NAMCO ARCADE [Warning] This application does not currently support "Family Sharing". ◆◆◆Thank you! 2,000,000 Downloads… Free Buy Now Watch Media Details[Warning] This application does not currently support "Family Sharing". ◆◆◆Thank you! 2,000,000 Downloads◆◆◆Those gems of gaming that were so much fun back in the day are back, and are now available in the App Store! Namco's arcade games, which turned the arcades of the eighties into centers of fun and thrills, have been completely restored for you to enjoy on the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad! Whether you're an old school pro or a beginner, be sure to take this opportunity to play these classic titles, packed with a unique charm that seems both nostalgic and new at the same time! [Included Titles] -DRAGON BUSTER(NewTitle) .99-GALAGA .99-PAC-MAN .99-PAC-LAND .99(New Price)-STAR BLADE .99(New Price)-XEVIOUS .99(New Price)-THE TOWER OF DRUAGA .99(New Price)-MOTOS .99(New Price)-ROLLING THUNDER .99-PHOZON .99Every day you can choose a title to play one free game! Try all the titles and find a favorite! Plus, by purchasing Play Coins, you can play all your favorites whenever you like! Players seeking an extra challenge can compete with other players around the world in the online ranking board. Rankings reset weekly so take a shot at getting a high score with any of the titles! Players from all over the world can also upload replay data, so you'll be able to see amazing stunts and discover eye-opening strategies! The color, transparency, auto-fire function, and controller arrangement can be freely customized. The virtual stick can also be switched between analog and digital operation. Control settings can be changed from the pause menu. Previously purchased titles and items wiped out due to lost save data can be restored using the following method. 1. From the main menu, enter "SHOP". 2. Under the "SUPPORT(Restore purchase)" section, press the "Help" button. 3. Press "OK" at the dialog to confirm the restoration of purchases. 4. Enter your AppleID (if prompted) and password. The AppleID you enter should be the same one used for previous purchases. 5. When the "Restoration of purchase history succeeded." dialog appears, the restoration of purchases is complete. Our sincere apologies for this inconvenience. Be careful that the signal is not cut off while purchasing something. If the purchasing process is interrupted, there is a chance that purchased items will disappear. Be sure to back up this application with iTunes when deleting it. If the application is deleted without back up, the purchased items will disappear. Some items can be downloaded again, but this is not guaranteed. *Free play credits are valid only for the day the application is loaded. Please understand that they cannot be saved for a later date. Free play credits are regenerated every 24 hours. *Play Coins are purchased in sets of 10, and a maximum of 20 Play Coins can be possessed at a time. If a free play credit is available, it will be used before a Play Coin. *This product only supports the iPhone4, iPhone4S, iPhone5, iPhone5c, iPhone5S, iPhone6, iPhone6 Plus,iPod touch (4th gen) , iPod touch (5th gen), iPad2, iPad3,iPad Retina,iPad Air,iPad mini and iPad mini Retina Display Model. (Current as of October 2014.) *Please note that "STAR BLADE" does not support MFi Game controller and iCade. *This company does not provide support for the MFi Game controller. Contact your retail outlet with any inquiries regarding MFi Game controller faults or the operational warranty. *This company does not provide support for the iCade. Contact your retail outlet with any inquiries regarding iCade faults or the operational warranty. Please keep this in mind before making your purchase.On April 1st, 2015, our company changed its name from “BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc." to "BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.“ Information Seller: Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Jan 25, 2012 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Looks like Namco's answer to the Capcom Arcade app, complete with wide selection of IAP, the ability to buy "coins" in sets of ten, and in this case, the chance to play one of the four included games (Xevious, Tower of Druaga, Motos, Phozon) once per day for free. And yes, the inevitable "More games to come!" MJY8 Well-Known Member Jul 14, 2011 147 0 0 #2 MJY8, Jan 26, 2012 Namco Arcade play video Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel This game...WORST-_-; psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #3 psj3809, Jan 26, 2012 This game worst ? Eh ??? Good to see Xevious, an 80's classic. Anyway i'm happy to see this, love my 80's arcade games, the interface/surround graphics dont look the best but its free so i'll give it a go. Wish more companies would release compilations like this though. Hammer09 Well-Known Member Jun 26, 2011 51 0 0 #4 Hammer09, Jan 26, 2012 Reminds me of iMame, that comes without IAP!!! psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #5 psj3809, Jan 26, 2012 Well obviously but you're running 'illegal copyrighted' games on imame. Dont get me wrong i love iMame but i'm happy to support the original dev if they release their games on iOS like this. Sadly i can imagine that iMame works better than some of these official published apps though GDSage Well-Known Member Feb 4, 2009 472 0 0 #6 GDSage, Jan 26, 2012 Pay per credit? My dear Scamco, just what would we do without your scamming ways... psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #7 psj3809, Jan 26, 2012 Wouldnt say its scamming, its just like the Capcom arcade. You can either buy credits to play/test the games out of buy the games outright, some are £2.49, others £1.99 Quite expensive really, i think its great theyre releasing these old classics but the price of them is way too high. iMame has 'ruined' this for me really as i've got 100's on mame i dont really need something like this unless Namco release different games. But as always they put a high price on some of