Mega Man 2 (found early iOS port of NES action-platformer sequel; 2009): Difference between revisions

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The port's startup screen.

Status: Found

Date found: 04 Dec 2020

Found by: MatPac13

Mega Man 2 (or Mega Man II), one of Capcom's most popular NES games, was ported to the iPhone and iPod Touch in March 2009 with a free version of the game called Mega Man II Lite made around the same time as the full version and looks exactly like the NES version with some new things that weren't in the original NES game like the "Help" and "Options" buttons. The port was trashed by reviewers^[1] and even IGN for the "terrible" touchscreen controls and physics.^[2] This version was delisted from the App Store around 2014-2015 and was replaced by the new version of Mega Man 2 for 64-Bit iOS devices.

On December 4th, 2020, an Archive.org user by the name of MatPac13 uploaded the early iOS port of Mega Man 2 making the game found.

On January 15th, the Lite version of the early iOS port was discovered and was shared on the mtmdev.org forums by RockmanKB.

Gallery

Videos

AppSpy (Pocket Gamer) Gameplay video from 2010.

Footage of the game running on the iPad by panther2598.

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Yet another review of the game's early port by MoonShinetech.

Screenshots of the Old iOS Port

Game icon of Mega Man II that's shown on the Home Screen.
App Store icon of Mega Man II the full version
The App Store icon of Mega Man II Lite.
Title screen.
Mega Man in Wood Man's stage (1).
Mega Man in Wood Man's stage (2).
Mega Man in Wood Man's stage (3)
Mega Man in Crash Man's stage.
Mega Man in Bubble Man's stage.
Mega Man in Metal Man's stage.
Mega Man in Wood Man's stage, but it's in portrait mode.
Mega Man fighting Wood Man.

External Links

Archive of Mega Man 2 Lite's iTunes page. Retrieved 29 Nov '20
Wikipedia page for Mega Man 2. Retrieved 30 Nov '20
Mega Man Knowledge Base page for Mega Man 2. Retrieved 11 Nov '21
Mega Man 2's early iOS port download page. Retrieved 06 Dec '20
Mega Man 2 Lite's download page Retrieved 02 Feb '21

Reference

↑ random.access review of the game's early iOS port. Retrieved 11 Nov '21
↑ IGN review of the game's early iOS port. Retrieved 01 Dec '20

[1] random.access review of the game's early iOS port. Retrieved 11 Nov '21

[2] IGN review of the game's early iOS port. Retrieved 01 Dec '20

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-''Mega Man 2'' (or ''Mega Man II''), one of Capcom's most popular NES games, was '''ported to the iPhone and iPod Touch in March 2009''' with a free version of the game called ''Mega Man II Lite'' made around the same time as the full version and looks exactly like the NES version with some new things that weren't in the original NES game like the "Help" and "Options" buttons. The port was trashed by reviewers and even IGN for the "terrible" touchscreen controls and physics.<ref>[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/28/mega-man-2-iphone-review%3famp=1 IGN review of the game's early iOS port.] Retrieved 01 Dec '20</ref>This version was delisted from the App Store around 2014 or 2015 and was replaced by the new version of ''Mega Man 2'' for 64-Bit iOS devices; as of right now, the IPA file for the early iOS release has not been dumped anywhere online, all the links that have been discovered are either shut down or have been deleted off the websites, so we cannot play it yet, though some gameplay videos of this early port still exist on YouTube.
+'''''Mega Man 2''''' (or '''''Mega Man II'''''), one of Capcom's most popular NES games, was '''ported to the iPhone and iPod Touch in March 2009''' with a free version of the game called ''Mega Man II Lite'' made around the same time as the full version and looks exactly like the NES version with some new things that weren't in the original NES game like the "Help" and "Options" buttons. The port was trashed by reviewers<ref>[http://randomacc.net/system/reviews/mega_man_2_iphone.shtml random.access review of the game's early iOS port.] Retrieved 11 Nov '21</ref> and even IGN for the "terrible" touchscreen controls and physics.<ref>[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/28/mega-man-2-iphone-review%3famp=1 IGN review of the game's early iOS port.] Retrieved 01 Dec '20</ref> This version was delisted from the App Store around 2014-2015 and was replaced by the new version of ''Mega Man 2'' for 64-Bit iOS devices.
 On December 4th, 2020, an Archive.org user by the name of MatPac13 uploaded the early iOS port of ''Mega Man 2'' making the game found.
-On January 15th, the Lite version of the early iOS port was discovered and was shared on the mtmdev.org forums by RockmanKB
+On January 15th, the Lite version of the early iOS port was discovered and was shared on the mtmdev.org forums by RockmanKB.
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 *[[Mega Man Universe (lost builds of unfinished PSN/XBLA game; 2010-2011)]]
 *[[Mega Man Anniversary Collection (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance compilation game; 2003)]]
 ==External Links==
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101018155650/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mega-man-ii-lite/id309380073?mt=8 Archive of ''Mega Man 2 Lite'''s iTunes page.] Retrieved 29 Nov '20
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_2 Wikipedia page for ''Mega Man 2''.] Retrieved 30 Nov '20
+*[https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_2 Mega Man Knowledge Base page for ''Mega Man 2''.] Retrieved 11 Nov '21
 *[https://archive.org/details/mega-man-2-v-1.5.2 ''Mega Man 2'''s early iOS port download page.] Retrieved 06 Dec '20
 *[https://mtmdev.org/forum/index.php?attachments/mega-man-ii-lite-v1-5-1-ipa.1074/ Mega Man 2 Lite's download page] Retrieved 02 Feb '21