Mega Man (PC)

Mega Man is an action-platform game developed by Hi-Tech Expressions and released under license from Capcom for mh:awesomegames:MS-DOS. It is a personal computer adaptation not related to the original mh:awesomegames:Nintendo Entertainment System game. Capcom had no involvement in this game's development.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Awful graphics, despite using CGA card graphics.
 * 2) Unfair stage design, with enemies all over the place, usually in places where you can't shoot them. In addition, the levels are very confusing to navigate due to their large, nonlinear structure similar to a Metroidvania, unlike the console games which had a straightforward linear trek from start to finish as level design.
 * 3) * There is also the intro stage, which is only a straight line to the exit with nothing aside a constantly respawning dog enemy.
 * 4) Dreadful controls.
 * 5) False advertising: The cover shows that you can use Rush, but in the game, he's not seen anywhere.
 * 6) The player takes too much damage, with little invincibility when hit.
 * 7) The game is very short, with only four stages. This probably is the reason of the unfair difficulty: the players would have to try more than once to reach the ending.
 * 8) No speed-limiter was programmed in, meaning the game would become unplayably fast on more powerful computers, even during the time the game was released.
 * 9) You can't play this game with a controller (if you played the original Mega Man it will be confusing). If you try to connect a controller, Mega Man will keep running to the left. Thankfully, the second Mega Man game on PC addressed this problem.
 * 10) Some enemies respawn as soon as you kill them.
 * 11) Terrible sound effects, as the game uses the PC speaker for sound, even though the AdLib and Sound Blaster sound cards were out for quite some time by then, and could produce much better sound than the PC speaker.
 * 12) The game lacks music, while Mega Man games are usually known for their great music.

Reception
The game has been heavily panned, with many calling it one of the worst PC games of all time. PC Gamer put it on its list of the worst PC ports ever, calling it a "monstrous conversion" and a "terrible port".

In recent years, its negativity has since died down a bit and found new appreciation thanks to Volt Man's funny appearances in the Make a Good Mega Man Level duology, Owlboy creator Simon S. Andersen's mock-up "remake", and The Gaming Historian's video about its development.

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