@@Gemini_Samura1 I've never heard of The Minibosses but The Protomen are fantastic. Also came here to mention Bit Brigade. They speedrun the game on stage while the band performs the music behind the runner. I've seen them 3 times and it's so fun to watch.
I beat this game while my brothers watched, cheering me on and rolling on the ground full of anxiety and joy. My favorite times in life were playing these old NES games with them. Thanks for keeping real gaming alive, cowboy.
Came here after seeing your ninja gaiden run, really enjoy your runs. The skill and the down to earth folksy feel have got me enjoying these runs more so than most other runs.
I remember my first year of university. I was playing Bubble Man's stage on my NES when my roommate came in and said, "What is that horrible music?" It was then that I knew he was an idiot.
Started watching your speed runs just recently they’re all Awesome I am absolutely shocked with this one particularly cause I’m a huge mm2 fan. Absolutely Awesome
The staff worked on this game in their spare time because Capcom didn't have enough faith in it, due to the unpopularity of the first game. I'm glad because this series is awesome!
@@HomeDefender30 Since watching this video a year ago I've seen some of his other runs and yeah, he's amazing. His Ninja Gaiden skills are ridiculously good.
Party4Keeps considering I was never even able to beat ninja gaiden.... haven’t tried as an adult but I remember being so frustrated with it as a child that I just took it out of the nes one day and never put it back in. Have it on an emulator... wonder if I could beat it now?
A minute and 31 seconds into the run and my mind is already blown. These games have ALWAYS been notoriously difficult for me and you made the first look like a regular shite enemy. Excellent clunk!
How is it that I've been playing Mega Man 2 since it came out and I never realized you could charge the Heat weapon until now! Thank you Cowboy for showing me the way once again! You have officially become my go-to on how to do shit!
"How is it that I've been playing Mega Man 2 since it came out and I never realized you could charge the Heat weapon until now!" -- It's because you're an idiot. That's all there is to it. Back in the day, you would play this with your friends and if you didn't know, chances are one of your friends might - unless of course your friends are just as stupid as you. Also there are gaming magazines that mentioned this. There are lots of ways to have known this.
I am really embarrassed to admit that i didnt know until i saw this video that Heat man's weapon is chargeable (i used it just like basic pea shooter) and Metal blade can be used in any direction
Yeah I posted a comment on here also talking about how I record it the stages on the game through my boombox lol.. I love this game and it's music when I was a kid. I would throw that cassette tape in that Sony Walkman before I hit the bed and would be knocked out before I knew it snoozing to the tunes. 🤗🤟
This is the very first video game I purchased with my own money as a child. I'd been putting $2 away every week for several months so I could afford to splurge on a NES cart in town! I still remember walking around the shops afterwards.. chuffed, but in a hurry to get back home :P
Nice job on the speed run. I dunno if you read the comment section here on UA-cam but you can shorten your time down by using air man's weapon on heat man. It's much faster than buster. I say this given your choice of route. Still, a really good speed run with a decent show of glitches.
I always remembered that the wood shield works great on Air Man read that in a Nintendo power and the other night I was just playing around with the Heat Gun and found out that one Full charge heat destroys the first Dr Wiley machine and it also works decent on Quick Man too, just a fun game I like to play around with !!!
I’ve never tried doing flash man first and using his power to go through airman a little faster. I always just start with airman but I like what you’ve done here
It's funny hearing about all the comments about how great the music is because when I was a kid I took my boombox and hit the record button on a bunch of the stages in Mega Man 2. I used to love playing them in my Sony Walkman when I was a kid trying to fall asleep at night. Little did I know at the time that most people consider this one of the best NES soundtracks so now I don't feel as weird about it lol. I really did love that games music as a kid though.
Pretty good..ive come close to this before. Maybe 33mins or so. Airman--metalman--woodman--flashman--crashman--quickman--bubbleman--heatman Order I do it in. Good run dude
Love your videos my man and they bring me back so many memories ! How old are you ? The reason that I ask because you seem very young to actually had played these games at their time. If you're under 30 then what made you all of a sudden like these old school games ? It's actually rare for younger generations to like old school games like these.
I can run the game on one life in around 40 minutes without any stage skips. It's crazy I've played this game hundreds of times (since its my favorite NES game) and never knew of those skips. Also learned a few tips from this that will save me more time (without glitches).
Seriously though. When I was a kid playing these games, I'd play for hours, weeks even. Renting and rerenting trying to beat these games. And now to watch somebody beat these games in 5 to 30 minutes depending on the game. It's just a very interesting thing to comprehend.
I just watched the world record of MM2 live by cyghfer with a time of 26:32. a couple of weeks ago. Amazing to see the best player in the world play this game.
![Mega Man 2 Speedrun in 26:32.4 [WORLD RECORD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hoqdi6783vw/mqdefault.jpg)
One of the best soundtracks to ever come from a video game period.
I love Double Dragon too.
