I got this in 1988 and breezed through it except for Iceman which took me a couple of weeks of long afterschool play to master and then of course I had to figure out the Rockman cheat which I think was in Nintendo Power lol
Mega Man teaches me to use the right tool (or weapon) to get the job done. I never excelled at Mega Man, but I do enjoy seeing others tackle the difficulty. I had never seen the Dr. Wily stage in all its entirety until today. Knowing when to switch and use each change effectively really takes persistence, skill, and timing. Congrats to NintendoComplete for this playthrough of Mega Man.
Why is this so mesmerizing? my brother used to play this game while I would die on the second level of Mario. Reminded me of a part of my childhood that I had forgotten that I had lost.
This takes me back to my elementary school days. Everyone I knew was into this game back then. I will always love this game. All these years later and it's still just as good as it was then.
My big bro absolutely loved this game. He would play this for hours, while I help him finish it. I miss my big bro. We all miss those years when we were just little, carefree children 😭😭
Damn , it's that old I played this game when I was super young when my uncle gave me his old CD (it had some emulators ) which he got while cleaning up his home . I used to play the shit outta it and am currently 17 ( I grew up with technology that was 20 years older than me)
Mega man was the first game you finished? So either you happened to be good at mega man, you liked the game so much that you didn’t want to stop playing until it was finished, or you cheated(I don’t really think that it was the cheating one though).
Would've gotten this weren't not for the disgusting front cover. I only rented it after Nintendo Power gave credible hype for the soon to come Mega Man 2. Yeah. I missed out on a classic.
Mega Man's winning combination of graphics, sound, and harshly difficult but fair gameplay make it a game that, while not as good as its direct sequels, deserves much recognition for its incredible achievements.
NintendoComplete I know, but she uses extra hardware so it could be considered cheating. Plus, I don't like her music as much as Tim Follin's. Tim really is a true god of music especially since he composed amazing music for more systems than she has.
Extremewrecker2000 The willer. What do you mean? Basic mmu aside (iirc it used an unrom board?), this was all stock NES hardware. There wasn't anything expanding the base system's sound capabilities here.
My favorite thing about mega man games is the music. I am in awe how effortlessly this person can play and enjoy themselves listen to capcom’s masterpieces.
Wow the memories...... I'm 40 now would love go back in time in my old house playing this in the basement on the old school TV where I spent hours of my time.
The original classic of the series. I was in elementary in 1988. My best friend talked about this game non stop. We both spoke of video games and going through Nintendo power in after school, drawing and joking around and talking about mega man. That I ended up getting mega man 2 by my dad one afternoon. Took that shit to school to show it off even 😂. The game was my favorite game from NES. From there then on I got every mega man game that came out in its release date order either for birthday, Christmas or obsessing and driving my dad crazy to get it for me and would surprise me with it randomly when I arrived home with the game in my room form Sears or toys r us. Good times. Still recall getting the games as if it was last year, Sears upstairs had the Nintendo section which was like a gold mine whenever you saw that nintendo logo hanging over head in the distance through all the clothes rack. The games were all displayed in the locked glass cases surrounding the clerk and all around it was always packed with kids and their dads looking through the glass for their favorite or next title and waiting their turn for the clerk to come around to tend to you. It was like a bar and getting the bartenders attention You were lucky enough if you got the last game that was seen in display case. Sometimes a family would get it right before you. Nowadays you go to target or Walmart or whatever and the video game section is missing that magic from yesteryear. And at toys r us, was always awesome to get your copy of a NES game. It was exciting as shit. Going through the video game isle with hundreds of NES games box photos on the walk and under each box set was a plastic transparent index holder with the some ticket with game number and you would grab one and take it to the back where there was a window and a worker would take your ticket snd bring out the game and you pay up front. If there was no tickets left in the plastic index card holder, it meant the game was sold out. It crushed every boy im sure when they came to grab a ticket only to learn the game is not available and you keep coming back to store to see when the the tickets are stocked full under your games photo. Good times simple times that today’s generation won’t see or appreciate. Those were the days we really appreciated and worked for what we want and took care of it snd took nothing for granted! Mega man 1 was actually my last MM game I got after MM6. Only because I played it a ton of times at that friends house while I had the rest of the saga at home and didn’t feel the need to buy it until you never saw it available again during the 90’s as games were constantly turned over and taken out of stores…but when I got older and internet was born, ebay was discovered and I purchased mm1 finally for collector reason. Hated that I had that missing title.
