Update, status of this page 🧵 So first, I found that 4-6 months is probably the more realistic healing timeframe for my hands, and even then, I should be going easier on them than I have been. For these past couple of weeks, the silence here hasn't been because of my hands so much as the fact that-

I'm the one who drew Goro and Mew-Mew for this! Here's the seperate image if you wanna see all the details. #mappy #namco #bandainamco #meowkies #meowkie #mewmew #goro #fanart #art

WhiteyCocoa@whiteycocoa.bsky.social · last yr.

Hello, fellow Namco fans! Thank you so much to everyone from the Namco Arcade server who decided to participate in this HUGE art collaboration! Special shoutout to the server owner @andrewambrose.bsky.social for hosting the event and helping my initial idea become a reality. #namco #bandainamco

I FORGOT VALKYRIE, FUCKIN OOPS!!! I don't wanna delete the first post but yeah, now EVERYONE is here! #namco #bandainamco #fanart #art #artcollab #collab

Years before Pac-Attack, Pac-Man and friends starred in a tile-shifting puzzle game known as Puzzle Club. In this game, players shift tiles around to align groupings of the same sprite horizontally. Although nearly complete, this 1990 title never officially released.

Yeah, okay, hand pain is flaring up again, I need to take a serious break to let this heal. Probably doesn't bother anyone as much as it does me, but I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, probably gonna be another few days of reposts.

Puck Man (Pac-Man) promotional art work illustrated by Tadashi Yamashita (1980) #namco #pacman #retrogaming #videogame #videogames #nostalgia #1980s #80s #パックマン

Scan of the fold-out Japanese Arcade Flyer for Pole Position II (Pōru Pojishon Tsū - ポールポジションII)

Challenging Stage - New Rally-X Composed by Ohnogi Yoshiyuki

Boxart for the Game Boy version of The Tower of Druaga (Doruāga no Tō - ドルアーガの塔) 1990, Angel/Namco

Box scans for the Japanese Mega-CD release of Starblade (Sutāburēdo - スターブレード) (1994, Namco)

Once again, it's Namco NG Saturday, this time featuring three 1985 issues and the first issue for 1986! Namco NG's quarterly run is coming to an end soon, and we'll be seeing the first bimonthly issues next week!

Arcade flyer for the JP release of Steel Gunner (Sutīru Gannā - スチール・ガンアー) 1991, Namco

The i-mode version of Glory of Valkyrie (ワルキューレの栄光) was preserved by Yuuku! Its Android port had been preserved, but its original keitai release had been lost until today! Earlier this year, we also preserved its keitai-exclusive sequel, The Glory of Valkyrie 2.

In 2004, Namco opened up a restaurant-arcade in the Pointe Orlando shopping center, Pac-Man Cafe! If you were interested in the cafe and decided to visit its website, you'd have been greeted by this pleasant little animation!

Developed by Lay-Up and published by Bandai in 1996 for the Playstation, SD Gundam: Over Galaxian takes the basic formula of Namco's 1979 arcade classic and adds in various power-ups and new mechanics on top of an SD Gundam facelift.

You love them - Tekken, Pac-Man, Mr. Driller - but do you know Namco? www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/08/t... The latest in our Origin of Game series, how Namco was founded in Japan 70(!) years ago and became one of the most important video game companies! From Rocking Horses to...

In 1988, Namco brought a new title to their 'Family' line of sports games, the TOSE developed Namco Classic! This game was exceptionally advanced for an 8-Bit Golf title, allowing the player to select their own club set and including a caddy that gave the player advice on each hole!

Gonna be out all day today, so all you're getting is a repost, thanks for understanding!

In 1986, Tokyo Sogensha published a trilogy of Gamebooks (essentially game novelizations, for those unfamiliar) based on the Tower of Druaga. Written by Suzuki Naoto, each book covers Gil's ascent through twenty floors of Druaga's 60 floor dungeon.

US Arcade flyer for Soul Calibur 2 (Sōrukyaribā Tsū - ソウルキャリバーII) 2002, Project Soul/Namco

It's Namco NG Saturday, this time with covers featuring Gaplus, Druaga, and Pac-Land to round out the 1984 run, while jumping into 1985 with a lovely custom piece featuring characters from Pac-Man, Mappy, and Libble Rabble!

Arcade flyer for The Outfoxies (Autofokkushīzu - アウトフォクシーズ) 1995, Namco

Namco's take on the concepts and design put forward by Atari's 1979 computer hit Star Raiders, Star Luster released in 1985 for the Famicom. It was Namco's first entirely original console game (with Battle City and Warpman being more mechanically enhanced pseudo-sequels to their earlier works).

Hands still aren't fully recovered, but I'm comfortable doing some light typing and even some light gaming again, so I should be picking back up with this tomorrow!

After directing a well-received followup to Tank Battalion in 1985's Battle City, Hyoudou Takefumi was promoted within Namco and tasked with creating a new arcade game. Starting life as the sci-fi themed Space Alamo, it would eventually materialize as the adorable multi-directional shooter Toy Pop!

Waves, jumps waterfalls, helicopters & a whale. Aqua Jets linked together courses have them all🚁🐋🌊 #アクアジェット #アーケードアーカイブス #アケアカ #ナムコ

ohfivepro.bsky.social@ohfivepro.bsky.social · last yr.

Gamest covering when Aqua Jet was showcased at the 1996 AM Show. As much fun as the dedicated cabinet was to play on, it'll be nice to have a comfy seat when playing at home too #アクアジェット #アーケードアーカイブス #アケアカ #ナムコ

Gamest covering when Aqua Jet was showcased at the 1996 AM Show. As much fun as the dedicated cabinet was to play on, it'll be nice to have a comfy seat when playing at home too #アクアジェット #アーケードアーカイブス #アケアカ #ナムコ

ohfivepro.bsky.social@ohfivepro.bsky.social · last yr.

OK, I don't think anyone saw this coming. Today's Arcade Archives 2 release is Namco's great 1996 jet-ski racing game Aqua Jet #アクアジェット #アーケードアーカイブス #アケアカ #ナムコ

Every now and again, I find myself wishing that Pac-Man ended up getting an OVA in the same vein as Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!, and this beautifully animated commercial for 1989's PC Engine port of Pac-Land greatly exacerbates that desire.

A Youtube channel called Video Dojo did eventually find someone who had footage of them in original condition from an old video tape they had kept and uploaded it to Youtube. It's kind of nuts seeing them as they were supposed to be, including the host robot youtu.be/fIqKo-ES7Qo?...

Namco's Robot Band PiCPAC (TBS, Teleport 6 News Segment 16/11/84)

YouTube video by VideoDojo Extra!

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If you're familiar with Robot Band PicPac, you're probably at least passingly familiar with both of these tracks, as a virtual recreation of the band performs these tracks in Namco Museum Vol. 4! If you're curious, you can check that out below!

**Robot Band PiCPAC (PS1) Namco Museum Vol. 4

YouTube video by a77k11

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