Mega Man on Game Gear??? - gillythekid

[@BoundaryBreak]

9:46 there it is!

[@gillythekid]

THATS the line you’ve been referring to???? LMFAO

[@SimisearOfficial]

I'm honestly curious about your thoughts on the Gameboy Megaman games, maybe a future video?

[@ilikecurry2345]

Perhaps the video will be divided into two "chapters", as KZbin is doing now. The first chapter will cover the first four games, and the second will be about the grand Game Boy finale, involving Rock's adventure to stop those Stardroids. Should include a lot of shade thrown World 2's way for mostly the screechy music and Quint's wasted potential, and at least one jab towards Pluto's demotion from planethood in 2006.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

I'm still salty the Gameboy advance never got the game boy collection it was supposed to get at the same time the other consoles were getting the mega man console game collection. as far as I know except for I think one time I may be the Wii U the games have never appeared anywhere besides the Gameboy. And yes the fifth game from what I understand is amazing. and very different from literally any other version of mega Man that has existed or existed before it.

[@sentientricecake3125]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Same, it's one of the saddest canceled games to me! The games were released on the 3ds virtual console, where they are very cheap and the emulation is great. I recommend them all except II very highly!

[@fakeshemp9599]

Part 5 is still one of the best megaman games ever

[@tbsnakeman943]

Wish granted

[@Knuxfan24]

I do wonder why they didn't have a crack at porting over/recreating one of the Game Boy games instead, considering they were already designed for the small screen.

[@SwiftyStardust]

Why am I not surprised to find you here?

[@duffman18]

Yeah, and they're really surprisingly great games. They're not just worse, compromised versions of the NES games. They're just as fun. Also they seem easier, to me at least, so they're a good starter for someone who's never played mega man before and wants an easier introduction

[@Butter-Milk]

legal reasons?

[@turrican3839]

Still even then it's not a bad game by any means, and there is some things suggesting the game was rushed since there's music tracks for Cossack stages and 1 extra wily stage and boss.

[@RinqMasterLP]

Gilly says he doesn't think maga man 5 was a high point for the series, caddy says it's his favorite game of the originals

[@HarbingerYT]

I think Mega Man Game Gear was only released in North America to make up for the fact that Wily Wars was never released there.

[@TonyLikeGames2]

The Wily fight looks nothing like the Mega Man 7 fight. It's taken directly from Mega Man 5 on NES.

[@Faapu]

Seems pretty good for a U.S Gold game... They put out a lot of crap.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

US gold is to the Sega brand what LJN was for Nintendo.

[@jruler93]

It's good because they literally just stole all the assets from the NES games.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@MaoRatto It seems like for the most part their name was just anonymous with bad games. (Also ocean of course) I mean yeah the worst cases I've heard that are just completely broken games are for computers. But console games don't seem like they were that much better. Functional for the most part yes but not better games in general.

[@Kabumushi]

You’re like one of my current fave youtubers! Keep it up dude you’re fun to watch.

[@someguydoesyt]

Shame he's not more well known, cool videos

[@Kabumushi]

CRACKaBRICK totally! I should start recommending him to my friends since he’s down that lane of chill vintage game youtuber.

[@kieranstark7213]

gillythekid is also one of OUR current fave KZbinrs!

[@MoonSarito]

It's funny that this game never won a Master System version in Europe or Brazil, in these places the Master System survived for years by gaining ports of Game Gear games (even some horrible games like Sonic Blast) and the Master System version always had a bigger advantage because of the screen resolution. It would be interesting if that happened because then the Master System would have a MegaMan game like the NES.

[@dprototype6431]

The Game Gear version of the boss theme is my personal sleep paralysis demon.

[@MisterBluewind]

I see what you mean but I do wish some one make a remix of it....🤔kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqG4e3aeZtqfeac

[@Pupppeteer]

Looks like a really competent game visually.

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

This game. OH THIS GAME. I reviewed this myself, bought a physical copy for around $100 since it's a rare game, and wanted to smash it into the dang wall for being so terrible. The screen crunch basically killed the experience for me, and if you don't remember the layouts from the NES games, you will die WAY too many times. Either way though, I'm glad other people know about this garbage.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

It reminds me a lot of megaman and bass for the GBA. Horrible screen crunch that leads to many cheap deaths.

[@asunder3097]

Genuinely I really like this game. I think it’s a fun time. And I’m used to screen crunch so it wasn’t so bad for me personally.

[@michaeloverton04]

7:55, Being honest it's harder than doom eternal yes, but never pissed me off once so I don't know what to tell you.

[@edgelord8337]

You should cover megaman the wily wars sometime. It's a very great game. A shame it never came out in the west.