The one game I was lucky to get the last of at Toys R Us was the PC Castlevania and Contra collection, they had the very last one I'd ever see sell in my town. Otherwise I always got lucky the times I got games at Toys R Us, they never were out of stock for the games I was after. That is until a certain Game Boy game I wanted turned out to be a bitch to find. Toys R Us nor anyone else had the damned thing, that is until a last resort call to Dillard's Department store turned up the absolute LAST copy I'd ever see for sale back then. The lady who got the game out of the display glass case for me even told me that I got lucky, as soon Dillard's would stop handling video games. I still have that copy in box complete to this day, beaten many, many times over the years. That game, Link's Awakening for Game Boy.
People act like let’s plays are new. They aren’t. Virtual lets plays sure. But let me tell you something. When we were kids we only argued about whose turn it was because we all sucked equally. But if some kid could play mega man like this, we’d all be huddled around watching in awe.
The very first game I ever rented. Never could get past that damned Devil, but I've since beaten it multiple times. Mega Man blinking was utterly mind blowing back in the day, too.
The Real Sean W. Stewart, Hello Once Again Cute Little Girl w/ Gray Hair and Green Clothing! Now, where is that character (YOUR profile pic) from? (Fight ROCK MAN, For Everlasting Piece!)
Dorian Scott, she's *Youmu Konpaku* from *Touhou Project.* Touhou you might've heard of if you're into kind of cult-level popular Japanese game stuffs, but Touhou is special. ZUN's still making new games for it since the 90s! It's a great series. Anyway, Youmu-chan here is a half-phantom girl who serves Yuyuko Saigyouji in the land of Gensokyo and wields two swords. She was introduced in the seventh game, *Perfect Cherry Blossom* for PC. Although this particular image of her I have here is from a Pokémon-style fangame where you can catch and battle Puppets made in the shape of many characters throughout the series. This is actually a Puppet of Youmu that I took from my Trainer Card in *Touhou Puppet Dance Performance.* You can have these close-ups of the Puppet standing along your own human player character depending on the Puppet you've picked at the very beginning of the game, and thus becomes your starter waifu. Yes, Youmu-chan is mai waifu, and I love her very much!
Cool, I'll have to look into this! Bolding some phrases in TH-cam comments, nice! (My Favorite *Capcom* series is the *Disney's Magical Quest* games, fantastic games!)
For me this is pure Mega Man. I've been playing since 1987 and I still pick up and play to make sure I haven't lost "it." I routinely beat it without dying. No one cares anymore.
I just bought this game on Nintendo eShop. I'd never played it before. But I fell in love with the story and the gameplay. I've never appreciated this saga before.
"When I was growing up and going to school, all I really wanted to do was be an artist. I actually got my first job at Capcom through my artistic skill and it wasn't until Mega Man was done that I really became interested in game development. When I joined the Mega Man team his outline existed, his basic pixel structure was done - kind of the skeleton, if you will - but things like his final look, as well as his jumping animation and so on, still had to be completed. He existed as a single sprite; no animations and no poses existed - they hadn't been designed when I joined the team. The first Mega Man had a team of six people, and we did it in about four months. Which means that, relatively speaking, there wasn't really that much of an investment from the company. If it had not come out, if it had been cancelled, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. Maybe for the first two-thirds of my career, I was operating under that sort of style. Obviously there was pressure, but it was a relatively free environment, because games didn't take long to develop." -- Keiji Inafune (game designer and graphic artist, Mega Man/Rockman - NES)
This happens with all weapons and bosses too, as long as the shot goes through the enemy like Ice Slasher, Rolling Cutter, Fire Storm, and Thunder Beam
I like this. Not a too-cool-for-school no damage playthrough (usually tool assisted), but an honest playthrough with little errors we all made back in the day. I never beat this one. I beat 2, 3, 4, and X, but never 1.
I love this game and the Mega Man series in general. For some reason it tends to be overlooked a lot . My all time favorite in the series is Mega Man 2. This series had the best music of any games in the 8 bit era too.
I bought Megaman Legacy Collection for the Switch and I'm now trying to put most (if not all) of the Megaman games on my channel. I have MM2 for now, hopefully I'll do the rest soon.
34:40 You have discovered a possible brand-new speedrunning glitch! I was able to replicate this, and the first time I did it, CWU-01P only had 4 bars of health and I quickly finished the boss due to only one form being able to appear. Every other time, however, my results were exactly the same, wth the boss having full health. I'm thinking a speedrunner should investigate this, and hopefully we can causethe boss to consistently start with only 4 bars of health. My theory is that certain frames in the game's engine cause the boss's energy to not completely fill up. I can post part of this video on Twitter. I was able to record 30 seconds from the Switch, but the starting point is right after Mega Man gets hit, and during the point he zips backwards. Let me know!
