Was Mega Man on Game Gear a Hidden Gem?
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Sega was never given the large number of Mega Man titles as their rival, Nintendo. In 1995, American owners of their handheld, the Game Gear, were given the blue bomber in this interesting release. Was it never released elsewhere because it's a bad game, or was it a hidden gem all along? Let's find out.
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1:14 Mega Man Game Gear Review
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Have you played Mega Man on Game Gear? If so, let me know what you thought of it.
Also SAGE '23 videos will be posted soon.
Hey gotta be frank id like to inform you about this mobile mega man game called bots and bolts made by pandacorps where you play as this charecter called void to stop the evil dr final! and theres no man at the end of the robot masters name now there called bots also dr light is now dr root
Having played a large chunk of the game gear library i can tell you for free, its not that the game gear has no good games... its just that most of the better ones are always made by the same groups, which is kinda funny.
You can tell when a Game gear game has effort when they take into account the game's limited visibility designing stages and obstacles
I actually don't think that this game is bad, i remember that i have played it in 2019 and highly enjoyed it.
Yeah. It's fine, but there is little reason to play it these days.
It's a common misconception actually that the "U.S" in "U.S Gold" stands for "United States"; it originally stood for "Ultra Sexy" but they eventually changed it to "Unimaginably Shiny" to be more family friendly. ~Unimaginably Shiny Gold~
(source: I made it the fuck up.)
I would buy that if they started out as a company dealing in raunchier goods. Then when they dabbed in the video game market, they kept the brand name, but changed its meaning to be less conspicuous about their origins.
Ultra Sus.
@@gurvmlkoh kind of like Popcap
@@backwardsface3046 I have no idea who that is, so yes.
@@gurvmlkthey made Peggle and Plants vs Zombies and started out as “Sexy Action Cool” before realizing they didn’t want to do that kind of game
I saw this at a convention for about $30 a few years ago, and it looked legit. Had I known what it was actually worth, I would've pounced on it despite not having a Game Gear.
WHAT?! THAT IS WILD! I need to find conventions like that lmao
I never see this one get talked about, so I kind of avoided it thinking it was forbidden for a reason. A distrust of U. S. Gold is to thank for that. But - it turns out that the only reason that it isn't talked about isn't because it's bad, but because it's so uncharacteristic that it leaves nothing to talk about. And if you're a Game Gear game, you're most likely going to get buried by time. Huh! The more you know.
US Gold mainly specialised in importing American games to the UK before they started publishing. I also heard that most of their output on home microcomputers was rubbish.
So I've been told.
Yeah, US Gold is a lot like LGN where most of their games are pretty bad.
hmm that remake of the quick man level is interesting, I like that laser animation.
Yeah. It might have screen crunch, but the game actually looks a bit better than the original. Might be the extra shading.
I gotta be honest. Comparing this to the "megaman and bass" sequel on the wonderswan this might be better level design wise. Honestly if i could I'd love to try this someday on my old ass black brick, slowly recollecting the game gear games as a adult was rather fun. A lot are pretty solid as handheld games
I'd honestly go the flashcart route. One copy of the game will set you back over $200.
I remember the Game Gear and it was lots of fun though it really ate up all your batteries. The best addition to the game was the TV antenna which helped me watch tv in my car. That was a big thing back then.
Yeah, that is such a cool idea. I think the closest the Game Boy got was a radio that plugged into it. Not as cool, but still neat.
MegaMan's sprite in this game is so... weird
Yeah it is lol
I’ll always remember the game’s boss theme for how much it messes with my brain.
I can still hear the opening. I hate this lmao
"Mission Perfect!"
It's got the same energy as "YOU'RE WINNER!"
I think the reason it resembles the Dos head is because of the way the helmet tilts (it’s around a pixel after his eye.) The Gameboy versions also have this too (I think)
I can see it.
Say what you will about the game itself but “MISSION PERFECT” is the single best piece of text in the franchise.
In the franchise?
Yeah, it's pretty funny.
I loved playing Mega Man As A Kid!
I found my copy of GG Megaman at a flea market for $3 about 10 years ago. It's the only Game Gear game I have left, and I'm always having to send my friends photos, because they don't believe it exists.
It's wild to hear about the price of it because I would have loved stumbling across a copy 10 years ago.
I haven't watched yet but I had this as a kid and I loved it. The added colors to the sprites is awesome. I never found it too difficult but that probably because I owned MM5 on NES and MMIV on GB. I liked it. Plus I always liked the version of MM4 Dr. Kosack theme at the end of the game.
