Mega Showdown

My exam schedule is stacked pretty late. I only have two of them, and they're both on Wednesday. This meant logging lots of hours on the GameCube late last week, much to my delight and laziness.

I bought the Mega Man Anniversary Collection earlier this semester when it was on sale, in the hopes that I would eventually get some time to play it. As it turns out, that time hasn't presented itself until now - but boy, the games sure bring back some memories. It's actually all the original MegaMan games packaged onto one disc (a clever marketing move by Capcom and Nintendo, to be sure).

Now, back in elementary and middle school, the Mega Man games were my second favorite series behind the Mario legacy. I liked Mega Man's style and the overall theme of technology and robots, I suppose, because it sure wasn't because I was able to beat any of them. Except for Mega Man 3; that one was mine, baby. With all the others, I can remember countless nights of frustration and anxiety and throwing the controller at the TV screen. I think those times with my video games made me a nervous kid for years.

At any rate, I only really ever owned 2-5, I think. Joe had the first game, but the few times I played that, I deemed it way too difficult and dumb. Sure, it was a cop-out so I wouldn't feel bad for not owning the whole set, but in a way, it still is the hardest one out of the whole batch. Mega Man can't even slide or charge up his blaster, for cryin' out loud. It's a next to impossible game, and I never completed it until I downloaded some emulators back during freshman year, where I could save the game image at any point I wanted to. (Yes, this was cheating, basically.)

Before you decide to vote away my status as Mega Man Gamemaster, however, let me throw this at ya: last Thursday, I finally chucked the last few hits at Dr. Wily at the end of the original Mega Man and made him beg for mercy at my feet. Boo-yah! Another loose end tied, another howling demon from my childhood silenced. One down, eight or nine more games on this disc to go.

Anyone up for seconds? Or thirds or fourths? Just let me get my exams done first.