Mr. Eight-Three-One | Microsoft Return of Arcade Gameplay @MrEightThreeOne | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 11 hours ago
Complete with bad early 90s upscaling!
A compilation of four Namco arcade game ports released in 1996, and another case of "I made this because I felt like it". This isn't anything remarkable, but it's definitely a relic of early Windows 95. I actually got this game complete in the box at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo recently, and...well, why not? You've probably played these games a million times by now given how often Namco rehashes their old content, but it is worth stating that this particular compilation was released only a year after the first Namco Museum game so it still was a pretty big deal at the time. Included in here are Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position, and Galaxian. They're fairly similar to the originals but have some customizable features if you so desire, including things like being able to change your character or enemy speed. I showed off a full game of each one of them, and showed them to the best of my ability. Nowadays this is far from the ideal way to play the games, but it's still a neat novelty regardless.
Pac-Man: You all know what to expect from this one. I don't think I have anything to add to it to be quite honest.
Galaxian: Okay, I'm going to open myself up to controversy on this one, but I really don't care much for this game. I know it's very historically significant as the first sprite-based hardware known and looking really impressive next to Space Invaders, but everything it did, Galaga just did better, and anything historical about it is sort of negated by Space Invaders existing. And, in my opinion, despite being more technically impressive, I still find Space Invaders to be a way more entertaining and interesting game. This is caused by your ship moving back and forth way too slowly and the distance between your bullet and the enemies being a little too far for my taste. I wish I had more positive to say about this game but I just don't think it holds up that well.
Dig Dug: Probably the easiest game in this compilation, I never was a huge fan of this but if you play long enough it does get a little difficult. In fact almost all my lives were lost on the last few levels I played. I also tried to use the rocks and collect vegetables as much as I could.
Pole Position: This one actually supports mouse control, giving an experience pretty close to using the steering wheel. However...this one is actually a lot easier than the arcade version. This is because of one simple thing -- you can turn a lot tighter on this one and skidding doesn't happen as often. The last left turn usually destroys me when I play the arcade version, but here it's no problem at all. I managed to get a pretty easy full race finished on this video, which is really rare for me to do on most adaptations.
Enjoy the video! If you care, I blacked out part of the "About" screen due to it having someone's full name on there.
Complete with bad early 90s upscaling!
A compilation of four Namco arcade game ports released in 1996, and another case of "I made this because I felt like it". This isn't anything remarkable, but it's definitely a relic of early Windows 95. I actually got this game complete in the box at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo recently, and...well, why not? You've probably played these games a million times by now given how often Namco rehashes their old content, but it is worth stating that this particular compilation was released only a year after the first Namco Museum game so it still was a pretty big deal at the time. Included in here are Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position, and Galaxian. They're fairly similar to the originals but have some customizable features if you so desire, including things like being able to change your character or enemy speed. I showed off a full game of each one of them, and showed them to the best of my ability. Nowadays this is far from the ideal way to play the games, but it's still a neat novelty regardless.
Pac-Man: You all know what to expect from this one. I don't think I have anything to add to it to be quite honest.
Galaxian: Okay, I'm going to open myself up to controversy on this one, but I really don't care much for this game. I know it's very historically significant as the first sprite-based hardware known and looking really impressive next to Space Invaders, but everything it did, Galaga just did better, and anything historical about it is sort of negated by Space Invaders existing. And, in my opinion, despite being more technically impressive, I still find Space Invaders to be a way more entertaining and interesting game. This is caused by your ship moving back and forth way too slowly and the distance between your bullet and the enemies being a little too far for my taste. I wish I had more positive to say about this game but I just don't think it holds up that well.
Dig Dug: Probably the easiest game in this compilation, I never was a huge fan of this but if you play long enough it does get a little difficult. In fact almost all my lives were lost on the last few levels I played. I also tried to use the rocks and collect vegetables as much as I could.
Pole Position: This one actually supports mouse control, giving an experience pretty close to using the steering wheel. However...this one is actually a lot easier than the arcade version. This is because of one simple thing -- you can turn a lot tighter on this one and skidding doesn't happen as often. The last left turn usually destroys me when I play the arcade version, but here it's no problem at all. I managed to get a pretty easy full race finished on this video, which is really rare for me to do on most adaptations.
Enjoy the video! If you care, I blacked out part of the "About" screen due to it having someone's full name on there.
