@@Gemini_Samura1 I've never heard of The Minibosses but The Protomen are fantastic. Also came here to mention Bit Brigade. They speedrun the game on stage while the band performs the music behind the runner. I've seen them 3 times and it's so fun to watch.
I beat this game while my brothers watched, cheering me on and rolling on the ground full of anxiety and joy. My favorite times in life were playing these old NES games with them. Thanks for keeping real gaming alive, cowboy.
Came here after seeing your ninja gaiden run, really enjoy your runs. The skill and the down to earth folksy feel have got me enjoying these runs more so than most other runs.
I remember my first year of university. I was playing Bubble Man's stage on my NES when my roommate came in and said, "What is that horrible music?" It was then that I knew he was an idiot.
The staff worked on this game in their spare time because Capcom didn't have enough faith in it, due to the unpopularity of the first game. I'm glad because this series is awesome!
@@HomeDefender30 Since watching this video a year ago I've seen some of his other runs and yeah, he's amazing. His Ninja Gaiden skills are ridiculously good.
Party4Keeps considering I was never even able to beat ninja gaiden.... haven’t tried as an adult but I remember being so frustrated with it as a child that I just took it out of the nes one day and never put it back in. Have it on an emulator... wonder if I could beat it now?
A minute and 31 seconds into the run and my mind is already blown. These games have ALWAYS been notoriously difficult for me and you made the first look like a regular shite enemy. Excellent clunk!
I can run the game on one life in around 40 minutes without any stage skips. It's crazy I've played this game hundreds of times (since its my favorite NES game) and never knew of those skips. Also learned a few tips from this that will save me more time (without glitches).
How is it that I've been playing Mega Man 2 since it came out and I never realized you could charge the Heat weapon until now! Thank you Cowboy for showing me the way once again! You have officially become my go-to on how to do shit!
"How is it that I've been playing Mega Man 2 since it came out and I never realized you could charge the Heat weapon until now!" -- It's because you're an idiot. That's all there is to it. Back in the day, you would play this with your friends and if you didn't know, chances are one of your friends might - unless of course your friends are just as stupid as you. Also there are gaming magazines that mentioned this. There are lots of ways to have known this.
I am really embarrassed to admit that i didnt know until i saw this video that Heat man's weapon is chargeable (i used it just like basic pea shooter) and Metal blade can be used in any direction
Yeah I posted a comment on here also talking about how I record it the stages on the game through my boombox lol.. I love this game and it's music when I was a kid. I would throw that cassette tape in that Sony Walkman before I hit the bed and would be knocked out before I knew it snoozing to the tunes. 🤗🤟
This is the very first video game I purchased with my own money as a child. I'd been putting $2 away every week for several months so I could afford to splurge on a NES cart in town! I still remember walking around the shops afterwards.. chuffed, but in a hurry to get back home :P
Started watching your speed runs just recently they’re all Awesome I am absolutely shocked with this one particularly cause I’m a huge mm2 fan. Absolutely Awesome
I just watched the world record of MM2 live by cyghfer with a time of 26:32. a couple of weeks ago. Amazing to see the best player in the world play this game.
Pretty good..ive come close to this before. Maybe 33mins or so. Airman--metalman--woodman--flashman--crashman--quickman--bubbleman--heatman Order I do it in. Good run dude
Seriously though. When I was a kid playing these games, I'd play for hours, weeks even. Renting and rerenting trying to beat these games. And now to watch somebody beat these games in 5 to 30 minutes depending on the game. It's just a very interesting thing to comprehend.
I’ve never tried doing flash man first and using his power to go through airman a little faster. I always just start with airman but I like what you’ve done here
I gotta be honest for a second. I usually consider these professional gamers to be absolute puds. But this guy has got serious talent. I'm good at video games. Very good. This guy is incredible
It's funny hearing about all the comments about how great the music is because when I was a kid I took my boombox and hit the record button on a bunch of the stages in Mega Man 2. I used to love playing them in my Sony Walkman when I was a kid trying to fall asleep at night. Little did I know at the time that most people consider this one of the best NES soundtracks so now I don't feel as weird about it lol. I really did love that games music as a kid though.
He's playing in Normal mode, the bosses and enemies have less HP in this mode That's the only Classic Mega Man game that have different difficulties, if I'm not mistaken
I loved this game. I spent hours playing it and beating it. I never knew about the cheats/hacks. Only one I ever knew about was you could make mega man jump high by pressing and holding ab on the 2nd controller.