[@TheMGMfan]

@@MrConnman123 It actually was released in North America, but only through the Sega Channel service, I think because Sega was looking for exclusive games for it and Capcom USA didn't want to potentially harm their reputation with Nintendo by making a game for their rival at a time and place where the console wars were thriving. Since I don't think many people had Sega Channel, it might as well have never been released here, but I thought I would mention it.

[@MrConnman123]

@@TheMGMfan Yeah I know about that but it wasn't released properly if you know what I mean.

[@deepthought4243]

It's on the north American genesis mini

[@quesocoatl21]

And then once the PS1 comes around Capcom jumps ship for SONY. Goddammit.

[@setteplays]

@@MrConnman123 Yeah, but Mega Man in 50Hz was painful. It was even a complaint for most for a long time, how it didn't live up to the NES counterparts just because of the framerate and input delay. I'm glad it eventually showed up in the genesis mini in full 60 fps.

[@pixelperfect9867]

Don't forget the wily wars

[@minerturtle45]

also that's Dr. Cossack's temple, not Wily's. don't get how they messed that one up since pretty much every other castle is Wily's

[@joeriley1219]

While selling the game only in the US is slightly curious, if you know anything about US Gold, the rest of the story is not really surprising at all. They were known in the 80s and 90s as a publisher of home computer ports of console and arcade games, and companies would often sell off the rights for said ports very cheaply at the time, as they rarely had any interest in developing for the hardware. US Gold would often hire very low-tier developers (Such as the infamous Tiertex and Freestyle) to further keep costs down. Due to the original IP holder very rarely caring, they usually didn't get the source code for the games, often having to recreate assets by hand, which is probably the reason for the oversized sprites, as it's a little easier to just basically trace over the sprites then smartly redraw them for a lower resolution console, A lot of US Gold games show this off in their spritework, usually being incredibly low quality if not directly ripped from the original games. Freestyle had also ported Super Street Fighter 2 to the Amiga, and this shows there as well, seeming to just use the SNES version's sprites with a lower color palette. With that in mind, a MegaMan game that looked too much poorer than the NES games probably wouldn't have flown on the Game Gear as well as it would have on something like the C64. The rest of this is just conjecture, but the odd amalgamation of levels probably stems from all that as well, sort of just building randomly off different Mega Man games as they had very little understanding of them. They had to make *a* Mega Man game, but they didn't have direction to which one, and they didn't have any experience with anything but porting. Porting over Mega Man 1 to fit the name of the game might have felt outdated, and any other game might have just felt random.

[@Zusse]

Megaman on the game gear? Wow this is new to me I never knew

[@invidofinp1828]

It was and still is superior, as long as you are close to an outlet...

[@megamanmarchek8293]

You can move the camera by holding the jump button then pushing the D-Pad in a certain direction.

[@MrMegaManFan]

If I didn't comment on this I'd have to resign my handle in shame. Good work Gilly!

[@ethelchip3620]

You can patch this and any other gg game Into a master system game for increased screen resolution. It removes the screen crunch. That's the best way to play gg games today.

[@danimationsx9435]

I like to think there's two reasons that they plucked levels from Mega Man 5 1. Mega Man 5's levels are relatively easy. 2. Mega Man 5 didn't get a traditional Game Boy port.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Maybe it's better that Mega Man World 5 didn't use Robot Masters from 5 and 6. Because MAN OH MAN did those Stardroids ever spice things up from the norm! Instead of an octagon or two squares, there's now a nonagon, and for once Wily ISN'T the final boss, because he just found an ancient weapon known as Sunstar, who then proves to be far too evil for even him!

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@ilikecurry2345 Mega Man 5 for the Gameboy is one of the few games I'm super annoyed that hasn't been released in any compilation as of yet. There was a Gameboy megaman collection planned for the GBA back in the day but it never happened. I think I've seen footage of it playing on a Wii U so maybe it got there somehow.

[@AceTrainerX3]

Also, given the devs were located somewhere in Europe, and Mega Man 6 never got an official PAL territory release until the 3DS era, Freestyle probably just took some reference material from the (then) most recent entries.

[@redaknight]

This game is actually pretty good but it’s really weird too Replayed it...bro what was I thinking some of the levels are almost unplayable due to the screen crunch! Specifically Bright Man and Starman...Jesus they were bad

[@victikirby15]

Now play Rockman and Forte on the Wonderswan

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

Or mega Man and bass for the GBA. Massive screen crunch and sound downgrade from the super famicom megaman and forte.

