What's your favourite NES Mega Man game?

[Andrew NDB]

I think it was Mega Man 2 or 3, I found this trick. I sent it in to Nintendo Power but they never printed it. I can't remember it exactly, but it was something like... plug in a second controller, and on that second controller, if you hold certain buttons down, then while doing so, on the main controller you can jump out of all "bottomless" pits. I can't remember if it made you invincible, but I think it did.

[Icebot]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I think it was Mega Man 2 or 3, I found this trick. I sent it in to Nintendo Power but they never printed it. I can't remember it exactly, but it was something like... plug in a second controller, and on that second controller, if you hold certain buttons down, then while doing so, on the main controller you can jump out of all "bottomless" pits. I can't remember if it made you invincible, but I think it did.

Yes you're right, it's for Mega Man 3 and it worked for me too. If someone holds down the forward button on the second controller, the player using the first controller jumps high and jumps into holes without dying, doesn't make you invincible though.

[Prowler]

I only owned 2 when I was a kid. I didn't get the chance to play the other NES Mega Man games until I got the Anniversary Collection for Christmas 2007.

[DestronMirage22]

The first one. Things aren't as complicated as they got later on in the series, and it just seems less tedious and more fun.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by DestronMirage22

The first one. Things aren't as complicated as they got later on in the series, and it just seems less tedious and more fun.

MM1 is a bit too difficult on the higher difficulty setting, though. And some parts were a bit tedious. Mega Man 2 felt like an improvement. That game is almost perfection.

[sdp]

2, because it was the only one I owned, I've played them all since but as an adult so as cool as they are and the features they added they'll never beat the nostalgia of the one I played as a kid.


Funny story but I actually wanted MM3, but my parents asked me which Mega Man game to get me and I wanted the one with "the dog", and I told them it was 2 but my sister insisted it was 3 but I got my way and got 2. I was extremely disappointed that I had chosen the incorrect one without Rush as back then buying a game was a huge decision since they were expensive and you wanted so much to play. In hindsight that confusion likely gave me the best Mega Man game as it is the most popular game including critical response and has the greatest music. I still would've loved 3 but 2 was a great choice to make accidentally.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by sdp

2, because it was the only one I owned, I've played them all since but as an adult so as cool as they are and the features they added they'll never beat the nostalgia of the one I played as a kid.


Funny story but I actually wanted MM3, but my parents asked me which Mega Man game to get me and I wanted the one with "the dog", and I told them it was 2 but my sister insisted it was 3 but I got my way and got 2. I was extremely disappointed that I had chosen the incorrect one without Rush as back then buying a game was a huge decision since they were expensive and you wanted so much to play. In hindsight that confusion likely gave me the best Mega Man game as it is the most popular game including critical response and has the greatest music. I still would've loved 3 but 2 was a great choice to make accidentally.

While I was already playing Mega Man 2 in 1995-1996 and didn't get the chance to play other Mega Man games until 2007-2008, I don't think it's nostalgia speaking louder in my case. I mean, I didn't get around to beat MM2 until I got MM:AC in 2007. Mega Man 2 was very difficult for me to beat when I was a kid. The stage I'd fare best at was Flash Man's and Crash Man's iirc. A lot of times I'd die before reaching the stage boss, so it's not like I knew which weapon beat which boss.

Mega Man 3 comes in second place, but it's a close call. I really enjoyed playing it for the first time ever when i was already 17 years old. Also, I beat it on my first try.