is a video game compilation released in July 2005 by

Namco was a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company, headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo. It held several international branches, including Namco America in Santa Clara, California, Namco Europe in London, Na ...

in Japan only to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. The compilation includes five PlayStation video games (''

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'', '' Klonoa: Door to Phantomile'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'') with analog controller support.

Development and release

''NamCollection'' was released by

exclusively in Japan on July 21, 2005 for the

PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...

to coincide with the company's 50th anniversary. The game was publicly announced by Japanese publication ''

Famitsu formerly ''Famicom Tsūshin'', is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the fo ...

'' on March 24, reported to be around 80% complete by that time. Originally slated for release on June 2, it was later delayed to July 31 of that year for unknown reasons.

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References

External links

NamCollection site
{{Tekken 2005 video games Japan-exclusive video games Namco games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Bandai Namco video game compilations Video games developed in Japan