My friends owned this game. So my brother and I would go to their house and play it. It took us several months to figure out the game had an order and pattern. Then once we discovered the Dr Wiley stages, we were hooked! We were super excited to finally figure it out and beat the game.
I got this yesterday with the Legacy Collection for my 2Ds. And I didn't get to know that this was HARD AS HECK (For me. I bet when you guys play it, you make it look like a joke.) I'd die to the Big Eyes in Cut Man's stage, Always get hit and fall into the first pit at the beginning of Wily stage 2, I'd get stuck in Ice Man's stage with the disappearing blocks, I'd get knocked off the ladders by the Watchers in Elec Man's stage, I died a lot and I repeat A LOT of times to Copy Robot, to the Robo Masters all in once, and the stupid tracks in Wily stage 4 and Guts Man's stage. It was absolutely annoying. But I finally did it. Thank mother of God.
The very few positive things that came from this Covid pandemic, 1 being I had purchased a NES System, then purchased a Famicom Multicartridge, with 154 Nostalgic Nintendo Games, Megaman is by far the hardest game out of the Megaman series. Was this title projected to have a sequel, yet a whole series? I'm spending more time today working on these great NES games rather than the new stuff that's being launched. I guess it's a personal preference.
I oddly found this game to be quite easy. The bosses aside from the Yellow Devil and the Clone boss I found to be pretty easy. Granted, I used the pause cheat for the Devil, so I might come back to this one someday to beat it legitimately. Great game and great playthrough NintendoComplete!
I'm 38 as well & absolutely love the Mega Man series, used to hum the soundtracks at the bus stop as a kid, but I don't think I have to stomach to ever play the original ever again lol. Hated it, but loved every single one after it.
It was extremely hard until you got the hang of it. Back in the day, we were use to games being hard. A lot of NES games needed skill and memorization to get through to the end. Some people will never know.....
It was (is for most) crazy hard. I beat Mega Man 2 several times in the early 90s before I was able to beat the first installment lol Not having E-tanks yet is a pain. Timing jumps was always so hard for me so the Yellow Devil and the Dragon in Mega Man 2 saw me die hundreds of times probably lol
I played this game when I was in public school and my Aunt bought this when my parents scolded me on it. THANK HER for that. She had the money to afford it and I still have the fucking cart until this day. I was so happy to play it until my dad bought me Mega Man 2 later on after I made it to the fourth grade
That glitch was cool. I kind of wish you would have tried fighting it on the wrong screen though, since it appeared to be showing up. Would have been neat to see what happened.
@@sammyyo461 yeah the first game was so hard for me (probably because I did the bosses out of order) but I just used the pause glitch to one shot everyone. :P
I remember playing this freaking game for like 5 weeks before I realized you could use the other robots' weapons. My fault for beating Gutsman first I guess. :) EDIT: And then the Elecman board was boring and tedious and you were rewarded by gettin yer ass kicked :)
Hands down mah favorite entry in the classic series!! I love the game's soundtrack, bosses, difficulty, and High Score counter!! It's so much fun to try and get or beat yer highest score before you get a Game Over!! > w
Surprisingly the last of the classic series I added to my collection, my friend gave me their cart of the game. That friend helped me acquire several games in the classic series for NES and the last 2 Gameboy titles, IV and V.
my brother and i grew up playing all the mega-man games but we never beat the 1st one. in the last level before bomb-man...what was that red circle looking thing the player picked up? ive never seen that in this game.
I really hope it's good, but I'm not holding my breath. Capcom isn't as consistent with their quality as they used to be, so who knows what we'll end up with.
That game came out on 1987. Dang, that’s 35 years ago. I never knew the Mega Man franchise was that old, and it all started with this tiny game. I only played Mega Man: Power Battle arcade game when I was a kid (I’m turning 28). Anyway, this game is where everything is started. Rock becoming Mega Man (Robot Master Number 1) when he wanted to fight Doctor Wily, who turned evil, and six Robot Masters (Cut Man, Guts Man, Ice Man, Bomb Man, Fire Man, and Ice Man, numbered 3-8) that he stole from Doctor Light and mind-controlled (eight in that silly handheld remake called Mega Man Powered Up in 2006, and these are Time Man and Oil Man). Wily is basically Mega Man’s own Doctor Eggman and Professor Poopypants from Captain Underpants. This game is where Mega Man does that blue energy beam that he uses as a platform. Boy, I want a remake that has the same graphics and bonus stuff as Mega Man 11, but with a bonus feature with Time Man and Oil Man, and dialogue, like the 2006 remake. And/or, a 3-D action-adventure remake/version that does all this, and the 3-D part would be like Kirby and the Forgotten Land in 2022 rather than Mega Man X7 (that game was weird).🙏 Oh, and Rock’s sister, Roll, is number 2. Guts Man is my favorite in MM1.
