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The five volumes of Namco Museums on the PSOne is one of my top five favorite games of all time (Yeah I know it's five games, not one, but it's my list and I can do what I want).  So I have a lot of things to say about the Namco Museums.  I could make whole blogs on them, and I have in the past on 1up.com. 

Namco Museum vol. 2 was one of the reasons why I got a PlayStation in the first place, because it had Super Pac-Man on it.  I loved how you could walk around a museum because it was very similar to a childhood idea I had of making an arcade with themed rooms based on the game series, like a Pac-Man room.  Seeing my idea come to life in a game was very cool.  These games also helped me rekindle my interest in learning about classic Namco games, and these museums helped shape the gamer I am today.

In response to your blog, did Activision make a compilation for the PSOne?  I only remember Activision Anthology for the PS2.  That was one of the only collections I feel rivalled the Namco Museums.

There is actually a LOT of differences between Rally-X and New Rally-X.  The new one has better graphics and music, better gameplay, and more cars do show up as you play.  Did you know that when Namco first showed Pac-Man and Rally-X in arcade shows, everyone said Rally-X would be the bigger hit?  Boy were they wrong!

I was also pleasantly surprised with Bosconian, as I had never played it before.  The reason why it's not as common is because it uses the same arcade board as Galaga, so most arcade owners could easily change it to the more popular game in the cabinet.  Bosconian had a sequel in Japan called "Blast Off," but it was just a regular vertically scrolling shooter.  Bosconian ships can be seen in other games like Galaga '88, though.

ToyPop was the only game on this collection not released in the US.  Did you know that ToyPop and Wonder Momo were the last arcade games from Namco that used an 8-bit processor?

I thought there was a way to exit a game and go back to the museum, but I forget how to do it.  You can download all five of the Namco Museums on PSN, though.  I wish we could've got the sixth volume, Namco Museum Encore, though.  Oh well.  I could go on and on about the Namco Museums, but I'll stop for now.  I really do love these games, as you can tell.  --Cary

I'm too busy enjoying games and reviewing them to even mess with that GamerGate stuff. 

The only random thought in my head right now is that it would be fun to play "Gourmet Race" in an orchestra.  "BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM-BUM-BUUUUUMMMMM!"

I did not like Kid Icarus: Uprising at all.  The controls just flat out sucked!  I did like the cards, though.  I've never been a fan of the Kid Icarus games, but I did like the banter between Pit and Palutena.

Good to hear from you again.  Hope you are doing well and we get to hear from you more in the future.

I remember another game that had great song lyrics: Sam & Max: Season 1 from TellTale.  I especially liked the "Ted E. Bear" and "War" songs.

And if you want to hear an old game with really BAD lyrics, look up SNK's Psycho Soldier.  Heh heh heh.

You've got some things to look up now, mister!  Better get on it! :)

Please forgive me, as I'd like to contribute to this blog, but I'm too lazy to post YouTube links.  You can do a search for any of mine if you are interested.

I think the first time I heard lyrics in a game song was the intro to ClayFighter. :)

I'm glad you put Melodies of Life from FF9 on here.  I also like the ending theme from Chocobo Racing.

The Portal ending song is great.  I also like the one in the sequel, "Want You Gone."

There was a song in Rhythm Heaven Fever on Wii that had lyrics I liked, but I can't remember which one it was!  I know that's not helpful.

And don't forget Wahoo Stomp (Stepping Wind) from Klonoa 2.  Sure it may be gibberish, but it sure is catchy.

And speaking of gibberish, there is a song near the beginning of Tales of Legendia called "The Bird Chirps, I Sing," that has lyrics consisting of a made up language for the game.  Go Shiina is genius.

And I'm kind of sad you didn't put any songs from Katamari Damacy games on here.  I like a lot of those songs.

I've reviewed a couple of them.  They're really not that great.  Too much dialogue and text.

Back when Pokemon first came out, I saw it at E3 that year and remember reading about how it was picking up speed in Japan.  I saw how they were going to market Pokemon in the US and I knew it would be big.  I requested to my editor that I cover all Pokemon games, and he was like, 'sure, whatever.'  So when the game came out, I was reviewing Pokemon games and events left and right.  I like to say that Pokemon helped pay my way through college.

I played the original Blue version to death.  I did get the GBA remake, but I didn't complete it like I did the original.  Actually I haven't finished any of the Pokemon games besides the original, because they're kind of all the same, really.  And to answer your question, the first RPGs I ever played were Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy on the NES, but the first RPG I truly got into was FF2 (FF4) on the Super NES.  And I bet this won't be the only Pokemon game we see on your list.

Never saw Maze Runner but the title did sound like Pac-Man.