Interesting. I reckon it's the closest we'll ever get to what Mega Man would have looked like if it was released for the Sega Master System alongside the NES or in place of it. If the NES could use more colors at once, I would imagine that's what it would've looked like.
I have this. Haven't played it in ages, so take my recollections with that in mind, but I remember encountering a bug where I went from Hard mode to Normal mode in the same playthrough and had to start over; I think it either gave me a bad password or I messed up entering it. I also remember there being a blurring effect on the actual hardware when moving, but I know I beat it on Hard, so it couldn't have been that detrimental.
If you played on the system itself, the blur comes from the quality of the display. All of the handhelds of that era had that issue.
Quickman's level has new tiles. That's cool.
Oh yeah. Guess I didn't pick up on that. Neat!
...which look like they were taken straight out of Ring Man's stage. They look good in this context though, so I'm fine with mixing-and-matching in this case.
BUT the fire backdrops are new at least@@robertlupa8273
This was one of the final games I played when I set out to play every Mega Man platformer. I had played MMV (GB) previously, so I played the gameboy games I-IV, with this one tacked on at the end. It fits really well in that spot, as it keeps the same design philosophy as the gameboy titles. It's Mega Man, so it's automatically good. However, it's not one to go out of your way for.
My ears aren't actually blown out by a game gear soundtrack! :D
There are a few Game Gear soundtracks that are pretty good. This is probably one of the best soundtracks, for how faithful they were to the source material.
I bought this game in the 90’s and I still have it. I lost the box and manual, though.😢
I know that feeling. I have a copy of Mario 3 on GBA, but lost everything that came with it. Even the E Reader card.
I bought this game simply because of Quick Man's stage at the end, since last Christmas I got my brother everything I could think of related to Mega Man 2 (video is on my channel). Since my brother and I don't currently own a Game Gear, it's currently a very expensive paperweight.
2:18 oh, God! I hate that Capcom is calling him "Mega" for short, instead of calling him by his real name. Thank you for pointing that out
Well, Rock would be out of nowhere for Americans. I prefer Rock, but yeah, they went for consistency, thanks to localization.
The Gamegear was very similar to the Master System, a few games have had hacks made that convert them to run on the Master System. That would help with the screen crunch.
Rock was always the better name for his "helper" identity anyway. "Mega and Roll" doesn't have a bit of flow, and someone named "Mega" deciding his superhero name is going to be "Megaman" would be like a mild mannered reporter deciding to go by the name "Clark Man".
*opens door and the game is there*…I’ll make this work.
Also this Mega Man sprite is like the lower side part the helmet got cut off and more skin is visible…that understandable?
I'd say it's better than the first two Mega Man's on Game Boy, but the latter games on the system definitely has it beat, as does all the NES games besides maybe MM1. U.S Gold is associated with making nothing good, Strider II, the one on home computers and Sega consoles, not the arcade and PS1 game, as well as Street Fighter II's computer ports, are prime examples of that, but Mega Man on Game Gear is rather component all things considered. A shame it didn't get a Master System port to mitigate the screen crunch issues. Honestly, my favorite thing about the game is the sprite work. Yeah, it's all ripped from the NES games, but the extra color really makes a difference.
On the S8 emulator on the DS you can remove the screen crunch on gamegear games.
I’ve never played this game, but do hope to. I like the enhanced backgrounds, similar to The Wily Wars.
I personally recently found myself playing megaman on my own going back to it and I start searching online to find everyone is talking about megaman recently
I personally don't like this game mainly because it's just copy and paste level design now with screen crunch and no continues. I mainly prefer the GameBoy Megans, especially World 5 since that's my fave, due to them having more original level design that is made with the GameBoy's screen size in mind. I admire the attempt to port Megan to GameGear but it's not a title I think Megan fans need to play.
True, but I think this was to have something solid enough on the system. Very little reason to play it, these days.
Well actually we only got 2 of the 4 X games that appeared on the Playstation on Saturn, not 3 out of 4 since X5 and X6 were only released on the PS1
Damn! I don't know why I was convinced X5 was on Saturn. Probably got that and Windows mixed up.
Can't go wrong to slam together a bunch of levels from NES mega man games. Looks cool. Would've enjoyed it as a kid I'm sure. All the handhelds get outshined by consoles but this does a great job for what it did.
