# List of Bandai Namco video game compilations

Bandai Namco Holdings is a Japanese holdings company that specializes in video games, toys, arcades, anime and amusement parks, and is headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. They were formed after the merge of Namco and Bandai on 29 September 2005, with both companies' assets being merged into a single corporate entity. The video game branch of the company is Bandai Namco Entertainment, producing games for home consoles, arcade hardware and mobile phones. Bandai Namco creates several highly successful video game franchises, including Tekken, Pac-Man, Gundam and Tales, as is Japan's third largest video game company and the seventh in the world by revenue, as well as the largest toy company in the world by 2017.
Since 1990, Bandai Namco has produced many compilations containing their games, notably their arcade titles from the 1970s and 1980s, for various home video game systems, handhelds, personal computers and arcade boards. Out of these compilations, the Namco Museum series has been the most successful, selling a total of 9.113 million copies total across all platforms. Some of these compilations would be outsourced to other game developers, including Microsoft, Mass Media, Digital Eclipse, M2, and Cattle Call.

## List of compilations

| Title | Original release date | Original release date | Original release date |
| Title | Japan | North America | PAL region |
| Disk NG 1 | 9 March 1990 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the MSX 2 Includes King & Balloon, Tank Battalion, Warp & Warp, Galaga, Bosconian and XVM the last of which is exclusive to this compilation ||||
| Disk NG 2 | 26 April 1990 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the MSX 2 Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, Dig Dug, Mappy and SHM, the last of which is exclusive to this compilation ||||
| Galaxian & Galaga | 14 July 1995 | 26 June 1996 | 1995 |
| Notes: Released for the Game Boy Includes Galaxian and Galaga Published by Nintendo outside Japan ||||
| Namco Museum Vol. 1 | 22 November 1995 | 31 July 1996 | 17 August 1996 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes Pac-Man, Rally-X, New Rally-X, Bosconian, Galaga, Pole Position and Toy Pop Features a 3D virtual museum that the player can walk around and interact with One of the first PlayStation video game compilations, alongside Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits ||||
| Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 | November 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Notes: Released for arcades, running on the Namco ND-1 hardware Includes Galaga, Xevious, Super Xevious and Mappy, alongside remade "arrangement" versions of such ||||
| Namco Classic Collection Vol. 2 | March 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Notes: Released for arcades, running on the Namco ND-1 hardware Includes Pac-Man, Rally-X, New Rally-X and Dig Dug, alongside remade "arrangement" versions of such ||||
| Namco Museum Vol. 2 | 9 February 1996 | 30 September 1996 | 22 November 1996 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes Super Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy, Gaplus, Grobda and Dragon Buster The Japanese release replaces Super Pac-Man with Bomb Bee and Cutie Q A special limited edition was released exclusively in Japan that included a paddle controller and replica promotional material for each of the games ||||
| Microsoft Return of Arcade | none | April 1996 | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows 95 Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Dig Dug and Pole Position Published by Microsoft as the second installment of the Microsoft Arcade series and the first to feature Namco games (The original Microsoft Arcade featured Atari games) Was given a re-release in 2000 that included Ms. Pac-Man, renamed Microsoft Return of Arcade Anniversary Edition ||||
| Namco Museum Vol. 3 | 21 June 1996 | 31 January 1997 | 12 February 1997 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes Galaxian, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position II, Phozon and The Tower of Druaga Marks the first release of Ms. Pac-Man in Japan ||||
| Namco Gallery Vol. 1 | 21 July 1996 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the Game Boy Includes Galaga, Mappy, Battle City and Namco Classic Compatible with the Super Game Boy ||||
| Namco Museum Vol. 4 | 8 November 1996 | 30 June 1997 | 18 August 1997 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes Pac-Land, The Return of Ishtar, Genpei Toma Den, Assault, Assault Plus and Ordyne Assault Plus can be unlocked via a cheat code Genpei Toma Den was renamed to The Genji and the Heike Clans in international releases ||||
