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Thanks for the Tip
Time for another random slice of Retromags! We haven’t done this in a while. Today’s snippet comes from page 50 of EGM Issue #2 (June, 1989), back when they were the new kids on the magazine rack! And...
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Happy Halloween!
That was me back on Halloween of 1990. I know, it’s not exactly the best Mega Man kids’ costume ever made, but considering our circumstances back then, it was pretty amazing and as far as I’m...
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For a rainy day
Chances are I’ll be losing power before long, thanks to a certain hurricane. What will I do without electricity? (Besides continue to not update this blog?) I’m not sure, but maybe I’ll play a little...
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I have a confession to make: I don’t hate the Mega Man X iOS port. Yes, you read that right. I just don’t. Matter of fact, I don’t think it’s bad at all. It’s not the cheap cash-in mess of a game that...
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Coffee from Brazil?
You might say Hitoshi Ariga is a man who appreciates little cameos. His mangas tend to be full of them, the Rockman ones especially. It helps to keep an eye out, because you never know who might pop up...
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AAARRF!
Here’s a random bit of the past for the TRUE FAN: an ad for the Nubytech MMX controller that ran in magazines and even the GCN Mega Man X Collection booklet. Copy reads: NOW HE’S GOT HIS OWN...
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Happy Katanakka, one and all!
It’s our day of Thanksgiving here in the States. Why not take a minute to appreciate the people who are closest to you? Among the many blessings I’m counting this year, I want to give special thanks to...
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25 Days of Rockman
In honor of Rockman’s 25th birthday, I’m attempting something I’ve never managed to do in the past: 25 posts. IN A ROW. One for each year of Rockman’s existence. I’ll be putting up some very old and...
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Spring is here
Well spring has sprung, but I wouldn’t know it from looking out my window. There’s more snow outside right now as I’m writing this than I’ve seen during the entirety of this winter. At least I can gaze...
View ArticleFictional and Futuristic
In December of 2007 Capcom put out a duo of arranged soundtrack albums for Rockman’s 20th anniversary. The Techno Arrange album contained the following track, a remixed version of Elec Man’s theme...
View ArticleMega TV
So in two years, we’ll have another Mega Man cartoon… you know, maybe. It’s the first sign we’ve been given in recent times that Capcom isn’t planning to just sit on the franchise and continue to...
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Q-bans!
Pretty soon Capcom is going to be selling cutesy Rockman stickers. Would you believe there was slightly similar merchandise for sale 20 years ago? Wow, what a segue. Q-ban, the chinese version of chibi...
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Food for the troops!
I began this post in 2011. Every time I started working on it I went to a dark place and couldn’t go on. That year had that profound an effect on my life. It changed me. Most of the people around me...
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The Familiar Familiar
Time for another topic from the Lav archives. This one revolves around a most interesting tidbit on Rockman’s first helper robot in 2008’s R20 Official Complete Works book: early concept art showing an...
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Q-ZERO
Didn’t think they’d forget Zero, did you? This is my last round of Q-bans, so enjoy! Zero has the 5 poses I’ve found, which gives him the most unique images out of any of the sets. His Q-ban look based...
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Seeing Red
A Red Ash reaction reaction post. There are the embers of a fire that’s gone out, but I can still feel the heat on my skin.This mess we’re in… Ever since I watched Barrett run up the side of a...
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Retro Six
Mega Man 5 US ad appearing in EGM #43 February 1993. (Wait, I thought this was about Six?) It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Retromags post, so today for your viewing pleasure let’s all gawk at...
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Dee Jay may be available to dance on a robot cat at your next party.
Capcom Magazine ’94 insert from the June 3 issue of FamiMaga. Gaze upon the cover for Capcom Magazine ’94: Mega Man, Rush and Tango hang out with chibi versions of the four New Challengers from Super...
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Mega Man as Nonfiction
Wherein I review a certain recent piece of Mega Man literature. Some years back I decided to read David Sheff’s 1993 essential “Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your...
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