1991


     A young Midwestern boy is enduring the decidedly-underwhelming academic challenges of fifth grade. His afternoon math class is especially kittenish, so he decides to find a productive outlet for his creative juices. The 8-bit video game market is still running strong, and the paradigm itself is sterling. Plus, that Ritalinâ„¢ stuff he just got put on simply won't let him remain idle. So the kid decides to design a new entry in the Mega Man series (which at this point is barely up to 4).

The general formula for such an entry is, at this point in time, readily apparent (but not yet comical). So he designs eight new robot masters, eight new levels showcasing their flavor-of-the-week, etc. But all good things must come to an end, and so does fifth grade. The 16-bit era starts roaring with the mid-'92 release of SNES Zelda, and the plans get shoved away with the rest of the elementary schoolwork.


Mid-90's


     Someone(s) decide/s to emulate the original NES; every game in the expansive library gets dumped. These files get distributed throughout a series of tubes known collectively as the Internet. A few days later (probably), another someone(s) decide/s to try their hand at altering the contents of said files...


2003


     The Midwestern kid (now in college and having since graduated from Ritalinâ„¢ to Adderallâ„¢) is introduced to the post-modern art of ROM hacking via I-Mockery and That One Other Site. He keeps tabs on the scene whenever school and life provide the chance to do so.


2008

     After cutting his teeth on a few hacks of his own, he remembers that box of schoolwork stored away in a crawlspace somewhere in the Midwest, within which reside almost 20-year-old plans that technology has finally rendered actionable...

You know what would be interesting...a Mega Man hack on a comic book theme. The names are already there...Spider-Man...Iron Man...Batman....Absorbing Man....

I support this product and/or service.

I just want to use this opportunity to remind everyone of the elongated man.

If someone is needed to help with putting the sprites together, I can do it, but you'll get it back in "Windows Bitmap". It's what I have because I can't install anything. But my work is top notch and a half! I have NO coding skills, although much in the way of design. Please PM me about it if you want my assistance.

RALPH DIBNY WAS THE MOTHALOVIN SHIT.

;_;

Y'know? I've been wanting to see a Fire Emblem or SRW hack that hacks in Comic Book characters. I think it'd be both hilarious and cool to see Spider-Man be supported by Superman as they fight... idk, Venom or something. And then Venom joins and he teams up with idk who and beats up idk who...

... I just found something shockingly disappointing about myself: I don't know that much about comic book super heroes after all!! *shock followed by the apocalypse*

This is where I go away.