Andrew Elmore, a designer and composer known for work at Epic and Bungie and the Ridge Racer Type 4 tribute album Real Racing Roots 2019, has announced a major documentary project cataloguing the full history of Namco Museum releases.
The documentary aims to document every Namco Museum entry and its various ports across platforms and regions, and will premiere on Elmore’s YouTube channel on Friday, June 26.
Background and scope
Namco first began packaging its arcade library into Namco Museum collections during the early years of the 32-bit PlayStation era.
The initiative has persisted across multiple console generations and digital storefronts, with Bandai Namco and partners continuing to keep classic titles available to modern players.
Elmore’s project chronicles that history, tracing Namco Museum’s movement from arcade and PlayStation-era compilations to reissues on modern platforms and digital stores such as the Nintendo Switch eShop.
Project details and timeline
Elmore says the documentary required three years of research and compilation.
He describes the work as a comprehensive accounting of every port and compilation entry Namco released, covering all platforms and regional variants without exception.
The finished video is expected to run roughly two hours and will be made publicly available on his YouTube channel on June 26.
Professional context
Elmore brings industry experience to the effort: his résumé includes roles at Epic and Bungie and work on music projects like Real Racing Roots 2019.
On social media, he characterized the documentary as the most ambitious creative project of his career and is offering supporters the chance to have their names appear in the final credits.
Why it matters
For preservation-minded players and historians, a single, consolidated record of Namco Museum releases offers a practical reference for how classic arcade titles have been repackaged and redistributed across hardware and digital platforms.
The documentary will be of interest to fans of Namco’s catalog, historians of console-era publishing, and anyone tracking classic re-releases on platforms such as Nintendo Switch and major digital storefronts.
Availability
The full documentary will premiere on Andrew Elmore’s YouTube channel on Friday, June 26.
Viewers can expect a near two-hour, deeply researched look at Namco Museum’s release history and the many ports that brought arcade classics to new hardware.
The documentary aims to document every Namco Museum entry and its various ports across platforms and regions, and will premiere on Elmore’s YouTube channel on Friday, June 26.
Background and scope
Namco first began packaging its arcade library into Namco Museum collections during the early years of the 32-bit PlayStation era.
The initiative has persisted across multiple console generations and digital storefronts, with Bandai Namco and partners continuing to keep classic titles available to modern players.
Elmore’s project chronicles that history, tracing Namco Museum’s movement from arcade and PlayStation-era compilations to reissues on modern platforms and digital stores such as the Nintendo Switch eShop.
Project details and timeline
Elmore says the documentary required three years of research and compilation.
He describes the work as a comprehensive accounting of every port and compilation entry Namco released, covering all platforms and regional variants without exception.
The finished video is expected to run roughly two hours and will be made publicly available on his YouTube channel on June 26.
Professional context
Elmore brings industry experience to the effort: his résumé includes roles at Epic and Bungie and work on music projects like Real Racing Roots 2019.
On social media, he characterized the documentary as the most ambitious creative project of his career and is offering supporters the chance to have their names appear in the final credits.
Why it matters
For preservation-minded players and historians, a single, consolidated record of Namco Museum releases offers a practical reference for how classic arcade titles have been repackaged and redistributed across hardware and digital platforms.
The documentary will be of interest to fans of Namco’s catalog, historians of console-era publishing, and anyone tracking classic re-releases on platforms such as Nintendo Switch and major digital storefronts.
Availability
The full documentary will premiere on Andrew Elmore’s YouTube channel on Friday, June 26.
Viewers can expect a near two-hour, deeply researched look at Namco Museum’s release history and the many ports that brought arcade classics to new hardware.