One thing this game did that no other main Mega Man game does is environments being affected by special weapons (such as the fire in Fire Man's stage being frozen)
Not exactly. In MegaMan 6 you need the special weapons to get the rush armor which is hidden by environment, and in MegaMan 7 you need to put the woods in fire with your special weapons to get beat, also you can freeze lava with ice man weapons in order to get a letter for the rush armor.
Que recuerdos! Apenas compré mi tablero arcade y volví a jugar está joya! Jajajajaja ya no es lo mismo jugar de grande como cuando era niño valla que si me costó pasar este juego nuevamente 😅
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There was also Time Man and Oil Man, but those are exclusive to *Mega Man: Powered Up!* on the PSP
Man... I'm 38, but still remember how hell hard was to done this game about 25 years ago... Very, very hard game.
I got this in 1988 and breezed through it except for Iceman which took me a couple of weeks of long afterschool play to master and then of course I had to figure out the Rockman cheat which I think was in Nintendo Power lol
@@martafreire3585 but i've done it those years ago. This is my achivment. I win it many years ago.
OMG... the frustration!
me too 1986
I'm 42. And yes. It was a very Hard game back then.
Mega Man teaches me to use the right tool (or weapon) to get the job done. I never excelled at Mega Man, but I do enjoy seeing others tackle the difficulty. I had never seen the Dr. Wily stage in all its entirety until today. Knowing when to switch and use each change effectively really takes persistence, skill, and timing. Congrats to NintendoComplete for this playthrough of Mega Man.
Why is this so mesmerizing? my brother used to play this game while I would die on the second level of Mario. Reminded me of a part of my childhood that I had forgotten that I had lost.
😢😊❤❤
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cutman stage music got stuck in my head for 20+ years. to this day one of my favorite tracks
Agreed.Along with 🧊man's
This takes me back to my elementary school days. Everyone I knew was into this game back then. I will always love this game. All these years later and it's still just as good as it was then.
My big bro absolutely loved this game. He would play this for hours, while I help him finish it. I miss my big bro. We all miss those years when we were just little, carefree children 😭😭
I got this for Xmas in 1988 and its one of the first NES games I ever finished. To this day it’s still my favorite.
Damn , it's that old I played this game when I was super young when my uncle gave me his old CD (it had some emulators ) which he got while cleaning up his home . I used to play the shit outta it and am currently 17 ( I grew up with technology that was 20 years older than me)
Mega man was the first game you finished? So either you happened to be good at mega man, you liked the game so much that you didn’t want to stop playing until it was finished, or you cheated(I don’t really think that it was the cheating one though).
Would've gotten this weren't not for the disgusting front cover. I only rented it after Nintendo Power gave credible hype for the soon to come Mega Man 2. Yeah. I missed out on a classic.
You mean Christmas not Xmas!
I play the mega man before when I was 7
This game brings back happy childhood memories. One of the greatest games ever made.
0:16 - Bombman
3:57 - Gutsman
6:51 - Cutman
11:06 - Elecman
15:50 - Iceman
19:40 - Fireman
23:44 - Yellow Demon
28:05 - Copy Robot
33:19 - CWU-01P
35:53 - Dr. Wily
Mega Man's winning combination of graphics, sound, and harshly difficult but fair gameplay make it a game that, while not as good as its direct sequels, deserves much recognition for its incredible achievements.
NintendoComplete Not as good as Mega Man 2 though. The music is good, but it sure ain't no Tim Follin.
Extremewrecker2000 The willer. Maybe so, but Tim Follin was no Matsumae Manami, either. She's her own legend, and she deserves to be :)
NintendoComplete I know, but she uses extra hardware so it could be considered cheating. Plus, I don't like her music as much as Tim Follin's. Tim really is a true god of music especially since he composed amazing music for more systems than she has.
Extremewrecker2000 The willer. What do you mean? Basic mmu aside (iirc it used an unrom board?), this was all stock NES hardware. There wasn't anything expanding the base system's sound capabilities here.
NintendoComplete, didn't you already cover this game before?
41:11 the theme that becomes Mega Man 2
My favorite thing about mega man games is the music. I am in awe how effortlessly this person can play and enjoy themselves listen to capcom’s masterpieces.
Back when this game came out, the graphics were great. Mega Man was really well drawn for the time.