Nice job on the speed run. I dunno if you read the comment section here on TH-cam but you can shorten your time down by using air man's weapon on heat man. It's much faster than buster. I say this given your choice of route. Still, a really good speed run with a decent show of glitches.
![Mega Man Speedrun in 18:08 [CURRENT WORLD RECORD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IFrYsRFxIJ8/mqdefault.jpg)
When you wanna play some Mega Man 2 but have a rodeo in an hour
Wellington Sears hahahaha
Ur pathetic thats not how u play fair cheater
@@marcusbuencamino7696 Gonna cry?
@@marcusbuencamino7696 Did he offend you?
@Adrian Penza stop scamming
One of the best soundtracks to ever come from a video game period.
I love Double Dragon too.
Ever heard of the band The minibosses?
If not check them out. Fantastic stuff!
hell yeah i was looking for this reference. Great cover!
@@milano2kdc2 also check out the Protomen. Megaman story driven lyrics with punk/synth. Pretty interesting.
@@Gemini_Samura1 I've never heard of The Minibosses but The Protomen are fantastic.
Also came here to mention Bit Brigade. They speedrun the game on stage while the band performs the music behind the runner. I've seen them 3 times and it's so fun to watch.
I beat this game while my brothers watched, cheering me on and rolling on the ground full of anxiety and joy. My favorite times in life were playing these old NES games with them. Thanks for keeping real gaming alive, cowboy.
The world needs more cowboy speed runners.
More of Arcus speedruns
These old nes play through a are bringing back memories of reading nintendo power for tips and cheat codes
Summer vacations in the early 90's....this game always takes me back.
One of the absolute best 8-bit soundtracks ever!! The music is regularly (randomly) running through my mind!
Came here after seeing your ninja gaiden run, really enjoy your runs. The skill and the down to earth folksy feel have got me enjoying these runs more so than most other runs.
You are awesome! So skillful, and so relaxed, like the Bob Ross of speed running.
Arcus helps me not kill myself
#Perfect description
When your a Nevada gaming commissioner but NES is life.
And your trying to get your dimwitted nephew a job at the Tangiers
We may have to run a robot’s ass out of town.
you're *
@@mtlaw007 you must be fun at parties.
@@chrisblakey9116 fun at parties. Classic
I feel like this game was ahead of its time, truly a classic!
The music in this game never gets old.
Best soundtrack ever
I remember my first year of university. I was playing Bubble Man's stage on my NES when my roommate came in and said, "What is that horrible music?" It was then that I knew he was an idiot.
Never trust anyone that doesn't jump into the gates
Hahaha. Yup
Yeah up
Thank you
My wife always gave me crap about doing that. So I showed her this comment and laughed😂
@@StudCity718 i love people
18:49 hands down, one of the best video game songs of all time.
Nice job and your uploads always make my day better.
Probably my favorite game. Brings back a lot of memories. Great to see you playing it.
One of my first favorite games when I was a kid.
Cause of the glorious music
@@AboveEmAllProduction absolutely
@@AboveEmAllProduction exactly!
That was actually my first game as a kid (next to Mario 1 which came with the NES).
Me too
God I forgot how amazing the music for this game was
The best Mega Man of them all...great music too...Arcus is the best retro gamer of them all
That dragon fight in Wily Stage 1 is my favorite moment in the classic series. You knock it right out of the park.
Not only the best music of the Mega Man series, but also the best music of the 8 bit era.
Arcus making my day with another greatly enjoyable run
I love that you hum along to the music while playing. NES games had the best tracks.
I remember beating this game over and over at 8 years old. The first walk to Alien Wily was so tense with the lack of music... Best MM ever.
Come for the music stay for the Klunk
You can just tell everyone put their all into developing that game from the gameplay to the layouts to the soundtrack…classic
The staff worked on this game in their spare time because Capcom didn't have enough faith in it, due to the unpopularity of the first game. I'm glad because this series is awesome!
Arcus, I like your speed runs. They're not the fastest but you're entertaining. Aaaaand clunk.
His Ninja Gaiden speedrun IS the fastest.
@@dreamlandnightmare Oh cool I didn't realize he had any world records. I'll check it out.
His ninja gaiden speed run is a world record... And it is AMAZING.
@@HomeDefender30 Since watching this video a year ago I've seen some of his other runs and yeah, he's amazing. His Ninja Gaiden skills are ridiculously good.
