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Platform(s): PC

Genre: Platformer

Estimated year of release: 2012-2013

Graphics/art style: 8 bit, same style as the original Famicom/NES games

Notable characters: Mega man

Notable gameplay mechanics: Started the same way as any Mega man game from that era, but the screen showed no enemies at all. There was just a long hallway, then at the end of that hallway, a ladder that went up and took the character to another screen. When reached the top, I was stuck with nothing to do because the controls didn't work.

Other details: I have a memory of playing a Mega man game in 2012 or early 2013, which I did not pay for nor downloaded it from Steam (I had no account back then), so that's why I believe it's a fan made game.

My own research has brought me to Street Fighter X Mega Man, which is aligned with the timeframe and graphics. However, I have no recollection of it ever involving any Street Fighter characters. My experience was the following: downloaded the game from a link a brazilian Youtuber posted on Twitter (don't recall who), played it for a few minutes but the game was laggy and showed no enemies nor any ability to shoot or anything, so I just closed the tab. My suspicion was that I could've been an early build of the Street Fighter game, so I've looked up Seow Zong Hui's Youtube channel and he had made several dev log videos showing him working on this game, but from the ones I've seen (have not seen all of them) didn't have anything similar to what I described above. I know it's a long shot and my memory is definitely fuzzy on the details, but if anyone has any idea as to what could be the game I played, I'd be happy to hear.