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The menu interfaces in each collection are presented as a website, where the games are divided into individual "webpages". The "webpages" contain information on each of the included games, alongside bonus material such as high score rankings, promotional artwork, and character biographies. Player
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division, such as those from the Family Computer and Mega Drive. The development team considered games it thought best represented its creative talent, such as those that are considered influential or had long-lasting popularity. Namco created the remakes to update them for newer hardware and
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hardware. The original games are accompanied by special, "arranged" versions that possess improved graphics, sound, and presentation. Some of these arrangements, such as those for
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was ranked as the tenth best-selling game in Japan during the month of October 1998. The two have sold a combined 62,607 copies in its lifetime; 26,130 for
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was released on September 23 of the same year. Namco considered releasing both collections in Europe, though ultimately both remained exclusive to Japan.
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Hellot, Grégoire (September 1998). "Toutes les sorties Japonaises et US - Namco Anthology 1" (in French). No. 78. Joypad. p. 84.
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intended to only include them, however, the original versions were added as it didn't want the remakes to "get rid of" the originals.
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series, Namco received requests from fans asking for them to include titles from its home console library. The company created
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series. Alongside ports of the original games are remakes of each game that feature enhanced graphics, sound, and gameplay.
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in response to these requests and as a means to continue introducing its older catalog to newer players. Whereas
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series in the aspect its games can easily be obtained on their original platforms, where as most games in
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exclusively in Japan. The two collections compile several Namco-published video games for the
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would be attractive to new players. Staff also believed the collection was inferior to the
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progress is rewarded with additional artwork, information on the history of each game, and
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those that didn't grow up with the games included wouldn't enjoy it, and only
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series, which at the time had released its sixth and final volume for the
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that allow players to create and save custom levels to the PlayStation's
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was the best title, but was inferior to similar tactical games such as
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contains technical issues that prevent it from running properly on the
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was announced in January 1998 and released on June 4.
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Index


Developer(s)
Namco
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)
PlayStation
JP
JP
Genre(s)
Single-player
multiplayer
video game compilations
Namco
PlayStation
Family Computer
Super Famicom
Mega Drive
Namco Museum

Namco
Family Computer
Super Famicom
Mega Drive
Star Luster
The Tower of Babel
Wrestleball
Valkyrie no Bōken
King of Kings
Pac-Attack
software emulation

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