Found this surprisingly-stable Game Maker game last night, and figured Mr. Blue Bomber-helmet-for-an-avatar and his TASing buddies might get some kicks out of it. =P
http://www.freewebs.com/best_quality/download.htm for the download and screenshots.
(Download is a Rapidshare link, so you'll have to pass through Rapidshare's little anti-leech system first. -_- For those not acquainted with it: scroll down and hit the "free" download button, then follow the instructions on the next page to eventually get it downloaded.)
It's a Rockman/Megaman game where you fight just the bosses. Sort of like those arcade games Power Battle and Power Fighters...
Notable feature list:
- All the game's graphics were taken or adapted from the NES games. Heh. =P
- NO "rock-paper-scissors HA HA I PWN J00 WITH +0P 5P1|\|" boss weakness loop. o_O Rather, everyone simply has their own RPG-like attack and defense stats (listed in the readme), which are used when figuring out damage done by an attack.
- 20 playable characters, and 20 matching stages: Rock, Blues, and 3 robot masters from each of the 6 NES games. (The author intends to eventually have around 80 characters, once the remaining heroes and bosses are finished. Though college is slowing down his work on the next version...)
- Two modes: arcade (one player as Rock or Blues vs. all the robot masters and then Dr. Wily; robot masters you beat are unlocked in versus mode) and versus (two players against each other; any character unlocked in arcade mode is usable).
I found it to be quite enjoyable, though I could see someone with few friends visiting having to delete their saved game often, since once you beat a boss in arcade mode you can't challenge them again...luckily, the plain-text save file is easy to hack, if you need everybody unlocked for a versus mode game. =P
But if you can manage to get two players on one computer, and if you can get joystick controls to work somehow (I haven't had any luck with either the in-game settings or JoyToKey), I suspect you'll have a blast. :)
