Mega Man Clones for the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
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MEGA MAN CLONES ►This is a look at games for the Nintendo Entertainment System that are similar in gameplay or design to Mega Man. Here I'll be discussing what makes Mega Man so iconic, and which NES games share qualities, take inspiration from, or are straight up ripping it off.
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CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - What Makes Mega Man so Iconic?
2:45 - What Constitutes a CLONE of Mega Man?
3:18 - The Krion Conquest
4:28 - Journey to Silius
5:20 - DuckTales
6:11 - DuckTales 2
6:52 - Darkwing Duck
8:01 - Bucky O'Hare
9:04 - Little Samson
9:51 - Widget
10:45 - Shatterhand
11:46 - Power Blade
12:49 - Power Blade 2
13:41 - Whomp 'Em
14:41 - Totally Rad
15:45 - Outro
After years of focusing on the best games for the NES, I decided to change gears and focus on lesser known cartridges that have, for one reason or another, generally escaped the public discussion and general nostalgia. This series highlights many of the relatively unknown, obscure, and unloved titles in the Nintendo Entertainment System's library. Some of these games are at best mediocre. Many are painfully bad, some of the worst NES games around. Most are hilarious for all the wrong reasons! Occasionally, OCCASIONALLY, a handful of them are actually good, borderline hidden gems.
While you won't find any of these on the NES Classic, some of these titles have managed to make their way onto the Nintendo Switch, so if you don't have an original Nintendo console or ROMs escape you ethically or technologically, there are several ways to play them.
Want more? Me too! Until then, lots of other articles where the pictures don't move and words have to be read can be found on my website: top100nesgames.com
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If I understand correctly, Darkwing Duck on NES was actually built with Mega Man 5's Engine, which would explain why that particular title feels like Mega Man. Nice list of clones here!
Huh, did not know that!
Under that helmet, Rock is just another Disney duck
natsume is one of my favorite retro era developers, so many underrated gems from them
That’s for sure!
I'm happy to see Shatterhand pick up some love. It's been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. The robot sattelite guy and the system where you decide who you get plus the robot armor you could get....Shatter Hand deserved so much more attention when it was new, so if you're on the fence...GO PLAY IT NOW!!!
To me Samurai Pizza Cats had that Mega Man vibe. It had a stage select and a stage start. Then a choice of weapons in the form of the helper cats. Boy did it have a lot of cut scenes. Spent just about time reading the game as you did playing it.
I thought it had good graphics, good sprite expressions, and a good sound track.
It’s a game that’s come up a lot lately. I haven’t spent any time talking about Famicom exclusives, but at some point I will and that’ll be one of the first!
The reason Bucky O Hare was so technically impressive was because some of the devs who made it were the ones who'd immediately quit Konami to form Treasure.
The masters! You can really see their work come through on the early 16bit Konami games.
Alien Soldier is one of my favorite games ever and a huge influence on the game I’m working on.
@@Thor-Orion That's one of my faves too. How far are you on the game btw?
@@Nathan-rb3qp not far at all. Pre production. Because I’m a tiny bit ocd about my artistic output (I make a lot of music and visual art and writing) so I want the story of the first game to interweave in with a lot of future games I want to make, and if you don’t plan that from the beginning it’s a huge mess.
We are simultaneously working on the physics engine and obviously doing the concept art and such now.
@@Nathan-rb3qp what are the odds you like Turrican, Vector Man and Metroid? Because along with mega man those are the primary influences. There are some various other influences like 2-D Zelda and early Fallout.
Very cool video! Love most of these games on your list because I’m such a huge Mega Man fan. Great production values in this video
Hey thanks man, that means a lot!
I recommend Cocoron for Famicom, if you haven't played it. Strong Mega Man vibes, for good reason.
I can see it for sure :)
i loved the mega man Formula, Mega Man 4, Duck Tales and Bucky o Hare are some of my NES Favorites
Those are three of my absolute favorites for sure!
