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Games like Mega Man 1987
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Mega Man
Games closest to Mega Man
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels 1986Also resolved, classical in form and nostalgic
Fatal Fury 2 1992Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
Project-X 1992Also classical in form, resolved and earnest
Mega Man 11 2018Also resolved, classical in form and nostalgic
Star Raiders 1980Also resolved, classical in form and earnest
Metal Warriors 1995Also resolved, earnest and grave
Hatch Tales: A Heroic Hookshot Adventure 2024Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
Raid on Bungeling Bay 1984Also resolved, classical in form and grave
VectorMan 1995Also resolved, classical in form and nostalgic
Wonder Boy in Monster World 1991Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter 1997Also classical in form, resolved and earnest
Mega Man 3 1990Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
The same feel, in other forms
Books
Choosing Death 2004Also classical in form, nostalgic and resolved
The Far Side of the World 1984Also classical in form, earnest and nostalgic
Tirant lo Blanch 1490Also classical in form, earnest and resolved
Films
Steamboy 2004Also classical in form, grave and earnest
Where Eagles Dare 1968Also classical in form and grave
Albums
- What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? 2020Also resolved, classical in form and grave
- Working Man 1996Also nostalgic, earnest and grave
- DILLAGENCE II 2026Also classical in form, resolved and grave
Series
Versailles 2015Also classical in form, earnest and grave
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan 2021Also earnest, classical in form and grave
SAS Rogue Heroes 2022Also classical in form and earnest
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