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i am afraid there is only one

griphus — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:34:58 -0800

Real Dr. Light capsule from the Mega Man X series. A part of Gauntlet Gallery's "Mega Man Boss Battle" exhibit, at which Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune contributes an in-person drawing. Reddit AMA.

Detailed design notes on Zelda, Castlevania and Mega Man

JHarris — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:49:25 -0800

The blog of video game journalist Jeremy Parish, ~~ToastyFrog~~ ~~GameSpite~~ TeleBunny.net, has four in-depth, stage-by-stage, exhaustive examinations of classic 8-bit game design: Castlevania, Castlevania II, The Legend of Zelda, and Castlevania III. They are required reading for prospective game designers. (Complete links inside. Mega Man fans, look here.) Castlevania Simon Belmont's graphics Area 1 (entrance, Vampire Bat) Area 2 (hallways, Medusa) Area 3 (walls, Mummies) Area 4 (tunnels & courtyard, Frankenstein's Monster & Igor) Area 5 (armory, Death) Area 6 (clock tower, Vampire Bat gauntlet, Dracula) Shot Multipliers Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Introduction & Premise Hearts & Day Cycle Towns Mansions Villagers (the lying bastards and the Graveyard Duck) Overworld Simon's abilities, enemy nerfing Castlevania & Dracula The Legend of Zelda Overworld Level 1 (the door trick, Stalfos, Gels, Keeses, Goriyas, Bow, Boomerang, Aquamentus) Level 2 (Ropes, Moldorms, Goriyas, Magic Boomerang, Dodongos) Level 3 (Zols, Red Darknuts, Raft, Manhandla) and Level 4 (Vires, Stepladder, two-headed Gleeok) Treasure Listing Level 5 (Gibdos, Blue Darknuts, Pol's Voice, bomb upgrade, Recorder, Digdogger) Level 6 (Wizzrobes, three-headed Gleeok, Magic Wand, Red Gohma) Level 7 (the "rest level", bomb upgrade, Aquamentus) Secret Caves Level 8 (Blue Darknuts, Blue Gohma, Magic Key, Magic Book, 4-headed Gleeok) Level 9 (huge layout, Silver Arrow, Red Ring, Ganon) Overworld Enemies Underworld Enemies Second Quest Castlevania III Block 1 (town ruins, Skeleton Knight) Block 2 (optional level, town clock tower, going through the level twice, Grant) Block 3 (misty forest & cliffs, Cyclops, collecting Sypha) Block 4 Sypha (ship, Medusa, Mummies and Cyclops) Block 5 Sypha (tower, Frankenstein's Monster) Block 6 Sypha (the waterway, twin Skeleton Dragons) Block 7 Sypha (bridge, Mummies, Cyclops and Gargoyle) Block 4 Alucard (swamps, Vampire Bat) Block 5 Alucard (approach to the castle, Alucard) Block 5-7 Alucard (underground passage, Skeleton Knight, advanced version) Character assessment Block 6 Alucard A (castle cellar, Frankenstein's Monster) Block 6 Alucard B (Roman ruins, rising water, skeleton dragon king [fought twice]) Block 7 Alucard (falling and melting block puzzles, Mummies, Cyclops and Gargoyle bosses) Block 8 (the castle itself, Castlevania 1st level reprise, Death) Block 9 (climbing the castle wall, the Doppelganger) Block A (the Clock Tower, Dracula) BONUS: Forum user Glass Knuckle's epic-length thread A Critical Look At Mega Man Stages (warning: will take days to get through, because he means ALL Mega Man stages, through the sequels) Interesting facts gleaned from the series: - In the first quest, all of Zelda's overworld secret passages are optional except those which lead to dungeons (which have clues). - In Castlevania, every platform that looks like it's floating in the air is actually supported by background scenery. This continues (to a lesser extent) in Castlevania III. - In Castlevania, great care was taken so that the castle is a consistent place. Pillars that extend between two screens match up between them. - In areas with flowing water in Castlevania III, if you happen to have Sypha with you with the Ice magic, you can freeze it, a cool effect that makes these sections much easier. - The most powerful weapon in Castlevania III is Sypha's "weakest" subweapon, the Fire magic, which does twice the damage of the maxxed-out whip. - There is a stage in Castlevania III, the Skeleton Dragon King, where the boss is fought halfway through, but escapes with four health left, which you have to knock off of him at the end of the level (while the water level rises beneath you). Castlevania III was changed in non-trivial ways between the Japanese and American releases. The music is different; although the tunes are generally the same in structue, the Japanese release (which unlike the first two games wasn't originally a Disk System game) includes extra sound hardware in the cartridge that provides extra instruments. Also, Grant's abilities were changed: in Japan, Grant can always throw Daggers. In the US, they gave him the ability to use the Dagger Subweapon, in addition to the Axe. And enemies do damage by creature type in the Japanese version, while in the US version they do damage depending on where in the game you encounter them (like the original game). Because of this, the Japanese version is a little easier than the American version.

