Namco Gallery (ナムコギャラリー?) is a series of compilation games developed and released by Namco for the Game Boy exclusively in Japan. Three compilations were released from 1996 to 1997, and each contained four games, some of which were previously released as standalone titles. All games in the collections feature support for the Super Game Boy peripheral, allowing the games to display full color and have border artwork.
Games[]
Namco Gallery Vol. 1[]
Namco Gallery Vol. 1 is the first entry, and was released on August 21, 1996, and contained the following games:
- Battle City
- Galaga
- Mappy
- Namco Classic
Namco Gallery Vol. 2[]
Namco Gallery Vol. 2 is the second entry, and was released on November 29, 1996, and contained the following games:
- Galaxian
- Dig Dug
- The Tower of Druaga
- Famista 4
Namco Gallery Vol. 3[]
Namco Gallery Vol. 3 is the final entry, and was released on August 25, 1997. It contained the following games:
- Sky Kid
- The Tower of Babel
- Family Tennis
- Jantaku Boy
Trivia[]
- Like Nintendo's Game & Watch Gallery, Namco Gallery lets you play a variety of classic arcade games.
- The only arcade games included in the trilogy are Galaga, Mappy, Galaxian, Dig Dug, The Tower Of Druaga, and Sky Kid.
- Pac-Man has a cameo appearance in Vol. 1 & 3. In Vol. 2, he doesn't have one.
- Namco Gallery Vol. 2 has five games in one because of New Dig Dug.
- Every time a player enter a password in the ranking menu, they get to see a special picture panel featuring Namco characters. To obtain all four panels, the player must achieve the gold player award in each game.
- There are no end credits seen or found in any of the compilations other than the games themselves.
- The Namco Gallery trilogy was never released outside of Japan. It never also received a single re-release on Japanese Nintendo stores like the eShop. Because of this, it's possible that most Namco fans don't know anything about it since they only grew up with the Namco Museum games.
Gallery[]
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Namco Gallery Vol. 1 on Super Game Boy
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Namco Gallery Vol. 2 on Super Game Boy
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Namco Gallery Vol. 3 on Super Game Boy
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Game select screen from Namco Gallery Vol. 1
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Game select screen from Namco Gallery Vol. 2
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Game select screen from Namco Gallery Vol. 3
Pac-Man as a billboard in Sky Kid.
Pac-Man as a golf course in Namco Classic.
Pac-Man is mentioned in Namco Classic alongside Pino and the evil Druaga.
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BattleCity (Normal Screen Mode)
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BattleCity (Fix/Full Screen Mode)
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Galaga (Super Game Boy)
.png "Mappy (Super Game Boy).png (13 KB)")
Mappy (Super Game Boy)
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Galaxian (Super Game Boy)
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Dig Dug (Super Game Boy)
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New Dig Dug (Super Game Boy)
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The hero Gilgamesh in shining armor.
Go forth young Gilgamesh and save Ki from the Tower Of Druaga.
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The Tower Of Druaga (Super Game Boy)
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The ending from another tower. Gilgamesh's quest is over.
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The normal ending, well done young hero.
.png "Famista 4 (Super Game Boy).png (17 KB)")
Famista 4 (Super Game Boy)
Go team go!
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Babel (Super Game Boy)
.png "Family Tennis (Super Game Boy).png (11 KB)")
Family Tennis (Super Game Boy)
.png "Jantaku Boy (Super Game Boy).png (15 KB)")
Jantaku Boy (Super Game Boy)
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Namco Gallery Vol. 1 (Box Art - Back Side)
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Namco Gallery Vol. 2 (Box Art - Back Side)
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Namco Gallery Vol. 3 (Box Art - Back Side)
.png "Namco Gallery Vol. 1 (Password Menu).png (1 KB)")
Enter a password and you'll get to see your progress throughout the game.
100% complete!
The first panel from Namco Gallery Vol. 1, Goro's up to something.
The second panel from Namco Gallery Vol. 1, bad Goro!
The third panel from Namco Gallery Vol. 1, Mappy is ready to fight those butterflies and save his friend.
The fourth panel from Namco Gallery Vol. 1, Mappy earned a kiss and you played very well. See you next game!
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Enter a password in the second volume and you'll get to see your progress throughout the game.
100% complete in Vol. 2!
The first panel from Namco Gallery Vol. 2, and Gilgamesh steps up to the plate and here's the pitch!
The second panel from Namco Gallery Vol. 2, Gilgamesh hit the ball with his sword.
The third panel from Namco Gallery Vol. 2, the ball is sliced in half and is going up and over Pooka and Galaxian's head.
The fourth panel from Namco Gallery Vol. 2, Gilgamesh has hit a home run and reached home plate! Well done, see you next game!
Special picture from Namco Gallery Vol. 3