Don't rush your videos, we can wait.
Good review! I actually did own a copy of this one when I was a kid and I loved it. There were no real gaming handhelds back then besides the GameBoy and Game Gear, so, yeah, portable Mega Man was quite the novelty at one point. This definitely plays similar to the Game Boy Mega Man games, screen crunch and all.
I agree this game does have some really weird design elements. Having Toad Man, Wave Man and Quick Man's stages appear in the final leg of the game instead of true Wily Stages was very confusing. It is still fun to play as a curiosity now, but you probably will have more fun just playing through Mega Man 4 and 5 on the NES instead.
Especially Mega Man 4, since it's my current favorite classic Mega Man game. I have yet to play 7-11 and it's been a while since I replayed Powered Up.
@@GottaBeFrank7 is really really good. 8 I never clicked with and 9-11 I’ve played a little, but not much. 7 def worth it
Meg man for game gear is a strange game for me.
It's a strange game. Basically take 4 & 5, with a hint of 2, and make it look a little better, but sound a bit worse.
I got it back when it didn't go for so much. I don't remember how much it cost. Scaling for inflation, it was still lower than the prices you showed (I don't believe I paid more than $20 - 30).
Would be awesome to have a 90’s handheld Mega Man collection.
We almost had that with Mega Man Mania, but that would only be for the Game Boy games.
they should have looked at the game boy games. those games were good. specially V for having a unique story
without watching the video I can already tell you that yes it is a Hidden Gem for the fact I had no idea there was a Mega man game on the Game Gear.
I'd recommend watching it. There's more to it than a yes or no answer.
Do legit own a copy & have had it for what feels like eons. I enjoy it, but that’s cause I did love my Game Gear growing up
Honestly, someone should open up this game's source code and turn it to a full, proper Mega Man title for the GG.
The music in this game is absolutely fantastic, a few remixes sound way better such as Stone Man, Star Man, Bright and Toad Man alongside Wily Castle and Dr. Cossack's
Only real ones remember when this guy was called knuckles channel 3 and knuckles
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The 3D Knuckles intro?
Yep, I sort of remember that era.
I bought this game from a Flea Market WITH a blue Game Gear for $10 back in the 00's
Great job Yet Again Mr Frank Hope you Can Review The Game Boy Megaman Games Soon Especially Megaman V
Yeah. I just need to do all of my SAGE 2023 content before returning to the script for the Mega Man Game Boy video.
@@GottaBeFrank ok thanks Again Mr Frank hope to see you in Sage 2023
I don't think this game is a hidden gem this game would of been better if they had there own level designs like the Gameboy games.
Yeah, but it took a few game to actually have decent level design.
I had this as a teen and it was pretty decent. I still think the gameboy titles are better. Mega Man 4 and 4 were amazing on the game boy.
I would play Rockman World 4 & 5 over this as well.
Not so fun fact: There are no continues in this game, you just get a password after a game over (And yes you have to get a game over to see the password). The password feature is also limited to saving progress after the 4 main robot masters only.
The password one doesn't surprise me. All of the classic Mega Man games do that. As for the continues, yeah that sucks. I'd say take advantage of all the lives and E Tanks you can get.
Not every classic megaman game does the password thing. I remember Megaman 2 and 5 allowing you to see the password without getting a game over along with other classic megaman games that I may not be remembering correctly. (I haven't played the NES classic megaman games in a while.)
You're right, but I mean for starting at the end of the main Robot Master stages.
This is The Holy Grail to the GameGear...
A good, albeit bizarre, alternative to the NES originals. It almost look like a parody of the Mega Man games and I like it that way. It's neither a hidden gem or awful, just special.
US gold originally ported American games to British micro computers
Megaman 2 for game boy is the only bad gb game in the series and dr wily's revenge is brutal because you only get 6 short stages and megaman 5 on game boy has one of the few good devil fights other then rainbow devil green devil and block devil in my opinion
Hey gotta be frank id like to inform you about this mobile mega man game called bots and bolts made by pandacorps where you play as this charecter called void to stop the evil dr final! and theres no man at the end of the robot masters name now there called bots also dr light is now dr root
Found it. It looks... interesting.
Hey frank, i got a game for not defeating a batnik while you work on sonic mania for extra views, “can you beat sonic blast without defeating a batnik” and no ik no talking about 3d blast, im talking about sonic blast on the game gear
So, Mega Man's real name is a bit of an interesting story. There was a short time when it was retconned to "Mega" in the US, and then retconned back to "Rock" through the course of the series.
