Street Fighter X Mega Man Released, Free to Download

We’re big fans of crossover games (the latest among which is from the fighting genre, Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 and Tekken X Street Fighter vice verse), so it’s a “no surprise” surprise to us when we got word that Capcom will be doing a mashup on Mega Man and Street Fighter for both games’ 25th anniversaries.

Street Fighter X Mega Man simply put is the Mega Man gameplay of the old (see: NES) fitted with Street Fighter characters as the new game bosses, new weapons, and of course, humor. What’s fun here is the careful detail put into every level e.g. themed stages, great background music.

We’re going to reduce the blabbering to a minimum. Here’s the reveal trailer from Capcom itself.

Street Fighter X Mega Man  Official Game Trailer

Street Fighter X Mega Man is free to download directly at the Capcom Unity website.

As fun and as exciting as it is, we’re having difficulty downloading the game. It may be due to the influx of players on the website that’s causing the problems, or some other (there was one point that my progress bar suddenly stopped dl’ing at around 50%). Giddy users are also reporting corrupted downloads. Well, whatever. File sharers are already mirroring Street Fighter X Mega Man, but make sure it’s clean!

Happy 25th anniversaries Street Fighter and Mega Man!

Street Fighter X Mega Man Released, Free to Download

New Neo Geo X Console Released, Sells for $199

Good news for retrogaming fans and all those who want to experience the 90′s scene: the Neo Geo X has arrived.

We’ve heard about this mean machine since January of this year (it was confirmed in March 2012), and it’s everything you’d expect it’d be for a 90′s gaming device modernized for 20 years later: It sports a 4.3-inch LCD screen, a stick instead of a directional pad (for a more arcade-y experience), four command buttons, four shoulder buttons, volume and brightness buttons, a menu button. a start button, an A/V out slot, a 3.5mm audio port, an HDMI slot, a 5-pin USB port, and an SD card slot. Whew.

Handheld aside, there’s also the Neo Geo X Gold bundle. This set includes the Neo Geo X, an arcade stick, and a functioning AES (Advanced Entertainment System. It’s actually the Neo Geo X‘s charging dock. It opens up like a suitcase, and you can actually put the handheld inside and plug it in to charge) console replica, which will bring about the greatest nostalgic experience, if you don’t own the first machine of course. You can plug the AES replica on any current gen TV and just play away.

It’s not as attractive as it was decades ago, since we have incredibly powerful consoles and game engines, rendering the Neo Geo X obsolete even if it was remade a hundred times over, but the appeal here is the trip down to memory lane. You can’t buy memories, but you can at least try to relive them. There are also rumors that “new” games would be published for the console in the future.

The Neo Geo X includes 20 built-in games, including Neo Geo‘s best arcade hits such as Konami’s Metal Slug, Fatal Fury, King of Fighters ’95, and Samurai Shodown II.

The Neo Geo X Gold bundle is now available at Amazon and other game-centric stores for $ 199.00, approximately P8,050.00+.

New Neo Geo X Console Released, Sells for $199