Speed Demos Archive - Mega Man 6

Released in March 1994, Mega Man 6 was the last NES Mega Man game, and came out 2 Mega Man games too late to be the last Mega Man game with any original ideas, or any relevance. Dr. Wily is simply going through the motions this time around as all he does to disguise himself is don a pair of thick, black poser glasses and pass himself off as Mr. X (try the novelty glasses with oversized noses next time, they'll cover up the mustache). What's most notable about this game isn't the gameplay, it's the fact that two of the robot masters, Knight Man and Wind man, were designed by Nintendo Power readers, proving that lame, unoriginal robot designs aren't exclusive to Japan!

File details: 62.7 MB / 183 MB / 685 MB size (low / normal / high quality), requires DivX codec or VLC player. Thanks to Nate for transferring from DVD.

There is one thing that is super-annoying about speedrunning this game. There is a certain frame of animation, I guess, when Mega Man won't jump. This little glitch caused much frustration and a few mistakes. It reminds me of the annoying double-slash glitch in Ninja Gaiden III (Ryu will sometimes slash his sword twice even though the button is pressed only once).

My NES glitched during the credits; that's why those white lines appeared. I guess my NES overheated from all the intense speedrunning action. I'm just glad the glitch didn't occur during the run.

Another glitch happened in Wind Man's stage. I released the charge button, but the charging sound effect continued.

I wasted two or three seconds obtaining an E-tank, but I didn't have to use it.

There's another mistake that was bound to happen once during the run. In Mr. X's first stage, I switched to the jet when I'd meant to switch to the buster.

I'm just going to throw this challenge out there: If someone desires to attain a level of unprecedented awesomeness, he should strive to have the records for the six NES Mega Man games posted on SDA at the same time. That'd be harder than hardcore.

Thanks to Frezy for posting the bounty. And much thanks to the SDA staff.