My favorite game when i was child😖
I used to play this game whole day even when my head and eyes had ache 😭
Missing my childhood.
Did you ever beat it?
So many days, nights, holidays etc. Playing this game. As soon as the music starts my nostalgia immediately kicks in.
Wow the memories...... I'm 40 now would love go back in time in my old house playing this in the basement on the old school TV where I spent hours of my time.
A eternal classic for nes.
80’s music-even in video games-is the best ever.
With you
this game was so cute lol
The original classic of the series. I was in elementary in 1988. My best friend talked about this game non stop. We both spoke of video games and going through Nintendo power in after school, drawing and joking around and talking about mega man. That I ended up getting mega man 2 by my dad one afternoon. Took that shit to school to show it off even 😂. The game was my favorite game from NES. From there then on I got every mega man game that came out in its release date order either for birthday, Christmas or obsessing and driving my dad crazy to get it for me and would surprise me with it randomly when I arrived home with the game in my room form Sears or toys r us. Good times. Still recall getting the games as if it was last year, Sears upstairs had the Nintendo section which was like a gold mine whenever you saw that nintendo logo hanging over head in the distance through all the clothes rack. The games were all displayed in the locked glass cases surrounding the clerk and all around it was always packed with kids and their dads looking through the glass for their favorite or next title and waiting their turn for the clerk to come around to tend to you. It was like a bar and getting the bartenders attention You were lucky enough if you got the last game that was seen in display case. Sometimes a family would get it right before you. Nowadays you go to target or Walmart or whatever and the video game section is missing that magic from yesteryear. And at toys r us, was always awesome to get your copy of a NES game. It was exciting as shit. Going through the video game isle with hundreds of NES games box photos on the walk and under each box set was a plastic transparent index holder with the some ticket with game number and you would grab one and take it to the back where there was a window and a worker would take your ticket snd bring out the game and you pay up front. If there was no tickets left in the plastic index card holder, it meant the game was sold out. It crushed every boy im sure when they came to grab a ticket only to learn the game is not available and you keep coming back to store to see when the the tickets are stocked full under your games photo. Good times simple times that today’s generation won’t see or appreciate. Those were the days we really appreciated and worked for what we want and took care of it snd took nothing for granted!
Mega man 1 was actually my last MM game I got after MM6. Only because I played it a ton of times at that friends house while I had the rest of the saga at home and didn’t feel the need to buy it until you never saw it available again during the 90’s as games were constantly turned over and taken out of stores…but when I got older and internet was born, ebay was discovered and I purchased mm1 finally for collector reason. Hated that I had that missing title.
The one game I was lucky to get the last of at Toys R Us was the PC Castlevania and Contra collection, they had the very last one I'd ever see sell in my town. Otherwise I always got lucky the times I got games at Toys R Us, they never were out of stock for the games I was after.
That is until a certain Game Boy game I wanted turned out to be a bitch to find. Toys R Us nor anyone else had the damned thing, that is until a last resort call to Dillard's Department store turned up the absolute LAST copy I'd ever see for sale back then. The lady who got the game out of the display glass case for me even told me that I got lucky, as soon Dillard's would stop handling video games. I still have that copy in box complete to this day, beaten many, many times over the years.
That game, Link's Awakening for Game Boy.
Random thought in my head brought me here
me too =P
Pff
I thought I am the only one
Me three. Just thought to myself, "Ya know... I wanna see some old Megaman gameplay."
same bro :/
People act like let’s plays are new. They aren’t. Virtual lets plays sure.
But let me tell you something. When we were kids we only argued about whose turn it was because we all sucked equally. But if some kid could play mega man like this, we’d all be huddled around watching in awe.
The very first game I ever rented. Never could get past that damned Devil, but I've since beaten it multiple times. Mega Man blinking was utterly mind blowing back in the day, too.
The pause glitch
@@cp2348 Never knew about it. No internet back then.
Iceman stage was the hardest one for me. I miss my childhood. 😢
WOO!! The game that started it all!! What a classic! My favorite Capcom series!! All these games are still fun to play, too.
The Real Sean W. Stewart, Hello Once Again Cute Little Girl w/ Gray Hair and Green Clothing!
Now, where is that character (YOUR profile pic) from?
(Fight ROCK MAN, For Everlasting Piece!)
