- May 16, 2012 - Fan Games
- I added a couple of games to the fan-made games section of the Links section. If you know of other fan creations that aren’t listed, be sure to send their links!
- April 24, 2012 - Generations
- It’s interesting to think about the differences in ages in Mega Man fans. A lot of us played the games when we were young and continue to play them even as adults. But as this video shows (love the graphics that pop up on the screen, especially the bit about Zero and his head), there are still newcomers to the series. The Mega Man games truly are ageless; the only real issue is getting access to the old systems, but as long as Capcom keeps porting them to modern systems, new generations can continue to play the old classics that we grew up on.
- April 24, 2012 - Archie Comics Again
- Lots of fun in-jokes in the issue of the Archie Comics that I just received, including running out of weapon energy when fighting the orbs boss in Mega Man 2. Good times.
- April 13, 2012 - Multiplayer Mega Man
- A reader brought this to my attention some time ago, but I was just looking back on it again and reminded myself, so here we go. I know I once wrote an article with ideas regarding a multiplayer Mega Man game, and...I can’t find it. At any rate, I’m sure several fans have attempted to make multiplayer variants of traditional Mega Man games, such as shown in these two videos on YouTube (first and second). As you can see, it gets very crazy and only experts would be able to play this without being a hindrance on their allies. But it’s still interesting all the same.
- April 10, 2012 - Live Action X
- This is a nifty fan-made live-action X short with a nice explanation below it and some fun behind-the-scenes clips at the end. I don’t YouTube often, but the video can be found here and the soundtrack here.
- March 12, 2012 - Archie Comics
- Have you been reading the Archie Comics? I have to give these guys credit. Within a single timeline, they’ve managed to figure out how to touch on the plots of Mega Man 1, Powered Up, and work in a storyline explanation for the Robot Masters being player characters in Powered Up. Most everyone else would have just done alternate plotlines (like the game itself did), but these comics stuffed it in all at the same time.
- March 12, 2012 - Just for Fun
- I was going through some old boxes and stumbled across this. I must have built this 15 or 20 years ago. As I recall, originally I’d constructed his entire body as well, but it doesn’t appear that anything survives of it today except for an arm and a leg. So now all that’s left intact is the head. 1-Up, anyone?
- February 25, 2012 - Updates (or Lack Thereof)
- Sorry to be quiet for so long. My computer is on the fritz and I’m in the process of replacing it. Nothing major, but this situation does make it difficult to update the site on a regular schedule. Hopefully I’ll be back soon!
- December 23, 2011 - iTunes App Store
- Ah, that didn’t take them very long. The Mega Man X port mentioned below is available in English (and other languages) on the App Store. Merry Christmas!
- December 11, 2011 - iOS
- Apparently Mega Man X is coming to iOS in Japan. Not sure if we’ll get it in English, but what I find interesting about the game are the higher-resolution graphics. They basically just took the SNES artwork, scaled it up by about 270%, and cleaned it up. I put together a quickie demonstration image to point this out. Mega Man X HD, anyone?
- December 9, 2011 - Comics
- Now this is interesting. You can get a free copy of the first issue of the Archie Comics Mega Man comics. They claim to be up to issue #9 now (my subscription is up to #7) but hey, if you haven’t gotten any of them yet and you’re able to get to one of these stores, you can start off your collection for free.
- December 3, 2011 - Song of the Whenever
- With the extra disk space I’ve been slowly restoring the Song of the Whenever Archive. I don’t yet have all of the songs restored (and don’t know that I ever will) but scroll down, there are a number of newly-available files, including many of my all-time personal favorites. I’ve also generated another version of the same list but sorted by game to make it easier to find a specific song that you are looking for.
- November 20, 2011 - Mega Shows Promo
- A long time ago I was provided with a VHS tape recording of a promotion video for the Mega Man cartoon shows, but at the time I never had any equipment capable of recording video of it (only still screens). I’d be quite surprised if this isn’t already on YouTube somewhere, but since people have been asking me about it, I went ahead and posted a couple of video files of the promo if you haven’t seen it already.
- November 20, 2011 - Server Transition
- I’m presently transitioning MMHP to a new server (more space!) so if you notice any broken links or other errors and you feel so inclined, go ahead and drop me a note. Hopefully, however, you won’t be able to tell that anything has changed, aside from improvements that I plan to make in upcoming days now that I have more space.