Street Fighter x Mega Man

Pope Guilty — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:24:08 -0800

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Mega Man, a series-spawning platformer-shooter starring a blue robot with a gun for a hand who traverses dangerous levels and defeats robot bosses, gaining a new weapon with each boss he defeats. In celebration, Capcom has officially released a fan game, Street Fighter x Mega Man, with the Street Fighter cast (who made their own debut twenty five years ago in August) taking the role of the bosses. Watch the trailer or download it from Capcom's website!

Old Spice Red

ersatz — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:04:45 -0800

Dikembe Mutombo's 4 1/2 Weeks to Save the World is the tale of the struggle of Dikembe Mutombo to prevent the end of the world due to the Mayan calendar running out of time. You have to stop people from dancing Gangnam style and persuade Ohio to vote; you have to destroy cheap Black Friday toys; you have to destroy the Powerball winning numbers to prevent a literal Hollywood fatcat from producing another Vampire romance. And the game is an ad for a product that appears once in the loading screen. Advertising firm Wieden+Kennedy comes up with the concepts for each weekly installment and Canabalt creator Adam Saltsman implements them. Expect two more episodes before the end of the world. More info. The concept of a basketball player as a gaming hero has precedent in indie darling Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden and older games such as Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City and Shaq Fu.

Mega Man Tape

reenum — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:12:47 -0800

From 1990: A 12 year old, armed with an NES, video camera and VHS recorder, films a walk through on how to beat Mega Man. (SLYT)

Megaman as Malware

barnacles — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:40:57 -0800

Any critical analysis of MegaMan might just conclude that MegaMan was malware.

"Rubik's hot dog not hot either."

obscurator — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:32:12 -0800

The mid 1980's marked the zenith of popularity for Erno Rubik's amazing cube (previously on the blue). But how magic was it? To find out, Ruby-Spears Productions gave the toy a face, legs and some clever, albeit grammatically incorrect dialogue, and in 1983 Rubik the Amazing Cube was born! The theme song, as performed by Menudo: ♫On a mysterious night, when the cube appeared...[unintelligible] Then the cube had changed everything in our lives He's colorful, magical, loooovable! Rubik, he's our friend. Rubik, the amazing cube!♫ After the poorly-reinforced treasure chest holding Rubik captive fell from the angry man's stagecoach, Rubik was adopted by a well-to-do family who just so happened to need some crime-fighting help and light amusement. Behold Rubik's magical powers! -He proffers upon Lisa the power of flight in "Super Power Lisa" (Part 1, 2, 3)! -One of his cubic pieces can serve as a bugging microphone to help kids find a coffin! -Need I point out he's an excellent dancer! -Oh, and he is a self-contained heat source for all your camping needs, but watch out for those hotdogs! Ruby-Spears, credited with the original idea for Scooby Doo, were also responsible for Dynomutt, Fangface and the American MegaMan cartoon series. MegaMan Cartoon - Episode 1 (Part 1, 2, 3) Enjoy!

Not changed: the Spread Gun is still ridiculous.

Pope Guilty — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:16:40 -0800

Super Mario Bros. Crossover 2.0 is out! An expansion on the original game, which let you play as various NES characters transplanted into Super Mario Bros., but using the rules and abilities of those characters from their original games, version 2 offers more special abilities, more characters, and your choice of audiovisual "skins" based on four Mario games from the NES, SNES, and Gameboy, along with one based on Demon Returns. There's even instructions for playing with a gamepad! For more information, see the Super Mario Bros. Crossover Wiki or watch the exciting Super Mario Bros. Crossover trailer! [Previously]

Vs. Airman

JHarris — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:46:17 -0800

Vs. Airman is kind of mind-blowing the first time you see it. It is not a PC or flash game, but a romhack that can run on a real NES. But which game is it a hack of? My own guess: the distinctive physics of Super Mario Bros. would be harder to recreate than the graphics effects and enemies of Air Man's level of Mega Man II, and I notice they changed the music, which could be because SMB's engine couldn't handle the advanced chiptune music techniques Mega Man tend to feature. There are other versions of the hack out there it seems. Here's one a bit closer to Super Mario Bros. in level design. Auntie Pixelante hosts a copy of the original patch.

Yes, I like eating junebugs/ No, I'm note very tall

ShawnStruck — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:44:15 -0800

brentalfloss is a comedian, musician, and gamer. He first gained notoriety when he added lyrics to the title theme from Mega Man 3 and created the "With Lyrics" series on his Youtube channel, though his most recent hit is Dr. Mario With Lyrics. More "With Lyrics" Videos: Zelda With Lyrics, Super Mario 3 With Lyrics, Ducktales With Lyrics, Final Fantasy Classic With Lyrics. In his spare time he alsoteaches kids how to write, stage and produce musicals, is an accomplished piano player, and does Colm Wikinson impressions set to Chrono Trigger music. His seriers popularity has led to a full length album (physical CD or a non-DRM download) and limited tours across the country.

