress each maze very well.

The biggest drawback to this game is the inexplicable lack of a battery backup for high scores. The game records high scores as per normal, but those scores are immediately reset when the power goes off. Points did matter with these games, and it's nice to see how high a score you can record. Unfortunately, Namco decided to skimp on this feature. That decision is disappointing, but the games themselves are still worth playing to those who grew up playing on their Ataris. After all, there's nothing wrong with nostalgia.

GREAT JOB

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME ORDERING FROM AMAZON AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. I GOT MY PACKAGE ON TIME AND EVERYTHING WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND WORKED PROPERLY. THANK YOU.

Where's my quarters?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

In a word, AWESOME!! I have this for GameCube, and couldn't help but pick this up for GBA. I now have a portable version of some of my favorite old-school games. They are still fun today, some 2 decades later. Take a ride down nostalgia lane with this game and enjoy.

Classics!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm always late to the gaming community - I just now asked for and received a Nintendo Micro for Christmas. I had a hankering to get my hands on the classics, but I bought this game specifically for Dig Dug.

What can I say? They're just like I remember playing. Pole Position is all but impossible to manage using the d-pad to control direction, so I don't see myself getting much use out of that game, but the others are a ton of fun. I haven't played any of these games in years, but they're turning out to be quite addictive.

Classic arcade comes to GBA

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I think it is important to know that there are five games in this collection, not just the four on the cover. The other one is Galaxia, which is a shooter game quite similar to Galaga. These games are really simple, so people might think they aren't as engaging as most of the games out there. But I guess this simplicity is part of the appeal. I like the Ms. Pacman the best, and it's nice because you can choose between full screen and scroll screen. All in all, I'd say if you like the classic arcade games you'll like this game. Buy it used though, it's not worth paying full price.

It's too bad

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game has 5 great titles of classic games! They are Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug and Pole Postion. This sounds pretty decent, but really, no fun is coming out of this. Here's the reviews on the games

Ms. Pac Man: 2.5/5
I love Ms. Pac Man, but it's impossible to play on this. You play tiny, or huge, kinda like that one world in SM64. When you play tiny, it's too dificult to see where the ghosts are and such. The huge screen is useful, untill your scrolling down and run into a ghost you could'nt see.

Galaga: 3/5
It's fine, but it's boring. No value is brought to you when your playing.

Galaxian: 3/5
It's the same with Galaga, no replay value at all. I don't know why that's happening, but something dos'nt feel right playing Galaga or Galaxian on the GBA.

Dig Dug: 4/5
This is very fun on this, one of the only games I play (I'm gonna sell this game soon). But the controls can be funky.

Pole Postion: 0/5
Oh my god, what happend here!?!?!? When the women's suppose to say: "Prepare to be qualified" all I hear is MMMMMMMMMEEEMMMM!!! It like mumbles. When your turning on this, you are complety messed up, dosn't work at all.

Overall: 1/5
If your an absoulte Dig Dug fan, get this, if your not, dont bother thinking about it.

Daughter Loved It

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my 9-year old daughter for her Nintendo DS and she absolutely loves it. Whenever she plays, this is the game she chooses most often!!!

Great fun for 4 year old learning to use GameBoy, as well as his Dad!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

We purchased this for my 4 year old son who wanted a Game Boy just like his big brother. I thought the games would be simple enough for him to navigate, since he had never used a Game Boy before. He loves it! The only problem is that I can't get the game away from my husband - who has now mastered Pole Position, a feat he could not do as a teenager. Great games, and lots of memories!

Cool, but not very fun.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: November 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is really good! But it is a little annoying. YOu can't save!!! That is the only thing that makes it not fun.

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