NES Pac-Man is notoriously bad, can’t wait to try it
8Bits1132
I find it funny that NES Pac-Man was one of the games in this lineup, despite the fact you could already play it on Namco Museum Archives. Same with Tower of Druaga.
i-like-turtles-4eva
……..yay………..
emmennuel
Why not just release all nes games?
WalkerIsTheBest
I cannot out what’s happening in Mendel Palace
Ok-Significance4702
Great, 3 games I’ve already paid for as part of the Namco Museum Archives. Wonderful.
ntwild97
Great, I bought Namco Museum Archives Volume I for nothing
Harley2280
Mendal Palace! Fuck yeah
RandomRedditor44
Small nitpick: the CRT filter is (still) inconsistent with the CRT filters on other NSO apps
CapPhrases
Ok…. Now how about some games people want?
Not_Frank
How often do they add games to the virtual systems? Is there a regular cadence or basically random? (Sorry just got a switch 2 recently)
glenjamin1616
TOWER OF DRUAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEAK IS ON NSO!!!!
(Go get the arcade archives or Namco museum version though too, the arcade game is amazing)
Nas160
Anything but a fucking direct
ProphetNimd
NSO sucks so hard. I’m glad I switched to emulation for retro games. They’ll trickle out this bullshit but Mario Sunshine is still nowhere to be seen after almost a year of the Switch 2.
nippernip11
They should let us vote
Ilan01
Could’ve sworn Pacman was already on NSO, insane it took this long
davoid1
Alright!! Snickle Snuckle!!
lyyty
Is Mario Sunshine ever going to come out?
MedusaMadman77
Get Namcot Collections instead or in addition to this. The Pac-Man CE and Galaga demakes are 10/10 must play games.
Sathsong89
Goddamn it can we please put Pac-Man adventures on SNES NSO
Yadahoom
I might be the only person that wants or even remembers Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures on SNES
Professor_Poptart
I know it may never happen, but I really hope we get some licensed games on the emulation apps here. We have Quest for Camelot on the gameboy, but I think that’s essentially it? Goldeneye too.
emperorsolo
So fun fact, NES Namco Pac-Man was released in 1993 as part of a deal that would allow Namco to become a licensee for the SNES (Nintendo had mandated that Namco release NES games in order to obtain an SNES license.).
However, that wasn’t the first time this game appeared on the NES. The same Namco Pac-Man was originally brought over by Atari Games and published under their Tengen label in 1988.
If you go to the NSO settings and order the app by date, Pac-Man shows up as a 1988 title despite the boxart and in game copyright showing the 1993 rerelease.
This is a nod to the fact that Pac-Man was one of three licensed games that Atari Games published before they went rogue and became an unlicensed publisher. To this day, Nintendo officially refuses to acknowledge in any official company histories that Atari Games/Tengen was a licensed publisher.
So I find the NSO Tengen reference funny.
disappointer
I don’t know who has the rights to Data East / Irem stuff, but can we not get “Kung Fu” already? (Fun fact, Shigeru Miyamoto oversaw the NES port of that game.)
Blvd_Nights
Honestly, I’m pumped on PAC-MAN lol
ByronicWerther
The only Game Freak game I played and it was back then.
Powelly87
Yawn fest. I know each month can’t be a blockbuster online release, but this is a strange batch.
Bh1278
As was already mentioned, Not only was Mendel Palace a Game Freak game, it was the first game they did! It’s a surprisingly decent, pretty fun game! Though a small OST what is there is pretty catchy!
What many of you probably don’t know is in the late 90s Game Freak had been planning a Super Famicom version of the game!! The game’s Japanese name is Quinty. Here’s a link to a YouTube video with a little bit of gameplay from it. It leaked out in that massive Gigabit leak from a while back. Apparently it’s fully playable beginning to end too!
Judging by the title screen they were planning on releasing it in or around 1999, holy shit! No wonder why it was cancelled, it would have been among the last Super Famicom releases! No matter how you play it don’t sleep on that game!
