Articles tagged "namco"

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Retro Game Challenge

by L.B. Jeffries

[16.Mar.09] :. Retro Game Challenge allows the player to go through the motions of playing various games from the 8-bit era, which it does almost flawlessly.

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Smash Court Tennis 3

by Azmol Meah

[12.Dec.07] :. Smash Court Tennis 3 lies in the murky middle ground between Wii Sports' tennis and Virtua Tennis, neither excelling in any particular area nor really doing that much wrong.

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Namco Museum Remix

by L.B. Jeffries

[7.Dec.07] :. Playing classic titles is often like reading a dense Victorian novel.

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New Rally-X

by Alex Vo

[26.Jan.07] :. New Rally-X continues Namco's self-cribbing of the collect-junk-in-a-maze template.

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Dig Dug

by Alex Vo

[12.Nov.06] :. Dig Dug further cements Namco's image as fortunate sons of context and circumstance.

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Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament

by Arun Subramanian

[24.Jun.05] :. As with the best games based on environmental puzzles, level design is paramount.

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Namco TV Games

by Kevin Garcia

[19.Jan.05] :. One look at the current crop of video games, and it becomes clear they just don't have the simple elegance so perfectly created in the days of yore.

 

Donkey Konga

by Michael David Sims

[5.Nov.04] :. Despite the success of several rhythm games, none have yet to rival DDR in the home market. But that's where Donkey Konga comes in.

 

Katamari Damacy

by Arun Subramanian

[20.Oct.04] :. As the industry becomes more mainstream and the costs of development increase with each new hardware cycle, it seems like game creators are beginning to try to follow proven formulas out of fear of poor returns.

 

We Love Katamari

by Blake Becker

If the shocking oddity of the objectives weren't enough to warrant further play, the never satisfied attitude of the King will.

 

Urban Reign

by Ryan Smith

Sadly, you are not required to rescue George W. Bush from angry Louisiana officials or disgruntled military moms in Namco's new Urban Reign.

 

Soulcalibur III

by Mike Sage

Soulcalibur is about flamboyant overkill, and this title embraces its shallowness with exuberant panache.

 

Mario Superstar Baseball

by Andrew Miller

Mario Superstar Baseball embraces the universal desire to see any given pitch turn into something truly astounding.