I would love to see a hack that fixes mega Man 1. It would be awesome to do the following. Give it the tight controls of mega Man 2, get rid of the point system, change the weapons and health power-ups to look like they do in mega Man 2, and add a second chance to get the magnet beam right in the Wiley stage that requires it to progress.
Definitely a good list. As a hardcore Mega Man fan(Mega Man 2 was the first video game I ever saw and immediately loved it), there's so many games like it that I've found.
But one of my favorites has to be Mitsume Ga Tooru for the Famicom. Shooting the giant coins into smaller coins is so addictive, the gameplay is just fun and satisfying overall. You play as a chibi monk looking guy, shooting lasers out of his 3rd eye. He even has a charge shot that's a harpoon which allows you to use as a weapon and a platform. With the coins, you can visit a shop and buy upgrades.
You should check out the Japanese version of Power Blade, Power Blazer. The graphics are different and cutesy, the game is insanely difficult, and I'm glad they changed it when they brought it over to the U.S.
Yes, that is a good one! I'll probably discuss it more in depth at some point.
Totally rad and power blade were incredibly satisfying rentals as a kid.
Solid choices!
I believe the Mega Man team worked on Ducktales so that would explain why they feel similar. And as others have mentioned, Darkwing Duck supposedly runs on modified Mega Man 5 code.
Didn’t know it was specifically Mega Man 5!
Really enjoyed this video, thanks for putting it together! Krion Conquest is a game I really want to check out now, but those cart prices on it are looking pretty brutal these days.
It's also worth noting that Mega Man creator/director Akira Kitamura had actually left Capcom at this point and was working at Takeru/Sur de Wave, the developer who created Little Samson. I don't believe he's credited as working on the game, but I think it's safe to assume that there's a good chance he probably at the very least consulted on it, especially since the studio was pretty small.
That would make sense why it feels so much like Mega Man!
If you have the ability to play Famicom games, it might be better to seek out Magical Doropie, the original Japanese version. Not only does it feature cool little cutscenes that were removed from our version, it actually let you continue when you Game Over'd. Definitely a much better experience all around.
@@RagnarokB Oh nice! I can definitely play Famicom games, but from what I've seen, the prices on Magical Doropie seem just about as rough as the ones for Krion Conquest. I'll still keep an eye out though to see if I can find it any cheaper. Thanks!
Great video James, Power Blade and Little Samson are awesome. I also appreciate the intro explaining what makes the Mega Man games so great. Looking forward to the Castlevania clones video!
Hey thanks! Sadly there were way fewer Castlevania clones :(
@@BigOleWords I like to think Vice Project Doom is a NinjaGaidenVania of sorts, I hope to see it in the video.
Power Blade is actually a localized version of the Famicom game Power Blazer. In that game, the Mega Man influence is even more obvious. The main character is even a blue cartoony robot guy.
I actually get back to both Power Blade and Blazer in another video: th-cam.com/video/CL74ideoAXQ/w-d-xo.html
The way in which Little Samson, Bucky O'Hare, and Widget let you swap between characters and forms reminds me a bit more of Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap.
And Womp 'Em is literally a spin-off of the Wonder Boy series. Its predecessor, Saiyūki World 1, is literally an NES conversion of Wonder Boy in Monster Land from the Sega Master System.
Yeah there’s definitely some overlap with Wonder Boy for sure
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That's awesome, thanks so much!
Oh man, Duck Tales for the win! Everything from the epic theme song to the game play, brings me back!
I probably had " totally rad" for a year and a half before i figured out the Power system...it didn't help me get much past the circus stage if i remember correctly.
I too played it several times before I realized and thought it was insanely hard.
This is awesome! I was obsessed with Mega Man on NES
Hey thanks Brett! Yeah me too :)
I wish I could figure out all the right weapons and order to get them after only 2 play throughs. Lol. Great video. Like the slightly longer list type videos like this a lot.
