Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Update, 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- 120
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyWhiteyCocoa @whiteycocoa.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I'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 095
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyWhiteyCocoa @whiteycocoa.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I FORGOT VALKYRIE, FUCKIN OOPS!!! I don't wanna delete the first post but yeah, now EVERYONE is here! #namco #bandainamco #fanart #art #artcollab #collab 04524
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyDaily Pac-Man @dailypacman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Years 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. 13513
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Yeah, 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. 150
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyThe Namco Historian @namcohistory.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Puck Man (Pac-Man) promotional art work illustrated by Tadashi Yamashita (1980) #namco #pacman #retrogaming #videogame #videogames #nostalgia #1980s #80s #パックマン 15924
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Scan of the fold-out Japanese Arcade Flyer for Pole Position II (Pōru Pojishon Tsū - ポールポジションII) 041
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Challenging Stage - New Rally-X Composed by Ohnogi Yoshiyuki 12610
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Boxart for the Game Boy version of The Tower of Druaga (Doruāga no Tō - ドルアーガの塔) 1990, Angel/Namco 02610
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Box scans for the Japanese Mega-CD release of Starblade (Sutāburēdo - スターブレード) (1994, Namco) 0124
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Once 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! 0248
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Arcade flyer for the JP release of Steel Gunner (Sutīru Gannā - スチール・ガンアー) 1991, Namco 052
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyRockmanCosmo @rockmancosmo.bsky.social · 21/08/2025The 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. 113455
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 21/08/2025In 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! 1205
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Developed 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. 063
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyGaming Alexandria @gamingalexandria.bsky.social · 18/08/2025You 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... 111144
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 03/06/2025In 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! 2176
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Gonna be out all day today, so all you're getting is a repost, thanks for understanding! 030
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 18/08/2025In 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. 0218
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 17/08/2025US Arcade flyer for Soul Calibur 2 (Sōrukyaribā Tsū - ソウルキャリバーII) 2002, Project Soul/Namco 0168
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 16/08/2025It'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! 11610
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Arcade flyer for The Outfoxies (Autofokkushīzu - アウトフォクシーズ) 1995, Namco 22913
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Namco'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). 191
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Hands 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! 050
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 05/07/2025After 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! 32210
Reposted by Classic Namco Dailyohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Waves, 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 0184
Reposted by Classic Namco Dailyohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Gamest 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 0187
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Every 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. 34512
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyAssoluto but Spooky @assoluto.bsky.social · 12/08/2025A 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?...youtu.beNamco's Robot Band PiCPAC (TBS, Teleport 6 News Segment 16/11/84)YouTube video by VideoDojo Extra! 142
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 04/07/2025If 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!youtu.be**Robot Band PiCPAC (PS1) Namco Museum Vol. 4YouTube video by a77k11 184
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Only two of their songs have been documented, PicPac's Theme and Robot march, the former being written by J-Pop star EPO and composed by Shimizu Nobuyuki with the latter written and composed by Ohnuki Taeko. 152
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 04/07/2025In 1984 Namco formed an animatronic band by the name of Robot Band PicPac, making their first appearance at an amateur robotics convention in Novemeber of the same year. The band would continue to perform in Japanese Arcades through 1986, being eventually sold off to an undisclosed SEA company. 2209
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 06/06/2025While Namco's early Famicom ports were exceptional, they were far from arcade perfect. While the proper pathfinding of the ghosts is implemented in Famicom Pac-Man, the maze was scaled down (now having 192 dots vs the arcades 244), meaning the 'perfect patterns' of the arcade no longer work. 23112