Dorian Scott, she's *Youmu Konpaku* from *Touhou Project.* Touhou you might've heard of if you're into kind of cult-level popular Japanese game stuffs, but Touhou is special. ZUN's still making new games for it since the 90s! It's a great series. Anyway, Youmu-chan here is a half-phantom girl who serves Yuyuko Saigyouji in the land of Gensokyo and wields two swords. She was introduced in the seventh game, *Perfect Cherry Blossom* for PC. Although this particular image of her I have here is from a Pokémon-style fangame where you can catch and battle Puppets made in the shape of many characters throughout the series. This is actually a Puppet of Youmu that I took from my Trainer Card in *Touhou Puppet Dance Performance.* You can have these close-ups of the Puppet standing along your own human player character depending on the Puppet you've picked at the very beginning of the game, and thus becomes your starter waifu. Yes, Youmu-chan is mai waifu, and I love her very much!
Cool, I'll have to look into this!
Bolding some phrases in TH-cam comments, nice!
(My Favorite *Capcom* series is the *Disney's Magical Quest* games, fantastic games!)
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replaying this game now. Skill and memorization is more important than ever!
And so, a Legendary hero captured our hearts. Rock on Mega Man!
This was an incredibly difficult game. You had to recognize the patterns of the bosses and of course the last stage was just bonkers.
I preordered Mega Man 11 to support it’s success. Other people play the older games to get ready for the release.
For me this is pure Mega Man. I've been playing since 1987 and I still pick up and play to make sure I haven't lost "it." I routinely beat it without dying. No one cares anymore.
As long as you still care for the game, nothing else matters if anyone else does or not.
Played this on the Anniversary Collection... Sure was tough, but I made it to the very end!
"Fight Mega Man! For everlasting peace!"
23:33 ALERT!
Intruder infiltrated
Dr. Willy’s ship is so freakin noisy
I was born in 1988 and this game is one of my favorites
26:30 i remember when my big bro was smacked by my mom when he kept cursing when this yellow boss kept moving around😂
34:48 i love you can tell from their in game moments just how puzzled they are at what just happened
I just bought this game on Nintendo eShop. I'd never played it before. But I fell in love with the story and the gameplay. I've never appreciated this saga before.
i still think this game had the best sound track of all MM games
34:39 Wow that's a hell of a glitch right there o_o
@@marcelasaraivademelo3520 we know
I have always loved the music and bosses of all the mega man games as well as playing them
Another classic game, this was one of the many Nintendo games I ended as a kid.💜💎⚔️🛡️
"When I was growing up and going to school, all
I really wanted to do was be an artist. I actually
got my first job at Capcom through my artistic skill
and it wasn't until Mega Man was done that I really
became interested in game development. When
I joined the Mega Man team his outline existed,
his basic pixel structure was done - kind of the
skeleton, if you will - but things like his final look,
as well as his jumping animation and so on, still had
to be completed. He existed as a single sprite; no
animations and no poses existed - they hadn't
been designed when I joined the team.
The first Mega Man had a team of six people, and we
did it in about four months. Which means that,
relatively speaking, there wasn't really that much of
an investment from the company. If it had not come
out, if it had been cancelled, it wouldn't have been
the end of the world. Maybe for the first two-thirds
of my career, I was operating under that sort of
style. Obviously there was pressure, but it was
a relatively free environment, because games
didn't take long to develop."
-- Keiji Inafune (game designer and graphic artist, Mega Man/Rockman - NES)
Never knew mega man would push the NES’s graphics to its limits
Its one of the best looking NES games only Metroid and Kid Icarus might look better
if this pushes the game to its limits, you should check out kirby's adventure
For a basic MMC chip, it was quite impressive. Later games like Mega Man 3 onwards that used the MMC3 chip impressed even more
I remember this was a bonus present for my 13th birthday! I never let my mother forget she picked out one of my all time favorite games
Pausing/slow-mo during "one eye" boss made electricity hits more damaging (if i remember correctly)
This happens with all weapons and bosses too, as long as the shot goes through the enemy like Ice Slasher, Rolling Cutter, Fire Storm, and Thunder Beam
I like this. Not a too-cool-for-school no damage playthrough (usually tool assisted), but an honest playthrough with little errors we all made back in the day. I never beat this one. I beat 2, 3, 4, and X, but never 1.
I think it's about time I checked out the Mega Man franchise.
I love this game and the Mega Man series in general. For some reason it tends to be overlooked a lot . My all time favorite in the series is Mega Man 2. This series had the best music of any games in the 8 bit era too.
13:14
😢 that piece of equipment or weapon should have been explained to me when I was a child 😂❤
I love this game. We would play Mega Man into the next day arms were about to fall off.
My child hood 😭. This game reminds me my lovely childhood.
I bought Megaman Legacy Collection for the Switch and I'm now trying to put most (if not all) of the Megaman games on my channel. I have MM2 for now, hopefully I'll do the rest soon.
