MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: question about arcade cab artwork

> the reason i'm asking this is because its been confusing me why all console namco
> games have altered artwork and why the more recent arcade cabs such as ms.pacman 20th
> have the originals.i'm trying to piece together the answer. heres a pic from the new
> galaga pacman dimentions for 3ds .you can see the way the new artwork is displayed
> mixed with the old.weird. a similar post i posted in the beginning about this is
> here......
> http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sho...true#Post244183

If that is the artwork in the new game coming out, it will mark the first time ever that Namco uses American artwork in a console port (that I can think of, anyway).

Part of the reason is they probably only ever had access to their own local artwork, but not any overseas (i.e. USA) artwork. (BTW... Namco is probably the best company at keeping archives of its arcade artwork.)

But now thanks to MAME, a really good Epson scanner, and dedicated hobbyists, they now have access to US artwork, such as the cabaret version, used in your post, which was never previously available until we scanned it.

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