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This is dedicated in memory of my friend Erik because I convinced him to play this game and he died at flash man. Twice. I blame myself.
Many noobs nowadays have never experience the earlier generations of gaming. Megaman 2 is a classic of gaming history, so I wanted to share it with those who have never played it (and refresh the memories of those who have). If you've never played it maybe you'll see this and try it out.
What makes it different from castlevania or mario is that when you beat one of the robot masters, you can then use a bastardized, less useful version of his weapon in the next levels. Also, you get to decide the order you go to the levels. Honestly it doesn't make too much of a difference, but each boss is weak to certain weapons so theoretically it could matter.
The robot masters are one of the best things in the game. Quickman's level is a vertical tunnel filled with giant death lasers.
He must be from australia because he has a big boomerang pasted to his head and jumps around the room like a kangaroo while tossing boomerangs.
You've got wood man, who summons a shield of razor-sharp metal leaves around himself, and then rains them down from the ceiling. If you think that sounds cool then you're a fucking idiot because this is what wood man looks like:
To even get to the robot masters, you have to navigate a maze of themed death traps. Some of them are fairly standard, like ceiling spikes or giant robot dogs who can breathe streams of liquid fire. Then there are some that force me to salute the evil genius of Dr. Wily.
You gotta give it to the man... this is probably the best and cheapest way to design an evil fortress.
Uhhh... what am I supposed to do here? If someone like master vampire hunter Simon Belmont can't fucking swim, how is a robot in a diaper and a helmet going to do it?
WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THIS. You ride the red thing on the white track while the floaty things try to ram themselves into you. Yeah, dont pick this stage first on your virgin megaman experience. The stage you should pick to be rid of your megaman virginity is flashman's.
This guy is the wussiest boss ever. I don't know how to even describe how terribly pathetic he is. He has robot paunch for christ's sake. When you plow through his pathetically easy stage and blast down the door to his room, you are greeted by flashman's fearsome and slightly transparent face.
He shuffles across the uneven floor of his subterranean lair towards you, and then holds out his hand. What is the object he holds? It looks something like a stopwatch. WRONG. It is the power of the FLASH CANNON. The flash cannon gives out an immobilizing burst of light, and then fires a spray of bullets. Most of the time he'll miss you and even if it does hit you, it does very little damage. He does more damage if he runs into you.
Great, so you beat flash man. Now you get the sweet spray gun right? Nope. You get a pink outfit and can make the air sparkle.
I felt I had to at least mention heatman, if only briefly. I feel sorry for heatman. His only form of attack involves lighting himself on fire and hurling himself at you.
There's a lot more stuff in the game than what I've mentioned. I suggest you try it out. You can buy the megaman anniversary collection for (i think) ps2, xbox, and gc. The sound is a bit fucked up on it, but it's still the same game. You can also download it for free, but that would be piracy yaaarrrr.
I thought I'd share since I haven't really seen any threads with topics I like in a while. Maybe there will be discussion about other classic games (doubtful folks since u all noobs neck snap u ez).
Also, it's absolutely baffling to me that someone in grad school can't figure out how to fucking beat flashman.
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is awesome32248 Posts
HAHAHA this was awesome!
Thanks Ghin
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omggg ghin you're amazing hahaha
megaman is great
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i rofled hahaha.
Megaman X is where its at.
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Megaman X is still my favorite Megaman. I can still remember what order I did the bosses in, too. Chill Penguin, Storm Eagle, Flame Mammoth (get upgraded X-Buster with dash/helmet break before that part with the pickaxe throwers), Spark Mandrill, Armored Armadillo, Launch Octopus, Boomer Kwanger, Sting Chameleon, go back to each level and get secret stuff (hadouken, all the extra E-tanks and hearts), Sigma's Lair.
God that game was so much fun.
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Should try beating armored armadillo first sometime, its one of the best boss battles. I always did Flame Mammoth then Chill Penguin then Sting Chameleon because the armor upgrade looks neat, the flamethrower is ridiculously powerful, and i like to see chill penguin turn black when you toast him.
X3 is definately my favorite from the X series. It has bosses like Toxic Seahorse, Crush Crawfish, and Blizzard Buffalo. How can you beat Gravity Beetle? I bet even Quickman would get his ass handed to him by Gravity Beetle. The artwork and level design are superb and the weapons are all at least moderately useful.
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United States12181 Posts
Ghin do you have stairs in your house? The writing style of the first post is similar to what you would commonly see in a Let's Play thread. Comical, that is.
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featured threads ghahahahahah
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On April 12 2007 13:13 Ghin wrote: Should try beating armored armadillo first sometime, its one of the best boss battles. I always did Flame Mammoth then Chill Penguin then Sting Chameleon because the armor upgrade looks neat, the flamethrower is ridiculously powerful, and i like to see chill penguin turn black when you toast him.
