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Here's a random thing about Namco Museum DS's regional packaging.

The North American cartridge is a truncated version of the main box art!

Overseas however, there's unique art for the cartridge; based off of the included Pac-Man Vs.! Kinda wish the main selling point was playable by yourself.

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Finally getting to upload the cute maids collab! Thank you to all the artists that participated!!

Opeo and Prince By Me (MaxTheEgg)

Beyond and Miso by Ranel

Foomin by @smug-wolf

Dipp and Young King by @vexcosmo

Kuro and Ichigo by 0re0

Young Queen by Daffo Lovelace (facebook)

June by @calcium-rods

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Katamari gifs

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The full character roster from Pac-Man Kart Rally! Some notable picks here are Taizo Hori, Galaga Fighter and Ichigo, all three never having shown up in a Pac-Man racer up to this point!

Unusually, there are two characters that were planned but ultimately scrapped; those being Ms. Pac-Man and Sue. I got both of these from "BigHungryMode", archivist of many Pac-Man mobile titles! The Ms. Pac is from the J2ME 2D version of the game—not sure where Sue came from.

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I LOVE YOU ANON SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Hello! I’ve seen your Tumblr page and I’ve gotten into Cosmo Gang recently. I really appreciate your posts! I managed to get a hold of the April 1993 edition of the Cosmo Gang’s World: Untouchable Cosmo Police manga in Comic Bom Bom, and I uploaded it entirely onto Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/img-5439_202501/IMG_5423.jpeg

So far, it’s the only full upload of a single episode of the Cosmo Gang manga. I haven’t translated it fully yet, but I made sure that the words are legible. I hope you enjoy it!

AAAAAAAAAAAHhhhhhsnswie j you are the BEST my guy!

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I LOVE THEM.

Made a ton of new cousins over these past few weeks so here's another one

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That one time Bamco revived Wagyan Land... on the DS???

Yes, this is "Hirameki Action - Chibikko Wagyan no Daiki na Bouken", a 2009 revival of the series, with the addition of touch screen minigames!!!! (Everyone's favorite...). It looks fun, however I haven't played it myself, so take my opinion with a grain of double supreme salt.

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Vehicles

Talking about the various vehicles seen in Cosmo Gang!

Boss UFO:

The ufo Bakuto is seen using and the same ufo seen on the very first Cosmo Gang elemecha game. Found in pretty much every part of the Cosmo Gang series. In Cosmo Gang the Video Bakuto uses this ufo to give himself and extra hit and can be seen sitting in the ufo during the first challenge stage based on the original Cosmo Gangs. In Cosmo Gang the Puzzle the Boss UFO is seen again as Bakuto's ship as he is the first player character. The exact size of the ufo seems to vary.

Mini UFO:

The ufos that Cosmos/ Jammers use. They are seen in Cosmo Gang the Video where it takes two hits to defeat them. When first hit they will attempt to charge at the player. Mini ufos are also seen in Cosmo Bazooka as targets to hit, in Cosmo Gang the Puzzle during the 10 stage breaks in the 100 puzzle mode, and in the comic from this one panel.

Hyperbeat:

The player's ship in Cosmo Gang the Video. It is used by the Cosmo Police Untoucher team and there are two of them. The one seen in art though is the white Hyperbeat which is actually the ship for player two in the game. The yellow ship for player one does not seem to have any art. The Hyperbeat can shoot a single basic shot on it's own but can be upgraded with a power up to shoot two shots at once! In artwork Ottoness is the only character seen in the Hyperbeat.

Patobeat:

The vehicle that was used in the Cosmo Police Untoucher elemecha game. There the Patobeat was piloted by Ottoness and used to hit the Cosmo Gang members. It is also seen in Cosmo Gang the Puzzle as Ottoness is the second player character in that game. It seems like the Patobeat was also the main ship used by Ottoness in the Untouchable Cosmo Police comic.

Patorider:

Not seen in any games, this bike-like vehicle is only seen used by Cool of the Untoucher team in some art work. It is also seen in that picture of the comic above, also used by Cool. A figure of this vehicle does exist though as one of the prizes from Cosmo Police Untoucher.

Bumpy:

Looks like the main vehicle the Untoucher team works from and it is not seen in any of the games. The only artwork of Bumpy comes from the CD booklet that came with Namco Game Sound Express Volume 8. It is described as having the ability to switch between a form that drives on the ground, to a flying form with arms. Possibly featured in the comic as well as seen in the picture above.

Note: all the comic pictures are from the same one page I was able to find off google.

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Classic Did Dug moment, sculpted in 2010

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OH MY GOD A COSMO GANG ACCOUNT???? AND A LOST COSMO GANG GAME BEING FOUND DOSHDKSKSKSLSLWLWKDKSLSLW

Cosmo Bazooka caught on video!

Go to the 6:51 mark of the video. It's a blink and you'll miss it moment!

The previously covered Cosmo Bazooka, a lost game in the Cosmo Gangs series, was (briefly) seen in this promotional video for the Wonder Eggs park! It was a theme park Namco had starting in 1992 and ending in 2000. The park rebranded twice during this period to Wonder Eggs 2, and Wonder Eggs 3. This video seems to be for the 1992 version of the park.

As for Cosmo Bazooka it looks as if the UFOs in the back moved up and down and there were 6 for each player. The Jammers(?) closer to the front would move right and left going across player lanes.

There is a second (very small) moment at around the 7:57 mark where only the player bazookas can be seen. The only new thing I figured out about them is that they light up at the top, seemingly when shooting out the balls(?)

The best previous photo of Cosmo Bazooka for reference.

This is just a personal observation but how is it easier to find photos (and VIDEO) of Cosmo Bazooka, a game that existed in few places, than it is to find ANY single photo of a Cosmo Police Untoucher machine?! In theory Cosmo Bazooka should have been the harder game to find information on, but in practice...

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Hey guys!! I'm CrispyLivin' before I die again lol.

Yeah, I'm into Mr. Driller. I LOVE Mr. Driller so much. And yes, I'm deeply into Dig Dug as well. Like that's literally what got me into Mr. Driller in the first place I LOVE ATARU AND TAIZO!!!!

The boys. Silly. And yes, I made that video at the top. I love the boys.

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Taizo Hori promoted gambling at one point

Let's go digging! Pzzt aw dangit

The photo is from Dig Dug Fygar and the video is from it's twin cabinet Dig Dug Pooka, both released in 2021.

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Does this even count as Namco?

Well I mean, it might be made by somebody else, but it was made on Namco System 10 hardware... Ehh why not let's count it

Mitchell Corporation's wacky puzzler Kono e Tako! It was made using Namco System 10, same hardware used for Mr. Driller 2 and the like

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Rare Pacs!

From a 90s Pac-Man plush set and HB Pac-Man set (presumably from 80s) respectively. Thanks to AshumBesher and their pacmanmuseum Instagram account for this!

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Peak

Opinions on Time Crisis 4?

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Periscope! :333

Nakumura Manufacturing Co. (the company who would soon become Namco) and SEGA's single unit baby 🥺

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this will be pac-man in 2014