Hey thanks! I try to mix it up with a longer one every once and a while :)
No Clash at Demon Head? Made by the same folks as Krion Conquest! Great video though, learned a couple new ones here!
Maybe more related to Metroid than Mega man, so maybe it’ll show up in a different video ;)
Speaking of bootleg MegaMan clones - there is Rocman X (maybe lost game about Quinnit?) by sachen
Interesting…
9:52 - “Widget” is the “Balan Wonderworld” of the NES.
Thank you sir I appreciate your knowledge which opened up new games for me to explore
You got it!
Whomp'Em is a surprisingly nice game. It is one of the games that I was able to beat in my NES when I was a child, but I don't remember this game being particularly easy. However, I didn't beat many games when I was a child anyway, so maybe this isn't a hard game at all, maybe I just sucked at games back then.
No, that game is really hard!
I just saw a blip of my fave nes rpg, Destiny of an Emperor. God what a great game I got it a few years after renting it, and at the time Dragon “Warrior” games were starting to hit hard in the US; so since I was always a little behind I wound up playing that and DQIV and FFII/IV at the same time ahhhhh gamer 90’s youth.
I don’t think I’ve played it for more than a minute or two, but I am curious!
0:56 that jump always got me as well. I have never played Shattered Hand or Little Sampson, I really would like to now. Never Played Widgit either, but after your review I'll pass. As for Darkwing Duck. I played the heck out of that one. In the end I could beat it without dying and taking damage. Now I major in doing my taxes without dying or taking damage.
Haha. That’s impressive, Darkwing drives me nuts.
Love this. Fantastic cover pic too. Now THAT would be a fun megaman boss lineup. Where are the coder folks....lets make this happen!
Hi man...congrats on USA passing to the round of 1/16....I am happy because argentina and Messi passed
as well. México had bad luck.
Yeah they did! If we get lucky against Netherlands we may play Argentina!
Power Blade is one of my favorite NES games. I really like the music.
Kid Dracula and Castlevania Lefands for Gameboy had a strong megaman type feel to them and I loved them lol
Nice!
This video helped me to find the game from my childhood, that I thought is impossible to find. Totally Rad!
Nicely done as always!
Awesome video dude! Journey to Silius was a game I played a lot as a kid. Was lucky to come across another copy of it for free many years back. Ducktales has always been favororite of mine like alot of folks I guess. 😂 Your videos are definitely the best NES content on TH-cam. Just wanted to say thanks for all the content over the past year. Hope you had an amazing Christmas. 🎄On to 2023! 🍻
Hey thanks so much man :)
The Silius segment really brought me back. This looked amazing at the time. My little brother called it Journey to Silly Ass.
Darkwing Duck
When there's trouble call DW.
Wasn’t that also a Capcom game and built on the MM5 engine?
If you wanted to look into modern homebrew NES games, Trophy would fit nicely on this list
I’ll check it out!
A lesser TH-camr would've put up footage of Mega Man doing something other than dying a ton of times. Thanks for showing the unfiltered Mega Man Experience.
Haha that is truly the Mega life right there!
Nice Bit Brigade shirt!!!
Yessir!
I really should’ve gave Totally Rad more of a chance before I traded it in. Now I’m trying to get it back. Might go the way of the Famicom Magic John version just to have something a little different, but then I lose out on the ridiculous text
Gotta have that gnarly verbiage brahhhh
quackerjack is as far as i could get in darkwing duck. never beat that boss. so frustrating. would get so close and just mess up switching between levels every time lol.
Yeah it is one of my least favorite boss fights ever. Up there with the caterpillar from Link to the Past.
The graphics of Litte Sampson are incredible. And the animations? I'm surprised you didn't focus in on that.