these retro classics which is a shame. I mean in the app store you can get a classic like Paper Monsters for 69p and then theyre charging about £2.50 for Xevious, its not like a new improved version like some companies do (They release the original and another with updated graphics). Shame triggywiggy Well-Known Member Jan 24, 2010 4,353 2 0 Freelance writer, Student, Casually employed in re Perth, Western Australia #8 triggywiggy, Jan 26, 2012 Pacman writing but no Pacman? GDSage Well-Known Member Feb 4, 2009 472 0 0 #9 GDSage, Jan 26, 2012 It really is, that's why they're known as Scamco. Just look at how busy they've been in the past three months: Ridge Racer Vita - $30 Ridge Racer at 30FPS with only three tracks and five cars, rest of content is DLC SoulCalibur port iOS - $12.99 Tales of Innocence R - Poor full-priced expanded port with Day one DLC allowing you to pay for ability points and the like ($3-$5 per go) Now this... ... and that's not even including all the scammy DLC they've done with titles before all this. When it comes to the question "What can we charge for and how much can we get away with?" no other company plucks the bottom depths quite like Namco has. Blown454 Well-Known Member Oct 29, 2010 86 0 6 #10 Blown454, Jan 26, 2012 Not everyone using iMame is running 'illegal copyrighted' games. Granted there are many that attain their roms illegally, I know many that don't and enjoy transferring their roms/games into a shiny new multi-game arcade cabinet. I enjoy supporting devs that put out a decent product, but don't enjoy supporting those that put out crap for the sake of putting out crap. squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,715 1,240 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #11 squarezero, Jan 26, 2012 Last edited: Jan 26, 2012 Not to mention selling the 3DS version of Xevious for $6.00! Frankly, I don't mind the premium price on Soul Calibur -- it's not like there's a lot of competition in the App Store, and it is a good (though incomplete) port. But the price of the games in this collection is kind of ridiculous. @Blown454: When you say "many," you of course mean 99.9% of people who us iMAME. Gabrien Well-Known Member Nov 24, 2009 5,148 0 36 #12 Gabrien, Jan 26, 2012 Exactly where are they known as "Scamco?" Known by whom? That's the first I've heard of it personally. Actually as it happens, Namco have been one of the better large companies when it comes to IAP on the whole. Soul Calibur has no IAP at all to my knowledge and the purchase price is just fine if not "attractive." This release is a different matter. But let's keep a fair perspective please. Rudi Well-Known Member Mar 3, 2009 523 0 16 #13 Rudi, Jan 26, 2012 I'd really support the companies, if they would give us good conversions of the old classics. But this is crap!!!!! not compatible wit ipad 1, Why? I have to play it on my little iphone schreen in a letterbox. Why not fullscreen. They goving us crappy conversions of old games. No extras, no enhanced versions. I can understand anyone, who plays the good versions on Imame. About the rights, I think many of us have alredy bought namco classics on Psp,xbox and playstation. But paying again and again for such a crappy version isnt ok. shame on you Namco. You should invest more time and money to give us what we like. Spamcan Well-Known Member Jan 2, 2010 997 0 0 The distant future year 1999 #14 Spamcan, Jan 26, 2012 No 3GS or iPad 1 support for 30 year old games wrapped in an emulator? WTF? They couldn't even be bothered to create custom backgrounds for each title? This is sad, these games deserve better then this. GDSage Well-Known Member Feb 4, 2009 472 0 0 #15 GDSage, Jan 26, 2012 The SC port isn't about IAP it's the fact that it's also on the 360 (with HD support, leaderboards, achievements) and originally for $10. Comparatively, there's really no reason why the iOS port should be the same price, nevermind even higher. Also, they're known as Scamco by many a board whenever they release a ripoff title (or a title with a ripoff payment method), which actually occurs quite often and has occurred for some years now. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #16 psj3809, Jan 26, 2012 Exactly ! The Atari app wasnt the best but you got a lot of games for one price, whereas this one theyre taking the mick with single games for £2.49 or £1.99 each. It 'could' be very good if they lumped in say 20 games with it and you pay £3.99 for all of them in one go but the price for each when like you say its just an emulator image wrapped up is poor squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,715 1,240 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #17 squarezero, Jan 26, 2012 The XBox 360 version was basically the original Dreamcast game wrapped in an emulator. The iOS version was actually ported, not emulated. It has HD graphics and a control scheme that actually works on a touchscreen. You may not like the price, but calling a $3.00 difference a scam is grossly unfair. Don't disagree about the other examples, though. Spamcan Well-Known Member Jan 2, 2010 997 0 0 The distant future year 1999 #18 Spamcan, Jan 26, 2012 I would say the lack of older device support and the lack of any kind of forethought in the control department are bigger issues then the price. I'm more then willing to pay $5 a piece of good ports of old Namco games. Both the Capcom Arcade and Turbographx Game Box emulators are great. drelbs Well-Known Member Jun 25, 2009 11,200 7 38 #19 drelbs, Jan 26, 2012 Meh. Where's my iCade compatible Ms. Pac Man! psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #20 psj3809, Jan 26, 2012 Sure that'll come in a future update (Ms Pacman - as its in the Dreamcast and DS Namco Museum version). 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This game worst ? Eh ??? Good to see Xevious, an 80's classic. Anyway i'm happy to see this, love my 80's arcade games, the interface/surround graphics dont look the best but its free so i'll give it a go. Wish more companies would release compilations like this though.
