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Make a Good Mega Man Level

Make a Good Mega Man Level Title Screen

Game Information Developer(s): SnoruntPyro Programmer(s): Blyka/SnoruntPyro Series: Mega Man (Classic) Platform(s): PC Release date(s): May 23, 2016 Current Version: 1.6 Genre(s): Action / Platform Media: Digital download (mirror) Input: Keyboard

"I couldn't come up with a better description okay"

―SnoruntPyro on the contest

Make a Good Mega Man Level, also known as MaGMML and MaGMML1, is the first in the MaGMML series, taking place from 2015-2016. The premise, inspired by the Make a Good Level contests from Talkhaus, was to try and build the best level in a Mega Man engine that the contestants could, with this being accomplished with a modified Blyka's Engine, put together in Game Maker 8.0 Pro. Being the first in the series, there were quite a few quirks, such as a very badly put together rubric taken directly from MaGLX2, and the game being in Blyka's Engine rather than the Mega Engine. Also, unlike its successors, the devkit was request-only out of paranoia that the MaGMML1 engine would become the basis for a ton of crappy, low effort fangames that just used all the assets it had and nothing else. Needless to say, this was unfounded. The contest had 20 entries overall, split into 5 tiers of 4 levels each, with 6 Wily stages by the judges and 4 Tier Bosses. The contest was judged by SnoruntPyro, Cheez8, Duvi0, Mick Galbani and MrKyurem.

A remake of the game, now officially titled MaGMML1 Remastered, was revealed on the second anniversary of MaGMML1 (5/23/18). Its release date is unknown but it has been mentioned by SnoruntPyro that it is close to completion. Along with this, an brand new interquel was teased at, but all that has been officially shown is the name: Episode Zero. Things to note as revealed in the trailer are the new hub worlds completely remade from scratch, 2 new tier bosses replacing Jolt Man and Justice Man, those being a fortress boss from Mega Man ARM 2 and another unconfirmed boss, the game being made in a better version of the MaGMML2 engine, and a new costume shop that has Proto Man, Bass, and Roll, where as in the original all that could be bought was Proto Man from Eddie's shop.

Story

The game begins with a traditional intro cutscene explaining that since it had been months since Dr. Wily's last defeat, the people of Mega City or Towntown or whatever, were setting up a festival to celebrate the new peacetime. Predictably, Dr. Wily shows up and scatters the festival's Energy Elements, announcing yet another plan to take over the world and daring Mega Man to get past his unbreakable barrier by his newest castle. Dr. Light finds out that 24 Energy Elements will be able to break the barrier, and sends out Mega Man to the festival to collect them all.

Soon, Mega Man finds out that Dr. Wily has revived some fangame robot masters to stand in his way, but not much else comes of this. Once all 24 Energy Elements are collected, Mega Man returns to the lab to find out that Dr. Wily had broken in and left a note for Mega Man, challenging him to invade his fortress. Mega Man, as usual, gets in and clears it out, cornering Dr. Wily. After destroying his newest Wily Machine, Wily tells Mega Man that it's not over yet, and that he has yet to face his greatest creation ever. Mega Man chases Dr. Wily to a space platform, where a strange robot drops down. Mega Man battles this robot, but it turns out to be a weak piece of crap, only built to let Dr. Wily escape once again. Mega Man escapes the self-destructing castle, and the ordeal is over.

Gameplay

Gameplay is essentially the same as a typical NES classic Mega Man game. Being based on Blyka's Engine, the game shares the most similarities with Mega Man 5, and is the only MaGMML game to run at 30 FPS instead of 60. Mega Man starts the game with a full arsenal already in hand, voted in by the Talkhaus community. The goal of each stage is to get to the end and claim the Energy Element. Each level is placed in a tier based on how high of a score it got and a hub world is used to connect them all, with each tier having four levels each and a boss fight based on a fangame boss (except for Tier 5).

Weapons

	Weapon	Original Robot Master	Original Game
	Metal Blade	Metal Man	Mega Man 2
	Gemini Laser	Gemini Man	Mega Man 3
	Solar Blaze	Solar Man	Mega Man 10
	Top Spin	Top Man	Mega Man 3
	Thunder Wool	Sheep Man	Mega Man 10
	Black Hole Bomb	Galaxy Man	Mega Man 9
	Pharaoh Shot	Pharaoh Man	Mega Man 4
	Magic Card	Magic Man	Mega Man & Bass
	Rush Coil	N/A	Mega Man 3
	Rush Jet	N/A	Mega Man 4 (Variant)

Entries

Glass Man, the winning entry.