ImColeTrickle
Bangers…
CodyXOmega
Da hell they do to my boy Clyde? Who gave him the shit sheet?
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The games are:
PAC-MAN
Mendel Palace
THE TOWER OF DRUAGA
Mendel Palace is the debut game for GameFreak.
Wait Pac-Man wasn’t already here?
[deleted]
NES Pac-Man is notoriously bad, can’t wait to try it
I find it funny that NES Pac-Man was one of the games in this lineup, despite the fact you could already play it on Namco Museum Archives. Same with Tower of Druaga.
……..yay………..
Why not just release all nes games?
I cannot out what’s happening in Mendel Palace
Great, 3 games I’ve already paid for as part of the Namco Museum Archives. Wonderful.
Great, I bought Namco Museum Archives Volume I for nothing
Mendal Palace! Fuck yeah
Small nitpick: the CRT filter is (still) inconsistent with the CRT filters on other NSO apps
Ok…. Now how about some games people want?
How often do they add games to the virtual systems? Is there a regular cadence or basically random? (Sorry just got a switch 2 recently)
TOWER OF DRUAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEAK IS ON NSO!!!!
(Go get the arcade archives or Namco museum version though too, the arcade game is amazing)
Anything but a fucking direct
NSO sucks so hard. I’m glad I switched to emulation for retro games. They’ll trickle out this bullshit but Mario Sunshine is still nowhere to be seen after almost a year of the Switch 2.
They should let us vote
Could’ve sworn Pacman was already on NSO, insane it took this long
Alright!! Snickle Snuckle!!
Is Mario Sunshine ever going to come out?
Get Namcot Collections instead or in addition to this. The Pac-Man CE and Galaga demakes are 10/10 must play games.
Goddamn it can we please put Pac-Man adventures on SNES NSO
I might be the only person that wants or even remembers Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures on SNES
I know it may never happen, but I really hope we get some licensed games on the emulation apps here. We have Quest for Camelot on the gameboy, but I think that’s essentially it? Goldeneye too.
So fun fact, NES Namco Pac-Man was released in 1993 as part of a deal that would allow Namco to become a licensee for the SNES (Nintendo had mandated that Namco release NES games in order to obtain an SNES license.).
However, that wasn’t the first time this game appeared on the NES. The same Namco Pac-Man was originally brought over by Atari Games and published under their Tengen label in 1988.
If you go to the NSO settings and order the app by date, Pac-Man shows up as a 1988 title despite the boxart and in game copyright showing the 1993 rerelease.
This is a nod to the fact that Pac-Man was one of three licensed games that Atari Games published before they went rogue and became an unlicensed publisher. To this day, Nintendo officially refuses to acknowledge in any official company histories that Atari Games/Tengen was a licensed publisher.
So I find the NSO Tengen reference funny.
I don’t know who has the rights to Data East / Irem stuff, but can we not get “Kung Fu” already? (Fun fact, Shigeru Miyamoto oversaw the NES port of that game.)
Honestly, I’m pumped on PAC-MAN lol
The only Game Freak game I played and it was back then.
Yawn fest. I know each month can’t be a blockbuster online release, but this is a strange batch.
As was already mentioned, Not only was Mendel Palace a Game Freak game, it was the first game they did! It’s a surprisingly decent, pretty fun game! Though a small OST what is there is pretty catchy!
What many of you probably don’t know is in the late 90s Game Freak had been planning a Super Famicom version of the game!! The game’s Japanese name is Quinty. Here’s a link to a YouTube video with a little bit of gameplay from it. It leaked out in that massive Gigabit leak from a while back. Apparently it’s fully playable beginning to end too!
https://youtu.be/zOtQd8MtbEo?si=xmH1bQVOhXciN5AU
Judging by the title screen they were planning on releasing it in or around 1999, holy shit! No wonder why it was cancelled, it would have been among the last Super Famicom releases! No matter how you play it don’t sleep on that game!
Bangers…
Da hell they do to my boy Clyde? Who gave him the shit sheet?