List of Bandai Namco video game compilations

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Bandai Namco Holdings is a Japanese holdings company that specializes in video games, toys, arcades, anime and amusement parks, and is headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. [1] They were formed after the merge of Namco and Bandai on 29 September 2005, with both companies' assets being merged into a single corporate entity. The video game branch of the company is Bandai Namco Entertainment, producing games for home consoles, arcade hardware and mobile phones. Bandai Namco creates several highly successful video game franchises, including Tekken , Pac-Man , Gundam and Tales , as is Japan's third largest video game company and the seventh in the world by revenue, as well as the largest toy company in the world by 2017. [2] [3]

Contents

Since 1990, Bandai Namco has produced many compilations containing their games, notably their arcade titles from the 1970s and 1980s, for various home video game systems, handhelds, personal computers and arcade boards. Out of these compilations, the Namco Museum series has been the most successful, selling a total of 9.113 million copies total across all platforms. [n 1] Some of these compilations would be outsourced to other game developers, including Microsoft, Mass Media, Digital Eclipse, M2, and Cattle Call.

List of compilations

TitleOriginal release date

Japan

North America

PAL region

Disk NG 19 March 1990 [9] nonenone
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Disk NG 226 April 1990 [9] nonenone
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Galaxian & Galaga 14 July 1995 [9] 26 June 1996 [11] 1995
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Namco Museum Vol. 1 22 November 1995 [9] 31 July 199617 August 1996
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Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 November 199519951995
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Namco Classic Collection Vol. 2 March 199619961996
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Namco Museum Vol. 29 February 1996 [9] 30 September 199622 November 1996
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Microsoft Return of Arcade noneApril 1996none
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  • Released for Windows 95
  • Includes Galaxian , Pac-Man , Dig Dug and Pole Position
  • Published by Microsoft as the second installment of the Microsoft Arcade series and the first to feature Namco games (The original Microsoft Arcade featured Atari games)
  • Was given a re-release in 2000 that included Ms. Pac-Man , renamed Microsoft Return of Arcade Anniversary Edition
Namco Museum Vol. 321 June 1996 [9] 31 January 199712 February 1997
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Namco Gallery Vol. 121 July 1996 [9] nonenone
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Namco Museum Vol. 48 November 1996 [9] 30 June 199718 August 1997
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Namco Gallery Vol. 229 November 1996 [9] nonenone
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Arcade Classics nonenone1996
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Namco Museum Vol. 528 February 199726 November 199726 February 1998
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Xevious 3D/G+28 March 1997 [9] 30 June 19971997
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Namco History Vol. 125 April 1997 [14] nonenone
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Namco Gallery Vol. 325 July 1997 [9] nonenone
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Namco Museum Encore30 October 1997nonenone
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Namco History Vol. 228 November 1997nonenone
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Namco Anthology 1 4 June 1998nonenone
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Namco History Vol. 39 June 1998nonenone
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Namco Anthology 2 23 September 1998nonenone
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Microsoft Revenge of Arcade noneOctober 1998none
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  • Released for Windows 95
  • Includes Rally-X , Ms. Pac-Man , Xevious , Mappy and Motos
  • Published by Microsoft as the third installment of the Microsoft Arcade series and the second to feature Namco games
  • Marks the first known appearance of the arcade version of Motos in North America
Namco History Vol. 44 December 1998nonenone
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Namco Collection Vol. 12 April 1999 [15] nonenone
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Namco Collection Vol. 230 April 1999 [15] nonenone
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Namco Museum 64none31 October 1999none
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Pac-Man: Special Color EditionnoneNovember 1999 [16] none
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Pac-Man Collection 11 January 2002 [17] 12 July 2001 [17] 7 December 2001 [17]
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Namco Museum none31 July 2000none
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  • Released for the Dreamcast
  • Includes the same titles as Namco Museum 64 with the addition of Pac-It, a mini-game playable on the Dreamcast VMU
  • Developed by Mass Media
Namco Museum none4 December 2001none
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20 Year Reunion: Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga – Class of 1981none2001none
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  • Released for arcades
