
Beneath the surface, so much code has been rewritten, so much extra content has been packed in, that if you were to try to run this on actual NES hardware, you’d probably blow up your house and disrupt the power grid in your neighborhood. Sure, the game follows the same plot as Mega Man 4, and sure, you fight the same Robot Masters, but that’s where the similarities end. We’re talking Gurren Lagaan levels of lunacy, my friends. I really don’t want to spoil the Cossack and Wily fortresses for you, where the dial goes beyond 10, beyond 11, beyond the limits of logic and reason. Believe me, you’re body is soooooo not ready! But before you make your decisions on whether to check this out, please watch a these gameplay videos. Technically, it’s on version 0.01, but aside from some potential tweaks down the line, it’s in a fully playable state.

Last week, The Mega Man Network discovered that the hack, which had been in development for at least three to four years, was finished. I first saw clips of MI late last year, and though my interest was piqued, I couldn’t find much else. PureSabe’s Rockman 4 Minus Infinity is one such hack, being less of a remix of Mega Man 4 and more of a total evolution of the Mega Man formula. Further still, there are hacks so elaborate that it’s nearly impossible to recognize the source game at the heart of it all. While the majority of hacks aren’t worth your time, there are a few gems that rival what major developers could have conceived. The former is the kind of stuff hacking newbies pull to get a few shock laughs, while the latter results in a project that is more frustrating than entertaining. Or two, the level layouts have been altered to the point that no mere mortal could hope beat the game and keep their sanity in check. One, somebody took an old game from a legacy console and slightly altered the color palette or sprites to make it look like, for instance, all the boxers in Punch-Out!! are bare-ass. Wily appears on television to proclaim that Dr.When you hear the phrase “ROM hack,” two thoughts may flitter across your mind. Light is stunned to recognize that some of the robots rioting on the TV screen are his own creations. Whilst many people suspect that this is another plot from Dr. Set after the events of Mega Man 8, multiple riots have sprung up all over the world. Light outfits one of his domestic robots “Rock” to fight Dr. Wily, plots for world domination and creates his own robot army to take over mankind. The story of Mega Man begins in the year 200X, as the advanced science of the era has created industrial robots that co-exist with humans.

Relive the Mega Man experience with classically inspired bosses, each with their own unique weapons and weaknesses.

This latest Mega Man title brings the series back to its old school roots with retro action platforming gameplay and classic 8-bit NES-style graphics and sound.