Sorry Samus but your Princess is in another castle!

carsonb — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:40:37 -0800

Super Mario Crossover - Play Super Mario Bros. as Bill S, Samus, Link, Simon, Mega Man or, of course, as Mario. swf download alternate browser link

Game-Inspired Music

restless_nomad — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:11:24 -0800

Anyone who grew up playing video games understands the impact of the music. But the internet has allowed all sorts of people to express their love in many different ways. There's World of Warcraft-themed music based on existing songs like Ninja Raiders (Beyonce's Single Ladies) and Worgen of Stormwind (Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London), and some of the WoW developers themselves write original heavy metal tunes as the Level 80 Tauren Chieftains. Older games, particularly from the older Nintendo systems, inspire reworked tunes, original tunes, and original web-based video series with musical episodes (NSFW warning!) There's also the now 2-volume Mega Man Rock Opera (previously). Brand-new games are also sources of inspiration. There are also a whole collection of songs by major artists recorded in Simlish, which is pretty trippy. And in a fit of recursion, a song written for a game was made available in another game, which was then performed live by the creator. (Previously 1,2.)

Is it 1992 in here?

Pope Guilty — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:19:48 -0800

It's not Friday and it's not Flash. Eric David Ruth makes downloadable PC games which generally ape the style of old-school console games. He's got quite a bit of attention recently for Pixel Force Left 4 Dead, which attempts to recreate Left 4 Dead as it would have been on the NES.

"Don't turn your back on the city.."

mediocre — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:23:12 -0800

The Protomen [previously] in 2005 released the most geektastic dystopian nightmare of a MegaMan based rock opera anyone could have possibly conceived. After four years, they have finally released a followup album: Act II: The Father Of Death Obsessive fans have been clamoring over the details of the story, which serves as a prequel to the events of the debut album. Without revealing too many details, it details the working relationship between Dr. Thomas Light and Dr. Albert Wily as it deteriorates, as Wily goes mad and takes the life of the only woman Dr. Light ever loved, frames Dr. Light for the crime and forces him into exile and his eventual return to the city and attempt to save it, setting the stage for the story of the first album. Musically, the band has changed from electronic/indie mashup sounds of their first album to a first rate Wagnerian Rock band that Jim Steinman would be proud of. As evidenced by tracks like "Light Up The Night", the band has adopted a distinctly epic 80's soundtrack style which fits their theatrical music perfectly. Other album tracks (though it is a disservice not to listen to the album as a whole): "The Good Doctor" "The Hounds" "Breaking Out"

bored swedish multi-instrumentalist + youtube = ?

defenestration — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:24:25 -0800

Fredrik Larsson (Freddie25) presents: Für Elise, Mega Man 9: Rock Medley and Wind Waker Unplugged.

Megaman the Movie

Caduceus — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:49:19 -0800

Speaking of robots, here is a trailer for Megaman the Movie, a low budget live action adaptation of the classic NES game. [sort of previously] (Warning, the last link is experiencing bandwidth spikes, so may be down.) Slightly higher def trailer here.

"Unenjoyably Difficult!" - Gamepro

Servo5678 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:47:06 -0800

"We're not building a themed adventure for Mega Man; just kill him!" Where does Mega Man's nemesis get his wonderful toys? How much does it cost to construct big spikes? Can one add ice blocks to the magnet level without violating a building code? It's not easy being in the Dr. Wily business.

Crash Flash Quick Metal Bubble Heat Wood Air Crash

Navelgazer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:14:25 -0800

Crash Man beats Flash Man beats Quick Man beats Metal Man beats Bubble Man beats Heat Man beats Wood Man beats Air Man beats CRASHMAN!!! (ad infinitum)

Mega mega mega mega man man man man

BlackLeotardFront — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:29:03 -0800

Because sometimes playing only two Mega Man games simultaneously with the same input just doesn't satisfy. Presenting Mega Man 3, 4, 5, and 6 - at the same ding-donged time. The music alone will drive you insane.

Emulator skills

jimmy — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:32:26 -0800

A time attack of Megaman X and Megaman X2, played simultaneously on one controller by one person. (Torrent download link provided on page)

Funeral For A Son

Sticherbeast — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:54:40 -0800

The Proto-Men present a Mega-Man Rock Opera. There is nothing more to say. Ever. About anything.

Now you're playing with power.

BlackLeotardFront — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:37:21 -0800

They're all here. Or most of them. This will make you dust off your NES/Genesis/Turbo GraphX-16... but this time with a pixel-perfect map of every level of your most beloved games. From Amiga to Xbox. Castlevania, Zelda, and Megaman among hundreds of others and links to even more in-depth sites. Warning - some of these maps are EXTREMELY large, like 13000x5000 large. NSFCW (Not safe for child within)

megaman vs. metroid

crunchland — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:57:40 -0800

megaman vs. metroid [Note: Flash]