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You have discovered a possible brand-new speedrunning glitch! I was able to replicate this, and the first time I did it, CWU-01P only had 4 bars of health and I quickly finished the boss due to only one form being able to appear.
Every other time, however, my results were exactly the same, wth the boss having full health. I'm thinking a speedrunner should investigate this, and hopefully we can causethe boss to consistently start with only 4 bars of health. My theory is that certain frames in the game's engine cause the boss's energy to not completely fill up.
I can post part of this video on Twitter. I was able to record 30 seconds from the Switch, but the starting point is right after Mega Man gets hit, and during the point he zips backwards. Let me know!
Mega Man Is A Male 👨🏻♂
*MY FAVORITE CAPCOM FRANCHISE OF ALL TIME.*
My friends owned this game. So my brother and I would go to their house and play it. It took us several months to figure out the game had an order and pattern. Then once we discovered the Dr Wiley stages, we were hooked! We were super excited to finally figure it out and beat the game.
34:40 - Wow. Never seen someone kicked out of the boss room like that before. What a fluke. 😂
11:10 Do you think they took this song from Bon Jovi's "She Don't Know Me" song?
Yes you are right
Some says it seems like Faithfully by Journey
Sim eu tbm pensei a mesma coisa! Bom jovi first álbum!
My favorite NES game. Mega Man rules!
Sniper Joe (1:14), Pickelman (4:50) and Big Eye (5:33) are a pain in the ass for new players like me.
I’m 41 y.o… nostalgia. Best game ever! Hello from Russia!❤
I got this yesterday with the Legacy Collection for my 2Ds. And I didn't get to know that this was HARD AS HECK (For me. I bet when you guys play it, you make it look like a joke.) I'd die to the Big Eyes in Cut Man's stage, Always get hit and fall into the first pit at the beginning of Wily stage 2, I'd get stuck in Ice Man's stage with the disappearing blocks, I'd get knocked off the ladders by the Watchers in Elec Man's stage, I died a lot and I repeat A LOT of times to Copy Robot, to the Robo Masters all in once, and the stupid tracks in Wily stage 4 and Guts Man's stage. It was absolutely annoying. But I finally did it. Thank mother of God.
Underappreciated game, stands shoulder to shoulder with the NES sequels in my opinion.
I Love Mega Man ❤️
cutmans weapon destroys those rovers on ice mans world. but your mastery of those floating propeller platforms was outstanding!
Mega man abilities are amazing and the best thing is that he copying the bad guys weapons and uses it against them I didn’t know that
This video brings out some old memories.Ahh
The very few positive things that came from this Covid pandemic, 1 being I had purchased a NES System, then purchased a Famicom Multicartridge, with 154 Nostalgic Nintendo Games, Megaman is by far the hardest game out of the Megaman series. Was this title projected to have a sequel, yet a whole series? I'm spending more time today working on these great NES games rather than the new stuff that's being launched. I guess it's a personal preference.
I oddly found this game to be quite easy. The bosses aside from the Yellow Devil and the Clone boss I found to be pretty easy. Granted, I used the pause cheat for the Devil, so I might come back to this one someday to beat it legitimately. Great game and great playthrough NintendoComplete!
I'm 38 as well & absolutely love the Mega Man series, used to hum the soundtracks at the bus stop as a kid, but I don't think I have to stomach to ever play the original ever again lol. Hated it, but loved every single one after it.
I rented this game so much back in the day...
Had to turn the volume down in order to stay up till 5am playing this..🤣🤣
I think people don’t talk about how hard this was.
It was extremely hard until you got the hang of it. Back in the day, we were use to games being hard. A lot of NES games needed skill and memorization to get through to the end. Some people will never know.....
It was (is for most) crazy hard. I beat Mega Man 2 several times in the early 90s before I was able to beat the first installment lol Not having E-tanks yet is a pain. Timing jumps was always so hard for me so the Yellow Devil and the Dragon in Mega Man 2 saw me die hundreds of times probably lol
I played this game when I was in public school and my Aunt bought this when my parents scolded me on it. THANK HER for that. She had the money to afford it and I still have the fucking cart until this day. I was so happy to play it until my dad bought me Mega Man 2 later on after I made it to the fourth grade
I play this with the “rewind” feature and my god I have to do it 800 times per level. How tf anyone beat this back then is beyond me
This is the most difficult game of the franchise and the only one I have never beaten.
That glitch was cool. I kind of wish you would have tried fighting it on the wrong screen though, since it appeared to be showing up. Would have been neat to see what happened.
IKR??
