Go Home, Namco Classics
Testers for the Japanese beta of Home will be able to access a virtual arcade jam-packed with Namco’s classic titles. It’s all the fun of arcade games without the flaccid, beaten joysticks, the beer-stained panels and the blue stench of stale cigarettes and impending eviction!
From IGN:
“Sony and Namco Bandai will be putting a beta version of a new Namco Museum in the virtual world. Users will be able to play Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug and Xevious directly from virtual arcade units. Screenshots released today suggest network rankings and other community features.
These Namco classics will be joined by original arcade games based off Echochrome and the recent Japan-only PSP title Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida. Future plans call for a collaborative effort with Sony’s Japan-only cat mascot character Toro from Mainichi Issyo.”
Some might say that Sony has a lot to answer for and I agree: why is the cat-mascot in Japan only? :(
I have to admit I’ve never been a fan of rack-up-the-points arcade games. I get bored of them pretty quickly. This, in spite of being conceived on top of a Pac-Man unit. Sometimes I dream that I’m back in the womb and I hear my mom’s heartbeat: Wakka-wakka-wakka…
Dear God, when will I learn to stop blogging after a day of eating nothing but Skittles?
(Image copyright Namco—wait, what the hell is Pac-Man’s goddamn problem? It’s bad enough you eat the ghosts. Don’t hoard them.)