Party4Keeps considering I was never even able to beat ninja gaiden.... haven’t tried as an adult but I remember being so frustrated with it as a child that I just took it out of the nes one day and never put it back in.
Have it on an emulator... wonder if I could beat it now?
Watching Arcus speedrun every game I could never beat as a kid is my new favorite thing.
A minute and 31 seconds into the run and my mind is already blown. These games have ALWAYS been notoriously difficult for me and you made the first look like a regular shite enemy. Excellent clunk!
I can run the game on one life in around 40 minutes without any stage skips. It's crazy I've played this game hundreds of times (since its my favorite NES game) and never knew of those skips. Also learned a few tips from this that will save me more time (without glitches).
This guy still hums the tunes even though he’s probably played this game a million times. That’s how good the music in this game is.
That heat man skip made me like and subscribe. I don’t even like speed runs but that’s a great trick
Yeah, I hate those damn blocks! lol
Learned some new tricks here. Thank you!
It was the worst of blams, it was the best of blams
Pretty solid clonks in there too
I do love a good bzzzzt
‘And blam, a good blam.’ A happy little accident 🤗
How is it that I've been playing Mega Man 2 since it came out and I never realized you could charge the Heat weapon until now! Thank you Cowboy for showing me the way once again! You have officially become my go-to on how to do shit!
"How is it that I've been playing Mega Man 2 since it came out and I never realized you could charge the Heat weapon until now!"
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It's because you're an idiot. That's all there is to it.
Back in the day, you would play this with your friends and if you didn't know, chances are one of your friends might - unless of course your friends are just as stupid as you.
Also there are gaming magazines that mentioned this. There are lots of ways to have known this.
Kazuto Arase 荒瀬 和人 feel better?
I feel like an idiot so I guess you are correct
Phenomenal! This was one of my favourite games in the 90s.
“Aaaaand... clunk!” and “Mash mash mash!” now entered in my vocabulary. LOL
I am really embarrassed to admit that i didnt know until i saw this video that Heat man's weapon is chargeable (i used it just like basic pea shooter) and Metal blade can be used in any direction
It was told in the manual. If you bought the legacy collection then yeah you’d have to find out yourself.
Arcus so wholesome. Can't get enough
Facts this soundtrack was lit also megaman 3 and 6 were good ones too
Yeah I posted a comment on here also talking about how I record it the stages on the game through my boombox lol.. I love this game and it's music when I was a kid. I would throw that cassette tape in that Sony Walkman before I hit the bed and would be knocked out before I knew it snoozing to the tunes. 🤗🤟
Mega man x
country boy that game you just destroyed was my favorite game growing up. Damn good PB. Hope you knab that record
This is the very first video game I purchased with my own money as a child. I'd been putting $2 away every week for several months so I could afford to splurge on a NES cart in town! I still remember walking around the shops afterwards.. chuffed, but in a hurry to get back home :P
Gotta say, it's great to see your view count jump tenfold in the past few months. You deserve it!
Amazing, you are the real Quick Man here. Greetings from Chile :)
Mira donde te vine a pillar.
@@DoctorZyd jajajajajaj!! weeeeeenaaa!! saludos desde Chillán, Doctor Zyd :)
@@Diego_Aracena_Kovacevic me pillaste en mi siguiente proyecto.
They got MegaMan 2 in Chile? Oh snap!
@@edwardgaines6561 are you kidding,right?
Good work Arcus, love that bubble man stage music
I sure hate the Dr. W spaceship sound effect after the stage though.
You are damn good and these games bring back childhood nostalgia. Subscribed!
You beat the games I use to beat coolers apart trying to beat.. God bless you brother
Ah, my favorite runner playing my favorite game :) good stuff
I love MM2! It was the first game I finished. BTW from 2:49, that's some smooth jumping!
Started watching your speed runs just recently they’re all Awesome I am absolutely shocked with this one particularly cause I’m a huge mm2 fan. Absolutely Awesome
I just watched the world record of MM2 live by cyghfer with a time of 26:32. a couple of weeks ago. Amazing to see the best player in the world play this game.
Some days, I wish I could play basketball like Lebron James or Michael Jordan. And some days, I wish I could play Megaman like cowboy.
I enjoy hearing the "klunks" in this way. Awesome use of the word!
I keep having this nightmare where I wake up and arcus is standing in my room with no pants on
Chillest dude in gaming. If Bob Ross did speedruns.
Pretty good..ive come close to this before. Maybe 33mins or so.