In this video maybe not, but I’ve talked about ol’ Samson plenty like this video where I talk about games with switchable characters: th-cam.com/video/TTEIL6mDNVc/w-d-xo.html
@@BigOleWords Holy shit. Little Sampson is worth 2 grand loose? WTF
@@fshoaps I know, it's wild!
Lol I love wompem loved it as a kid. Just beat it a few years ago.
It’s got it’s merits for sure!
amazing video bro mega man is my favorite game franchise, so I love to see videos like these I love duck tales and whomp em whomp em definitely feels like mega man with the special weapons you get in that game, and I Actually never knew duck tales was made by capcom thank you for that god bless you bro I subscribed to your channel and liked your video and I got this in my recommended by the way
Hey thanks so much!
This is a great list of Nes games !!! 🙂
I loved Shatterhand.
It's pretty great!
just saying, the music in Journey to Silius should've been mentioned (in my opinion)
I’ll mention it here, it rules! Same for DuckTales 1&2, Power Blade 1&2, Shatterhand…
It's a homebrew so it probably doesn't count but Battle Kid is a lot like Mega Man mixed with Metroid.
Oh yeah! That’s a game I haven’t thought about in a long time :)
Ever check out VICE Project Doom? It’s a truly underrated action platformer. One of my favorites on the system. A surprisingly interesting plot
Yep, Vice rules!
Hey!!! Lay off Widget. He's slow, he's got a big head, but he's gotta little something something. The soundtrack was banging! 😁
Ooof maybe one of my least favorite NES games!
It's all good, bro. Widget isn't for everyone. I only hold it in high regard because I'm one of the few people that actually liked the cartoon. Lol
Power Blade is more like a Ninja Gaiden clone..the UI and play style matches
maybe Rockin Kats could be on this list too
It does have the level select, but otherwise I thought it wasn’t quite close enough.
What these games lack in originality, they make up for by just being fun. Mega Man was a winning formula after all
Completely agree! Except for Krion Conquest
I have rquest for good game for you to cover you have not yet covered. An excelent game, perhaps in the games people forgot or no one played series. Conquest of hte Crystal Palace for NES.
That is a good one!
i think power blade is more like castlevania or ninja gaiden
Yeah for sure, Shatterhand too. I wouldn’t say Ninja Gaiden or Castlevania are clones of Mega Man, but all three have a similar approach to combat, platforming, and level design.
@@BigOleWords yeah they all have similar things goin on with em in some way or another
Excuse me, but Tottaly Rad have magic that recovery your life, one recover fully and cost a lot of magic power, and the second just recover less but can be used more times, very helpful.
It's the level design that made it iconic.
Ducktales 1&2 are both developed by Capcom.
Yes they were!
You should add a playlist to your clone topic
Right here:
th-cam.com/play/PLonSwd9DM1lIEshZ43V7KQxJP5KjTtfLH.html
@@BigOleWords cool I'm going to check it out very interesting topic
12:13 is that a terrified kratos XD
Great video 👍
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Hey glad you liked it :)
I dunno, don't you think the Silver Surfer game would count too?
Only in that it has the stage select. Otherwise they don't have a ton in common.
Sorry but have to ask... was that copy of Little Samson one you had from before or was it a recent purchase because... wow...
Hmmm 2016 maybe?
I love Whomp 'Em!
Nice! I made a Whomp 'Em specific review if you're interested: th-cam.com/video/vQwOOVEq_i4/w-d-xo.html
Wont lie someone could mistaken the krion conquest for some megaman rom hack
It’s a dead ringer
No Rescue Rangers? It’s a carbon copy of Mega Man II
Chip and Dale? I guess!
Okay nailed it more with the metroidvania list of NES games like legacy of wizard Battle of the Olympics Rygar clash at demonhead those who were all very similar type of games in the way that they were set up. But these games here are just a big fat stretch they have about as much in common with mega Man is Britney Spears does with William shatner the only real megaman clone on the list was the first game in that's obvious as heck to anybody that's played mega Man that it was a direct rip-off
Yeah this series is more about influence and elements than anything. The stage select, enemy types, weapon upgrades of these games are all derived from Mega Man. Totally Rad isn’t a ripoff of it, but for sure it’s emulating aspects of its gameplay and design.