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The MIMIC-1 would be used pretty extensively by Tengen, though for the purpose of keeping things on the Namco side, I'll say that it was used for the 1990 Tengen-comissioned and Westwood Studios developed NES port of Pac-Mania! 013
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Namco's 109 mapper was one of the very few third-party mapper chips to be used in any licensed third party NES releases, featuring in Tengen's licensed release of Gauntlet (the unlicensed version would use a clone known as the MIMIC-1), Karnov, R.B.I Baseball, and Ring King (AKA Family Boxing). 143
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Data East and Namco shared something of an odd relationship during the Famicom era. Though Data East did self-publish under for Famicom several of their titles, such as BurgerTime and Karnov, were released under Namcot's label. Among these titles, Family Boxing even used the Namco 109 mapper chip. 174
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The final until the upcoming release of Pac-Man Double Feature, of course. 0114
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 11/07/2025And before anyone says anything, 1983's Pepsi Invaders was not sponsored by Coca Cola, but was a directly commissioned modification of the 2600's version of Space Invaders to be handed out at Coca Cola's sales convention. The game saw no commercial distribution. 064
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Namco's Coca Cola: Suzuka 8 Hours was the first ever video game to be sponsored by the Coca Cola company, based on the homonymous motorcycle endurance race sponsored by the company each year. The game features some light simulation of the endurance aspect, featuring a day-night transition. 296
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyDaily Pac-Man @dailypacman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025A recently unearthed Atari 5200 tech demo cartridge named "Slide Show" provides a static glimpse of some video game concepts for a touch tablet peripheral. One concept is labeled "Pac-Maziac" and appears to be a pitch for a Pac-Man maze builder game. 1349
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Pac-Mania was altered fairly heavily when brought over to the US from Japan, though one of the most obvious changes was that the level select now appears by default, rather than having to hold the jump button when starting the game, as well as offering score bonuses for starting on later stages! 1156
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Epoch's 1994 console, the Super Cassette Vision was something of an also-ran in the Japanese console market, releasing as it did in the same year as the Famicom and SG-1000. However, despite a tiny library of thirty games, the last three were Namco ports: Mappy, Pole Position II and Sky Kid. 2149
Reposted by Classic Namco Dailythe original Aloof Wife @cpi.pinball.horse · 04/08/2025a timeline of Nakamura/Namco games thetastates.com/eremeka/erem...thetastates.com外国人のためのエレメカアーケードゲームガイド - a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades外国人のためのエレメカアーケードゲームガイド - a foreigners' guide to eremeka arcades 132
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Before Namco, a history🧵: On June 1st, 1955, Nakamura Masaya would found Nakamura Seisakusho Co., Ltd. Starting with only ¥300,000 (roughly 13.5k USD today), he purchased and installed two hand-cranked mechanical rocking horses on a roof garden of a Matsuya department store in Yokohama. 11915
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 10/06/2025In October of 1976, Namco released F-1 to the Arcades, with it coming stateside only a month later courtesy of Atari. Designed by Namco engineer Sho Osugi, it built directly on his prior work with Racer, improving on the tech and shrinking it slightly to allow it to be installed in more locations. 195
Reposted by Classic Namco DailyClassic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Born January 27th, 1956 in Shizuoka, Japan, Ohnogi Nobuyuki composed the music for many early Namco titles, starting with Rally-X's high score music, before moving onto bigger titles like Galaga and Mappy, the latter of which he actually designed the bonus stages of! 12919
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Also, just as a general thing, would people mind more reposts? Never to replace the daily posts, but just to share posts that people might have missed? I've refrained out of fear of clogging people's feeds, but I've noticed that reposts do tend to actually get quite a decent bit of attention. 280
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Classic Namco Daily will be taking a brief hiatus, I have developed some RSI and have been advised to minimize typing and use of the mouse as much as possible for a few days and restrict it to an hour or two a day for a couple weeks after that. I'm currently using a dictation program to (1/2) 1131
Reposted by Classic Namco Dailytaizou @taizou.12bit.club · 01/08/2025One of those rare cases where all the regions' boxes are good because they're all Klonoa 0205
Classic Namco Daily @classicnamcodaily.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Boxart comparison for the PS1 release of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Kaze no Klonoa: Door to Phantomile - 風のクロノア door to phantomile JAP/US/PAL 03412