tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post4739952904600952545..comments2024-03-28T13:43:13.495+00:00Comments on Super Adventures in Gaming: Mega Man (NES)Ray Hardgrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-10915471976350446792018-03-19T08:04:25.909+00:002018-03-19T08:04:25.909+00:00I had this as a 10yr old kid. I found this game to...I had this as a 10yr old kid. I found this game tough at first. However the difficulty quickly diminishes with some basic practice and I was able to beat it much more easily than say.. castlevania 1. The game isn't especially difficult. The controls are generally tight and precise for platforming. The game contains a minor quirk or two but nothing that can't be worked around. <br /><br />However due to the game requiring moderate practice, many modern, impatient retro gamers with too much choice and not enough patience, are unlikely to get far with this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-53323091383871465132015-06-18T21:32:20.315+01:002015-06-18T21:32:20.315+01:00What's funny is that the Mega Man games have s...What's funny is that the Mega Man games have some sweet plot. It's just delivered over several dozen games that are all about "kill robots, get weapons" and often have cringeworthy plots.<br /><br />The short of it is "Dr Wily fucks up; humanity extinct," but there are things like the first robot to truly make its own decisions (our friend here ain't it), or the word "maverick." Initially it's a condition, being corrupted into wrecking things and being a level boss, but then there's that war you later played. Robots are declared mavericks for being on the wrong side and maverick hunters are sent after them. Skip forward a century or two and surprise, surprise, "maverick" is a political term the state slaps on any metallic undesirable it wants to kill. Cue resistance members being mowed down by light-blue-on-dark-blue robots with arm cannons.<br /><br />Good times.<br /><br />But the first series is Wily builds robots, Wily builds robots, Wily holds telethon to build robots.Kizornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-55585447640088052672012-10-07T05:17:26.699+01:002012-10-07T05:17:26.699+01:00Thats a reasonable point, but its mostly a concept...Thats a reasonable point, but its mostly a concept point. Are you going to complain about the scissors having an agonizingly slow refire rate, having a completely illogical attack pattern, and just being mostly worthless? Ah, thats right, you already did! Most of the weapons are junk, and the levels seem designed to frustrate rather than challenge and entertain, which is why I peg it as a specifically Japanese phenomenon, who as a culture seem to thrive on frustration, and excel when put through agony like this.<br /><br />Although I must admit, after watching some megaman speed runs on the internet, and seeing the user blow through levels with nary a problem, and anihilate bosses with a few choice attacks (attacks that seem completely different when used by me, apparently the cutman attack can actually be made to bounce back and force several times, damaging the same enemy more and more with each hit, if you arent there to grab it back up, but I've never gotten that to work) I can't shake the feeling that megaman is secret genius, that I just don't understand.<br /><br />But then I remember that everyone I've ever talked to, even people who LOVE megaman, and even watched the TV shows (there was a tv show, right? I think there was), admit that they either hate, or never ever played the first couple NES ones, usually only picking it up around the much more playable X series, or the couple of later numbered ones that gave you a dog, and a bunch of other gadgets that could save you from destruction.<br /><br />The first 3 seem hated even by the fans most of the time, and I think I know why, the weirdly distorted controls, NES controls are occasionally perfect, but since there was no uniform hardware libraries for the NES and all the peripheral interfaces had to be programmed from scratch in assembly, you were happy if it even worked, and usually didnt put too much thought into vital things like latency, and stickiness, once you got all the buttons working. So like so many other NES platformers there are strange delays and impractical frustrations inherent in the basic controls, which is why you couldnt make that jump near the end of your review, I had the exact same problem, and I think the reason is that the level designers didn't get feedback on how bad the controls actually were and how impossible a jump like that would be until the game needed to be printed to chipand it was too late.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13394520869207981915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-33828765827466725402012-10-07T02:41:51.448+01:002012-10-07T02:41:51.448+01:00I have to admit I don't care much about Mega M...I have to admit I don't care much about Mega Man's storyline myself, but that's fine because it's not actually in the game. You switch the NES on, it goes to the title screen, then the boss select, then right into the gameplay without a single line of dialogue or hint to what's going on.<br /><br />Plus it's a NES platformer, it's all about the gameplay, and being able to steal new weapons from robots is a sensible gameplay feature. I'm definitely not going to complain about being able to fire scissors.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-22638079025208653332012-10-06T20:08:35.556+01:002012-10-06T20:08:35.556+01:00I totally agree with you until you say the game ha...I totally agree with you until you say the game has merit. I think megaman is trash. Some of the x series are ok, but its really not the difficulty that ruins it for me, its the plot, the characters, the entire concept. Robots killing robots for powers that do nothing. Yawn. Its just garbage, only japanese could like this, as its obviously made for people who like gimmicky electronic garbage just because its different and causes pain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13394520869207981915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-60188718269578527452012-06-11T08:52:15.322+01:002012-06-11T08:52:15.322+01:00I really really have the same pain as you, Megaman...I really really have the same pain as you, Megaman 1 is FUCKING HARD. I played rockman x4, then x5-mega 4-5-3-2------1. Until now, i can't beat this game. Without dash, buster full shot, megaman is nothing, so am I. I wonder how people in 80's could finish this game? they're awesomeeee.<br /><br />....And i'm not a roboot.fireunknown27@yahoo.com.vnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-44170757771056432642012-06-05T17:39:16.897+01:002012-06-05T17:39:16.897+01:00It's funny that the EU box was so bad it was g...It's funny that the EU box was so bad it was goodAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051255914419363819noreply@blogger.com