Mega Man Anniversary Collection

by Capcom

Product Features

• Collects 10 Mega Man games -- Mega Man 1 through 8, and two more that were never released in the U.S.
• Also includes great footage from the original Mega Man TV series
• Original artwork selection from the game designers
• Remixed music tracks inspired by the series

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00019HNNC
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 5.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 7, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,340 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #15 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > All Games
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Mega Man Anniversary Collection - it's a complete Mega Man tribute for one of gaming's longest-lived characters! This special 15th anniversary game release collects all the great Mega Man games and much more, for the true fans!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mega Man Anniversary Collection is mega-fun!, August 4, 2004

By 

Dmg (Southern California) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mega Man Anniversary Collection (Video Game)

This collection is awesome. It contains all the original NES Mega Man games (I - VI) along with the SNES Mega Man VII and the PSX Mega Man VIII. Also, it contains the Japanese-only Mega Man: The Power Battles and Mega Man: The Power Fighters arcade games as unlockables. That's not all though! An entire episode of the original Mega Man cartoon TV series, remixed music, and concept art are all unlockable as well!

There's so much entertainment value in this collection it's ridiculous. Each Mega Man game is incredibly entertaining (and frustrating!); let alone eight of them and two arcade games on ONE DISC. Ten complete games of this magnatude on a single disc is astounding and worth $50+ alone. The game is so cheap ($30 for brand new) because newer generation gamers expect Final Fantasy XII graphics, AI, music, etc so a collection of older games may not entice them. However, Mega Man Anniversary Collection will provide you with countless hours of gaming fun as you nostalgically play through some of the best NES games ever released, along with very fun SNES, PSX, and arcade games. The unlockable extras really add to the package and are actually worth unlocking.

Each game is left intact and its entirety, except for two additions that are some nice little pluses thrown in to the games. First, the games feature some nice newly remixed music. Not all of the games do, however (the first NES games only contain a few remixed tracks). Second, there's difficulty settings and a "Navi" mode (which can be enabled in the Options menu) that provides updated life-meters, tips, and more.

Load times are cut down to nothing, the menus for selecting which games to play along with options and such are simple and easy to use, and every game looks, acts, and feels exactly like they did as the originals. This is defintely an amazing package; it's 100% perfect all the way around.

The X series and Gameboy series aren't in this collection, but Mega Man Anniversary Collection is full enough with everything it offers straight off the bat and as unlockables. However, there's even a Gameboy Advance version of Mega Man Anniversary Collection containing the five original Mega Man Gameboy games, with extras! Capcom will surely notice how well this collection will sell (it's already been sold out in a lot of places; act quickly!) and eventually release the X games as a collection, possibly with even more games and extras included.

Mega Man Anniversary Collection is a must own for any Mega Man fan, platformer/action fan, or NES-nostalgia fan. Simply put, it's for any gamer who wants a good old-fashioned (albeit frustrating sometimes due to the difficulty...but that adds to the fun!) gaming time. These games stand up to the test of time like champions. If you want gorgeous graphics, go with Doom 3. If you want a strangely cheap, extremely entertaining and addictive, plain old FUN time, go with Mega Man Anniversary Collection.

Pick this up now for the cheap price! HIGHLY recommended!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uh-oh....a game that separates the generation of players, September 2, 2005

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mega Man Anniversary Collection (Video Game)

So....a collection to finally show modern-day gamers how hard it was "back in the day" to play games. I'm not a kid and i can honestly say I thought the day would never come. Personally, i think players today are spoiled by cheats and secrets and such, that assist them in conquering a game. Code books, maps, walkthroughs, all that mumbo jumbo that just get people to the end of the game without the endless hours of practice...doing the level over and over and over and over......it was frustrating then, but beating a game was so much more satisfactory.

I remember the days when you had to sit down.....and beat a game in it's entirety (NES) in one sitting because you couldn't save! not so with the megaman series (part II and on), but that didn't necessarily make it easier. With lives popping out of thin air very rarely, you really had to learn the rhythm of each individual stage to avoid damage....as WELL as the bosses. You had to know which weapon worked best on each boss.....know which order to defeat them....learn the pattern of attack...and after 8 grueling stages and boss battles.....You still had Dr. Wily to tend to...which meant an additional 6-8 stages as well as playing each boss all over again including Dr. Wily himself!

This made you great. Hours of mashing buttons, playing the same levels over and over again, just to die 2 inches after the last place you fell, or were destroyed. I'm reading reviews of people saying that these levels are too hard, or the bosses seem impossible. Well kids, thats how it was then, when we were your age. If we can do it, so can you. Try spending less time whining and crying about the difficulty and put a little mroe focus in actually playing the game. You'll appreciate it alot more. ;-)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old school gamers MUST OWN THIS!, June 27, 2004

By 

Axel Law "The Happy Seizure Kid" (Derby, KS, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mega Man Anniversary Collection (Video Game)

The original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was a strong system due to the classic game series that graced it. You had the great Zelda, Mario, Ninja Gaiden, and the RPG games like Final Fantasy and Dragonwarrior. Among my favorite series of all time happens to be the blue bomber (as we true fans called him), Mega Man. There were six on the NES as well as the 7th one for Super Nintendo and the eighth one for PlayStation. For years I anticipated a treatment like they did for Mario All-Stars (although they made The Wily Wars for Genesis, which had the first three, but that wasn't enough...), and I finally got my wish... all eight original games on one disc.

THE GOOD
Not ONLY do you get the original games on the one disc, you ALSO get the two previously Japan-only arcade games, Mega Man: The Power Battles and Mega Man: The Power Fighters. The arcade games you must unlock before playing. I don't see that as a drawback because gamers must experience the original games (especially you poor gamers that didn't grow up playing it). Most of the music in the first 6 games are remixed, most of them sounding quite good; the music in Mega Mans 5 and 6 are VASTLY improved over their original counterparts. Not only that, but you have the option of playing the games in their original forms as well. Mega Man 8 doesn't change much, but remember its crappy load time between sections? GONE. The game loads very quick-paced, and I am forever grateful to those involved with the game that eliminated it. Another secret you can unlock---and this surprised me---is the first episode of the short-lived Mega Man cartoon series (y'know, the one with Mega Man voiced by a GUY, and he was also Goku??). Not just a clip, not a collection of clips, THE ENTIRE EPISODE. That's the best secret to unlock aside from the arcade games. Also included amongst the secrets are picture sets of early drafts of characters, titles, and so forth (one of the original names for Mega Man is "Knuckle Kid." What a weird name.).

THE BAD
There's few wrongs with this game, but I mention them nonetheless. First off, when I said MOST of the music is remixed, by that I mean that Mega Mans 4,5, and 6 have totally remixed music but the first three do not. You'll hear, for example, Cut Man's theme and then when the boss music comes up, it's the original 6-bit music. Not necessarily bad, but I do wish they would've remixed every piece of music. Also, most of the secrets not mentioned in THE GOOD are mostly remixed music that has nothing to do with the series. Also, and I didn't see this as a terrible thing since the controls are set in my preference anyhow, but you can't change the control scheme. That might irritate some people, but thankfully, it didn't irritate me.

OVERALL
I didn't find much wrong with this game. It's a great anniversary edition of gamers' favorite blue bomber, and I'm glad that they finally brought them over to the PlayStation 2 and Gamecube for all gamers to play (Xbox, however, got the shaft.). Not only that, but it's only around $30. That's a GREAT price for 10 classic games on one disc. New gamers, do have the patience and the initiative to try out this collection. It's a piece of gaming history and my generation of gamers understand what I mean by saying that this is one of the best game series to ever enter our fertile imaginations.