Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
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Mega Man is the robot creation of Dr. Light, whose sworn archenemy Dr. Wily spends innumerable games trying to cause trouble with his own odd robots. As Mega Man, you run and jump through futuristic levels, shooting baddies with your blaster, and defeat each of Dr. Wily's Robot Masters. When you defeat them, you can take their ability as your own, which can provide an advantage against other types of evil robots.
In this Game Boy version, Mega Man must fight against Ice Man, Electric Man, Cut Man, and Fire Man. After he defeats those four he battles Quick Man, Heat Man, Bubble Man, and Flash Man. And after that, there's Dr. Wily's Space Node. That sounds like a lot, but passwords will save your progress, if you make it past certain milestones.
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- ăăăŻăăłăŻăźăŤă - Japanese spelling
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Average score: 75% (based on 16 ratings)
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Average score: 3.7 out of 5 (based on 27 ratings with 2 reviews)
The Good
The controls are nice, which is good, since this game is more about jumping skills than about mindless shooting. The graphics are simple, but manage to create a futuristic/robotic atmosphere. The general concept of beating boss enemies and getting their weapon works well, especially since most weapons are useful throughout the whole game, not just for a boss fight. The inclusion of a password system is a nice move too.
The Bad
It's a bit unforgiving in certain situations. There are some mean ceiling jumps and some points of no return. If you mess up at a certain spot and have no weapon energy left, you might as well restart the game.
The game is a bit short too. There are only four robot master stages and two Wily stages, but a total of eleven bosses. Why don't they have stages too? The initial four stages aren't that long, so it wouldn't have taken so much time to design another four stages.
The Bottom Line
This is not a cheap port of the NES version, it's a nice addition to the Mega Man series and everyone who likes the classic series should play it.
Game Boy · by Katharian Berg (17) · 2010
A short, difficult, but okay start to a Game Boy career.
The Good
The level design rewards usage of different weapons. The audio stays true to the NES original with good music. A simple password system makes it easy to resume playthroughs at other times.
The Bad
The difficulty level can be frustrating at the start. There is a lack of story elements.
The Bottom Line
Mega Man: Dr. Wilyâs Revenge is a side-scrolling action/platform game released in 1990 for the original Game Boy. The game is not a port of any of the classic Mega Man games. However, it does borrow heavily from the original Mega Man and Mega Man 2.
STORY:
There is no story... At least, thatâs what the game makes you believe due to there not being an intro. Back in the old days of gaming, there were some titles that only had their plots detailed in the manual. This was not a big deal if you happened to get a new copy, but it hurt the experience if you got your copy second-hand.
Essentially, itâs the same story you can find in most of the Classic series installments. After the events of the original Mega Man, Dr. Wily returns to try to take over the world again. To do this, he brings back a number of robot masters from Mega Man and Mega Man 2. However, he has also built a new robot named Enker in order to destroy Mega Man. Unfortunately, there isnât much character development when it comes to Enker. He just appears as an extra boss during a boss gauntlet at the end of the game.
GAMEPLAY:
This game almost comes across as an abridged version of the original Mega Man. Rather than fighting all six of the robot masters, you only fight four of them (Cut Man, Ice Man, Fire Man, and Elec Man). While their stage layouts do resemble their NES counterparts, the levels integrate elements from Mega Man 2. For instance, the cloud platform enemy from Air Manâs stage makes an appearance in Elec Manâs stage. Cut Manâs stage has moving conveyor belts similar to those in Metal Manâs stage.
However, what is arguably the most noticeable deviation from the standard Mega Man formula is the boss gauntlet. Up until now, the boss gauntlets towards the end of the games have consisted of rematches with all of the Robot Masters youâve already fought in their respective games. This game changes it up a bit by having you take on four of the Mega Man 2 bosses, each of which provides you with a weapon when defeated. It can be a bit irritating to have to learn new strategies, but the design choice does help prevent the battles from feeling redundant. Also, thereâs one last complete stage after the gauntlet that allows for you to take advantage of the new abilities.
The levels in this game have a dose of old-school difficulty mixed in, so this game is more for hardcore players and may not appeal to people looking for casual gameplay. There are jumps in which you have to clear a pit but also avoid hitting a platform thatâs directly above you. Health pick-ups are limited and there are no energy tanks. A few stages feature a number of sections with disappearing blocks and sometimes air currents on top of that. Depending on which stage you start with, this game can seem brutal at first with the amount of enemies and hazards thrown at you simultaneously in conjunction with the shortage of health pick-ups. However, itâs when you start testing the special weapons in different scenarios that things become much more reasonable. A robot is jumping towards you intermittently with seemingly no way to dodge it? Use one of the weapons at the right time and it becomes a non-issue. A gun turret is too low to the ground to hit with your default blaster? Switch to a weapon that damages adversaries on the ground. The levels are designed in such a way that changing up your use of abilities is often rewarded.
As per Mega Man tradition, there is a password system and itâs easy to use. A grid will be shown with certain spaces filled in by a circle. There are only five âcoordinatesâ (ie. A1, A2, etc.) per password, so jotting them down is simple.
AUDIO:
The soundtrack for this game is mostly good. The music in the Robot Master stages is faithfully recreated from its NES counterpart and is still pleasant to hear despite the reduced audio quality. The original tracks arenât anything to write home about, but theyâre not bad, either.
GRAPHICS:
The graphics are passable. Mega Manâs and enemiesâ sprites look like they do in the NES games (minus the color). Stages have sufficient backgrounds and textures for determining if youâre in a base, an arctic cave, a tower, etc. Fire Manâs stage has an alternating color effect with a fire texture to give the illusion of flowing lava. Some sprite flickering occurs when certain weapons are used, but it doesnât detract from the game much.
REPLAY VALUE:
There isnât that much to encourage repeated playthroughs for this game. You can change the order in which you tackle the Robot Master stages, but there are no collectibles to find or secrets to uncover. Personally, there was nothing that compelled me to play the game again after I cleared it once.
In terms of Mega Manâs first outing on a handheld system, this game is alright. The level design encourages use of various special weapons. It is consistently tough, but short enough (six stages) to not overstay its welcome. At the same time, though, there isnât quite enough original content to really set it apart from other entries in the Classic saga. Most of it comes across as a combination of the first two NES titles. If there was a somewhat more fleshed out story for Enker, it may have helped make things interesting. Unfortunately, there is no intro or cutscenes to allow for that. Therefore, I would say that this game is an above average start to Mega Manâs Game Boy career, but not something you should go out of your way to buy.
Game Boy · by David 01 (3) · 2019
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Game added August 16, 2002. Last modified August 17, 2024.