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<h2 id="games">Games</h2> <h3>Included titles</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Ace_Combat_2/EQBJUqNm">Ace Combat 2</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Klonoa%3a_Door_to_Phantomile/ue2GMH9S">Klonoa: Door to Phantomile</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mr._Driller/gdvJPBYr">Mr. Driller</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Ridge_Racer_(1993_video_game)/MkCyDFCz">Ridge Racer</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tekken_(video_game)/yuPJcSgx">Tekken</a></i> (1994)</li></ul> <h2 id="development-and-release">Development and release</h2> <p><i>NamCollection</i> was released by <a href="/facts/Namco/DA5E3xqv">Namco</a> exclusively in Japan on July 21, 2005 for the <a href="/facts/PlayStation_2/gbFBT7AX">PlayStation 2</a> to coincide with the company's 50th anniversary.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The game was publicly announced by Japanese publication <i><a href="/facts/Famitsu/t92U0WbH">Famitsu</a></i> on March 24, reported to be around 80% complete by that time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Originally slated for release on June 2, it was later delayed to July 31 of that year for unknown reasons.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/list/namcollection/">NamCollection site</a> (in Japanese)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Japanese: ナムコレクション, Hepburn: NamuKorekushon <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" target="_blank">/wiki/Japanese_language</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Niizumi, Hirohiko (21 April 2005). "Namco comp pushed back to July". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191011170800/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namco-comp-pushed-back-to-july/1100-6122742/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20191011170800/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namco-comp-pushed-back-to-july/1100-6122742/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>GameSpot Staff (24 March 2005). "Namco celebrates 50th birthday with compilation". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140324005911/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/namco-celebrates-50th-birthday-with-compilation/1100-6121031/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140324005911/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/namco-celebrates-50th-birthday-with-compilation/1100-6121031/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Niizumi, Hirohiko (21 April 2005). "Namco comp pushed back to July". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191011170800/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namco-comp-pushed-back-to-july/1100-6122742/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20191011170800/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namco-comp-pushed-back-to-july/1100-6122742/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Niizumi, Hirohiko (6 April 2005). "NamCollection delayed". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191011195333/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namcollection-delayed/1100-6121806/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20191011195333/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namcollection-delayed/1100-6121806/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>