Game maker
Namco 1984–1993 / mainly platformer / 84 titles
84 titles#3 Rank by number of titles (of 152)#2 Rank by titles released in Japan (of 152)4,900 yen Median price27 points Median Famitsu scoreAbout this game maker A record of the Famicom titles this company released. All figures were counted directly.
Titles 84 titles Period 1984-1993 Formats FC / NES / FDS Main genre platformer Median price 4,900 yen Median Famitsu score 27 points Name used at the time Namco What became of it Merged with Bandai in 2005 to form the Bandai Namco Group Share released in Japan
99%
Share released overseas
25%
Share with a known price
99%
Share with a known score
26%
Titles per year Covers the 84 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.
What genres they are Breakdown of the 95 titles with a known genre. Press a slice to open that genre's page.
Which developers made them Breakdown of the 89 titles with a known developer.
1 Namco 45% 40 titles
2 Tose Co. 10% 9 titles
3 Now Production 9% 8 titles
6 Game Studio 4% 4 titles
Where they were released 1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.
1 Japan 83 titles
2 North America 21 titles
3 Europe 8 titles
83 titles 1 titles
How much they sold and what they cost Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.
2,050,000titles
The best-selling title, "R.B.I. Baseball ". Only 5 titles have known sales figures.
Launch price (median)
4,900 yen
83 titles have a known price
1 3,000 yen range 16 titles
2 4,000 yen range 37 titles
3 5,000 yen range 23 titles
4 6,000 yen range 4 titles
5 7,000 yen range 3 titles
Famitsu score Out of 40. Across the 22 titles with a known score, the median was 27.
1 titles
13 titles
7 titles
1 titles
Titles in this group (all 84) Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.
1987-12-04 /
action game / 4,900 yen / Famitsu 30 /Namco
1988-06-24 /
platformer / 4,900 yen / Famitsu 30 /Namco
1988-03-17 /
platformer / 5,500 yen / Famitsu 28 /Namco
1988-10-21 /
action game / 4,900 yen / Famitsu 27 /Namco
1989-06-27 /
action game / 4,900 yen / Famitsu 27 /Namco
1989-07-31 /
platformer / 4,900 yen / Famitsu 26 /Namco
1989-12-22 /
platformer / 5,800 yen / Famitsu 26 /Namco
1988-07-22 /
platformer / 3,900 yen / Famitsu 25 /Namco
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Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art