Mega Man Maps

[marioman]

I just noticed that Zeric's Mega Man 8 maps are being used as a guide for the http://www31.atwiki.jp/rockman8/">Rockman 8 FC project.  This project is somehow affiliated with 2chan, so I am sure that it is a fairly healthy publicity source.  Congratulations Zeric.

[Will]

I have a question that has been buzzing me for a bit of time, but why do they called the bosses in Mega Man Robot Masters and not refer to them as Androids? They do after all have the build similar enought to humans to be identified as an android. On the other hand they are not made to look like humans much. Even Guts man doesn't mimic human looks at all, but more like a gorilla's. Still robot masters Ice man and Plant man look very life like that I mistook them for biogenetic creations when I first played Mega Man. Do you have any similar views on aspects like these?

[RT 55J]

Robot masters are called robot masters because they are robots that are the "masters" of lesser robots.

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"its a good day to do what has to be done by me and help my brother to defeat the enemys" - John Freeman

[JonLeung]

I've often wondered, but never bothered to look up, is "Robot Master" an official Capcom term?  Or is it one now, but didn't originate as such?



EDIT: Unless I missed it, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_master">Wikipedia article on "Robot Master" doesn't say anything about the term's origin.  I did notice that it says the term isn't used in Japan.

[JonLeung]

Yesterday I uploaded Mega Man Zero 4's Magnetic Zone (Stormy) and Particle Beam (Cloudy) by Geminiman.

[marioman]

Quick update to restore what was lost during the hack.  I think that everything is right now.

[marioman]

Updated list again to restore information lost during the forum transition.  Since we've got new features now, I may do a little tweaking to improve the list format.

EDIT: I have placed all of the walk through walls codes on the first post in a code tag.  Is there a spoiler/hide tag for this forum?  That would work better.

[Maxim]

There's plenty of formatting available, why not tabulate it?

Game	Maps Left
NES
Mega Man	Complete
Mega Man 2	Complete
Mega Man 3	Complete
Mega Man 4	Complete
Mega Man 5	Complete
Mega Man 6	Complete
Mega Man Board	Complete
SNES
Mega Man 7	Complete
Mega Man & Bass	Complete
Mega Man Soccer	Complete

...etc. Here's the guide, but try not to go nuts with the shadowed marquee rainbow-coloured Comic Sans.

[marioman]

Thanks for the suggestion Maxim.  I'll test a few of the new features and see what I can come up with.

[marioman]

Just noticed that I missed the late update this weekend.  It looks like Will has ripped some more BN3 maps which brings the map count up to 94.  BN1 has 118 maps and BN2 has 161 maps, so I would guess that he is nearing completion.  Excellent work.

[Will]

I have now reached the WWW Fortress in Battle Network 3, which makes me at an approximate 85% progress. After the WWW Fortress comes the rest of the Undernet and the Secret Area of the internet. My map count now reaches a total of 113.

[marioman]

And like magic, the BN3 map count jumps from 46% to 85%.  Nice work as always.  I am just impressed that you will have reached a map count of about 400 for the three games once BN3 is completed.  Talk about dedication.

[Will]

Battle Network 3 will soon be finished now that I've dealt with the WWW Fortress. Undernet and Secret Area here I come. By the time I finished its a grand total of 128 for that game.

[Will]

I have finally finished mapping "Mega Man Battle Network 3" and have submitted the whole lot. I think I'll take a temporary retirement from Mega Man mapping before I proceed to Battle Network 4. In the mean time I have other ideas, you can find on the Map Requests Board. Does anyone know what the differences between the Red Sun and Blue Moon versions of Battle Network?

[marioman]

BN4 Differences Guide  The differences are basically bosses, transformations, and chips as far as I can tell.

Congratulations Will.  I'll update the list after the maps are up.