Mega Man 2 Hard Difficulty Live Stream with Mike Matei

[@HerbstaMagus]

Mike's best quote of this stream: "I need a little more number 2." If only James were there to comment on that request.

[@jrm48220]

"I hate that it's pausing me right on top of him." Ha Ha! Now the Pause Trick is on the other foot!

[@philleotardo8760]

This is the Mike Matie I grew up on. I feel like this is his best video. I love the semi bad/good quality webcam. When I recommend Mike matie this is the video I would show them. Man… I’m also really drunk. Haha.

[@KevinStriker]

I kinda wish that the Mega Man games on NES were still cheap like they were years ago, now they all go for 30 - 100 bucks, so I just decided to buy Mega Man 2 (because it's my favourite Mega Man) and I bought the Anniversary Collection instead of taking out a loan on the rest of the series.

[@KevinStriker]

***** It was a joke.

[@edengaming5021]

+Diss Raps It would take me months to save 500 buks..to spend on a few measly games...

[@edengaming5021]

+Diss Raps It would take me months to save 500 buks..to spend on a few measly games...

[@SuperN1ntendoChalmers]

+Kevin Striker You can thank the fanboy jackasses of AVGN for that. Shelf collectors have ruined game collecting. Give it 10 years and people will not care as much, thus reducing the price of games. It happened with WWF VHSs, comic books, cards, etc.

[@lunarhalcyon6725]

While very true, you can't blame the collectors, just the "posers". Personally, Mike and James (and my own roommates) prefer playing hard media, but I absolutely 100% prefer software and emulation. None of this invisibility and flickering bullshit (or can be better fixed), save and load states making some "shitty" games entirely playable, and better flexibility with injecting code. A singe video I had time to make for a contest, of Megaman Legends, was exponentially crisper and easier to make, using an emulator and one "TauVertex"s UI-related gameshark-manipulations. He discovered some pretty neat code-manipulations through gameshark.

[@Ragmondy]

lol 43:45 omg Mike what are you doing to us??😁

[@InazumaDash]

It's just the normal difficulty in Japan tho. Capcom thought we were retards back then.

[@InazumaDash]

Omega Rugal I'm not 10 years old.

[@lecorbak]

+TalesOfGamerz we are still retards

[@dudef594]

+TalesOfGamerz Oh shut the fuck up you fucking weeaboo.

[@MonkeyspankO]

+TalesOfGamerz I can count to potato!

[@dudef594]

+lecorbak Speak for yourself.

[@mr.teashade3567]

1:21:03 My question got read. I watched the 10th anniversary special right after the stream. It was hilarious.

[@AscendentGaming]

Snake Man's theme is my personal favorite music from the Mega Man series, so good.

[@NovaCrackers]

Mike's doing livestreams now? Sweet, I'll be looking forward to these.

[@bscar]

Newer horror movies to watch are the JJ Abrams Star Trek movies. :p

[@axebox]

Yo Mike this stream is now a CLASSIC!

[@Baleur]

I would honestly say that this is much better than Megaman 1, for even just one single reason. That the graphics engine doesnt "bug out" as much, items and enemies and projectiles dont disappear randomly as often as in Megaman 1 (and many many other old NES games).

[@lunarhalcyon6725]

We can only hope Mighty Number 9 improves as much in it's sequel (which don't get me wrong, I hope they make).

[@jeffhulick1757]

Hey Mike I always enjoy watching your shows :). I like you as much as I like James. I watch AVGN all the time on my iphone, but I also look forward to your play video's and was a bit disappointed when you stopped making those awhile back. Good to see you make a come back with the live streaming. I don't get to see them live but I like watching them either way!

[@Eyedunno]

You don't want to deinterlace a game like this because, at least on the NES (and almost always on SNES, Genesis, and TG16 as well), it's not 480i30, but 240p60. So yeah, capture cards might treat it as interlaced video, but in that case you need to separate the odd and even fields into two fields (running at 60fps), then resize them back to a 4:3 aspect ratio. I can't speak for whatever emulation is being used here, but I'd imagine it's still running at 60 fps, unless it looks that bad on your TV as well.

[@JamieVegas]

I believe NES is 256p60. The resolution is 256x256, but the bottom 16px might be missing in either the NTSC or PAL rendering.

[@KratosHero]

id love to see a live stream of Friday the 13th!

[@omegarugal9283]

+KratosHero Mike doesn`t like that game...

[@justintahair9119]

@Big PP and ppl had done it as a kid i gotta admitt i go into a game blindly and tried to get better at them nad spent hours exploring fraidy the 13th wothput knowing what to do ppl or i seen ppl on youtube do it cygnus destroyer beat dr jeckeland mr hyde and friday the 13th

[@danielroik6065]

The Wizard, Was A Awesome Movie. Good Old Time's, the 80's Rock:-) :-).

