Mega Man 30: A Retrospective Gaming Documentary

Thirty Years of the Blue Bomber! (Chapter Markers and More Below!)


On December 17, 1987, Capcom released a game known as Rockman in Japan Soon after this game would come to the West as Megaman. You wouldn’t know it then but that one game would be the genesis for one of the best selling series of all time. 30 years later the MegaMan franchise has over a dozen spinoffs and over 100 games overall. To cover all of them would be a little too crazy/but we will take a look at how Megaman the character and the series were created and how the success of these early games laid the foundation for what Megaman has become today.

0:00 GTV ID
0:05 Intro: Grab an E-Can
1:25 Act 1: Design and Development
10:18 CM 1 Rockman 1, 2 and 3
11:47 Act 2: The Series Takes Shape
16:23 CM 2 Rockman 4, 5 and 6
17:20 Act 3: 30 Years and The Ultimate Game List

Episode information
GTV 40 "Mega Man is 30!" Season 2 Episode 19
Original Airdate: December 2, 2017
Produced November 11-22, 2017
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my new (at the time) MacBook Pro
with, of course, pirated versions of Final Cut Pro and Photoshop



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