Great collection of NES Namco ports. The only negative I have so far is the "Museum" branding seems to be a misnomer on these new collections (no concept art, history videos, or interesting facts).

Why just include NES versions instead of Arcade??

This is the second of two collections of Namco NES games from the 1980s, most of which appeared in arcades first but this collection also has 2 NES only games they distributed-an action/RPG called Legacy of the Wizard and an odd puzzle-action game called Mendel Palace, most notable for being from Game Freak before they ruined society as we know it with a 90s Game Boy title you may have heard of called Pokemon. This collection also features an NES-style version of the arcade-only title Gaplus aka Galaga 3. It also includes the original Galaga, which was notably missing from the first version (the US version was originally called Galaga: Demons Of Death).
Like the first collection, the selection overall is meh becuase these are the NES versions and not the arcade originals, and only Galaga & Gaplus have any real long-term replay calue (Rolling Thunder isn't too bad though). The only additions are a "rewind" feature and being able to save/load anytime. At $20 it's also kinda overpriced.
Like Volume 1, collectors and those who had these games on NES and want to play them on Steam and not have to figure out emulators are the main audience here and the only ones who need to buy this, but I would wait for a sale. I would've just put them all in one collection rather than be greedy and make us buy two separate collections. I give it a very slight thumbs-up but it's really mixed/in the middle.
And one last major gripe, although I have an idea as to the answer: No Ms. Pac-Man?!?

I like Galaga and Gaplus. I lost the arcade game version of Gaplus when my Wii died and Nintendo no longer supported the Wii, plus tied all my digital games to the system and not an account like Steam.

It was a bit expensive to get the bunde, particularly when it was primarily for 2 games. Still it was worth it for me.

Yes they're NES (Nintendo Entertainment system games) NOT ARCADE GAMES, but I'm a glass half full guy and like having something over nothing.

I paid around $5 for Galaga on my "new" (2nd gen) 3DSXL, and since the Switch killed the 3DS, it's only a matter of time before I lose that digital content.

But I guess all good things come to an end.

It has Galaga

High time to bring out some old classics and you can do that with the new Namco Museum Archives Volume 1 & 2.
In total you get 22 games, spread over two packages, Vol 2 mainly contains sequels to the games of Vol 1, but also others.
Some of these games were never even released in the West. One thing is for sure, you can expect pixelated nostalgia.

Check out the gameplay of the games in Vol 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZYR2OHKfY8

The controls of every game in the collection work very comfortably and fortunately there are no disturbing upgrades in terms of visuals.
It all feels very classic and as you know retro games are quite spicy.
For this reason, a rewind function has been introduced (it is in many collections that Namco has released by the way.
For example, with the push of a button you can go back a few seconds in time to avoid just that one enemy.

Check out the gameplay of the games in Vol 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM8mOylaivo

Namco Museum Archives is a fun collection of arcade games that takes you through the history of Namco. This is a must-have for retro gamers, although you will need to purchase two volumes to play all the games. a
Everything feels authentic and the images and sound are wonderfully nostalgic. Unfortunately, there may be games that you don't like, but it's good that these are collections with 11 games per Volume.

To be clear these are not the arcade versions of these games. These are the NES versions of the games!

This collection contains 11 titles.

Galaga, Battle City, dig dug, super xevious, mappy land, legacy of the wizard, Rolling thunder, dragon buster 2, mendel palace, gaplus.

If you're old like me you probably recognize at least 1 title.

Galaga and galpus are space shooters.

Legacy of the wizard is an open world aarpg. I probably spent most of my time on this title.
It has multiple playable characters (5), each character has something unique about them. The father can wear gloves and move blocks, the mother can use magical wings (helps you get to high places, and fly over dangerous obstacles) and magical key (uses magic to open doors), dog is immune to monsters (can even safely stand on them) etc.
The world is practically a maze, you have to explore it and attempt to find 4 crowns, in order to defeat a dragon. Personally I had to consult a guide on multiple occasions, it can be hard to locate the crowns. Very fun title though.

Battle City is a game where you play as a tank, defeat other tanks, defend an eagle. Can be played in local coop, you can also create your own maps, or play through 35 lvls the game has to offer.

Mendel palace. You wave the carpet/floor to push the enemies off the map.

Pac-Land. You run, jump over obstacles and avoid enemies.

Rolling thunder. 2d shooting game.

Mappy land. You basically play as a mouse, collect items, and avoid cats.

Dig-dug. You dig the ground to destroy parts of the map that the enemies are standing on.

It's a really fun collection.

Thank you for gifting me this gem

i sadly have to not recommend this collection.

All the games ARE excellent, I like them all. The problem is the emulation quality is relatively poor. I don't just mean modern emulation conveniences since this collection does provide save states and rewind which are nice features.

Compare to the SNK collection which has virtually flawless emulation, it's like night and day.

I wish there was a neutral voting option to be honest. In case it isn't clear, these two collections are exclusively NES ports of Namco games, that is, these are basically NES roms being emulated. The Namco Museum name made me think these were a new version of the old Namco Museum series, which sought to port the arcade games more faithfully.

These collections are fine for the games that never got English releases and are fine for people who don't already have ways of playing these games in general, but anyone expecting high quality arcade ports is going to be a bit disappointed.

I didn't want to downvote these games because there isn't anything inherently wrong with them, it just isn't what I had hoped it would be.