  • Includes Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga to celebrate both games' 20th anniversary
  • Pac-Man is included as a hidden game, and can be unlocked with a code
Gunvari Collection + Time Crisis12 December 2002nonenone
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Namco Vintage none6 November 2004 [18] none
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Game DensetsuJanuary 2005nonenone
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Namco Museum Battle Collection 24 February 200523 August 20059 December 2005
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NamCollection 21 July 2005 [19] nonenone
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Namco Museum 50th Anniversary26 January 200630 August 2005 [20] 31 March 2006
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Pac-Man 25th Anniversarynone2005none
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Namco Museum Vol. 2 23 February 2006nonenone
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Namco Nostalgia 1 15 June 2006nonenone
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  • Released as a "plug'n play" controller
  • Includes Xevious , Mappy , Xevious: Scramble Mission and Mappy: Revenge of Nyamco, the last two being exclusive to this compilation
  • Part of Bandai's Let's! TV Play Classic series
Namco Nostalgia 2 15 June 2006nonenone
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  • Released as a "plug'n play" controller
  • Includes Gaplus , Dragon Buster , Gaplus Phanlax and Dragon Buster 100, the last two being exclusive to this compilation
  • Part of Bandai's Let's! TV Play Classic series
Namco Museum DS 11 October 200718 September 200722 February 2008
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Namco Museum Remix 23 October 2007 [21] 6 December 2007 [21] 18 April 2008 [21]
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Namco Classic Fighter Collectionnone17 September 2008 [22] none
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Pac-Man Power Packnone17 September 2008 [22] none
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Naruto: Ultimate Collectionnone17 September 2008 [22] none
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Namco Museum Virtual Arcade5 November 20094 November 2008 [23] 15 May 2009
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Namco Museum Essentials 29 January 2009 [24] 22 July 2009 [25] 1 April 2010 [25]
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Namco Games Portalnone26 July 2010 [29] none
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Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X 5 August 2010 [30] nonenone
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Time Crisis: Razing Storm 21 October 201019 October 2010 [31] 5 November 2010
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Namco Museum Megamix none16 November 2010 [33] none
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Pac-Man's Arcade Partynone2010 [34] none
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Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions 23 June 201126 July 2011 [35] 26 August 2011 [35]
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Galaga 30th Collection 3 July 2011 [36] 3 July 2011 [36] 3 July 2011 [36]
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Tekken Hybrid 1 December 2011 [37] 22 November 2011 [37] none
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Namco Arcade 26 January 201220132013
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Pac-Man Games none29 March 2012none
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Duel Pack: Pac-Man World 3 / Namco Museum DS none30 October 2012none
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Pac-Man Museum 25 June 201425 February 2014 [38] 26 February 2014
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Arcade Game Series 20 April 2016 [40] 20 April 2016 [40] 20 April 2016 [40]
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Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack20 April 2016 [41] 20 April 2016 [41] 20 April 2016 [41]
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Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 + Arcade Game Seriesnone1 November 2016none
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Namco Museum 28 July 201728 July 2017 [42] 28 July 2017 [42]
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Pac-Man's Pixel BashnoneJune 2018none
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Namco Museum Arcade Pacnone28 September 2018 [43] none
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Namco Museum Mini Playernone25 July 2019 [44] none
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Namcot Collection 18 June 2020nonenone
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Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1none18 June 202018 June 2020
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Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2none18 June 202018 June 2020
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See also

Footnotes

  1. Namco Museum series:
    • Namco Museum Vol. 1 sales: 1.65 million units [4]
    • Namco Museum Vol. 3 sales: 2.24 million units [4]
    • Namco Museum 64 sales: 1.04 million units [4]
    • Namco Museum (GBA) sales: 2.96 million units [4]
    • Namco Museum (PS2) sales: ≈1.80 million units [4]
    • Namco Museum Battle Collection Japan sales: 79,527 units [5]
    • Namco Museum Vol. 2 (PSP) sales: 24,934 units [6]
    • Namco Museum DS Japan sales: 33,393 units [7]
    • Namco Museum Virtual Arcade Japan sales (first week): 5,912 units [8]

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