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is a 2001 video game compilation developed by Mass Media and published by Namco for the Game Boy Advance. It contains ports of five of their classic arcade games, ''
Ms. Pac-Man is a 1982 maze arcade game developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Midway. It is the first sequel to '' Pac-Man'' (1980) and the first entry in the series to not be made by Namco. Controlling the title character, Pac-Man's ...
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'', '' Dig Dug'', '' Galaga'', and '' Galaxian''.


Compilation

''Namco Museum'' for Game Boy Advance was one of the first compilations in the '' Namco Museum'' series to omit a virtual museum. The GBA version was released worldwide, and was a launch title for the system in North America. The following games, originally featured in ''Namco Museum Vol. 1'' and ''Namco Museum Vol. 3'' for the PlayStation, are included: * ''
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'' (1982) * '' Galaga'' (1981) * '' Galaxian'' (1979) * ''
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'' (1982) * '' Dig Dug'' (1982) The GBA version does not retain high scores when powered off, which is also the case with ''
Pac-Man Collection is a 2001 video game compilation published by Namco for the Game Boy Advance. It includes four titles in the '' Pac-Man'' series — the original '' Pac-Man'' (1980), ''Pac-Mania'' (1987), '' Pac-Attack'' (1993), and '' Pac-Man Arrangement'' (19 ...
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Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. '' NextGen'' said of the game, "The emulation is perfect, though GBA's mono speaker warps the timbre of the occasional sound effect. ..If you can actually see it, you'll love it." Bad Hare of ''
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'' called it "an old-school must-own." The game sold 2.4 million units in the U.S. and earned $37 million by August 2006. During the period between June 2001 and August 2006, it was the third-highest-selling game for handheld game consoles in that country. By December 2007, that number grew to 2.96 million units.


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* 2001 video games Bandai Namco video game compilations Game Boy Advance games Game Boy Advance-only games Infogrames games Namco games Single-player video games Video games developed in the United States {{Namco-stub