Mega Man Wily's Conquest: Ice Man demo (Mega Man hack)

This is a casual walk through Ice Man's stage in my WIP Mega Man 1 hack. The goal of this hack is to work within the hardware constraints faced by the original development team while also creating a better and more polished gaming experience. In addition to the obvious, there are a substantial number of smaller assembly changes demonstrated in the video that I hope veteran Mega Man gamers will notice and appreciate. I work on this game in my spare time when motivation strikes, so it's mostly slow going. As such, I can't predict any sort of release date.

Enjoy.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• mega
• man
• megaman
• wily's
• conquest
• rockman
• ice
• iceman
• hack
• hacking
• rom
• romhack
• romhacking
• assembly
• asm

[TonyTheTGR]

That was wicked cool. :D Also, nice touch having GutsMan as a mid-stage boss. Does this effect happen as a result of having already beat him, or is it totally independent of that?

[0x1C229]

Thanks for your interest! I'm glad you like it.

Having midbosses was my solution to Mega Man 1's quirky repeat boss battles in Wily's castle, which I wasn't a fan of. I figured this would make my stages a little more interesting. Midbosses take 2x damage compared to their end-of-stage counterparts and are often fought in interesting arenas (like underwater, for Guts Man). Beating a midboss gets you some health and access to the midpoint, and you don't fight them again later in Wily's castle.

[Tenshinokawaineko]

A good hack indeed..Enemies die from stepping or getting near the mines...you can cancel the attack with your own..this is how Megaman should have been.. Great work -seriously :)

[0x1C229]

Glad you noticed those little tweaks. I really enjoy them in practice and wish Mega Man games typically had these features. I've done quite a few little gameplay changes like those that don't affect much, but aren't things I like playing without. They add a lot to the game, in my opinion. :)

[Trogdorbad]

I'm guessing these are the changes: Robot Master Miniboss(Gutsman, in this case), ability to destroy enemy projectiles, and those little ground thingies following you.

[0x1C229]

Yep. Also, Mega Man and all sprites on the screen are independently affected by water (lower gravity when underwater, which didn't happen before), there's a splash animation, and enemies die when they collide with spikes. Plus lots of other little things, too (pause menu redesign, lives under the health bar, color deemphasis, etc). The real biggies are the ones you noticed and the water and spike interactions.

[ThanatosZero]

Hi 0x1C229! How far is your hack going to completed by now?

[SonicSpieler]

just btw: Demo = show just parts not the full lvl xD

and the second is.... your hack looks.... uhm

COOL O_O! a Gutsman in Iceman Stage looool

gj :)

[ThanatosZero]

Dear 0x1C229, time has passed so I want to know what the current status of your hack is.

Are you still working on it or have you given up on it?

[7ruthie]

@needo2new He was talking about how they're battled in a predetermined order in MM1.

[crunchvx]

is actually possible to put the slide and charge into megaman 1 and 2 

[Beremor]

I was about to complain about the lack of death spikes in a water stage. Then I saw the part after Guts Man.

[SpiralPegasus]

Someone copied your video and put it up as their own

This is the URL /watch?v=QvJCR_KLwzY

Just sayin'

[SnakeEater1980]

This is really really good! How far along is your work? Can't wait to see it competed!

[mariohacker0820]

You should change the Sound. if you were messing with fcuex with this hack and you found a hexline that makes sounds. You should change them, MEGAMAN1 STAGE SELECT-MEGA MAN 2 PASSWORD MEGA MAN 1 TITLE SCREEN-MEGA MAN 3 TITLE SCREEN MEGA MAN 1 BOSS SELECTED-MEGA MAN 3 BOSS SELECTED And if you dont want to make changes, dont reply

[gerghd]

what programs did you use for the grahpics sir ?

[TheDarkLordLucifer]

You're pretty good, almost no damage taken...

[MegamanNG]

Damn... you made it look easy!! Wow.