Drill Boulder

Drill Boulder

Information In-Game Information HP: 1 Attack Damage: 6 (contact) 4 (rock fragment) 4 (contact)1 Type: Damage Location(s): MaGMML2: Cardinal Man Joe Destruction Co. Gunpowder Cellar Bouncy Castle Guts Man's Asteroid Reality Core Null and Void Programmer(s): Unknown Series Information Official Game Appearances: Mega Man 4 Mega Man III MaGMML Game Appearances: Make a Good Mega Man Level 2

The Drill Boulder is a gimmick from Mega Man 4, found in Drill Man's stage. It is a large boulder that drops from chutes and shatters upon hitting the ground.

Drill Boulders were first made available in the devkit for the original Make a Good Mega Man Level, but absolutely no stage in the final game used them.

Drill Boulders returned in Make a Good Mega Man Level 2, and were used in the entries Cardinal Man, Joe Destruction Co., Gunpowder Cellar, Bouncy Castle, and Guts Man's Asteroid. They also appeared in the Wily stage Reality Core, and in Null and Void.

Behavior

Drill Boulders are created by Drill Boulder Spawners. If Mega Man gets close enough to one such spawner, it will create a Drill Boulder that quickly falls to the ground. When it lands, it breaks into four smaller rock pieces that disappear upon hitting the ground and are capable of hurting Mega Man. If shot before hitting the ground, however, Drill Boulders will not create any rock fragments. If he remains close to the spawner, it will produce another Drill Boulder provided that one (or its rock fragments) isn't already present onscreen.

Trivia

• Drill Boulders were initially named "drillman_rock" in Make a Good Mega Man Level's devkit.