Trying out Mega Man (DOS) for an hour

[@samovarsa2640]

I like how the opening screen for this DOS game has a 'press fire' instruction to start... without informing the player what the button would be.

[@TMMQuicksilver]

Obviously you'd be playing this on a joystick. Perhaps even with a whopping THREE buttons!

[@StreetSoldier88]

love that classic megaman music.

[@r2dezki]

This is low-key insane to drop on Christmas eve.

[@ShinShadoWolf]

Of all the games you've played, this is definitely one of them.

[@chrisbent5734]

@08:30 Sometimes SGF's absolute calmness causes me physical pain.

[@DerivativeWorker]

Reliving trauma with SGF

[@jordostoadhole]

this was my submission, heartbroken that i missed this live but thrilled beyond belief that god would give me this tremendous gift for christmas

[@YizzTheEunuch]

great recommendation friend, thank you! Merry Christmas 🎄🤍

[@goldenalpaca3881]

Mega man is giving "bad trip" with those eyes

[@Blues_Light]

Of all the things I'd have expected to be played on this channel...this was definitely not among them. Edit: Since SGF's memory was hazy on what Mega Man's about: Mega Man/Rockman was always a robot. Dr. Light built him to be an assistant along with Roll. When Dr. Wily stole and reprogrammed Light's line of robots for world conquest, Rock stepped up and volunteered to be modified for combat. A theme of the series is that artificial lifeforms can be more than what some would see them as, which is nothing more than objects. Also, Wily's only ambition is world domination, though he does care for his robots just as Light cares for his own. He's certainly not a "champion of humanity", quite the opposite. He's given more depth later on, shown to care for robotkind just as Light does but sees them as superior, in fact, to mankind, and wants to bring out their full power and potential, whereas Light wants humans and robots to exist side by side and not in a servant/master relationship. We see the results of both their ambitions as the series goes on from X to MM Zero/ZX and eventually Legends. He won't read this but just wanted to give the rundown anyway because I enjoy doing so.

[@sc065]

Yeah we need more Pac Man 2

[@Crowley9]

@@sc065 Vore time, 2025.

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

We are mildly closer to a dead rising playthrough after this

[@Kramdaddy]

After SGF wasn't feeling it with Mega Man Legends, not being more like classic Mega Man, somewhere a monkey paw's finger curled up in delight.

[@madelinewoof7544]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@Zackcatyt]

For those who want to know the story of how this happened The Gaming Historian did a video on it a couple years back. It's kinda a heartwarming story. kzbin.info/www/bejne/najXZqyNf9Z2sLc&pp=ygULbWVnYW1hbiBkb3M%3D

[@Anime_Guy-j4d]

"ow!" - mega man probably

[@KBlackW]

I will say, the smooth scrolling looks very impressive for a 1990 DOS game. Commander Keen had just come out, level scrolling on the PC was entirely new. Up until then, PC platformers had to have screen transition. This looks great for the time. I always heard this game was a disaster on the scale of the Super Mario PC version, but it looks like something I would have actually spent some time with as a kid.

[@forestsavior]

I played this game as a kid in the early '90s, and while definitely not a great Mega Man game, it's certainly better (well, more functional, anyway) than a lot of PC platformers from that era. And it's shockingly good for a solo dev effort, especially given it was written in the C/C++ era where all sorts of stupid memory-management errors could happen. I have never once seen this game hard crash. I understand why no one can really LOVE this game, but I'll always respect it (and its sequel, which is...well, it's not any WORSE than this game).

[@ivant.w.9152]

Capcom played really fast and loose with their Mega Man license back in the day. I remember there was a Mega Man comic series where after like four issues, the writer and artist dropped all MM characters and just turned it into an angry tirade against the publishers. And I swear that even after that, they let them put out a couple more issues.

[@chrisbent5734]

Was that the weird brazilian Mega Nan comic?

[@ivant.w.9152]

@@chrisbent5734 I think so, yeah!

[@foxybeatnik]

First Tazmania for Game Gear, now Mega Man for DOS. We've suffered together, it seems.

[@YizzTheEunuch]

Merry Christmas one and all 🎄☃🤍

[@endymallorn]

I had this game and MM3 for DOS, before I ever touched a console. Even then my thought could be summed up as, “this ain’t right”. But it gets so many things so close to right that the problems become infuriating. If the small enemies were done better, if the enemies were a little bit slower or faster, and a few little details, it could have been “fine”. As it is, I don’t think it’s hilariously bad, even.

[@youwayo]

This os very interesting! Great video!

[@FullCircleTZ]

Downloaded? You sure it wasn't on a 3.5 floppy?

[@edsplosion1]

it's cool when super fighting robot megaman has to run away from some bugs

[@psychmyst]

He looks so bulky when he runs on the cutest way possible. They should have made him a new character and called him Mega Cub!

[@ZhilTP911]

In the spirit of Christmas... I can at least give it credit for having I-frames. Hahaha

[@jackmehoff9957]

This is awesome

[@natp8387]

LOL. Ah, yes, THIS game. Well it's certainly something to watch you play lol! I would be FUMING by about ten minutes in!

[@mashtonish]

that was beautiful

[@KingshipKRP]

God, the title screen alone is disappointing.

[@onendonlysmithy1498]

MegaDerp more like from that thumbnail

[@seyserkoze2335]

Apparently this same developer also did the (much better and more faithful) 1995 DOS port of Mega Man X.

[@BioDissonance]

MegaFella vs Daft Punk +1. I feel like every time MF gets hit “WOW!” should pop up on the screen.

[@pasqua322]

Also known as Megaman 2 (espanol)

[@TMMQuicksilver]

Ah, the PC Speaker sound effects. Did you know that these horrible screeches had no volume control, and didn't come from a speaker, but from the beige box itself? So you'd type in Play_Game.exe and horrific screeching bleeps would erupt from your computer in a vague imitation of music and sounds, scaring you senseless.

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

And now I'm reminded of that time id Software went to Nintendo with their smooth scrolling SMB3 PC prototype... Tragic! If only they were fans of Capcom instead.

[@UnGtx]

Why would anyone request this?

[@seyserkoze2335]

Spite.

[@Bluhmann]

The thumbnail does contritely depict both me and Megaman's feelings about this game: 🙄

[@EdmundKempersDartboard]

Shame Nintendo couldn't be as cool about the metroid 2 remake.

[@stoffhimel]

whoo boy. I may have some nostalgia for this game, but its not good.

[@thicctynine]

this almost feels like a modern parody of those bad DOS ports. but it's actually real. It's somehow the worst of that era, yet also the best.

[@Zelmathiod]

offbrand commander keen vibes

[@tenebriusneith]

Lizstar did a fun, quick run of this for gdq in 2019 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpPWZ4N7nL14gMk if you have 10 minutes to spare ^^

[@AndyGoth111]

I had this game, bought it new, played it a lot even though it was terrible

[@abbylarkspur]

I also said it was a speak and spell. Sgf always thinks what I'm saying

[@chrisbent5734]

VRing through...

[@nondescriptcat5620]

the Spanish version of Mega Man Dos is way better.

[@mikepike7139]

oh

[@PeterMcGuf]

still playing too fast lol

[@Halligan1983]

This game sure does suck.