Rockman 7

[UglyJoe]

Keiji Inafune has said before in interviews about RM9 that although it could be made possible on a NES/Famicom they wouldn't be able to find old code and adapt it or even program in this way because it's simply too old by now to be familiar enough with.

Yeah, and that's assuming they even have the original source code for those.  Capcom lost a bunch of stuff due to earthquakes (including a bunch of original Rockman art assets).  It's also easier from a features standpoint not to go the FC route.  Shipping out an FC rom with an emulator is easy.  Having that emulator somehow tie in to the XBL/PSN achievements?  Having the rom somehow work with DLC?  Not so much.

Wow, that looks awesome! Will that be on a cart or for emulators only?

It'll be sold on a cart through retrousb.com (the makers of the PowerPak -- no donor carts harmed!).  Because he's gonna sell it, I doubt he'll release the rom.  I'm sure somebody will dump it eventually, though.

Did anyone else sense a major I Wanna Be the Guy influence in this game?

Yeah, the author has said that IWBTG was a major source of inspiration.

I gotta be honest here - that homebrew game Battle Kid looks bad.  I've seen better megaman clones.

Eh, to each their own.  Try the demo rom before judging it, though.

[L___E___T]

Good point I should give it a try.  I remember Inafune saying about the source code, plus old stuff like that is often lost and not kept in an archive vault like I would have suspected.  Sad, very sad

[MarioMania]

I still want someone do a Mega Man 7 on the NES

Capcom should of kept MM7 on the FC/NES in the first place

[nintendodork]

In 1995?  The SNES was well into it's life by then.

[MarioMania]

I didn't like MM7 for the SNES to slow & felt odd..

Anyone have the Link to play MM& & MM8 8bit to play on the PC

[satoshi_matrix]

Rockman 8 FC isn't finished. Rockman & Forte FC is in the very beginning stages of development. Except Rockman 8 FC sometime next year, expect R&F FC in two years.

If making Rockman 7 from the ground up on the Famicom would be so hard, what about a very extensive rom hack? There are already some rather impressive hacks out there (Megman Ultra, Rockman no constancy, and for a really cool thrill, check out the beta of Megaman Ultra 2).

I hope this happens someday. I'd love to play Rockman 7 FC on my TV.

[MarioMania]

Will Rockman 8 FC be a port of the Saturn Version or something new??

[satoshi_matrix]

its still early in its development, but it looks like Rockman 8 FC will be a hybrid between the Saturn and PS versions, but instead of Cutman and Woodman appearing as hidden bosses and without the ability to gain their powers, they'll be replaced with Oilman and Timeman from the PSP remake of Rockman 1 complete with the ability to gain their powers.

But like I said, this is still a ways off. Don't expect Rockman 8 FC to pop up finished anytime soon.

[Bramsworth]

Someone ought to bring this thing to some pirate's attention. Maybe they'd port it to NES for us 

[L___E___T]

It's a good point, at least then we'd know if it works or not.  I wish thy made it on real hardware so we could stick it on a powerpak or even better see if it fits on an EPROM.

[MarioMania]

I would by a Mega Man 7 Repro

Why did they skip MM7..Rockman 8 is coming out

[L___E___T]

They didn't, they already made RM7.

[MarioMania]

I mean for the Famicom not the PC....

[L___E___T]

Oh hang on I'm confused then, RM8 isn't actually coming out as a FC ROM is it??!

[satoshi_matrix]

most certainly  not. I have no idea what MarioMania is referring to. Probably just got his facts wrong.