Currently, "Rock" is Mega Man's real name, even in the US. "Mega" is the nickname Roll gave him (in the US). So both of them are "correct" in that he uses both.
For the PSP can you talk about Megaman Powered Up? I think it's a rare Megman game for the PSP almost no one never heard of it.
Of course.
Feels like the wily wars some what
I don't know about that. Wily Wars made some subtle changes to hitboxes, weapons, and Mega Man's height that changes the game enough. I didn't notice too many gameplay changes, aside from the 2 shots on screen.
I prefer the GG renditions of the music over the NES versions. For that alone I think this is worth a dive.
technically yes it is a hidden gem in its own right but its also sort of a remix
I've played and beaten it a few times in the past. Its ok for the most part. It does what it needs to do, but alot of the wily castle stuff are out of whack. its like they wanted this to be megaman world 5 but with robot masters from 4 and 5 instead of all original robot masters. but instead of making semi-original levels like in the world series, they just copy pasted from 2, 4 and 5. i have no idea what they were thinking with the last level. quickman's room is even present in there as if they were either gonna have you face quickman too or you fight wily in there. the ending is also unsatisfying..not much of a sense of accomplishment when all you get is a "congratulation screen" alongside a "thank you for playing" screen.
one thing you didn't mention is the game gives you limited continues. so if you get a few game overs, the game boots you back to the title screen.
I played it and I actually liked it, it's not a terrible port and I really have fun with it.
Yeah. It's not terrible, but there isn't much of a reason to play it now.
I was gonna say this is mega man world 5 until I saw the wily stages
The opening and one of the levels give away the fact that it's more and less than Mega Man 5 on the go.
I use to own this game as a kid, i remember being disappointed in it because of how short the game was. Now that im collecting games I still find it difficult to justify paying the amount of money this game is going for.
It's about the runtime of a Game Gear game. I agree that nearly $200 isn't worth it to get this. Someone has to be really dedicated to collecting to pick up a loose copy.
I run it into a GG emulator for GBA flash card to try to bring a better experience than playing somewhere else, It's okay, of course, I prefer to play the game boy classic versions for instance, but it's not that bad at all.
How was the GG emulation? I know there's a GB/GBC emulator, but it's not great.
It's kinda sad that, until I got into Sonic, who had decent-to-good games on the system, I thought Game Gear was just some random, mediocre video game console that nobody cared about and I only knew about it because of this Mega Man game. I still have sort of the same feelings towards WonderSwan, though at least its Mega Man games were at least interesting, as opposed to this game, which is just a confusing mess of copy-pastes from the NES games.
My cart of the game had to be pushed in just right to get it to work right
Interesting. Is it just that cart or is it all of them for that system?
I'm impressed with the game's graphics, but what's up with Mega Man's helmet?
I don't know. It looks bizarre.
@@GottaBeFrank ゴゴゴゴ
Indeed, Mega Man for Game Gear is actually a pretty decent game. The Game Gear has a deceptively large amount of good games, it's just that nobody talks about them. Thanks for talking about this one, at least.
Yeah. I own a handful of Game Gear games and the Sonic re-releases lead me to believe that there are some good titles. I'll have to replay them at some point.
Its such a random mix. Not very good playing it last night, but i wouldnt be saying that in the 90s
Yeah. It's only a game that's decent for the time.
You think you could do a review of the Mega Man Archie comics series?
Obtaining the comics might be an issue. Seems like they only sell up to the 8th arc, but the series has 11. It might be something I'd have to get overtime, before I'm able to make something with it.
@@GottaBeFrank You know you can read those on RUclips?
I like supporting the authors. Sure, not all of them are available and I'll need to figure out what to do from there. The other thing is I'd like to get as high quality of an image of the pages, as I need. A RUclips video isn't going to cut it. If I do decide to make this video, I want it to look as good as possible.
@@GottaBeFrank I understand.
Did you know if you get a game over you have to restart the entire game
I was told that, after the video was posted. Since I was too used to the levels, I was never close to a game over.
True but when you beat a boss, you're given a password that you can just enter to restart where you were when got the game over. (Well, for the first four bosses anyway).
Great video, Frank.
I've played it before and man, it was dull. Just worse versions of great games. I understand that it's a handheld game, but they could've reworked the level design to suit the handheld, or just made all the sprites smaller.
