Nope, you can get hit over and over again, which means any robot master can take you out in about 2 seconds. In hard mode, you don’t get the ‘reflex’ time when Megaman takes a hit and flashes for a moment. I’m ashamed to admit I only got as far as the level where you fight all the Robot Masters a second time. If it wasn’t running on an emulator and my GameKing I’d think there was some sort of graphical cheating involved.
It’s hard to believe it’s a legit 8-bit game since it has some of the best graphics I’ve seen on the NES. The level of detail put into this game is amazing. To play the first level of Megaman X in glorious 8-bit is just a surreal experience. This game features meticulously redesigned levels that emulate parts of Megaman X and other later titles. Rockman No Constnacy is a massive tribute to the 8-bit and 16-bit era Megaman games. Rockman No Constancy has some of the best graphics I’ve ever seen for the NES. These two require the Japanese Rockman II ROM to perform the patching. Here’s two of the best Megaman II Rom hacks. You might recognize something here or there from a game you played years ago. A lot of them feature graphic and music assets cobbled together from other NES games to create a new project. These are like alternate universe Megaman games that are much more challenging than the original.
#MEGA MAN 2 ROM HACKING CODE#
My understanding is that they are legal since all they are is small patches of code changes that you apply to the ROM (how you get the ROM legally is your own business). Some ROM hacks are like completely new games. Some hacks are simple, turning Super Mario into a girl or adding some differnet music. If you’ve never heard of this, ROM hacks basically involve rewriting a game to add graphics, music, levels and enemies or modify the existing behavior of these things. I’m certainly glad they do what they do though. I can only figure that they’re such hardcore programmers that it’s easy compared to whatever they do during the day (rocket science?! Actual Robot Master design?). It’s just mind-boggling to me that someone would take the time to do this as a hobby. I can’t imagine having the intelligence and drive to pick apart the code of an old video game and reassemble it into a newer game.
I sorta remember about 8 more bits to this scene…