Jakks Pacific has announced a new low cost game controller called Namco II: Ms Pac-Man with 5 TV Games. This is an integrated joystick-game controller with five classic Namco arcade games: Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Pole Position, Xevious, and Mappy. It's a followup to the Namco TV Games system that I talked about here earlier.

Namco II: Ms Pac-Man with 5 TV Games is scheduled to be available on May 15, 2004. Amazon.com is taking preorders for it now.

For less than $25.00, this game will include arcade-quality Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, and Pole Position. I don't remember playing Xevious and Mappy at arcades, but, the other game sets that Jakks Pacific has released have included games that were not as memorable as others. If the three well known games in this set are as well implemented as Pac-Man and Galaxian were in the original Namco TV Games, Namco II will be worth it.