[@thedazinator851]

This was on my birthday!

[@gamerdude0]

You lose all your accumulated E tanks if you get a game over.

[@MrJaliGames]

The difficult mode is the japanese difficulty and the normal mode is the USA version. The european version had the selector.

[@xianlucax9343]

Japanese (Rockman 2): Difficult only US and EU: Normal and difficult (In normal mode every enemy has half health)

[@googleboughtmee]

The thing with invisible sprites might be because the sprite is flashing on and off at 60 frames per second; the video is only 30 frames so sometimes the 'on' part of the flash will be in the frames that aren't captured. Capturing at 60 would fix that.

[@lunarhalcyon6725]

Also, just capping the game at 30 I believe makes the PC ports (this is steam, right?), display the important assets on rendered frames or something. You're likely right though as to why it happens.

[@Metal_Horror]

@@lunarhalcyon6725 This is NES.

[@craiggilchrist4223]

You guys should look at the SEGA Megadrive Classics pack on Steam. Show us your skills. I know you will enjoy streaming these, saves trying to wire shit up to a Megadrive as we call em in the UK. Be cool as i know you James and Ryan would enjoy these together. Im roughly the same age as you guys, and i really get your vibe dudes. You remind me of me and my friends back in the day. I was a SEGA guy and my friends were Nintendo. Blast Processing Vs Super FX wars. Wicked days when the consuumer had so much choice. Im sure theres a few people in here that would agree. Dont matter who you are or where you live in the world, gaming brings people together.

[@Blinkcub]

I wonder if the trick works in the cut scenes before you go to the level were you can change the stars in to birds on this version of the game?

[@JohnnyBurnes]

I'm so used to doing my jumps from the very edge that if I see someone jump earlier, I wince expecting them to fall.

[@211Appolo]

I like how in bad games, something unbalanced makes it even worse, but in good games, it makes it better (Metal Blade)

[@bertramallgood9921]

Very good Swedish horror movie: Let the Right One In (2008)

[@paulieswalnut]

Megaman 2 has the best soundtrack overall but the title music for Megaman 3 is easily the single best song on the NES hands down. There are so many amazing rock covers of it on here. Even one incredible version done with an electric violin.

[@jm47048]

Easiest thing to do against Quickman is to sit there and kill the robot mech riding guys outside the boss room and replenish the flashman thing. As soon as the fight starts, do time stopper and it takes half his energy. Yes, even in the difficult version.

[@eckitronix]

THAT WAS YOU!?? I FUCKING LOVE THAT PICTURE!! YOU DID REALLY WELL!!! sorry for shouting...

[@thinkstump]

Hey Mike, your MM streams are the best! Any plans for the MMX series?

[@WarriorKiyo]

House of the devil is a pretty recent good horror movie

[@littlezam3963]

He left at the perfect time for us to listen to 110 000 000 Memories XD

[@danielroik6065]

Your cool Mike, have you done Double Dragon 2?, on Old Nintendo also on Supreme Master Double Dragon is a classic :-) :-) this game bring's back way 2 many memories Your Great.

[@danielroik6065]

Double Dragon 2 has Great Music.

[@EmeraldWoodArchives]

53:21 A legend was born...

[@hardcoreacademy7500]

Hey...2 years late...but some good horror movies to watch are... The Void (2017) Harbinger Down (2015) Both are very much like John Carpenters "The Thing" and, The Void is that plus some Hellraiser thrown in for some extra horror. Check 'em out.

[@amrkamel316]

Masterful playing on the Quick man boss kill. Wow.

[@lockecole2213]

The Soundtrack to wood mans stage scares my cat

[@JOSELUIS-ci2hs]

I just beat ninja gaiden and the final level and bosses are hard as hell. Tks for your videos

[@sirKahvi]

Thanks to you, I decided to take another whack at beating that game and I did it, just now. Hell yeah :D It wasn't even as hard as I remembered, but I almost ran out of bubble.

[@After4th]

Hard is actually normal difficulty in Japan. It's the only difficulty setting. Wily Wars kept it faithful to the Japanese version.

[@takamaka100]

do u have a schedule when you are streaming? because i would really like to watch you live mike :)

[@IntoxicatedGhost1]

+takamaka100 he has said many times go to the link under the video and add the youtube gaming stream to your notifications

[@takamaka100]

i know but there isn't a schedule or something?

