Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero

Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero

Game Information Developer(s): SnoruntPyro Director(s): SnoruntPyro Series: Mega Man Classic Platform(s): PC Release date(s): June 26, 2020 Current Version: 1.0 Genre(s): Action / Platform Media: Digital download (mirror)

Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero (also known as MaGMML: Episode Zero or MaGMML EZ for short) is an interquel in the Make a Good Mega Man Level series, set in between Make a Good Mega Man Level and Make a Good Mega Man Level 2. The game was originally intended to be part of Make a Good Mega Man Level Remastered, but development issues on that game resulted in Episode Zero becoming its own game. Unlike past MaGMML projects, the game is not a contest, but rather a linear collaborative game with community-submitted levels and a greater emphasis on story.

Story

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Divided into a three chapter structure, the story follows Zero after his first battle with Mega Man, as he helps Dr. Wily gather Energy Elements to aid his research in altering the fabric of reality. Along the way, Zero comes into conflict with a mysterious quartet of robots known as the Simulation Recon and Research Administration (SRARA). What little else is known about the story is that Agents Krantz and Stern from the Archie comics are expected to play a role, and the third chapter takes place in Tier X, with Null and Void being the final level.

Gameplay

Instead of Mega Man, players control Zero in gameplay similar to that of the canon Zero's in the Mega Man X games. Zero has increased mobility compared to Mega Man, being able to dash, air-dash, double-jump, and stomp. While he lacks Special Weapons, he has three weapons; the Z-Buster, a slow shot that can be aimed slightly up or down with no energy cost, the Z-Saber, a close-quarters energy slash, and the Z-Burst, a wide burst of piercing shots. Additionally, he has five chips he can equip to alter each weapon, as well as use a unique "Drive" weapon. Unlike the weapons (sans the Z-Buster), an equipped chip doesn't use ammunition, but drains energy over time, and can only be refilled by passing a checkpoint.

Entries

In total, there are 62 entries/stages split across three chapters. Unlike other games in the MaGMML series, each one is unlocked and played through in a linear order (although Chapter 2 allows the player to choose which order to collect the chips in). The stages are listed below, in order:

Prologue

• Explosive Freefall

Chapter 1: From Zero to... Zero

• Surveillance Canyon
• Gusty Gorge
• Defeat the Giant Spear Man!
• Mega City
• Kingdom Crisis/Contra Base (split path)
• Lost Valley
• Twilight Terrace/Skyhigh Ridge (split path)
• Abandoned Lab
• Subterranean Stronghold
• Vertical Hunger
• Dr. Wily's Secret Bunker

Chapter 2: Searching Far and Wide

Flame Chip

• Scorched Factory
• Hot Steps
• Recoil Recon
• Dispute Over Sawblades
• Scarlet Temple
• Refurbished Pyramid
• Surfboard Showdown
• Offshore Hangar Cluster
• Horizon Zero

Icicle Chip

• Frosty Fields
• When Spikefalls Freeze Over
• Robot Ink Printing Facility
• Forgotten Fortress: The Lab
• Nocturnal Assault
• Springy Scaffolding
• BlocBunker
• Midnight Aurora
• Metropolitan Neapolitan

Zap Chip

• Force Facility
• Pepsi Zero
• Entrance Succession
• Projectile Party!
• Volt Man Factory
• Lightningrod Lab
• Shocking Wacko Stage
• Out of Order
• Stormy Spire

Psycho Chip

• The Red Woods
• Vertical Vine Venture
• String Theory
• Cursor Corruption
• Temporal Pillar
• Bubble Base
• Wicked Waterworks
• In the Flesh
• Space Jam

Other

• Construction of Constructions
• Mojo Dojo
• S.R.A.R.A. HQ

Chapter 3: Point at the End of Reality

• Entrance to Tier X
• Ghouls n' Ghasts
• Toxic Tunnels
• Looping Growth Garden
• Rainbow Ravine
• Shift Posting
• Psionic Space Station
• Ice Breaker
• Code Landfill
• Lily Airpad
• Null and Void

Bosses

Chapter 1 Minibosses

For everyone's sake, this is going to only list chapter 1 until the spoiler period is over. Thanks in advance!

	Name	Stage	Weakness	Difficulty
File:Dangerous duck.png	Dangerous Duck	Defeat the Giant Spear Man!	TBA	★
File:Pirahnabiran.png	Piranhabiran	Kingdom Crisis	TBA	★
File:Contra brain.png	Gomeramos King	Contra Base	TBA	★
	Hanabiran	Twilight Terrace	TBA	★
	Gorilla Tank	Skyhigh Ridge	TBA	★
	Tama	Skyhigh Ridge	TBA	★
	Suzak and Fenix	Skyhigh Ridge	TBA	★
File:TwinshooterG.png	Twinshooter G	Subterranean Stronghold	TBA	★

Chapter 1 Bosses

	Name	Stage	Weakness	Difficulty
	Giant Spear Man	Defeat the Giant Spear Man!	TBA	★★
	SRARA Up N' Down	Mega City	TBA	★★
adding more later - cut	Thwomp Man	Kingdom Crisis	TBA	★★
	Dethgerbis	Contra Base	TBA	★★
	Honey Woman	Twilight Terrace	TBA	★★
	Doc Robot Overloaded	Abandoned Lab	TBA	★★★★
	Punk	Subterranean Stronghold	TBA	★★
	Boomer Kuwanger	Vertical Hunger	TBA	★★
	Giga Kwuangata	Vertical Hunger	TBA	★★

See Also

• What is Episode Zero?
• MaGMML: Episode Zero - Submission Guidelines