Street Fighter Series (Street Fighter I / Street Fighter II / Mega Man / Mega Man 3)

by Capcom

Product Features

• Includes Street Fighter I & II, Mega Man 1 & 3
• For Windows 95/98

Product Details

• ASIN: B000F3Q826
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,508 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

4 Hits on one cd - Street Fighter, Street Fighter 2, Mega Man and Mega Man 3

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4 DOS games -- The majority is decent, September 7, 2011

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SMB Madman - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Street Fighter Series (Street Fighter I / Street Fighter II / Mega Man / Mega Man 3) (CD-ROM)

The DOS has had a pretty long lifetime. Even after succeeded by computers like the Windows 95, the ol' PC still lives on, as it contains memorable classics from years up to as far as the early 2000s, but the question is: Are the games in this collection some of those classics? Well, let's discuss about those games right now.

Before I actually start though, I can say this: In order to run your DOS games, disks or files themselves, on newer computers, you must use the DosBox emulator. In order to run a Windows 95 disk like this, though, that may be a different story.

===============STREET FIGHTER GAMES================
One thing I can say for sure is that Street Fighters 1 & 2 are pretty faithful to the original arcade versions, considering the limits of the DOS. Heck, they even manage to have the same colorfully cool graphics, but the music and sound effects aren't on-par. I recall a single song (If not similar sounding music) playing throughout the game with minimal sfx. Fortunately, they still play like how you expect them to: Identical to the arcade games' gameplay. Though the controls may be confusing at first (Heck, I even forgot what buttons you use just now), and the loading times are somewhat of a bummer (I mean, how long must you wait for a fight to begin in the game?), but overall, if you like arcade fighting games, including the likes of this series and Mortal Kombat, they might be worth a look.

===============MEGA MAN============================
Here, Mega Mans 1 & 3 will be separate sections, since there's much more to talk about.

You know that cool NES game of the same name, in which you take on various robot masters and steal their powers? Well, this game has the concept, but that's all that relates to the original. YUP! This is a totally different Mega Man game, with 3 original robot masters (Sonic Man, Dyna Man, and Volt Man) and pretty much anything you never expected to be in a Mega Man game.

The controls are actually simple, but awkward. You press J to jump and spacebar to shoot. Personally, I would use Joy-to-Key so I can use a USB controller. Strangely, unlike the Street Fighter games, Mega Man failed to capture the graphical quality of the NES games. The sound effects are classic. They sound like classic Atari sound effects. Speaking of which, there's no music, but this is excusable, since DOS platformers for its time had that same issue.

The gameplay, though still identical to the NES games, went on to be unique in interesting ways. It's stunning to see Mega Man fight frogs, bats, spiders, seals, birds, bees, etc. The level design is also pretty cool, but also frustrating in certain ways. Near the end of Dyna Man's stage, there's a row of pathways of spiders. Since you can't shoot downwards, you are forced to walk through, taking damage. Another crappy piece of design was how in the second area of Volt Man's stage, there are machines that suck you towards the harmful electricity. You NEED to jump through when the electricity is off.

Despite the frustrations, this game is still easier than the average Mega Man game. Even the Dr. Wily stage won't be a major problem. Instead of a teleport system, the robot masters are re-fought right as you enter through a gate. Since there are only 3 robot masters as opposed to 6 in the NES game, you can find out what their weaknesses are easily, although using the normal power can still be pretty effective, since they don't flash and you can shoot them without hesitating. The final boss isn't that great. Dr. Wily's machine just moves back and forth, chasing you. It is as sensitive to your bullets as the robot masters.

The ending isn't special, either. It's just a single screen combined with credits. Who would've known that only ONE GUY made the whole game? He's credited for everything but the Mega Man concept (Obviously Capcom's doing). Forgot who it was.....

Overall, Mega Man DOS isn't as amazing as the NES and Game Boy Mega Man games, but it sure is a good game for Mega Man fans.

===============MEGA MAN 3==================
Mega Man 3 is more or less like the first game (Same controls, gameplay, graphics, etc), except much more annoying. The level design is actually more of some kind of maze. Each level has multiple paths, and chances are you'd be lost in the middle of the level.

The enemies are actually tougher than the first game's, too. The ones that were in the previous installment happen to take more hits. The new enemies also take more hits, as well as being weirder (Live plants? Seriously?). If there is an obstacle at a small platform, though, you know you must make caarrreeful jumps.

The game also features 6 robot masters, but no password feature. This wasn't a problem in the first game, since that was short, but fun. HERE, since the levels are not that easy to navigate, and you could possibly die tons of times, having to continue or choose another stage, it would have been a life saver to be able to save!

Lastly, the most minor complaint: The robot master icons. Okay, so the icons depict the robot masters as color/suit rip-offs of other robot masters from the NES games (Blade Man -- purple Metal Man) (Bit Man -- yellow Hard Man) (Oil Man -- red Flash Man) (Wave Man -- Air Man! They didn't even change the look!). But guess what? They don't look like these rips in-game (Except Wave Man)! Since when was a robot master icon so misleading? Since this game, that's what.

Overall, this game is ONLY for die-hard Mega Man fans. Others can look elsewhere.

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1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT PURCHASE!!!, September 26, 2011

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jak981125 - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Street Fighter Series (Street Fighter I / Street Fighter II / Mega Man / Mega Man 3) (CD-ROM)

I want to warn you that you won't get the games you think you're purchasing. This CD does NOT have Mega Man or Mega Man 3 on it. Rather they've created two entirely different games and simply shoved those names on there. I'm not sure this is even legal. Also the manufacturer is NOT Capcom. It's some company called Hi Tech entertainment who merely produced this shameless knock off under license from Capcom.

I consider this sales fraud and will be looking into it.