NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 7 hours ago, Tanooki said: Ahh yeah when I wrote that earlier I wasn't remembering as it has been ages, but yeah the i-frame obviousness is when you get the missed hits on a boss. I really should put time into some of my old gems of games and relearn a few or something. MM isn't too rotten I mean seriously, you have passwords, not like we didn't abuse the hell out of them as kids...3 tries maybe +1 off a pickup, clear stage, maybe get another...game over, more lives, go go finish. My issue I never ever remember the boss order, I kept an old Nintendo Power gimme they handed out one year with an early 90s looking dude on the front looks like something from saved by the bell era. I'd put all my passwords, then most useful NP codes and what not, and of course MM boss orders. I still have the thing too. I totally write the boss order down in my small daily carry notebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagusSmurf | 577 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 I just fight whoever I feel like and hope for the best. I can't remember most boss weaknesses in MM games after 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Because you can just Metal Blade through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 11 hours ago, NostalgicMachine said: I totally write the boss order down in my small daily carry notebook. It's pretty much a must. My old notes are cheesy I did them large, tried to use pen or pencil to kind of copy what the title logo looked like on stuff. I should pull it out for laughs and snap some pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Tanooki said: It's pretty much a must. My old notes are cheesy I did them large, tried to use pen or pencil to kind of copy what the title logo looked like on stuff. I should pull it out for laughs and snap some pics. The only difference now, is I'll take a quick pic of the password screen with my phone LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 minute ago, NostalgicMachine said: The only difference now, is I'll take a quick pic of the password screen with my phone LOL. I did that last time I tried out Faxanadu and River City Random because their passwords are the devils work and the reason why later stuff dropped similar letters and numbers that confused so many passwords into restarts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 Just now, Tanooki said: I did that last time I tried out Faxanadu and River City Random because their passwords are the devils work and the reason why later stuff dropped similar letters and numbers that confused so many passwords into restarts. Correct. I also write exclusively in caps, so that was a nightmare as a kid. MEMORIES. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 520 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I think all the MM games are great. My favorites are probably 2 and 5 with 6 coming in third place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 MM5 has great visuals and music, but what always held it back for me was the lack of need to use special weapons, like, at all during levels. You just use them for bosses. One of my favorite parts about MM6 is the branching paths you can take through several levels once you have the Rush upgrades. Stupid little things like that add a TON of replay value for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 Not MM6...but MM4! A quick Skull Man sketch from earlier: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagusSmurf | 577 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQiSgWGAc24 plant man 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 Just snagged a very nice cart only copy of MM4 on eBay. I've been lucking out! MM binge for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Nice job, image and grabbed game. I rounded out Mega Man years ago thankfully before it got stupid as gifts or buys 2-5 in real time, 1+6 in the SNES/64 era. That said though the GB games I never really bothered much other than the first few. It was just in the last 5 years or so I got the last one MM5 locally, cheap lot with a few games, it was one, dropped $50 I think which was a deal on that one already due to its semi-scarcity compared to the others and unique nature of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Yeah, I don't know why MM5 is so much more expensive than all the other NES entires; it's going for approx $120. 4 and 6 are in the $50 range which I feel is fair. They held their value! Are people really that all about 5 that it drove the price up that high, or am I missing something? Just popularity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I think it's lower total carts. MM6 Capcom rejected due to the year to bring out themselves. Nintendo thinking it was a poor excuse picked up the game and released it themselves around the days of the top loader on the market with various games being pumped back out with the red banner up top along with that star tropics sequel too. They pumped out quite a lot of copies of those gems as a line onto itself almost to help push the top loader well into the SNES life as a cheaper alternative which worked for a time. MM6 as such surely had more copies made. The only MM5 that should be expensive not that it's fair per say is the Gameboy one. 100% unique game with no NES bones to it as the other 4 were hybrid robot master rosters from 2 NES titles in each game, similar stages largely just adapted, but some little new bits here and there too. MM5 GB though was 100% fresh and even supported Super Gameboy colors and border. