Mega Man: The New Lands Remastered
Rockman · ロックマン
A ground-up remake of Timaeus' own Mega Man 1 hack The New Lands, with new stages, weapons, bosses, enemy behaviors and music.
What it is
The New Lands Remastered revisits an earlier hack by the same author and rebuilds it to be fresher, fairer and more fun. Almost everything you meet is new: the stages and their layouts, the gimmicks inside them, the special weapons you earn, the boss fights, how enemies behave and much of the music and sound. A text file with the patch explains what each weapon does.
Updates
The updates since the first release have mostly smoothed the challenge. Version 1.1 fixed a softlock in the second Wily stage and made platform-spawning sections fairer. Version 1.2 raised low ceilings that caught the player's head, softened several sections and bosses and rebalanced weapons such as Wild Dynamite and Heat Hover. Version 1.3 trims the number of enemies a little, simplifies the bosses, stops Huntman and the Wily Machine from trapping you in corners and adjusts a few levels.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of Mega Man (USA), following the instructions on the hack's page. Created by Timaeus.