| Namco Gallery Vol. 2 | 29 November 1996 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the Game Boy Includes Galaxian, Dig Dug, The Tower of Druaga and Famista 4 Compatible with the Super Game Boy ||||
| Arcade Classics | none | none | 1996 |
| Notes: Released for the Philips CD-i Includes Galaxian, Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man Not to be confused with the Sega Genesis game of the same title that includes Atari games ||||
| Namco Museum Vol. 5 | 28 February 1997 | 26 November 1997 | 26 February 1998 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes Baraduke, Metro-Cross, Pac-Mania, Dragon Spirit and Valkyrie no Densetsu Valkyrie no Densetsu was retitled The Legend of Valkyrie in international releases The last Namco Museum compilation released for the console in North America and Europe ||||
| Xevious 3D/G+ | 28 March 1997 | 30 June 1997 | 1997 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes Xevious, Super Xevious, Xevious Arrangement and Xevious 3D/G ||||
| Namco History Vol. 1 | 25 April 1997 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows 95 Includes Xevious, Super Xevious, Mappy, Motos and Toy Pop ||||
| Namco Gallery Vol. 3 | 25 July 1997 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the Game Boy Includes Sky Kid, The Tower of Babel, Family Tennis and Jantaku Boy Compatible with the Super Game Boy ||||
| Namco Museum Encore | 30 October 1997 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes King & Balloon, Motos, Sky Kid, Rolling Thunder, Wonder Momo, Rompers and Dragon Saber Was the last Namco Museum game released for the console ||||
| Namco History Vol. 2 | 28 November 1997 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows 95 Includes Tank Battalion, Rally-X, New Rally-X, Phozon, The Tower of Druaga and Grobda ||||
| Namco Anthology 1 | 4 June 1998 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes Star Luster, The Tower of Babel, Conqueror's Continent and Wrestleball ||||
| Namco History Vol. 3 | 9 June 1998 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows 95 Includes Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Super Pac-Man, Pac & Pal and Dig Dug II Jr. Pac-Man is trademarked on the game's packaging, indicating it was to be included at one point ||||
| Namco Anthology 2 | 23 September 1998 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Includes Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu, Namco Classic II, Pac-Attack and King of Kings ||||
| Microsoft Revenge of Arcade | none | October 1998 | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows 95 Includes Rally-X, Ms. Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy and Motos Published by Microsoft as the third installment of the Microsoft Arcade series and the second to feature Namco games Marks the first known appearance of the arcade version of Motos in North America ||||
| Namco History Vol. 4 | 4 December 1998 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows 95 Includes Galaxian, King & Balloon, Bosconian, Galaga, Warp & Warp and Gaplus ||||
| Namco Collection Vol. 1 | 2 April 1999 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows 98 Includes Sky Kid Deluxe, Final Lap and Valkyrie no Densetsu ||||
| Namco Collection Vol. 2 | 30 April 1999 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows 98 Includes Dragon Buster, Libble Rabble and Yokai Dochuki ||||
| Namco Museum 64 | none | 31 October 1999 | none |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo 64 Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug and Pole Position Developed by Mass Media ||||
| Pac-Man: Special Color Edition | none | November 1999 | none |
| Notes: Released for the Game Boy Color Includes Pac-Man and Pac-Attack Made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pac-Man ||||
| Pac-Man Collection | 11 January 2002 | 12 July 2001 | 7 December 2001 |
| Notes: Released for the Game Boy Advance Includes Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, Pac-Attack and Pac-Man Arrangement Developed by Mass Media ||||
| Namco Museum | none | 31 July 2000 | none |
| Notes: Released for the Dreamcast Includes the same titles as Namco Museum 64 with the addition of Pac-It, a mini-game playable on the Dreamcast VMU Developed by Mass Media ||||
| Namco Museum | none | 4 December 2001 | none |
| Notes: Released for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Pac-Mania, Pac-Attack, Galaga Arrangement, Pac-Man Arrangement and Dig Dug Arrangement Developed by Mass Media ||||
| 20 Year Reunion: Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga – Class of 1981 | none | 2001 | none |
| Notes: Released for arcades Includes Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga to celebrate both games' 20th anniversary Pac-Man is included as a hidden game, and can be unlocked with a code ||||
