Namco Museum Vol. 3

The third edition of the Namco Museum series features 6 arcade games and like previous volumes includes a museum mode in addition to the arcade games.

The first game and main title on the volume is Ms. Pac-Man. It is the sequel to Pac-Man and features a girl Pac-Man along with different maze varieties. The rules are the same as Pac-Man; eat all the dots in the maze while avoiding the ghosts Blinky, Pinky, Inky , and Sue. The fruit in the game also bounces around the maze instead of it being in the middle. Mrs. Pac-Man was also featured in other Namco games such as Mrs. Pac-Man Maze Madness.

The second game is Galaxian.  This was actually the prequel to Galaga which was included in Namco Museum Vol. 1.  The rules are similar to Galaga but, the alien ship does not pick you up in the tractor beam so there is no way to earn a dual ship. The Galaxians come flying down at you but, they drift around the space unlike Galaga where they come at you.  Also, it is harder to earn points because your aliens in Galaxian aren’t worth as many points plus they are smaller and thus harder to shoot.

The third game, Dig Dug, is a shooting game but it does not take place in space. You dig down underground to battle the monsters.  There are two types of monsters: Pookas and Frygars. The Pookas are round like Pac-Man but wear yellow goggles.  The Frygars breathe fire, look like little green dragons, and are not as easy to shoot as the Pookas.  As the levels increase, so do the number of monsters.
 
The fourth game, Pole Position 2, is a racing game with more courses than the original but with the same basic controls.

Phozon, the fifth game, is a somewhat lesser known title that puts you in control of an atom looking device to collect colorful atoms and get points.

The last game, The Tower of Druaga, is a little more known than Phozon but still not as popular as the main titles.  It puts you in control of a gold suited knight in medieval times as you battle little green blobs that will kill your knight. There are also two secret versions of this game to discover and play.

Namco Museum Vol.3 is letter M in NAMCO with the other volumes being N, A, C, and O. The game rooms are also different than Vol.1 because they have more graphics along the hall with the promo shelves.  Vol. 1 had a white hall rather than based on the game like Vol. 3 has.

Overall, the games are decent in Namco Museum Vol.3 with only The Tower of Druaga and Phozon being lesser known.  The controls are easy and the games are simple.

As with other Namco museum compilations, these classic arcade games are fun to play in your own home without having to put quarters or tokens into a machine.

I see you decided to try my suggestion of putting your reviews into paragraphs. That looks much nicer

I'm more suspicious of this one being plagiarized than your last Namco Museum game review. In your last Namco Museum review you included the categories but all you did in this review is talk about each game. I think this won't qualify as a review and it might get closed.

marbleroll : Not bad. i see you put in some details about the game, you made a nice and organized review. I see no category so i'm not really sure why you forgot that. Anyway keep up the good work.

PacmanandMariofan : It isn't plagiarized just like the other one. I remember the details of the game.

marbleroll : good. Just remember to include the categories in every review!