X3 is definately my favorite from the X series. It has bosses like Toxic Seahorse, Crush Crawfish, and Blizzard Buffalo. How can you beat Gravity Beetle? I bet even Quickman would get his ass handed to him by Gravity Beetle. The artwork and level design are superb and the weapons are all at least moderately useful.
You use the weapon givin to you by the sabertooth. Immobilizes him and does alot of damage.
Guide for X3 goes. Blizzard Buffalo (make sure to get leg upgrade) Toxic Sea horse The Rhino dude Volt Catfish Crush Crawfish Sabertooth dude Gravity Beetle Wasp dude.
I actually just beat X3 again today. Amazing game, been through it at least 30 times.
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On April 12 2007 14:30 Lord)Lw( wrote:Show nested quote +On April 12 2007 13:13 Ghin wrote: Should try beating armored armadillo first sometime, its one of the best boss battles. I always did Flame Mammoth then Chill Penguin then Sting Chameleon because the armor upgrade looks neat, the flamethrower is ridiculously powerful, and i like to see chill penguin turn black when you toast him.
X3 is definately my favorite from the X series. It has bosses like Toxic Seahorse, Crush Crawfish, and Blizzard Buffalo. How can you beat Gravity Beetle? I bet even Quickman would get his ass handed to him by Gravity Beetle. The artwork and level design are superb and the weapons are all at least moderately useful. You use the weapon givin to you by the sabertooth. Immobilizes him and does alot of damage. Guide for X3 goes. Blizzard Buffalo (make sure to get leg upgrade) Toxic Sea horse The Rhino dude Volt Catfish Crush Crawfish Sabertooth dude Gravity Beetle Wasp dude. I actually just beat X3 again today. Amazing game, been through it at least 30 times. hes more fun if you dont use it because he does something besides blink and hop at you
On April 12 2007 13:57 Excalibur_Z wrote: Ghin do you have stairs in your house? The writing style of the first post is similar to what you would commonly see in a Let's Play thread. Comical, that is. nah, i dont know the secret response
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What makes it different from castlevania or mario is that when you beat one of the robot masters, you can then use a bastardized, less useful version of his weapon in the next levels
QFT <3
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is awesome32248 Posts
Seriously this was a awesome written "guide" hahah
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SPIKES ON THE CEILING? WHATS UP WITH THAT
I MEAN LOOK AT THIS GUY
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Classic <3
But in the modern series, I think EXE series is as good as the X series.
Or maybe it's because I was 10 when I played EXE1
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I've never played megaman. This thread has singlehandedly inspired me to download the rom buy the game so I may be able to play it.
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Nah, the Megaman Zero series is where it's actually at, because having melee weapons too somehow makes it just that much awesomer. Really. :O
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haha, I remember Flash Man. You needed some time slow down thing special from a boss right?
and Bubbleman... but I get all the stuff mixed up.
And the best Megamans are the first originals man, I was HOOKED on whichever megaman i am thinking of.
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On April 12 2007 13:13 Ghin wrote: Should try beating armored armadillo first sometime, its one of the best boss battles. I always did Flame Mammoth then Chill Penguin then Sting Chameleon because the armor upgrade looks neat, the flamethrower is ridiculously powerful, and i like to see chill penguin turn black when you toast him.
X3 is definately my favorite from the X series. It has bosses like Toxic Seahorse, Crush Crawfish, and Blizzard Buffalo. How can you beat Gravity Beetle? I bet even Quickman would get his ass handed to him by Gravity Beetle. The artwork and level design are superb and the weapons are all at least moderately useful. It's hard to do any level but Chill Penguin first because otherwise you don't have dash to use against the bosses, in my opinion.
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Ahahah nice read, i remember playing all the megamans some years ago. (in order) MM1 last boss was HARD AS HELL.
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Funny. Megaman 2 is the only one which i've played. It was hard at the time. My favorite boss was Metal Man. Crash Man was another pretty silly boss.
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All I rmemeber is that I never made it to quickman because of those fucking lasers god damnit Just like I could never beat megaman 3 because the second runthrough of sparkman's stage..where u had to jump down the cavern with all the fucking spikes
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United Arab Emirates5090 Posts
man i grew up on megaman and this game kicks so much ass
2d side scrolling shooters ftw
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On April 13 2007 07:41 KOFgokuon wrote: Just like I could never beat megaman 3 because the second runthrough of sparkman's stage..where u had to jump down the cavern with all the fucking spikes god i hated that stage. Quickman is the boss at the end and for some fucking reason he takes damage from the lamest weapons (snakes, magnets, gemini mans stupid laser, shadow mans blade thing).
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I was just playing Megaman X anniversary collection. MMX3 <3
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I LOVE MEGAMAN!!! My favourite by far was Megaman 3, which also happened to have the best music. Megaman 2 was really good too and Quickman was so awesome.