It always pretty mind-blowing to discover and trigger programing errors that were overlooked and leftover in-game, right??
Yeah, I worried about it glitching too hard and crashing. I didn't want to end the game there so I played it safe.
@@sammyyo461 yeah the first game was so hard for me (probably because I did the bosses out of order) but I just used the pause glitch to one shot everyone. :P
I remember playing this freaking game for like 5 weeks before I realized you could use the other robots' weapons. My fault for beating Gutsman first I guess. :) EDIT: And then the Elecman board was boring and tedious and you were rewarded by gettin yer ass kicked :)
Hands down mah favorite entry in the classic series!!
I love the game's soundtrack, bosses, difficulty, and High Score counter!!
It's so much fun to try and get or beat yer highest score before you get a Game Over!! > w
I love mega 2 & 3, but when that bear hit for elecmans level I almost cried from nostalgia
I wanted this game so badly. I looked for it everywhere and never could find it.
It's always good to see someone do what appears impossible. Well done 👍
Theme at 23:43 is my absolute favorite . Brings back so many good memories.
You make this look so easy.......Im playing it now and I really suck at it lol
Same XD
Bless save states. I'd still be on Wiley stage 1 otherwise
It's nice to see an honest playthrough not using the pausing hack to beat the yellow devil easier
Wow the big yellow Rock Monster boss seems so much more difficult and fast than in MM3...
His name is Yellow Devil. He's a hard nut to crack in this game series.
the trusty pause glitch can do the trick
thanks select button
Masterpiece. Shame about that box art though. 🤣
Mega man legacy collection 1 & 2 is now on Nintendo Switch
This game got remade. That shows how good this game is.
Surprisingly the last of the classic series I added to my collection, my friend gave me their cart of the game. That friend helped me acquire several games in the classic series for NES and the last 2 Gameboy titles, IV and V.
my brother and i grew up playing all the mega-man games but we never beat the 1st one. in the last level before bomb-man...what was that red circle looking thing the player picked up? ive never seen that in this game.
That's the Yaschichi! It's a special item in a lot of Capcom's old games. It refills all of your energy for every weapon and your health
This game is tough as nails.
cant believe, im playing this when i was 5
Happy birthday to the cutest robot ever ❤️ Happy birthday to Rockman ❤️
Oh boy, we've been doing a lot of Mega Man these last few days! Must be MM11 hype- what're your thoughts on that?
I really hope it's good, but I'm not holding my breath. Capcom isn't as consistent with their quality as they used to be, so who knows what we'll end up with.
I love how you refill every weapon although you're too good for this game.
That game came out on 1987. Dang, that’s 35 years ago. I never knew the Mega Man franchise was that old, and it all started with this tiny game. I only played Mega Man: Power Battle arcade game when I was a kid (I’m turning 28). Anyway, this game is where everything is started. Rock becoming Mega Man (Robot Master Number 1) when he wanted to fight Doctor Wily, who turned evil, and six Robot Masters (Cut Man, Guts Man, Ice Man, Bomb Man, Fire Man, and Ice Man, numbered 3-8) that he stole from Doctor Light and mind-controlled (eight in that silly handheld remake called Mega Man Powered Up in 2006, and these are Time Man and Oil Man). Wily is basically Mega Man’s own Doctor Eggman and Professor Poopypants from Captain Underpants. This game is where Mega Man does that blue energy beam that he uses as a platform. Boy, I want a remake that has the same graphics and bonus stuff as Mega Man 11, but with a bonus feature with Time Man and Oil Man, and dialogue, like the 2006 remake. And/or, a 3-D action-adventure remake/version that does all this, and the 3-D part would be like Kirby and the Forgotten Land in 2022 rather than Mega Man X7 (that game was weird).🙏 Oh, and Rock’s sister, Roll, is number 2. Guts Man is my favorite in MM1.
The music of this game though... one of my favorites!!! Got a Playlist on pandora dedicated to it even.
One thing this game did that no other main Mega Man game does is environments being affected by special weapons (such as the fire in Fire Man's stage being frozen)
Not exactly.
In MegaMan 6 you need the special weapons to get the rush armor which is hidden by environment, and in MegaMan 7 you need to put the woods in fire with your special weapons to get beat, also you can freeze lava with ice man weapons in order to get a letter for the rush armor.
Que recuerdos! Apenas compré mi tablero arcade y volví a jugar está joya! Jajajajaja ya no es lo mismo jugar de grande como cuando era niño valla que si me costó pasar este juego nuevamente 😅
And thus the series mega man was born from this game
Thanks buddy my childhood memories I clear all chats
Happy birthday MegaMan!🎉🎂🎊