Mega Man is Doomed
November 27, 2009 by LBD "Nytetrayn"
Filed under Community Developments
Whoa, whoa, easy there; I don’t mean that the Mega Man franchise is doomed. But rather, a fan by the name of Cutmanmike seem to be putting together a Doom mod which emulates the look of the classic 8-bit NES titles. Check it out:
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“Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch is a new multiplayer mod that aims to puts Doom and Megaman into a blender and spew out a fun new way to blast your buddies online.”
“Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch will play as if Megaman suddenly turned 3D. Everything will play as if it was being played back in 1987. Levels will use purely 8-bit textures and sprites. Megaman will jump high and take damage recoil. Weapons will behave exactly as they did back then, only from a 3d perspective. The plan is to eventually have all the levels and weapons from Megaman 1-6 (and maybe 9). Obviously some weapons will have minor changes because there are a lot of clones throughout the series.”
You can find more, including a download of the game’s alpha build at their official website, though it is still in its early stages and could change before the full version is released sometime in 2010. You can also learn more about the game here.
Personally, I’ve never been a big fan of first-person shooters, and hearing people bring up the idea of a Mega Man FPS in the same fashion they once suggested a Mega Man fighting game or a Mega Man role playing game never had the same sort of appeal to me. But I have to honestly admit, this just looks neat.
News Credit: Protodude’s Rockman Corner
Looks cool.
This seems to be a pretty solid idea. Hope it comes to fruition! Keep us updated!
So it’s pretty much Sonic Robo Blast 2 but with Mega Man?
OH MY GOD! It’s like my Console and PC childhood made a baby!
I almost crapped myself when i saw the title of the article O_o Megaman is doomed WTF XD. That’s cool
I thought it meant remixes by MF DOOM but this is infinitly more incredible. Instead of MM 2.5 by that Norweigan guy it’s MM3D. :O
BTW Boss battles are going to SUCK (in a awesome difficulty way) with them jumping all around you and what not…something tell’s me Shadow Man and Gemini Man are going to be much much harder. Imagine yellow devil!
It’s… beautiful.
Hell yea let’s all play a game RIGHT NOW
Woooooooooooow, it’s so cool!! It’s a good idea that would be awesome if it saw the day one day…
Well, but not in 8 bits xD Maybe with Rockman X, or Rockman Zero…
Lol, when I saw the title, I was actually scared
Coooool.
I’d be more curious about a single player campaign of this type. Would be gnarly.