@@BigOleWords well and you know an aspect of that time of gaming that is not really talked about the blows my mind when I think about it is the NES is win games really started defining the different genres of video gaming. Like super Mario really set up with a platformer was and that was true of so many other games on the system they would define the rules of gaming for years to come. Back then there was no template to draw from they had to come up with all this on their own. It was kind of the wild West days of gaming
Forewarning, I'm gonna comment nonsensically on a lot of your videos to help with the algorithm. I'm not a fuggin' weirdo. . . At least for that reason.
Hahaha fuggin weirdo away my friend I appreciate it!
I will marry you for access to that collection. Ugh. So fuggin’ beautiful!
Funny story when I showed the games for the first time to my now wife she started busting out laughing!
😂😂 I have Whomp Em only it's a Famicom bootleg cart with Mario in it! Lol 🤣🤣 it's the exact same game but It's called "Super Brother Mario 13!". Lol. It's awesome!
Haha I love those Mario 4-78 knock-offs!
You forgot the "Power Blazer" a Japanese variant of the Power Blade ! It is not exactly the same game , check it out !
Also "Metal Force" a Korean unlicensed game very similar game to the Mega Man.
Never heard of Metal Force!
@@BigOleWords check it out the graphics are decent for the pirate original :)
No one ever mentions 8eyes...
It's a weird one. It's got the level select but with Castlevania combat. Also, I'm terrible at it!
Shatterhand: corny af
PowerBlade: corny af
Whomp Em: hilarious title and unique game setting.
Do captain tsubasa clones
Haha that’d be a short video!
@@BigOleWords trust me you would be surprised of the amount of games that copied it including dragon ball and other sport games
Did you mention whomp em?
I mean, you’ll have to watch the video to find out I guess!
@@BigOleWords I watch all your videos. I just didn't recall whomp em in this one. However, I was driving home from work listening to it.
@@RetroMitch It's in there somewhere :)
Darkwing duck hard? I have finished the nes version after just 2-3 tries using a keyboard! And the game boy version on my first try on a car trip home. Darkwing duck have a medium difficulty at most.
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Wow. I have to disagree. Power blade 2 is amazing and better than part 1!! And krion conquest isnt great, but its a darn good and tough challenge!!!
Gotta disagree with you on both! Krion made me take a video game break for a few weeks!
I enjoyed the video but I have to say some of these didn't seem like great picks.
Hey, you may want to switch up your intro because having "shit" in the first 60 seconds of your video will kill it in the algorithm...
That said, the algorithm recommended this video to me, so what do I know???
Irate Gamer thinks silversurfer is a mega man ripoff
It does have a level select! And also…ummmm…
I have to admit, I am a little disappointed with this one. Based on your criteria for what constitutes a "Mega Man Clone", nearly every side-scrolling action game could be included in this video, and with the exception of the Krion Conquest, most of these titles I feel don't fit into the "Mega Man Clone" title.
In my opinion, what constitutes a "Mega Man Clone" is simple. Getting special weapons from boss battles, and using those weapons against the bosses that are weak to that weapon. Its a tried and true mechanic that worked for the basically Mega Man's entire career, or at least the Mega Man and Mega Man X games.
One game, that I feel matches this criteria perfectly, that wasn't on this list, was 8-Eyes. The level design was closer to Castlevania, in appearance and traversal, but the bosses each dropped their weapon, and these weapons were super effective against other stage bosses. Oh, and there was a stage select.
i dont see ducktales as a mega man copy, it doesnt even play like mega man!
I mean it was made by the same developers using the exact same game engine. He may not run and shoot like Mega, but the basic framework is for sure the same.
@@BigOleWords I see...