| Gunvari Collection + Time Crisis | 12 December 2002 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 2 Includes Time Crisis, Point Blank, Point Blank 2 and Point Blank 3 A version bundled with the Namco GunCon 2 was also released ||||
| Namco Vintage | none | 6 November 2004 | none |
| Notes: Released for the Xbox Includes Galaga, Dig Dug and Pole Position Could be purchased through the Xbox Live Arcade compilation disk ||||
| Game Densetsu | January 2005 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for Windows XP Includes demos for Mappy, The Tower of Druaga, Grobda, Motos and Dig Dug II Released by Kabaya in packages of peppermint gum ||||
| Namco Museum Battle Collection | 24 February 2005 | 23 August 2005 | 9 December 2005 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Portable Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, King & Balloon, New Rally-X, Bosconian, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy, The Tower of Druaga, Grobda, Motos, Dig Dug II, Dragon Buster and Rolling Thunder Marks the first-ever appearance of Dig Dug II in Europe, as well as its first appearance in North America on a platform other than the NES. The compilation also includes four "arrangement" versions of Pac-Man, New Rally-X, Galaga and Dig Dug – these are not the same as those found in the Namco Classic Collection series The Japanese version, simply titled Namco Museum, contains less games found in the North America and European releases ||||
| NamCollection | 21 July 2005 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 2 Includes Ridge Racer, Tekken, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Ace Combat 2 and Mr. Driller Made to celebrate Namco's 50th anniversary ||||
| Namco Museum 50th Anniversary | 26 January 2006 | 30 August 2005 | 31 March 2006 |
| Notes: Released for the Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows and Game Boy Advance Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, Bosconian, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Xevious, Mappy, Sky Kid, Pac-Mania, Galaga '88, Rolling Thunder and Dragon Spirit Made to celebrate Namco's 50th anniversary Known in Japan as Namco Museum Arcade HITS! The North American and PAL versions feature five artists and songs popular in the 1980's, including "Come On Eileen" performed by the Dexy's Midnight Runners The scaled-down GBA version includes Pac-Man, Rally-X, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug ||||
| Pac-Man 25th Anniversary | none | 2005 | none |
| Notes: Released for arcades Includes Pac-Man, Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man Made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pac-Man ||||
| Namco Museum Vol. 2 | 23 February 2006 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Portable Includes King & Balloon, Bosconian, Xevious, Mappy, The Tower of Druaga, Grobda, Dragon Buster, Dig Dug II, Motos, Rolling Thunder and Dragon Spirit Two new "arrangement" games are included, Pac-Man Arrangement Plus and Motos Arrangement ||||
| Namco Nostalgia 1 | 15 June 2006 | none | none |
| Notes: Released as a "plug'n play" controller Includes Xevious, Mappy, Xevious: Scramble Mission and Mappy: Revenge of Nyamco, the last two being exclusive to this compilation Part of Bandai's Let's! TV Play Classic series ||||
| Namco Nostalgia 2 | 15 June 2006 | none | none |
| Notes: Released as a "plug'n play" controller Includes Gaplus, Dragon Buster, Gaplus Phanlax and Dragon Buster 100, the last two being exclusive to this compilation Part of Bandai's Let's! TV Play Classic series ||||
| Namco Museum DS | 11 October 2007 | 18 September 2007 | 22 February 2008 |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo DS Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Galaga, Xevious, Mappy, The Tower of Druaga, Super Xevious, Dig Dug II and a remake of Pac-Man Vs. Developed by M2 ||||
| Namco Museum Remix | 23 October 2007 | 6 December 2007 | 18 April 2008 |
| Notes: Released for the Wii Includes Cutie Q, Galaxian, Dig Dug, Super Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy, Pac & Pal, Gaplus and Pac-Mania, as well as five remade "remix" versions of Rally-X, Galaga, Motos, Gator Panic and Pac 'n Roll Known in Japan as Minna de Asobou! Namco Carnival (translated to English as Everybody Plays! Namco Carnival) ||||
| Namco Classic Fighter Collection | none | 17 September 2008 | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 2 Includes Soulcalibur II, Tekken 4 and Tekken Tag Tournament ||||
| Pac-Man Power Pack | none | 17 September 2008 | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 2 Includes Pac-Man World 2, Pac-Man World 3 and Pac-Man World Rally ||||
