I still remember the first time I was finally able to play it on emulator, with no sound, slowdown and awkward controls (little did we know then, playing the real thing wasn't much better). Those were the days, eh Doc?

I picked this up a while back, hoping that the game manual would have color art of the bosses... but no such luck. It would figure that some random one-page spread in a gaming magazine would showcase more original art than the product itself. We were sort of used to bizarre low-quality licensed Mega Man games in the US (like the PC or Tiger electronics ones), but at that time it was sort of new in Japan. Caused a fuss. But since it brought us some neat little cameos in the ZX series, I'd say it all worked out in the end.