<s>
is	O
a	O
1998	O
duology	O
of	O
video	O
game	O
compilations	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Namco	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
collections	O
compile	O
several	O
Namco-published	O
video	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
,	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
existing	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
games	O
are	O
compilations	O
of	O
Namco-published	O
video	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anthology	O
1	O
includes	O
Star	B-Application
Luster	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
of	I-Application
Babel	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
Conquerors	O
Continent	O
(	O
1992	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Wrestleball	B-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anthology	O
2	O
includes	O
Valkyrie	B-Application
no	I-Application
Bōken	I-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
King	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
(	O
1988	O
)	O
,	O
Namco	O
Classic	O
II	O
(	O
1992	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Pac-Attack	B-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
Namco	O
compilations	O
,	O
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
does	O
not	O
use	O
software	B-Application
emulation	I-Application
,	O
and	O
its	O
games	O
are	O
true	O
ports	O
that	O
were	O
created	O
from	O
scratch	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
arrangements	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
for	O
Valkyrie	B-Application
no	I-Application
Bōken	I-Application
and	O
Star	B-Application
Luster	I-Application
,	O
contain	O
entirely	O
new	O
gameplay	O
or	O
additional	O
content	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
their	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Player	O
progress	O
is	O
rewarded	O
with	O
additional	O
artwork	O
,	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
each	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
level	O
editors	O
that	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
save	O
custom	O
levels	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
memory	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
games	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
Namco	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
its	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
series	O
,	O
which	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
had	O
released	O
its	O
sixth	O
and	O
final	O
volume	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
series	O
,	O
Namco	O
received	O
requests	O
from	O
fans	O
asking	O
for	O
them	O
to	O
include	O
titles	O
from	O
its	O
home	O
console	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
created	O
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
in	O
response	O
to	O
these	O
requests	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
continue	O
introducing	O
its	O
older	O
catalog	O
to	O
newer	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
focused	O
on	O
arcade	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
difficult	O
to	O
obtain	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
games	O
published	O
through	O
its	O
Namcot	O
division	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
from	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
and	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
1	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
1998	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
23	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
2	I-Application
contains	O
technical	O
issues	O
that	O
prevent	O
it	O
from	O
running	O
properly	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
with	O
some	O
games	O
freezing	O
up	O
entirely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
games	O
were	O
digitally	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2013	O
under	O
the	O
Game	O
Archives	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
ranked	O
as	O
the	O
tenth	O
best-selling	O
game	O
in	O
Japan	O
during	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
October	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Staff	O
also	O
believed	O
the	O
collection	O
was	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
series	O
in	O
the	O
aspect	O
its	O
games	O
can	O
easily	O
be	O
obtained	O
on	O
their	O
original	O
platforms	O
,	O
where	O
as	O
most	O
games	O
in	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
are	O
hard	O
to	O
get	O
ahold	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grégoire	O
Hellot	O
of	O
Joypad	O
thought	O
Conqueror	O
's	O
Conquest	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
title	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
inferior	O
to	O
similar	O
tactical	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Robot	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
