Arcade Game Series

The Arcade Game Series (アーケードゲームシリーズ) is a line of downloadable Namco arcade games, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. Four games were published in the line and were all released on April 20, 2016. 
While the series did not go beyond its first four releases, the Arcade Game Series would later be followed by the Arcade Archives line by Hamster Corporation, which began publishing Namco titles in late 2021.
== Games ==
*Pac-Man (1980)
*Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
*Galaga (1981)
*Dig Dug (1982)
All games in the lineup play identically to their arcade counterparts (with the exception of the updated copyright in Ms. Pac-Man and the background stars continuing to move while the game is paused in Galaga, as well as fixed bugs across the games).
In addition to the original game settings, each game also includes video options with adjustable screen details and alternate border artwork; as well as audio options, a round select feature, achievements and online leaderboards to compare between global players and friends (for games finished under the default game settings). Due to the presentation of the games, all games no longer have their "ready-to-play" screens and do not feature the 2-player alternating game modes found in the original.
== Bundles ==
The Arcade Game Series games have been featured in several bundles. These bundles notably do not include Ms. Pac-Man in their lineup of games.
=== Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack ===
A digital store bundle containing three games from the Arcade Game Series line (Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug); it was released on April 19, 2016 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. 
===Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 + Arcade Game Series===
A physical release containing three of the Arcade Game Series games (Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug), compiled with Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, was released on November 1, 2016 in North America for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. 
The disc features an additional selectable menu for each of the games. Otherwise, the games are identical to their digital counterparts. 
=== Pac-Man Collection ===
Not to be confused with the Game Boy Advance collection of the same name.A digital bundle on Steam featuring Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man, compiled with other Pac-Man games released on Steam (Pac-Man Museum +, Pac-Man World Re-Pac, Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, Pac-Man 256 and Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+) was released on May 22, 2023 in North America for Microsoft Windows.
==Trivia==
*As of 2024, the Arcade Game Series release of Ms. Pac-Man is the most recent and only available release of the game available on mainstream modern console storefronts.
*This is the first console Ms. Pac-Man release to use the original Bally Midway artworks and logos for the game, as previous re-releases (sans mobile ports) had used the Japanese designs of both the character and logo.
*In the How To Play menu for Ms. Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man's name is incorrectly capitalized as "Ms. Pac-man", while the Ghosts name is also incorrectly capitalized as "ghosts".
*The Arcade Game Series titles patch out all "kill screens" for the games, such as Pac-Man's Map 256 Glitch. In the case of Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, after completing the final level(s), the game reverts to level 1, while retaining the most difficult Ghost AI present in the games. A similar version of Pac-Man would later be included in Pac-Man Museum +.
**While there are options to toggle the kill screen bugs for each game, enabling them will disable online leaderboards for the games.
*While Arcade Game Series was not released for Nintendo consoles, many of the collection’s display and audio options from the Arcade Game Series games would appear in the Nintendo Switch version of Namco Museum.
**Namco Museum Arcade Pac, a physical release of Namco Museum (containing Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug among others) and Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus features the same game collection as the Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 + Arcade Game Series bundle.
*Footage of the Arcade Game Series version of Pac-Man is used in the film Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders; being shown as the character Poppy Pipopapo explains Pac-Man's innocence during the spread of a "Pac-Man virus".
== Gallery ==
=== Cover art ===
File:Ags pac-man tile vertical.png|Pac-Man
File:Ags ms pac-man tile veritcal.png|Ms. Pac-Man
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