| Naruto: Ultimate Collection | none | 17 September 2008 | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 2 Includes Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 and Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 ||||
| Namco Museum Virtual Arcade | 5 November 2009 | 4 November 2008 | 15 May 2009 |
| Notes: Released for the Xbox 360 Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, King & Balloon, New Rally-X, Bosconian, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Super Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy, Grobda, The Tower of Druaga, Dragon Buster, Motos, Baraduke, Dig Dug II, Sky Kid, Metro-Cross, Sky Kid Deluxe, Pac-Mania, Galaga '88, Dragon Spirit, Pac-Man Arrangement, Galaga Arrangement, Dig Dug Arrangement, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Galaga Legions and Mr. Driller Online The Arrangement games are the same as those found in Namco Museum Battle Collection ||||
| Namco Museum Essentials | 29 January 2009 | 22 July 2009 | 1 April 2010 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 3 Includes Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Xevious, Dragon Spirit and Xevious Resurrection, the last of which being exclusive to this compilation Supported the now-defunct PS Home service Known in Japan as Namco Museum.comm Delisted from the PS Store on 15 March 2018 ||||
| Namco Games Portal | none | 26 July 2010 | none |
| Notes: Released for iOS devices Includes Letter Labyrinth, Pac-Man Remix, Galaga Remix, Dig Dug Remix, Time Crisis: 2nd Strike and Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion ||||
| Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X | 5 August 2010 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation Portable Includes remakes of Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Phantasia X ||||
| Time Crisis: Razing Storm | 21 October 2010 | 19 October 2010 | 5 November 2010 |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 3 Includes Time Crisis 4, Razing Storm and Deadstorm Pirates Known in Japan as Big 3 Gun Shooting Supports the PlayStation Move peripheral ||||
| Namco Museum Megamix | none | 16 November 2010 | none |
| Notes: Released for the Wii Updated version of Namco Museum Remix Includes Cutie Q, Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, King & Balloon, New Rally-X, Bosconian, Galaga, Dig Dug, Super Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy, Pac & Pal, Gaplus, Grobda, Motos, Dig Dug II and Pac-Mania, as well as five remade "remix" versions of Rally-X, Galaga, Grobda Motos, Gator Panic and Pac 'n Roll ||||
| Pac-Man's Arcade Party | none | 2010 | none |
| Notes: Released for arcades Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, Galaga, Bosconian, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy, Pac-Mania, Galaga '88, Dragon Spirit and Rolling Thunder A home version was released that included Ms. Pac-Man Made to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man Was succeeded in 2018 by Pac-Man's Pixel Bash ||||
| Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions | 23 June 2011 | 26 July 2011 | 26 August 2011 |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo 3DS Includes Pac-Man, Galaga, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Galaga Legions, Pac-Man Tilt and Galaga 3D Impact, the last two of which are exclusive to this compilation Includes a trailer for the then-upcoming Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures television series ||||
| Galaga 30th Collection | 3 July 2011 | 3 July 2011 | 3 July 2011 |
| Notes: Released for iOS devices Includes updated versions of Galaxian, Galaga, Gaplus and Galaga '88 Made to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Galaga ||||
| Tekken Hybrid | 1 December 2011 | 22 November 2011 | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 3 Includes a remastered version of Tekken Tag Tournament, a demo of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 titled Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue, and the film Tekken: Blood Vengeance ||||
| Namco Arcade | 26 January 2012 | 2013 | 2013 |
| Notes: Released for iOS devices Includes Pac-Man, Galaga, Xevious, Phozon, The Tower of Druaga, Pac-Land, Dragon Buster, Motos, Rolling Thunder and Starblade Was delisted from the App Store in 2016 ||||
| Pac-Man Games | none | 29 March 2012 | none |
| Notes: Released for iOS devices Includes remade "score-attack" versions of Pac-Man, Rally-X, Galaga, Dig Dug, Gator Panic and Pac-Chain ||||
| Duel Pack: Pac-Man World 3 / Namco Museum DS | none | 30 October 2012 | none |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo DS Includes Pac-Man World 3 and Namco Museum DS ||||
| Pac-Man Museum | 25 June 2014 | 25 February 2014 | 26 February 2014 |