The first contest garnered a total of twenty entries.

Hub

The game is set entirely in Dr. Light's Lab. As more Energy Elements are collected, more Robot Masters show up.

Areas

• Tier 1
• Tier 2
• Tier 3
• Tier 4
• Tier 5
• Dr. Wily Stages - Wily Castle
• Eddie's Shop
• The Arena

Enemies

Croaker, a beloved enemy from this game.

Devkit Enemies

Custom Enemies

• Blocky (Wily 5)
• Cactton
• Charlie
• Cloud Bomber
• Gachappon (Wily 5)
• Gagabyoall
• Goombot 156
• Hammer Joe (Mega Man World)
• Koopoid
• Monty G
• R Suzy
• Trappon F
• Vitreous

Bosses

Devkit Minibosses

	Name	Locations	Original Game
	Hot Dog	Chroma Key Thunderclyffe Plant	Mega Man 2
	Lantern Fish	Napalm Forest and Caves Maze of Death	Mega Man 2
	Big Snakey	Chroma Key Wily Combo Maze of Death	Mega Man 3
	Penpen Maker	Midnight Snow SnoruntPyro's Stage	Mega Man 3
	Tama	Spiky Meltdown	Mega Man 3

Entry Minibosses

MaGMML1 has three custom minibosses, one of which appears in two variations in its stage.

	Name	Level	Weakness
	Wily Archives #1	Research Facility	Thunder Wool (Yellow Devil) Magic Card (Mecha Dragon) Top Spin (Kamegoro Maker)
	Wily Archives #2	Research Facility	Black Hole Bomb (Cossack Catcher) Gemini Laser (Dark Man 3) Metal Blade (Mechazaurus)
	The Moon	NEON GRAVITY	Solar Blaze
	Ronrez	Mega Man World	Pharaoh Shot

Robot Masters

MaGMML1 features a grand total of a single Robot Master, from the winning stage Glass Man.

	Name	Level	Weakness	Special Weapon
	Glass Man	Glass Man	Gemini Laser	Unknown

Entry Bosses

Aside from Glass Man, there are 3 other entry bosses.

	Name	Level	Weakness
	Wily Archives #3	Research Facility	Magic Card
	Gravity Machine	NEON GRAVITY	Black Hole Bomb
	Birdo	Mega Man World	Metal Blade

Tier Bosses

	Name	Tier	Weakness	Original Game
	Jolt Man	Tier 11	Gemini Laser	Mega Man Eternal
	Dagger Man	Tier 21 Tier 31R	Magic Card	Mega Man Super Fighting Robot
	Yoku Man	Tier 31	Pharaoh Shot	Mega Man Unlimited
	Justice Man	Tier 41	Metal Blade	Mega Man: Rock Force
	"Doc Lyric"	Tier 11R	Unknown	Mega Man ARM 2

Fortress Bosses

Every fortress stage has one boss, except the Final Stage, which has two.

	Name	Level	Weakness
	Ghost of Mega Man 3	SnoruntPyro's Stage	Thunder Wool
	Changkey Master	Dr. Wily's Incinerator Chute	Top Spin
	Shadow Morpher	Be the Bigger Person	Itself
	Neon Glass Birdo on a Guts Lift	Hall of Fame	Solar Blaze
	Air Capsule	MrKyurem's Stage	Thunder Wool
	"Trophy Machine"	Final Stage	Pharaoh Shot (Phase 1) Gemini Laser (Phase 2) Thunder Wool (Phase 3)
	Zero	Final Stage	None

Extra Bosses

These bosses are fought post-game, after the main storyline.

	Name	Level	Weakness
	Bright Man	Dr. Light's Lab	Pharaoh Shot
	Zero Soul	The Arena	None

Trivia

• Unlike its successors, the weapon poll did not seperate the weapons into categories, creating significant overlap in the arsenal. The weapon poll was also ran on Talkhaus before the contest was even put on Sprites Inc..