Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch

Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch is a fan game created by CutmanMike using the Zandronum engine (previously Skulltag), combining first-person shooter and Mega Man style gameplay.

The game was released on October 8, 2010, at 8PM Greenwich Mean Time. The newest version, Version 3b, was released on August 12, 2013.

Plot
The story of the single-player mode of the game takes place one year after the events of Mega Man 6. The player is not Mega Man, but rather a "tournament robot" of customizable name and appearance that serves no purpose but to police the tournament. In fact, Mega Man even appears as an enemy in some stages.

After Mega Man defeated Dr. Wily for the sixth time, the real Mr. X was found and rescued. In celebration of his heroic efforts, Mr. X hosted the second annual robot master tournament with new rules and arenas. With permission from Dr. Light, each robot would have to be reprogrammed use the weapon swapping abilities of Mega Man to keep the competition fair.

During the final announcement of the tournament, Mega Man and Dr. Light's television is interrupted by Dr. Wily. He states that the tournament is a great idea, and that he wishes to prove his genius by entering all his robots to prove once and for all that Dr. Wily is superior to Dr. Light. With no leads on where Dr. Wily could be hiding, or what he could be plotting, Dr. Light decides to enter Mega Man and his other creations to the tournament to ensure Dr. Wily doesn't have anything hidden up his sleeves. Later on, the tournament robot discovers Wily's true plans of world domination during the Mega Man 3 chapter.

After fighting through the stages of the Robot Master from Mega Man 4-6, the tournament robot finds Dr Light, Tango, and Mr. X in a cage. A trapdoor opens up under his/her feet, dropping him/her into a new arena where he/she re-battles the Robot Masters up to Mega Man 6 (including Time and Oil Man) as well as a restored Gamma. After Gamma's defeat, Wily is jailed, but soon escapes from prison and continues entering his own robots into the tournament long after in a series of bonus chapters, based on the events of Mega Man 7 and 8. After fighting off the Wily Capsule from Mega Man 7, engaging in a brief duel with Duo, and entering the finals of the tournament with 8's Robot Masters, the Evil Robot breaks in, catching the attention of the robots. The tournament robot watches in the background as the Robot Masters argue with the Evil Robot and eventually attempt to battle him, resulting in the Evil Robot snatching their powers and flying off into space. The tournament robot finds Duo behind a structure, and bravely agrees to go after the Evil Robot alone in outer space, taking along Duo's Energy Fist. After a difficult fight, the tournament robot defeats the Evil Robot and returns to Earth.

A post-credits scene shows Dr. Wily fuming about a second robot foiling his plans in his laboratory with Bass and Treble, who states that "Phase 1" may be ruined, but quickly announces that they'll be going into "Phase 2".

Long after the events of the game, after the tournament robot's expiration date has passed, he/she is refitted with gold compartments due to his/her heroic efforts and displayed in the Robot Master Museum for centuries to come, with new heroes looking back at the past to remember the heroic tournament robot's efforts.

An official trailer for Version 4 reveals the next chapter to be based on the events of Mega Man & Bass, with King attempting to rebel against humanity for imposing expiration dates against robots, forshadowing the events of Mega Man 9. Unlike the previous chapters, the player teams up with Mega Man and Bass to fight against King's army in several team-based deathmatches as opposed to the usual free-for-all deathmatch format. A second trailer closer to release also revealed completely redesigned Bomb Man, Fire Man and Bright Man stages, as well as mysterious silhouettes of Buster Rod G, Mega Water S and Hyper Storm H at the end.

Gameplay
The gameplay is similar to classic Doom deathmatch modes, particularly to that of Skulltag. Weapons are found in the various levels, but each level contains a different set. There are over 50 levels, which consist of 8-bit textures & sprites based on past Robot Master's stages. Actions taken place will behave exactly the same as they do in the classic Mega Man games, but in a 3D perspective (with some minor exceptions). The player may opt to play as Mega Man, Roll, Proto Man, Bass, Duo, Bad Box Art Mega Man, the Mega Man Killers and any Robot Master from the first eight Mega Man titles (including Powered Up). Players may also download custom skins and apply them to emulate playing as certain characters. Differences regarding abilities and weaknesses are not added, meaning all players are balanced in terms of skill and do not use their respective weaponry except the common Buster unless they pick up a new weapon on the battlefield.

Trailer #2
This is the trailer of MM8BDM, showing off more levels, gameplay, modes of play, singleplayer bosses and more.



Download
Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch was released on October 8, 2010. Available for download here