The next Arcade Archives title coming to Switch 1 and Switch 2 buzzes onto the consoles tomorrow, 2nd October 2025, and it’s the first-title Toru Iwatani — the creator of Pac-Man — developed for Namco.
The 1978 release Gee Bee is the next sport in Hamster’s enormous catalogue of ports. Notably, Gee Bee was the first ever arcade sport designed in-house at Namco. The sport will be $7.99 on Switch 1,and $9.99 on Switch 2 (or your regional equal).
On both consoles, the sport will support mouse controls — on Switch 1, that means plugging in a USB mouse, while Mouse Mode on Switch 2 will work immediately.
This is primarily a block breaker sport, though with a little bit of a pinball desk twist. You’ll use a rotary dial to control paddles to hit balls towards the prime of the screen.
While Gee Bee was a success, it underperformed in Namco’s eyes. Still, without it, the arcade scene and Namco’s own output may have been very completely different, so it’s an important half of historical past.
Arcade Archives Gee Bee and Arcade Archives 2 Gee Bee arrive on the eShop tomorrow. Will you be checking these out? Let us know in the feedback.