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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

-only plug & play devices distributed by Bandai

Bandai

is a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...

 that contain arcade games from either Namco

Namco

is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...

 or Taito

Taito

Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa...

 with Namco's being called "Namco Nostalgia" while Taito's are called "Taito Nostalgia". Each device in the series contains 4 games, with 2 being classic arcade games while the other 2 are new games using the classic sprites

Sprite (computer graphics)

In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene...

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Namco Nostalgia 1

• Xevious
  Xevious
  is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game by Namco, released in 1982. It was designed by Masanobu Endō. In the U.S., the game was manufactured and distributed by Atari. Xevious runs on Namco Galaga hardware. In Brazil the arcade cabinet was printed with the name 'COLUMBIA' for the game, while the...
  
  
• Mappy
  Mappy
  is a 1983 arcade game by Namco. In the United States, it was manufactured and distributed by Bally/Midway. Mappy is a side-scrolling platformer that features cartoon-like characters, primarily cats and mice. The game's main character itself is a mouse. Mappy runs on Namco Super Pac-Man hardware,...
  
  
• Xevious: Scramble Mission
• Mappy: Revenge of Nyamco

Namco Nostalgia 2

• Gaplus
  Gaplus
  , far more commonly known as Galaga 3 , is a fixed shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1984. It runs on Namco Phozon hardware and was only known as Gaplus in Japan...
  
  
• Dragon Buster
  Dragon Buster
  is a dungeon crawl action role-playing platform arcade game that was released by Namco in 1984. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware, modified to support vertical scrolling. In Japan, the game was ported to the MSX and Famicom; the latter version was later released for the Virtual Console in the same...
  
  
• Gaplus Phalanx
• Dragon Buster 100

Namco Nostalgia 3 (cancelled)

There was originally supposed to be a 3rd Namco Nostalgia containing ports of The Tower of Druaga and Bravoman

Bravoman

Bravoman, known in Japan as , sometimes referred to as Berabow Man is a 1988 platformer/beat-em-up hybrid arcade game developed and released by Namco for the arcades only in Japan. It was later ported to the NEC TurboGrafx-16 in 1990. This version was also released outside of Japan simply as Bravoman...

, as well as 2 new games using the sprites from those games, but it was cancelled.

Taito Nostalgia 1

• The Legend of Kage
• Gladiator
  Gladiator (arcade game)
  Gladiator, known in Japan as , was a arcade game developed by Allumer and published by Taito. It was followed by a sequel titled Blandia.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• The Legend of Kage Kaiden
• Amazoness Gladiator

Taito Nostalgia 2

• Pocky & Rocky
  Pocky & Rocky
  Pocky & Rocky, known in Japan as , is a scrolling shooter video game with action elements licensed by Taito to Natsume, who developed and published the game for release in Japan in 1992 and the rest of the world in 1993...
  
  
• Slap Fight
  Slap Fight
  , also known as Alcon, is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Toaplan and published by Taito.-Summary:It takes its inspiration from Xevious and Gradius...
  
  
• Pocky & Rocky Kakurenbou
• Slap Fight Tiger

External links

• Official website(Japanese)
• Photos

See Also

• Jakks Pacific's Namco Plug & Play games - Plug-n-play controllers by Jakks Pacific
  Jakks Pacific
  JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a designer and marketer of toys and consumer products, with a range of products that feature numerous children's toy licenses...
  
  containing Namco's arcade games that are sold outside of Japan.