[@dshaynietheawesome]

game gear games are very easily ported to sega master system even through it would be unofficial theres probably a modded master system version of this game with more screen realestate

[@isaacmall3326]

A little feature this game has if you hold 2 and then press up and down on the dpad it scrolls the screen up and down it helps somewhat with the screen crunch

[@KepalaMonyet]

10:00 Actually, Dr.Wily goes back in time to try beat Mega Man again in Mega Man 1 through 3 and the Wily Tower. So it was not a remake.

[@ilikecurry2345]

This could explain the Genesis Unit.

[@tgbplays658]

When I got super big into Mega Man a few months back, this is the video I wanted. I could not find one. By anyone. Thanks you so much. Already love your videos but this is the perfect topic.

[@TheRavenArchon]

I actually really enjoyed this game as a kid. We had a gamegear we played on road trips and this was one of my fav games on it. I actually didn't know the screen was crunched at all till I got the Mega Man collection on PS2 and realized what the levels were supposed to look like in 4 and 5, but I don't remember having any trouble with it. As I recall my older sibling was able to beat it, and I was able to get all the way to the last stage when I was like... 10. So it wasn't super hard over all. This game is also the reason that Star Man is one of my favorite robot masters and I love his stage. Even more so in Mega Man 5 for NES.

[@ArmoredarmadilloX]

Megaman s helmet Mohawk thing is off center on my running/idle/shooting sprite and it ANGERS ME

[@kyrieirvingbeatsphillips2810]

“The sega” 😂

[@joystix7857]

Turns out the real enemy wasn’t dr.wily after all...it was crunch man beware the crunch

[@stokesj2]

You can hold jump button to lock Megaman in place to move the screen around. This helps look for spikes, etc. you would probably only know this if you read the instruction manual. I did before playing out of habit.

[@ZetaEntity101]

I hope you do the Mega man Game Boy games in the future

[@شخصشخصاخر]

finally someone talked about that game

[@ilikecurry2345]

Perhaps my theory on when this takes place... It really doesn't. In my headcanon world it's all just Rock reminiscing of the adventures he went on.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Scratch that, since the Flash Stopper seems to be working well against Napalm Man in this game, maybe it's all some twisted retelling by a drunk Auto!

[@ilikecurry2345]

@The Deadpool Who Chuckles. It's not Mega Man recounting it. It's Auto all plastered off his ass.

[@RetroBreak]

Very interesting video! Always wanted to play the Gamegear Megaman game! I just finished playing the Wonderswan game (Megaman and bass 2) and want to play some of the other lesser known megaman handheld games!

[@mengo329]

Pretty sure wily is just a toned down version of his MM5 appearance

[@carloscruz7628]

Then there was that one Megaman game that was essentially Megaman and bass on game boy with different bosses. I think it was a Japanese only type of game idk.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Mega Man and Bass 2: Challenger from the Future, and it was developed by Bandai for their precious little WonderSwan.

[@carloscruz7628]

The #6 Runaway Guys Fan thanks I forgot about that I just recalled it being like a Megaman and bass but on gameboy.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

Megaman and bass on the GBA is one of those sad things where the game was never translated/released for the SNES and when it came to the GBA it had ridiculous screen crunch that led to tons of cheap deaths. I mean the sound was also not great but the screen crunch was the worst of it by far. Is it complete tragedy we haven't gotten a proper released yet all these years later.

[@carloscruz7628]

John Doe yeah it’s a shame I like Megaman and bass it’s not a bad game. Honestly idk what people are talking about. I beat the game as Megaman first then bass.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@carloscruz7628 It's not so much bad as just inferior. Rockman and forte on the super famicom both sounded and looked so much better. The inferior sound of the GBA and forced screen crunch took a great game and made it an okay/decent game. The fact that was the first chance people outside Japan got to play it really was both a blessing and a curse. It would have been nice if it don't come out anywhere else since then and of course it hasn't.

[@ilikecurry2345]

9:46 CACAPOOPOOPEEPEE

[@paulbeard9034]

I laughed way too hard when you said caca poopoo peepee. I am 21, but apparently I'm like 6 years old at heart. XD

[@Dante-nc8zn]

Enjoying the single game reviews also you're killing it with these weekly uploads keep it up!

[@bulb9970]

That screen crunch looks even worse than MM & Bass on GBA. If someone doesn’t already know the level design from the 8 bit games it looks so unfair.

[@castilbyrdr4283]

The Wily Capsule fight is more like the one from 5 than 7

[@Evilriku13]

Something u didnt mention is the fastness of this game, u can see it with toad man and him literally just jumping 24/7 in that version so its harder to even hit him. Sure the NES version of him is notoriously easier once u got his pattern down, but this one feels too fast. And yeah, the screen crunch is a problem too.