- November 12, 2011 - Archie Comics
- It appears that Archie Comics is in fact going to release bundled versions of their Mega Man comics. Right now I’ve found their first volume which appears to be the first 4 issues bundled together, and presumably the second volume will be the next 4 issues. It waits to be seen whether they will do larger volumes down the road as they get more issues released.
- October 17, 2011 - PSP Prices
- It seems Capcom is selling Powered Up and Maverick Hunter X at vastly reduced prices. This appears to be a GameStop-exclusive offer, but if you had to pass them up due to price earlier, now would be a good time to snag them.
- October 13, 2011 - Lots O’ Zeroes
- I will say I am amused by the color schemes they chose for Zero’s alternate costumes. We have X-Zero and Bass-Zero and Axl-Zero and so on. (I’m surprised they didn’t do one that more closely matches the Black Zero color combination, but anyway.) I still think a couple of the combinations look similar enough to each other that they might be confusing in game, but that hasn’t been an issue for me so far.
- September 13, 2011 - Kotobukiya Models
- I wanted to order something from them first to be certain, but I’ve now verified that ToyWiz does sell the English versions of the Kotobukiya model kits (their website was kind of ambiguous). Granted, for something like this the language barrier is not that big of an issue, but it’s still nice to be able to buy them regionally instead of importing. And personally I think it’s great that they’re selling them over here. Thanks to David Minter for the initial heads-up on this.
- September 8, 2011 - OverClocked ReMixes
- OverClocked ReMixes are great things, and these guys are already in the Links section, but of particular mention is the entire album of Mega Man 9 remixes that was just released.
- August 31, 2011 - Community News
- I’ve never done much of a news section before (mostly just site updates), but I’ve decided to take a stab at posting various Mega Man-related news events that I come across or that are mailed to me. First up is the Mega Man For Healing marathon that will be taking place on September 16. If donations go well and they run out of games to play, I can nominate a few more. Classic Game Boy games run on the Game Boy Player, and then there’s the X Collection...
- August 20, 2011 - Mega Man Network Transmission
- And while we’re on the subject of old games, I’ve finally finished Mega Man Network Transmission. There is now a full Game Hints page and a Data Base posted. Hey, better late than never, right? Thanks to Maru and NinjaLibre for the nudges that finally propelled me into action on this.
- August 19, 2011 - Since We’re On a Roll...
- Speaking of old times, it has been pointed out to me that the ending to Mega Man Soccer has been found. You can read about it on The Cutting Room Floor.
- August 18, 2011 - Retro Cartoons
- This is old now, but an interview with Joe Ruby (over at Ruby-Spears) about the Mega Shows has been posted over on M.Sipher’s blog. Thanks to RADIX for pointing this out to me.
- August 9, 2011 - Comic-Con
- You’ve probably seen it by now, but Capcom did some live streaming during Comic-Con. There was some Legends 3 information included in at least one of the chats, so I took the liberty of transcribing the relevant parts for people who can’t or don’t wish to watch the video. Remember you can find the original source over on Capcom-Unity.
- August 2, 2011 - Mega Man Legends 3
- Though I’m not sure that petitions are going to accomplish much (more important is to vote with your dollars), here are some of the Legends 3 reaction sites that I know of so far:
Since I’m not on Facebook I can’t vouch for the content of any of the Facebook pages, but I can link to them, at least.
- August 2, 2011 - Rock-Men
- I watched a video over on Capcom-Unity of Capcom employees remixing Mega Man music using live instruments under the moniker “ROCK-MEN.” I don’t know if this will ever get sold outside of Japan, but we could always import, I suppose...
- July 27, 2011 - More Mega Man Legends 3
- I’m not at all surprised that there are petitions and Facebook pages and such cropping up all over the ’Net regarding reviving Legends 3. If I tried to list them all, I’m sure I’d miss some. I don’t see anything wrong with enthusiasm; it’s great that the series has such a fan following. However, I’m a little put off by some of the expressions of anger and hatred I’ve been seeing—even in comments posted on Capcom’s own community site. Getting emotional over something we love is one thing, but hate like that is nothing but counterproductive. Venom and cussing are unlikely to convince Capcom to revive the project. I just hope they don’t start thinking the entire fan base is like that...
- July 19, 2011 - Mega Man Legends 3 Cancellation
- More details about this, such as they are, are on the Previews page. Note that this affects the playable demo as well, which I guess explains the reason why it was delayed to begin with. I haven’t played a Legends-style game in a long while; I was looking forward to exploring the colorful surroundings and enjoying the cute interactions with the environment and characters. Maybe I’ll have to pull out Mega Man Legends 1...
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