[@IntoxicatedGhost1]

+takamaka100 no he said he will tweet it or something, he is busy with either personally life or other projects ,so he does it when he has the time,but i don't think he will be on much today because he has to edit james and mikes Mondays and most likely help on with monster madness, so i'm guessing in the near future there will be a schedule out hopefully but at the moment he is just winging it, it seems

[@takamaka100]

ok thx for the reply man :)

[@omikronweapon]

Unirally (Uniracer) had some pretty kick ass music. It worked really well with the fast pace of the races.

[@adamsmith6093]

I remember playing this and not knowing what to use except the p blaster for most everything. Maybe that's why I never beat it past a few stops at the castle.

[@SyntaxSamurai]

I love these streams.

[@g2879]

what's the difference between the normal difficulty and hard difficulty aside from just taking more damage

[@lunarhalcyon6725]

The stacks of metal cans with the face, those die in 1 shot on normal, instead of scattering towards you. Every boss has more health. The things with the pointy shells on the back don't pop apart, they just die in 1 shot on normal. More things spawn. Those lasers on quickman's level, are almost definitely faster too, I want to say. The invisible blocks on heatman's level are definitely the fuck faster, sweet jebus did you see them?

[@NoelG702]

I know before Mike said this came out in 1988. It did in Japan but in North America it came out in July of 1989.

[@PictureProductStudio]

That music... Great stream as usual.

[@supercellonova]

FFVI is also my favorite and probably the best soundtrack super Nintendo EVER had.

[@MA-jw7qv]

Awesome Mike! Good shit!

[@jackiepuppet9289]

how does he get the mega buster to shoot so fast? was it because it was the legacy collection version? it looked like it was on a turbo setting. I don't remember you being able to just hold down the B button on the old NES controller to shoot. I think you had to keep tapping it

[@Stuntrooster]

Matthew Keenan I just got it last week on xbox1...there is a turbo button that fires 3 at a time, along with the standard

[@Robkinggozer]

Megaman Powered Up on PSP is also a fun Megaman game. I wonder if the guys will ever play any of the Kaizo Mario games.

[@omikronweapon]

Having only originally played Mega Man I back in the NES days (I know, shame on me :P ), I'm not *that* up to speed, but is it even possible to play entries other than part 2 on higher difficulties?

[@danielroik6065]

The Nintendo Classic Mini, is Great but i don't want 2 touch it, because it look's Amazing. I got it on the 10-11-2016, but need another control, so i have 2 controls, so i can play double dragon 2 with my brother:-) :-)..

[@charlesmcneil1659]

I love you guys, but Mike, you gotta get Bootsie to finish the Battletoads series...I'm dying here!

[@mingrui1862]

A good music recommendation: "All Together Now"- Legacy of the Wizard.

[@Rookworst88]

Burai Fighter NES music is sooo good! Listen to it Mike.

[@pigeonsil240sx]

23:10 my favorite music is maniac mansion

[@TheOnceAndFutureKing]

Have you seen the Korean Ring? It's called The Ring: Virus.

[@diobrando6097]

I just love Wily's Castle theme.

[@UnionJack26]

Here's a few more suggestions for horror/thriller movies... The Loved Ones Asylym Blackout 13 Sins American Mary

[@asg19]

I think P stands for Pistol Mike. Look at the covers for Mega Man and Mega Man 2. Mega Man has a gun in his hand. It changes to a canon on the Mega Man 3 cover.

[@TJR219]

Minute 52:51, Proud a ya! :-D

[@ummagumaummaguma186]

Mike looks exhausted!

[@lockecole2213]

My favorite sound track to the game is Dr. W stages 1 and 2

[@KornPop96]

Well, it's Saturday night! Time to watch an 8 year old stream of Mike playing a 40 year old game. 😂

[@tlaloc92]

People always start by metalman because metalblade is awesome which is true. But for the maximum efficency you're supposed to go there in last. Flashman is taking good damage out of regular P shooter then Quickman < Bubbleman < Heatman < Woodman < Airman < Crashman < Metalman.

[@AmoebicMagician]

Mike, do you have any concept how likeable you are? You should have a talk show.

[@djlamar2]

Mike I want to know what's the difference between normal and difficult on mega man 2

[@Denjired]

The oldest Games I've Beaten On Stream entry stream in his blog list from August 2015 (unless he notices me posting his Castle Of Illusion stream link in his current videos so that he puts an entry on it on his list too). I wonder if Mike played Contra or Castlevania during that time if he would have also played them via the Contra or Castlevania Collection instead of on the original console? Just kidding, the set-up probably was not yet there. Should definitely play these Mega Man games again sometime soon.

[@Ziabatsu]

You beat all the mega man games on hard? I thought only mm2 had the choice for normal or hard mode. lol

[@justintahair9119]

i like all the mega man games i am not sure pick up group huh i wonder if there is an option to change difficulty on the other mega man games

[@stevooo1790]

I vaguely remember heat being better for wood man than metal. Is this true?