[@Exasoul]

I 100%ed this game (basically beat it on both difficulties) and I never want to play it again. The screen crunch was pretty annoying, the bosses move way too fast and there’s no continues whatsoever

[@ShibuNub3305]

Oh cool, someone else who knows about mega man on the game gear!

[@daviddunbar2851]

Dat boi mega hams

[@jsttv]

Sold my completer copy back in 2008 on EBay for $96, and regretted it. However, I needed the money.

[@xanderac]

I didn't even know about this one only the wily wars! Solid review Gilly. this looks promising but shame about all the shortcomings

[@CoobyPls]

Man they need to clean up their PNGs on that title screen

[@MissAshley42]

I'm still kicking myself for not buying this game when I saw it at a convention a year or so ago for under $50. The game's not great, and I don't even own a Game Gear, but I didn't realize how good of a price that was back then.

[@TheAtemAndrew]

I'd say first, but I'm gonna wait until the end of the video to comment. I figured they might have some more original stuff for the Wily Stages but..nope, just other boss stages from other series. 'Sampler pack' indeed. The recreation does seem impressive, but...yet another sorry victim of screen crunch.

[@guillermos8447]

Too bad about this one. The graphics look very nice and colorful.

[@ChargeJN]

the final boss is a straight rip of Wily capsule 5, not 7

[@tomwaters5090]

Would you believe it I watched like three other reviews before I got to yours none of them were worth watching yours is actually a comprehensive decent review of the game kind of giving me an idea of what mega Man would be like on Game gear. Also I wanted to ask because you claimed how much easier this game was then the NES counterparts but does some of that come from your knowledge of already playing through those games because you said you were able to breeze through some of the stages of the mega Man game that you were familiar with how easy would this be for like somebody that never played a mega Man game before?

[@miguelescobedo5112]

Megaman The Wily Wars

[@connorwaltman4966]

Mega Man Legends needs more love

[@rassilontdavros3004]

Megaman’s sprite in this game is just fugly.

[@grungyperry7530]

Ca Ca Pee Pee Poo Poo 🤣

[@SirJoel]

Good video, dude. I remember playing this game a lot when I was younger. I felt obligated to like it since my mom got it for me and we didn't have a ton of money. Both she and I are big Mega Man fans. Anyway, just now when I was looking it up to see when it originally came out, I saw this little tidbit. Still tedious, but I'm sure if I had known this when I was younger, I'd probably have enjoyed the game a little more: "If the player holds the Jump button for a few seconds, they can move the camera position with the directional pad, allowing them to see any platform or trap that's otherwise offscreen."

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

The internet would have been a gift from heaven back in the day. It doesn't fix the game but it does help with a big flaw.

[@miamimagicians]

You’re the most 90s looking guy never seen! You might be the worlds youngest man

[@pippo17173]

A mega man game that starts over after you lost. Ya....no.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

US gold has one of the worst track records possible, it's right up there with LJN.

[@retrograde889]

You should try mega man DOS

[@ilikecurry2345]

Oh please no!

[@Lemonjuicen]

my byst towards sonic allows to say nothing but this is better than the all the 8-bit mega man

[@otaking3582]

You do realize that you could just use save states, right?

[@neildarr]

It was good for a game gear game

[@MrLuciusrm]

Say whaaaat?

[@gamerdog1919]

Eggman NEGA

[@Vanoxe]

Did he say the game gear was better than the gameboy? 🤨. Death by battery.

[@foscogrubb]

Commenting early enough to still get your attention, gotta make this good... Shit

[@everyoneismeta]

Whooooooo new vid pog

[@CoobyPls]

Eggs!

[@davidthecommenter]

nobody here is mentioning the horrible death sound

[@valentine_puppy]

I am playing it and it's fine. It's clearly not what was on NES nor the Genesis version. However, that is no slight on Sega. It's too many devs in the kitchen. Also not being made by Capcom. That said, It's better than nothing and I'd rather have something rather than nothing. This game isn't great but it's not total trash either. It's mediocre at best. That's not glowing support but it's not out right trashing this game. Not Game Gear's fault and it should have been better, I still like it.

[@LoveatFirstHike]

Cockapoopoopeepee

[@deepthought4243]

Another video without a shitty manscaped sponsor 👍

[@ETK696]

This game honestly isn't as bad as people usually make it seem. That's not to say it's great, but still

[@Wario_Man]

The best handheld mega man game is mega man zero

[@chimp_star]

but mega man 5 is one of the best ones....

[@flyingnunfan0798]

P

[@PhantomBoi-ru9ci]

Eyyyyyy