I agree. The screen crunch does get in the way more times than it should.
Get weird. Cover the WonderSwan Mega Man game.
Soon. Gotta cover 7, 8, and Mega Man & Bass first
I did not enjoy this game when I played it in the mid-2000s
Wait, you're the one who made those Mania mod showcase videos? That's cool.
I personally don't care for this game due to it feeling off in some areas and having almost nothing original, coupled with how I don't really care for the NES games much as is. I suppose it's a good thing they mostly took from later ones, though.
Yeah. I made those kind of videos. Good times. Yeah, this game isn't anything special, but the conclusion I came to was that it really isn't as bad as people say it is. Good thing they didn't go for Mega Man 1 and 3 levels. Screen crunch would not be kind to those.
I have beaten this game using an emulator and it is a technical marvel running on the game gear especially from the company US Gold which is known to make pretty terrible ports.
That being said, the game has pretty awful game feel, let alone just lacks content having only 5 robot masters, one of which is a Wily boss as well as not even having the traditional boss gauntlet.
As for game feel, it seems to run way to fast. Played so many Mega Man games, there is an inate feeling I have playing these games that the Game Gear version feels so off.
Again, it's an amazingly looking game and runs well, just feels off from the other Mega Man games.
I don't know how I never knew this existed before, I am a fake Mega Fan.
Not really. With this and the DOS games, you have to go out of your way to find out about them.
I knew about the DOS games because I saw them in the local big box store, and I suppose if I'd ever looked at the Game Gear section I might have noticed it, but I was a hardcore Nintendoite at the time so I didn't.
It's ok I understand making videos can take time and effort
I hope you have a wonderful time at sage 2023
At least it ant mighty number 9
Yeah... I'm totally not making a video on that in the future. 😬
@@GottaBeFrank well If you do I would love to see it lol
I'm amused that the Megaman sprite in this game looks like he has either pecs or a navel.
It just feels incomplete or a very polished bootleg MM game.
This game is utter dogshit, imo. Having essentialy 1-1 copies of NES levels comes across as extremely lazy in the wake of the Gameboy games' unique level layouts.
By the time this came out, the Gameboy games had already shown that portable Mega Man could be done well when designed with the limitations of the hardware in mind.
Yeah, but that took a few games to figure out how to make a decent portable Mega Man game that wasn't forgettable.
This game was a hidden gem that should stay hidden.
It's only really good for the hardware. Outside of it, it's fine. Not great, but not terrible.
Mega Copy n’ Paste!
That was kinda the point of the handheld games. Bringing the console experience with you, which is probably why they made it a mashup of 3 NES titles.
Sorry, I have to disagree with your glowing review of "The Best of MegaMan". The vertical screen crunch is atrocious, the controls feel off and the game has no continues. I'd say it's the worst MegaMan ever game released with Capcom's blessing, even beating out the DOS games.
I never said it was "The Best of Mega Man." I said it was solid for the platform, at that time.
@@GottaBeFrank Ah, you misunderstand. The game also went by the title "The Best of MegaMan" when it was first released.
Oh, I see. Guess I misread that. Still, I believe it's a solid enough release on the Game Gear, for that time. Nothing will convince me that this is worse than the 2 DOS games.
How many people are good at this game cuz im terrible at these games.
If you're familiar with Mega Man 4 & 5, it's the same level design. I'd say start with those before tackling this one again.
I got spoiled by Unlimited (my first game) and now I can't play the original games because they don't have a dedicated slide button. >_< There's also the fact that my keyboard is the type that can't have more than 2 or 3 buttons pressed at the same time, so I can't charge my buster and [jump + down] at the same time.
I hate your title when Mega Man on Game Gear was extremely well-known for not being on a Nintendo console and getting a physical English release. Not hidden at all. Just review and don't frontload hype.
Well, it's a North American exclusive release on a platform that was dominated by the competition, so it's not exactly the most affordable. Sometimes with releases, players can get away with the Japanese copy, but that's not an option. it was also never re-released, even on a system with Game Gear releases like the 3DS. It also shares the same name as 2 other titles in the franchise, those being the NES/Famicom version and the DOS version, with one being the start of the franchise and the other being infamous for its low quality.
Luckily the game gear version is nice n cheap
The Game Gear version is anything, but cheap.
No
Played the game. It’s crap. Nothing beats the nes ports. And nothing beats capcoms uniqueness. 😜😜😜
You mean the NES originals.