#SuperOldGameSaturday - Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Xbox 360)
3Originally Recorded/Aired on Friday, May 5th, 2023
It's time for #SuperOldGameSaturday's third annual compilation program, but unlike the last 2 years where it was on Memorial Day weekend, it's on Cinco De Mayo for 2023 and we have our biggest one so far for you with our long-awaited Namco night. As we always do for these shows, either myself, guests or "the best chat on Twitch" picks a classic game compilation that we'll then go deep into as we sample, savor or perhaps shudder at all of the games out of it and, for this one, we played 2008's Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for the Xbox 360 and its 34 titles. Pac-Man, Rally-X, Dig Dug, Mappy, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Sky Kid and many more are part of this collection and we had a great time as we played them all, including the infamous The Tower of Druaga that we told the legend of, including in a YouTube-exclusive segment with a special guest and their first experience with the game. On top of that, we went into other entries in the Namco Museum series (some that do the "Museum" thing more than this does, to be honest), other compilations we're planning, our memories and thoughts on this collection and its offerings, aspects of difficult game licensing and much more, all of which I thank our great chat for (including ElecVerse, Cazim22 and Proterova). Below are the timestamps for each of the games we played in this great show, so I hope you enjoy our time with Namco Museum Virtual Arcade and everything we played within it (and if you like what you see, stop by https://www.twitch.tv/captainditrag to see these streams live and join/help drive the conversations on what we play each week and also, to see the schedule for our next show, which is this Saturday night at 7PM EST)!
Also, here's the Link List, with links to everything we & chat referenced on this show:
A link to the playlist of all of our Thanksgiving Showcase shows, which include our first looks at Galaga, Galaga Legions and Pole Position:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrOxkvwdJ2y8fHhIZBBvm9Knq16aQDFQU
A link to the playlist of all of our annual compilation programs, including this one now:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrOxkvwdJ2y_NIycgxW9-XKRxo1QkNf8O
A link to our Katamari Damacy Finale, which had our first look at Mr. Driller Online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4f5CAAfBh0&t=5197s
A link to The Unfortunate Fate of Super Mario RPG, a look at this great game and how, tragically, it may be irrelevant in the current day, courtesy of DuoStuff on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aUCWsDQa-4
A link about Score, the hardly known and hardly able to learn more about 1977 Exidy game that may have been the first game with a female protagonist, courtesy of Reddit.com:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/mrnrug/exidys_score_lost_arcade_game_1977_the_first/
A link to the soundtrack of Namco Museum Volume 3, provided by ElecVerse and courtesy of Otouto76 on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE754BD95C32B92DE
A link to the Toonami review of Rez on PS2, which we'll be playing in June, provided by ElecVerse and courtesy of VictoryNYC from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLEjqvPjhco
A link to the Wikipedia page of Jakks Pacific, whose creator also started LJN Games, provided by ElecVerse and courtesy of Wikipedia.org:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakks_Pacific
Links to Game Apartment 1C, a great channel on Twitch on YouTube run by a good friend, LuffyDan, who I mentioned with The Tower of Druaga, courtesy of GA1C on Twitch and YouTube:
https://www.twitch.tv/ga1c/about
https://www.youtube.com/@GA1CShow/featured
A link to the RetroPals show, where St. Aspertame, also mentioned with The Tower of Druaga is a regular in their chat, courtesy of RetroPals on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@retropals
A link to information about the ties between Mr. Driller and Baraduke, provide by ElecVerse and courtesy of the Mr. Driller Wiki:
https://mrdriller.fandom.com/wiki/Masuyo_Tobi
A link to the Foreigner song, Double Vision, courtesy of Foreigner on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGVi_zrH38o
And finally, here are timestamps for all 34 games we played:
Galaga Legions: 6:22
Pac-Man Championship Edition: 25:32
Mr. Driller Online: 42:24
Ms. Pac-Man: 1:02:54
Pac-Man: 1:14:53
Galaga: 1:25:32
Dig Dug: 1:38:30
Xevious: 1:49:35
New Rally-X: 1:58:06
The Tower of Druaga Part 1: 2:16:50
Baraduke: 2:41:45
Bosconian: 2:52:12
Dig Dug 2: 3:01:22
Dig Dug Arrangement: 3:11:48
Pac-Man Arrangement: 3:22:18
Galaga Arrangement: 3:26:43
Dragon Buster: 3:37:09
Dragon Spirit: 3:44:25
Galaga '88: 3:51:29
Galaxian: 3:58:40
Grobda: 4:05:27
King & Balloon: 4:10:23
Mappy: 4:19:02
Metro-Cross: 4:28:50
Motos: 4:39:39
Pac & Pal: 4:46:09
Pac-Mania: 4:51:46
Super Pac-Man: 4:59:58
Pole Position: 5:06:59
Pole Position 2: 5:11:23
Rally X: 5:16:55
Rolling Thunder: 5:20:25
Sky Kid: 5:25:31
Sky Kid Deluxe: 5:34:34
The Tower of Druaga Part 2 (with mystery guest): 5:54:03
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