Dearest Namco, Bite Me
by Zube (zube@stat.colostate.edu)
Created:  Oct 15, 2005
Updated:  Feb 24, 2008  
http://www.stat.colostate.edu/~zube/namco.txt

Dear Namco,

I have spent a large part of my life playing Namco games, first in the
arcades, later on consoles and still later on MAME.  I played the original
Katamari Damacy for a solid year and enjoyed it immensely.  Almost any day 
can be improved by the music of Mappy or Metrocross.  Tinkle Pit makes
me happy every time I play it.  I imported Mr. Driller Drill Land for the 
GameCube and it was worth every penny.  In short, your name and your game 
history have a good pedigree.

So why do you treat it like dirt?

When the N64 came out, I received Namco Museum 64 as a gift.  A
nice thought, but the emulation (if it was emulation) was awful and you 
guys couldn't even get the right music to play at the right time on Galaga.  
It was an embarrassment, but I figured that any company can make a 
stupid mistake.

Today I bought the Namco Museum for the PSX2 (mostly for Pac-Mania) and
what do I find?  Pac-man and Ms. Pac-Man give the N64 versions a run
for their money; in other words, they are of the same execrable
quality.  My old 200mhz PC with MAME did a better job.  My Atari 7800 had 
a more faithful version of Ms. Pac-Man.

One mistake may be an outlier;  two mistakes is a trend.

With this in mind and with all due respect, Dearest Namco, bite me.

Love and Kisses,
Zube