Ep. 6: Mega Man - Dr. Wily’s Revenge

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We examine Capcom’s first focused expansion of the Mega Man brand to a new platform. Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge is a remix of previous entries in the series, with just enough new additions to avoid being a rehash. While compromised, it’s a full-fledged games that, unlike some its contemporaries, successfully compressed Mega Man into a 166x144 pixel screen.

The Game: Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, known as Rockman World (ロックマンワールド Rokkuman Wārudo)

Original Platform: Nintendo Game Boy

Developer: Minakuchi Engineering Co, Ltd

Director: Unknown

Composer: Makoto Tomozawa

Release Date:

• July 26, 1991 (JP)

• December 1991 (US)

Music Used In This Episode

• Bubble Man (wants to get) Funked Up by Disco Dan

• Electrolytic Man by ambient, MaJIN_SaN, tomatsu

• It’s About Time by Symphonic Chronicles

• Cut Man Sonata by MKVaff

• Wonderful Shadows by the Electric Sheep Orchestra by fredrikd

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Image Credit: MobyGames