{"id":113786,"date":"2020-06-04T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/looks_like_bandai_namco_is_bringing_its_retro_collection_to_the_west_as_namco_museum_archives"},"modified":"2020-06-04T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T15:30:00","slug":"looks-like-bandai-namco-is-bringing-its-retro-collection-to-the-west-as-namco-museum-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/looks-like-bandai-namco-is-bringing-its-retro-collection-to-the-west-as-namco-museum-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks Like Bandai Namco Is Bringing Its Retro Collection To The West As Namco Museum Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51f5c7ea83418\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51f5c7ea83418\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Namco Museum Vols 1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51f5c7ea83418\/namco-museum-vols-1.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51f5c7ea83418\/namco-museum-vols-1.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Namco Museum Vols 1\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Bandai Namco is about to release <strong>The Namcot Collection<\/strong> in Japan, a selection of classic titles from the company&#8217;s glory days as plain old Namco (&#8216;Namcot&#8217; was the part of the company which, once upon a time, was responsible for domestic titles).<\/p>\n<p>It would seem that the firm has plans to release retro collections in the west, too; according to <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/namco-museum-archives-vol-1\/9pgvx5zpfphr\">The Microsoft Store<\/a>, <strong>Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1<\/strong> and <strong>Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2<\/strong> and both coming on June 18th, 2020. That&#8217;s the same day that The Namcot Collection hits Japan. While only Xbox versions have been confirmed so far, we think it&#8217;s pretty safe to say these will also be Switch-bound.<\/p>\n<p>Both packs will offer save states and other &#8216;modern functions&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1 includes the following titles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dig Dug<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dragon Buster<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dragon Spirit: The New Legend<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Galaxian<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mappy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pac-Man<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pac-Man Championship Edition (8-bit demastered version)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sky Kid<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Tower of Druaga<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Xevious<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2 has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Battle City<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dig Dug II<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dragon Buster II<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Galaga (8-bit consolized version)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gaplus<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Legacy of the Wizard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mappy-Land<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mendel Palace<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pac-Land<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rolling Thunder<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Super Xevious<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Will you be picking these up? Post a comment to tell us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco is about to release The Namcot Collection in Japan, a selection of classic titles from the company&#8217;s glory days as plain old Namco (&#8216;Namcot&#8217; was the part of the company which, once upon a time, was responsible for domestic titles). 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