Airman--metalman--woodman--flashman--crashman--quickman--bubbleman--heatman
Order I do it in. Good run dude
Take a shot every time he says oops
Or blam
Klunk = drunk
Seriously though.
When I was a kid playing these games, I'd play for hours, weeks even. Renting and rerenting trying to beat these games.
And now to watch somebody beat these games in 5 to 30 minutes depending on the game.
It's just a very interesting thing to comprehend.
I’ve never tried doing flash man first and using his power to go through airman a little faster. I always just start with airman but I like what you’ve done here
This guy: Whamm good wham...
His wife: pls don't say that every time after we had sex
I gotta be honest for a second. I usually consider these professional gamers to be absolute puds. But this guy has got serious talent. I'm good at video games. Very good. This guy is incredible
It's funny hearing about all the comments about how great the music is because when I was a kid I took my boombox and hit the record button on a bunch of the stages in Mega Man 2. I used to love playing them in my Sony Walkman when I was a kid trying to fall asleep at night. Little did I know at the time that most people consider this one of the best NES soundtracks so now I don't feel as weird about it lol. I really did love that games music as a kid though.
I love your style. I listen to your videos as if it was ASMR.
What's up to my man Kevin,
You're the man
🍾
Still remember beating this as a kid, took a while before realizing those damn bubbles had a use lol
This guy just suddenly popped up again for the second time; I`m glad he did. I like his manner!!
How is no one mentioning his cat on his LAP JUST SLEEPING there while he gets a 30 min Mega Man 2 speed run? You are an absolute legend Arcus!
"Blam. Good blam." I love it.
This remains to this day the only megaman ive ever beaten, the soundtrack is prob the best ever on the nes but mario soundtrack may be more iconic
19:49 uh oh watchout for that roomba!
Going back through this game for the first time in at least 25+ yrs. and oh wow, I'm not as good as I used to be! lol
What in Tarnation!!
I don’t remember the bosses going down so easy using regular bullets
Completely agree. When I played this game years ago, that definitely wasn't the case. I'm not calling "cheats", but it's just wierd.
@@taichisuzuki1207 He's playing normal mode which cuts bosses HP in half
He's playing in Normal mode, the bosses and enemies have less HP in this mode
That's the only Classic Mega Man game that have different difficulties, if I'm not mistaken
Felipe Pereira
nah 9, 10, and 11 have difficulty levels too
I don't know how I found this channel, but...
Clunk, mash mash mash. Clunk. Good clunk.
Seeing these bosses get destroyed so fast is hilarious. They don't know what's coming
Blam.
Good Blam!
Was just watching elden ring no hit runs, and when he took the first hit I was like "oh crap, run is over" for a second before I had the realization.
Here you are stomping on the tears of the kids in the 80s. Back when shoes were fast!
Gg my man.. lived the music in both 2 nd 3.. masterpiece
Can't get enough of your vids. So chill. Love your sound effects. My favorite speedrunner. Mucho appreciation for your work brother.
Bob Ross of gaming
this guy is so efficient, he doesn't even open his mouth when he talks
The way he talks, he sounds like he would say.." KER PLUNK" ALL THE TIME!!!😂😂😂
hes got the speedrun down good. i enjoyed this a lot
This game literally took me 6 hours the first time I beat it.
never saw mega man take that much energy from shooting the bosses he's OP
Its the Ninja Gaiden Bob Ross speedrunner!
How long do you practice or are you just naturally insanely good ?
Отличное прохождение 👍
Yo this guy Arcus got me sayin clunk to everything I do... close the door clunk... turn off the tv clunk ... dude got skills tho ✌️
Speedrun:good. Hat: better. Moustache:godmode. When you have to choose between a rodeo and Megaman 2. This guy KICKASS
Nice run there... Space Cowboy
I started watching this and stopped to figure out the theme to air man’s level on guitar. After a day I am back to finish it.
Never beat this game or seen beat til now but did love trying..This guy is a monster
Used to love this game. Arcus the man
I’ve beat this game many many times and I never knew crash bombs destroyed quick man so well.
I loved this game. I spent hours playing it and beating it. I never knew about the cheats/hacks. Only one I ever knew about was you could make mega man jump high by pressing and holding ab on the 2nd controller.
Nice job on the speed run. I dunno if you read the comment section here on TH-cam but you can shorten your time down by using air man's weapon on heat man. It's much faster than buster. I say this given your choice of route. Still, a really good speed run with a decent show of glitches.
Best game best music best bosses my fav nes game
this game has cool soundtracks