| Notes: Released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows Includes Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Pac & Pal, Pac-Land, Pac-Mania, Pac-Attack, Pac-Man Arrangement, Pac-Man Championship Edition and Pac-Man Battle Royale Ms. Pac-Man was available as free downloadable content until 31 March 2014, becoming a $5 download The Pac-Man Arrangement in this compilation is the one found in Namco Museum Battle Collection Ports for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS were cancelled due to "delayed development" ||||
| Arcade Game Series | 20 April 2016 | 20 April 2016 | 20 April 2016 |
| Notes: Released for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC A line of downloadable ports that include Pac-Man, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug ||||
| Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack | 20 April 2016 | 20 April 2016 | 20 April 2016 |
| Notes: Released for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC Includes the Arcade Game Series releases of Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug. ||||
| Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 + Arcade Game Series | none | 1 November 2016 | none |
| Notes: Released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Includes Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 and the Arcade Game Series releases of Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug ||||
| Namco Museum | 28 July 2017 | 28 July 2017 | 28 July 2017 |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo Switch Includes Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, The Tower of Druaga, Sky Kid, Rolling Thunder, Galaga '88, Splatterhouse, Rolling Thunder 2, Tank Force and Pac-Man Vs. ||||
| Pac-Man's Pixel Bash | none | June 2018 | none |
| Notes: Released for arcades The successor to Pac-Man's Arcade Party Includes the full existing lineup from its predecessor with the addition of King & Balloon, New Rally-X, Pac-Man Plus, Super Pac-Man, Pac & Pal, Super Xevious, The Tower of Druaga, Gaplus, Grobda, Dragon Buster, Baraduke, Metro-Cross, Dig Dug II, Motos, Sky Kid, Sky Kid Deluxe, Hopping Mappy, Splatterhouse and Rompers Ms. Pac-Man is available only if the machine is set to Free Play A "chill" version was released for consumers, which replaced the coin door with a refrigerator Marks the first-ever appearance of Rompers in North America ||||
| Namco Museum Arcade Pac | none | 28 September 2018 | none |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo Switch Bundles the Nintendo Switch Namco Museum compilation with Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus ||||
| Namco Museum Mini Player | none | 25 July 2019 | none |
| Notes: Handheld system produced by My Arcade Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Xevious, Mappy, The Tower of Druaga, Sky Kid, Dig Dug II, Battle City, Rolling Thunder, Pac-Mania, Dragon Spirit, Phelios, Splatterhouse, Rolling Thunder 2, Splatterhouse 2, Pac-Attack, Rolling Thunder 3 and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures ||||
| Namcot Collection | 18 June 2020 | none | none |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo Switch Developed by M2 and B.B. Studio Games can be purchased through the Nintendo eShop via downloadable content packs or individual releases, with a physical version featuring the first downloadable content package Includes Pac-Man, Galaga, The Tower of Druaga, Battle City, Star Luster, Family Jockey, Youkai Douchuuki, Dragon Spirit: Aratanaru Densetsu, Quinty, Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti, Galaxian, Mappy, Warpman, Pac-Land, Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi, Dragon Buster, Family Circuit, Kaijuu Monogatari, Rolling Thunder, Keru Naguuru, Xevious, Dig Dug, The Tower of Babel, Sky Kid, Metro-Cross, Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei, The Quest of Ki, King of Kings, Family Pinball, Namco Classic II, and two "demakes" of Pac-Man Championship Edition and Gaplus. ||||
| Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1 | none | 18 June 2020 | 18 June 2020 |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC International version of Namcot Collection Includes Galaxian, Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy, Dig Dug, The Tower of Druaga, Sky Kid, Dragon Buster, Dragon Spirit: The New Legend, Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti, and a "demake" of Pac-Man Championship Edition Developed by B.B. Studio and M2 ||||
| Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2 | none | 18 June 2020 | 18 June 2020 |
| Notes: Released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC International version of Namcot Collection Includes Galaga, Battle City, Pac-Land, Dig Dug II, Super Xevious, Mappy-Land, Legacy of the Wizard, Rolling Thunder, Dragon Buster II and Mendel Palace, and a "demake" of Gaplus Developed by B.B. Studio and M2 ||||