[@GorgatronZwei]

Best NES soundtrack is something that people concider a difficult choice, although its the easiest pick. TMNT all the way. Leave me like Crusoe on an island and thats my nr 1 choice soundtrack of my solitary life.

[@gamerdude0]

I would like to see you play some Tony Hawks 1, 2 or 3.

[@Rougewarrior74]

Wait, Am I the only person to notice that Wily made an alien from Signs? I mean, the only thing that hurts it are bubbles (aka water)!? Is M. Night Shyamalan really that fucking popular in the future!?

[@rfk223]

Something is different about how Mike sounds back then compared to 2022 🤔

[@TAYLAY1100]

Yeah the evil,dead was kinda of crazy

[@lockecole2213]

Air works better on quick man in normal mode

[@lecorbak]

to beat wood man, use heat, it's more effective than metal

[@tlaloc92]

No it's not. But there's some variation on it. But for having replay it recently I can assure you this is a good way to do it.

[@figlopdan840822]

I'm pretty sure the P stands for Proton Cannon

[@ILoveYouSasuke]

It doesn't become a proton cannon till the later on Megaman series when he charge up his cannon

[@figlopdan840822]

Is just that "regular person" sounds kinda odd

[@MrGreatwolves]

+Daniel Figueiras López I've always thought It was Plasma Cannon.

[@figlopdan840822]

Serpentsword Studios plasma cannon sounds even more acurate

[@arcticeagle]

Late Night with Mike Matei

[@Dimjardo]

its a loot of static noices in the backround.

[@thef5adventurer389]

mike, did you watch "lords of salem" by rob zombie? it's not a good horror movie but a weird one ;-) also "sinister", "V/H/S" and "REC" are pretty nice. (oh, you watched VHS)

[@RaDicAL808]

It's funny how we used to call lives "guys" or "men"

[@justintahair9119]

mega man was such a cool game i also like mega man x on snes

[@hazardman101]

crashman has the best stage music imo

[@jaggs9000]

I think everyone like Megaman 2 the most Because by then it was a team that had their stride down perfectly Mega man 1 to me Felt like a team still that was getting used to things

[@havanaradio]

now do symphony of the night marathon stream with jimbo !

[@adamlooze99]

During flash man, through those lasers, use slide.

[@justintahair9119]

i atleast got to dr wileys levels on difficult mode but btw mike youmentioned what is good nes music solstice nes had some pretty good music

[@supremeilluminator]

in heatman stage you could have just used crash on some parts of the walls. wouldn't have had to care about timing too much.

[@Benobot99]

Mike, are you excited for Fallout 4 and Rock Band 4 at all?

[@Benobot99]

***** Suspicious Minds by Elvis has been confirmed. I'm not sure if more will be added, so just wait it out I guess.

[@Benobot99]

***** Nope. Fallout 3 and New Vegas are open-world RPG FPS games (I think you can play in third-person as well). You can level up stats, explore, talk to NPCs, etc. I don't know much about Fallout 1 and 2 but they're not like Doom or Duke Nukem.

[@winstonpayne2163]

+Cinemassacre Extras I'M ALL FUCKED UP! AHH-HAH!

[@thef5adventurer389]

awww... just saw you are streaming... unfortunately google is too dumb to make a stream work here in germany -.- have fun anyways...

[@persamuelsson8651]

That Flashman fight was hard to watch. Only use p on him. He is the easyest.

[@foxtrot801]

You will love to play Gunman Clive Mike

[@KingHenryVR4]

I think it would give the Mega Man games a whole different atmosphere if you replaced its soundtrack with the one from METROID :)

[@chemicaltrails4468]

As much as I enjoy watching these Live Streams, I can't help but wonder about the state of western society whereby we now spend two hours or more sitting and watching SOMEBODY ELSE beat a game - toilet breaks and all.

[@chemicaltrails4468]

+Chemical Trails P.S. The Doctor Wily music is now Mikes going to the toilet music.

[@MrSkipRogers]

WATCH OUT FOR THE SPIKES!

[@zynapzzynapsis3315]

If you steram in 60 FPS the sprites won't disappear.

[@kefka989]

He definitely needs to do streams with someone to help him out. Its just seems to hamper him too much to try to do chat, adjust the screen, and keep playing all at the same time.

[@IntoxicatedGhost1]

+Game Ape people on twitch have mods, he would be doing fine if people wasn't spamming random crap in the chat setup plus the people he stream with like james,ryan have a family and bootsy lives away from them so, he does it solo if it can't be helped, so its better then nothing