Especially as there was a four-player version originally, and this is only two. It’s a top-down maze game that isn’t much more complicated than Atari classic Combat, and we’ve no idea what it’s doing here amongst such exalted company. The strangest inclusion is Tank Force, which is the most recent coin-op in the compilation but looks like it’s 10 years older than it really is. It’s no more or less entertaining than any of the others though and, again, not much fun for a modern audience. Sky Kid is another game that Namco likes to reference often, being one of several sideways-scrolling aircraft simulators from the time.
Namco Museum (NS) – Rolling Thunder is the ‘inspiration’ for Shinobi Its slow and simplistic combat was never much fun though, even if it is interesting to see a Japanese game of the time using Western horror films like Friday the 13th and Evil Dead as its inspiration.
The original coin-op is the goriest version though, and while the blood from destroyed enemies is green the gore in the background is not – and remains surprisingly grotesque. We also don’t recall seeing Splatterhouse at the time, which we think most remember more from its home conversions. The sequel, which includes simultaneous two-player, is extremely rare and we don’t ever remember seeing it in the flesh back in the day. We’ve also always had a fondness for action platformer Rolling Thunder, which Sega shamelessly ripped off for Shinobi a year later. Although it’s interesting to see what would today be regarded as something between a remaster and a remake. Both for those that remember them originally (or from the many iterations since) and those discovering them for the first time.ġ1 games is still not a lot though, and considering the limited line-up it’s odd that a spot has been wasted on Galaga ’88. Pac-Man, Galaga, and Dig Dug are the genuine classics, and as such are still surprisingly playable today. We would’ve liked to see Xevious get some representation, and as always it’s a shame none of Namco’s 90s 3D games are ever included, but that’s not a bad line-up.
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