Namco Museum (for Nintendo Switch)

  • 1 Selection

    Namco Museum includes 11 games in all, spanning from 1980 to 1991 (with the exception of 2003's Pac-Man Vs.).
  • 2 Galaga '88

    Some timeless classics, such as Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, and Galaga (and Galaga '88) are still incredibly fun to play.
  • 3 Splatterhouse

    Splatterhouse is a gorgeous horror game filled with big, gruesome sprites, but the unforgiving and stilted fighting on a 2D plane makes playing it feel like a chore when compared with far more fluid brawlers, such as Sega's Streets of Rage and Capcom's Final Fight.
  • 4 Skykid

    Skykid is a refreshingly engaging and simple proto-shoot-em-up that might have otherwise been lost to history against the more advanced and sci-fi-themed side-scrolling shmups of the era like Gradius and R-Type.
  • 5 Instructions

    Each game includes extensive instructions, which is very helpful for esoteric experiences like Sky Kid or The Tower of Druaga.
  • 6 Challenges

    Each game has a Challenge mode that prompts you to complete a task quickly while taking as little damage as possible. They're generally little more than quick bursts of normal gameplay, like running through a specific level in Splatterhouse or Rolling Thunder.
  • 7 Options

    You can change horizontal and vertical positioning, adjust the zoom, use a fixed pixel ratio with 1x, 2x, and 3x magnification, remove or intensify scan lines.
  • 8 Rotated Display

    You can rotate the screen around at 90 degree increments if you want to play in a portrait layout.
  • 9 Pac-Man Vs.

    Pac-Man Vs. is the most modern game in Namco Museum, originally released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003. It's a multiplayer game where one to three players play ghosts while watching one screen, while a separate player plays Pac-Man on a different screen.