Well obviously but you're running 'illegal copyrighted' games on imame. Dont get me wrong i love iMame but i'm happy to support the original dev if they release their games on iOS like this. Sadly i can imagine that iMame works better than some of these official published apps though
Wouldnt say its scamming, its just like the Capcom arcade. You can either buy credits to play/test the games out of buy the games outright, some are £2.49, others £1.99 Quite expensive really, i think its great theyre releasing these old classics but the price of them is way too high. iMame has 'ruined' this for me really as i've got 100's on mame i dont really need something like this unless Namco release different games. But as always they put a high price on some of these retro classics which is a shame. I mean in the app store you can get a classic like Paper Monsters for 69p and then theyre charging about £2.50 for Xevious, its not like a new improved version like some companies do (They release the original and another with updated graphics). Shame
It really is, that's why they're known as Scamco. Just look at how busy they've been in the past three months: Ridge Racer Vita - $30 Ridge Racer at 30FPS with only three tracks and five cars, rest of content is DLC SoulCalibur port iOS - $12.99 Tales of Innocence R - Poor full-priced expanded port with Day one DLC allowing you to pay for ability points and the like ($3-$5 per go) Now this... ... and that's not even including all the scammy DLC they've done with titles before all this. When it comes to the question "What can we charge for and how much can we get away with?" no other company plucks the bottom depths quite like Namco has.
Not everyone using iMame is running 'illegal copyrighted' games. Granted there are many that attain their roms illegally, I know many that don't and enjoy transferring their roms/games into a shiny new multi-game arcade cabinet. I enjoy supporting devs that put out a decent product, but don't enjoy supporting those that put out crap for the sake of putting out crap.
Not to mention selling the 3DS version of Xevious for $6.00! Frankly, I don't mind the premium price on Soul Calibur -- it's not like there's a lot of competition in the App Store, and it is a good (though incomplete) port. But the price of the games in this collection is kind of ridiculous. @Blown454: When you say "many," you of course mean 99.9% of people who us iMAME.
Exactly where are they known as "Scamco?" Known by whom? That's the first I've heard of it personally. Actually as it happens, Namco have been one of the better large companies when it comes to IAP on the whole. Soul Calibur has no IAP at all to my knowledge and the purchase price is just fine if not "attractive." This release is a different matter. But let's keep a fair perspective please.
I'd really support the companies, if they would give us good conversions of the old classics. But this is crap!!!!! not compatible wit ipad 1, Why? I have to play it on my little iphone schreen in a letterbox. Why not fullscreen. They goving us crappy conversions of old games. No extras, no enhanced versions. I can understand anyone, who plays the good versions on Imame. About the rights, I think many of us have alredy bought namco classics on Psp,xbox and playstation. But paying again and again for such a crappy version isnt ok. shame on you Namco. You should invest more time and money to give us what we like.
No 3GS or iPad 1 support for 30 year old games wrapped in an emulator? WTF? They couldn't even be bothered to create custom backgrounds for each title? This is sad, these games deserve better then this.
The SC port isn't about IAP it's the fact that it's also on the 360 (with HD support, leaderboards, achievements) and originally for $10. Comparatively, there's really no reason why the iOS port should be the same price, nevermind even higher. Also, they're known as Scamco by many a board whenever they release a ripoff title (or a title with a ripoff payment method), which actually occurs quite often and has occurred for some years now.
Exactly ! The Atari app wasnt the best but you got a lot of games for one price, whereas this one theyre taking the mick with single games for £2.49 or £1.99 each. It 'could' be very good if they lumped in say 20 games with it and you pay £3.99 for all of them in one go but the price for each when like you say its just an emulator image wrapped up is poor
The XBox 360 version was basically the original Dreamcast game wrapped in an emulator. The iOS version was actually ported, not emulated. It has HD graphics and a control scheme that actually works on a touchscreen. You may not like the price, but calling a $3.00 difference a scam is grossly unfair. Don't disagree about the other examples, though.
I would say the lack of older device support and the lack of any kind of forethought in the control department are bigger issues then the price. I'm more then willing to pay $5 a piece of good ports of old Namco games. Both the Capcom Arcade and Turbographx Game Box emulators are great.
Sure that'll come in a future update (Ms Pacman - as its in the Dreamcast and DS Namco Museum version). Icade support would 'nearly' make this app decent. Just hope they add a lot of games to it