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 6 hours ago, Tanooki said: I think it's lower total carts. MM6 Capcom rejected due to the year to bring out themselves. Nintendo thinking it was a poor excuse picked up the game and released it themselves around the days of the top loader on the market with various games being pumped back out with the red banner up top along with that star tropics sequel too. They pumped out quite a lot of copies of those gems as a line onto itself almost to help push the top loader well into the SNES life as a cheaper alternative which worked for a time. MM6 as such surely had more copies made. The only MM5 that should be expensive not that it's fair per say is the Gameboy one. 100% unique game with no NES bones to it as the other 4 were hybrid robot master rosters from 2 NES titles in each game, similar stages largely just adapted, but some little new bits here and there too. MM5 GB though was 100% fresh and even supported Super Gameboy colors and border. This would make sense, actually. Also they totally did a second run of Metroid and LoZ on grey carts in '93, so that does add up. Less carts makes total sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,265 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/10/2021 at 1:47 PM, Estil said: The graphics for the "back three" MegaMen are among the best you'll ever find on NES...and that sizzling sun in MM6's TomahawkMan's stage is a very nice touch I also love the colorful stars in MM5's StarMan's stage and the way the Robot Master intros are done in MM4. And I seriously doubt your granny/grandma would send you a check ending in x9.95. Still, let's say your granny did send you a check for $50...isn't this neat NES top loader or MegaMan 6 or StarTrophics 2 a lot better deal than having to watch wind(?) commercials or mommy soaps? And by golly you better call and thank granny! Well I sure thanked my grandma for the $100 she gave me so I could have my mame/arcade equipped OG Xbox in time for Christmas! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Estil said: Well I sure thanked my grandma for the $100 she gave me so I could have my mame/arcade equipped OG Xbox in time for Christmas! Ah, yes; MAME. Hours of online Mortal Kombat II with friends across the planet circa the mid 00's. What an era! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,265 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 6 hours ago, NostalgicMachine said: Ah, yes; MAME. Hours of online Mortal Kombat II with friends across the planet circa the mid 00's. What an era! Oh you can do that online? I didn't even know...and to think you don't even need a roll of quarters! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 9 hours ago, Estil said: Oh you can do that online? I didn't even know...and to think you don't even need a roll of quarters! Yes, and it was the coolest thing ever back in 2004. I remember being a big part of the MK community back then, modding a large forum. What a time to be active on the internet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,951 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/18/2021 at 1:52 AM, Tanooki said: I think it's lower total carts. MM6 Capcom rejected due to the year to bring out themselves. Nintendo thinking it was a poor excuse picked up the game and released it themselves around the days of the top loader on the market with various games being pumped back out with the red banner up top along with that star tropics sequel too. They pumped out quite a lot of copies of those gems as a line onto itself almost to help push the top loader well into the SNES life as a cheaper alternative which worked for a time. MM6 as such surely had more copies made. MM6 was only released in Japan and the US though. Being an import exclusive, the US version is much more sought after, so if it's the cheaper game overall I doubt it's going to stay that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 I wasn't factoring in the PAL regions as they're really not relevant. They had their own games the US didn't get either like the PALCOM pop outs like Parodius and Crackout. That doesn't make them grossly expensive. MM6 had a pretty decent sized run in the US more than MM5 did. Japan is its own thing, they ran with the Famicom until like after 2000 so there's lots to go by there with spread too. The only area MM6 would be more sought out, is your area, because it was excluded. Yet in the big picture, aside from Bergsala, Europe kind of middle fingered Nintendo either kissing Sega ass console side, but largely sticking to gaming/computers like the ZX Spectrum, Sinclair, Amiga, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 I got my copy of MM4 in. I'm at the first castle stage. I'm almost done with MM6, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagusSmurf | 577 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2r3dBNDRug blizzard man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 9 hours ago, MagusSmurf said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2r3dBNDRug blizzard man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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