There's a new puzzle panel in Mii Plaza that they released last weekend. I may get it filled sooner than expected because of what I'll be doing this weekend. More info on that tomorrow!
I started playing it last night. I'll have a review of it at GamerDad.com soon!
I first played Metroid over at a friend's house when we rented it back when we were kids. We'd usually trade off, one would control the game while the other would look at maps we made, or later on, maps that were in guides. It was fun but not fun enough to pay full price for.
Back then, Samus' identity was still a secret, and nobody believed she was a woman. I personally thought she was a robot. I mean, she explodes in the same way Mega Man did.
I really didn't get into Metroid games until Super Metroid came out on the SNES. If I want to go back and play the original Metroid now, I'll opt for Zero Mission instead.
Thanks, I hope so, too. Be sure to check back at the end of the week for more museum announcements!
Yeah it would be cool if Namco would remaster those museums. Not gonna happen, but it would be cool.
Namco Musuem vol. 4 is great! It has more obscure games that you may not remember, but it also has more secrets and hidden games and the rooms are more interactive. Can you find the hidden Assault room, secret Return of Ishtar room, and help Pac in the Pac-Land room? Also, be sure to play Ordyne. It's awesome! Let me know if you have any other questions about it. I'm sure I can help you.
New Rally-X is in the same room as the Rally-X machine. I think one is a tabletop and one is a cabinet, and they are on opposite sides of the room. New Rally-X is the one you want to play.
You know how when you're a kid and you use your imagination a lot to come up with some crazy things? You might imagine a really cool treehouse to live in, or what kind of superhero you'd be, you know, things like that. Well when I was a kid, I imagined my own 'dream arcade.' It would be like an arcade mixed with a museum. Each room would have arcade machines based around a theme, like every Pac-Man game in the series, space games, racing games, etc. Each room where these arcade machines would be, they would be decorated in that theme. So the room with all the Pac-Man machines would be decorated like Pac-Man, for instance. Each arcade room would also have memorabilia, toys, and products based on that arcade franchise in that room.
So how cool do you think it was years later when I popped in the Namco Museums on my PSOne, and saw what I had imagined in my childhood come to life almost exactly how I thought it would on the TV screen! It was truly magical. These Namco Museums also helped kickstart me learning all I could about Namco games, because I realized that most of my favorite arcade games back in the day came from them! Keep in mind that when these games first came out, the Internet was still just kind of getting started and it wasn't as informative as it is today, and 'multimedia' was still a buzz-word. Because of how much the Namco Museums on PSOne shaped who I am as a gamer, they are one of my top five favorite games of all time. OK I know they are technically five games, but I'm combining them all into one for my list. I know that's cheating, but it's my list so I'll do what i want. :)
I could write whole blogs on the Namco Museums, and I think I did back in the 1up.com days. I hope you get to play the other volumes, too. They have some of the best presentation of any arcade collections out there, even to this day. The only collection that I think rivals the Namco Museums on PSOne is Activision Anthology, a collection of Atari 2600 games from Activision. It had a lot of games and cool extras, like commercials of the games and such. I had it on PS2. I would suggest tracking it down when you can.
One more thing, there was one thing in my childhood 'dream arcade' that wasn't in the Namco Museums. I imagined my arcade would have rides based on arcade games, too. Like a Centipede roller coaster or a Pole Position race track. At the end of this week, make sure to check out my blog as I'll have a 'museum' related announcement to make! --Cary
They're fun even in single player.
Yeah you'd THINK it would be like that, but it's actually not. My review of the Midway Arcade Pack will post at the end of the week, so be sure to check back then and find out!
Yes, Sadame is a 3DS e-Shop only title. I'd like to encourage you to read my review, and if you have any other questions, feel free to holler at me.
I'm suprised how much intereest Sadame is getting initially here. Thanks for reading!