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quickman's level is so hard in megaman 2 T_T
i managed to get down to where ur screenshot took place in his level but it seems like those lasers never stop
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I always beat metal man first (who has the coolest video game music ever)
BTW fucking wiley and his stages are so fucking hard in megaman 2 ;( ive died at wiley and the last stage so many times.
and i never understood beating quickman first, always seemed like i needed the freeze time thing to get through the last few lazer things (which as a kid i always thought were sand or something)
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man, I remmeber Megama X2 my personal favourite. IMO best game music was Overdrive Osterich's stage.
Overdrive Osterich Wire Sponge Flame Stag Wheel Gator Morph Moth Bubble Crab Magna Centipede and finally the annoying Crystal Snail
Add that in with the the battles with the three X Hunters Violen, Serges and Agile, and you're left with one friggin tough game. But at least you get a cool jet bike eh?
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airman obviously has the best music
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HAHA Freaking Heatman, whoo! I loved this read
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On April 12 2007 08:22 Ghin wrote:This is dedicated in memory of my friend Erik because I convinced him to play this game and he died at flash man. Twice. I blame myself. Many noobs nowadays have never experience the earlier generations of gaming. Megaman 2 is a classic of gaming history, so I wanted to share it with those who have never played it (and refresh the memories of those who have). If you've never played it maybe you'll see this and try it out. What makes it different from castlevania or mario is that when you beat one of the robot masters, you can then use a bastardized, less useful version of his weapon in the next levels. Also, you get to decide the order you go to the levels. Honestly it doesn't make too much of a difference, but each boss is weak to certain weapons so theoretically it could matter. The robot masters are one of the best things in the game. Quickman's level is a vertical tunnel filled with giant death lasers. He must be from australia because he has a big boomerang pasted to his head and jumps around the room like a kangaroo while tossing boomerangs. You've got wood man, who summons a shield of razor-sharp metal leaves around himself, and then rains them down from the ceiling. If you think that sounds cool then you're a fucking idiot because this is what wood man looks like: To even get to the robot masters, you have to navigate a maze of themed death traps. Some of them are fairly standard, like ceiling spikes or giant robot dogs who can breathe streams of liquid fire. Then there are some that force me to salute the evil genius of Dr. Wily. You gotta give it to the man... this is probably the best and cheapest way to design an evil fortress. Uhhh... what am I supposed to do here? If someone like master vampire hunter Simon Belmont can't fucking swim, how is a robot in a diaper and a helmet going to do it? WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THIS. You ride the red thing on the white track while the floaty things try to ram themselves into you. Yeah, dont pick this stage first on your virgin megaman experience. The stage you should pick to be rid of your megaman virginity is flashman's. This guy is the wussiest boss ever. I don't know how to even describe how terribly pathetic he is. He has robot paunch for christ's sake. When you plow through his pathetically easy stage and blast down the door to his room, you are greeted by flashman's fearsome and slightly transparent face. He shuffles across the uneven floor of his subterranean lair towards you, and then holds out his hand. What is the object he holds? It looks something like a stopwatch. WRONG. It is the power of the FLASH CANNON. The flash cannon gives out an immobilizing burst of light, and then fires a spray of bullets. Most of the time he'll miss you and even if it does hit you, it does very little damage. He does more damage if he runs into you. Great, so you beat flash man. Now you get the sweet spray gun right? Nope. You get a pink outfit and can make the air sparkle. I felt I had to at least mention heatman, if only briefly. I feel sorry for heatman. His only form of attack involves lighting himself on fire and hurling himself at you. There's a lot more stuff in the game than what I've mentioned. I suggest you try it out. You can buy the megaman anniversary collection for (i think) ps2, xbox, and gc. The sound is a bit fucked up on it, but it's still the same game. You can also download it for free, but that would be piracy yaaarrrr. I thought I'd share since I haven't really seen any threads with topics I like in a while. Maybe there will be discussion about other classic games (doubtful folks since u all noobs neck snap u ez). Also, it's absolutely baffling to me that someone in grad school can't figure out how to fucking beat flashman.
FAG!
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On April 12 2007 12:32 5HITCOMBO wrote: Megaman X is still my favorite Megaman. I can still remember what order I did the bosses in, too. Chill Penguin, Storm Eagle, Flame Mammoth (get upgraded X-Buster with dash/helmet break before that part with the pickaxe throwers), Spark Mandrill, Armored Armadillo, Launch Octopus, Boomer Kwanger, Sting Chameleon, go back to each level and get secret stuff (hadouken, all the extra E-tanks and hearts), Sigma's Lair.
God that game was so much fun.
-same here that was a great game, 2nd to only Zelda:Link to the past. My only problem was the crazy long 4x3 passcodes you had to enter but it wasn't a big deal.
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