Ever heard of the band The minibosses?
If not check them out. Fantastic stuff!
hell yeah i was looking for this reference. Great cover!
@@milano2kdc2 also check out the Protomen. Megaman story driven lyrics with punk/synth. Pretty interesting.
@@Gemini_Samura1 I've never heard of The Minibosses but The Protomen are fantastic.
Also came here to mention Bit Brigade. They speedrun the game on stage while the band performs the music behind the runner. I've seen them 3 times and it's so fun to watch.
When you wanna play some Mega Man 2 but have a rodeo in an hour
Wellington Sears hahahaha
Ur pathetic thats not how u play fair cheater
@@marcusbuencamino7696 Gonna cry?
@@marcusbuencamino7696 Did he offend you?
@Adrian Penza stop scamming
I beat this game while my brothers watched, cheering me on and rolling on the ground full of anxiety and joy. My favorite times in life were playing these old NES games with them. Thanks for keeping real gaming alive, cowboy.
The world needs more cowboy speed runners.
More of Arcus speedruns
Summer vacations in the early 90's....this game always takes me back.
These old nes play through a are bringing back memories of reading nintendo power for tips and cheat codes
Came here after seeing your ninja gaiden run, really enjoy your runs. The skill and the down to earth folksy feel have got me enjoying these runs more so than most other runs.
One of the absolute best 8-bit soundtracks ever!! The music is regularly (randomly) running through my mind!
Nice job and your uploads always make my day better.
I feel like this game was ahead of its time, truly a classic!
Probably my favorite game. Brings back a lot of memories. Great to see you playing it.
Arcus making my day with another greatly enjoyable run
Never trust anyone that doesn't jump into the gates
Hahaha. Yup
Yeah up
Thank you
My wife always gave me crap about doing that. So I showed her this comment and laughed😂
@@StudCity718 i love people
You are awesome! So skillful, and so relaxed, like the Bob Ross of speed running.
Arcus helps me not kill myself
#Perfect description
When your a Nevada gaming commissioner but NES is life.
And your trying to get your dimwitted nephew a job at the Tangiers
We may have to run a robot’s ass out of town.
you're *
@@mtlaw007 you must be fun at parties.
@@chrisblakey9116 fun at parties. Classic
The music in this game never gets old.
Best soundtrack ever
I remember my first year of university. I was playing Bubble Man's stage on my NES when my roommate came in and said, "What is that horrible music?" It was then that I knew he was an idiot.
One of my first favorite games when I was a kid.
Cause of the glorious music
@@AboveEmAllProduction absolutely
@@AboveEmAllProduction exactly!
That was actually my first game as a kid (next to Mario 1 which came with the NES).
Me too
God I forgot how amazing the music for this game was
Not only the best music of the Mega Man series, but also the best music of the 8 bit era.
That dragon fight in Wily Stage 1 is my favorite moment in the classic series. You knock it right out of the park.
The best Mega Man of them all...great music too...Arcus is the best retro gamer of them all
18:49 hands down, one of the best video game songs of all time.
This guy still hums the tunes even though he’s probably played this game a million times. That’s how good the music in this game is.
I love that you hum along to the music while playing. NES games had the best tracks.
Come for the music stay for the Klunk
Learned some new tricks here. Thank you!
You are damn good and these games bring back childhood nostalgia. Subscribed!
I remember beating this game over and over at 8 years old. The first walk to Alien Wily was so tense with the lack of music... Best MM ever.
Started watching your speed runs just recently they’re all Awesome I am absolutely shocked with this one particularly cause I’m a huge mm2 fan. Absolutely Awesome
You can just tell everyone put their all into developing that game from the gameplay to the layouts to the soundtrack…classic
The staff worked on this game in their spare time because Capcom didn't have enough faith in it, due to the unpopularity of the first game. I'm glad because this series is awesome!
Good work Arcus, love that bubble man stage music
I sure hate the Dr. W spaceship sound effect after the stage though.
Arcus, I like your speed runs. They're not the fastest but you're entertaining. Aaaaand clunk.
His Ninja Gaiden speedrun IS the fastest.
@@dreamlandnightmare Oh cool I didn't realize he had any world records. I'll check it out.
His ninja gaiden speed run is a world record... And it is AMAZING.
@@HomeDefender30 Since watching this video a year ago I've seen some of his other runs and yeah, he's amazing. His Ninja Gaiden skills are ridiculously good.
Party4Keeps considering I was never even able to beat ninja gaiden.... haven’t tried as an adult but I remember being so frustrated with it as a child that I just took it out of the nes one day and never put it back in.
Have it on an emulator... wonder if I could beat it now?
Arcus so wholesome. Can't get enough
A minute and 31 seconds into the run and my mind is already blown. These games have ALWAYS been notoriously difficult for me and you made the first look like a regular shite enemy. Excellent clunk!
Gotta say, it's great to see your view count jump tenfold in the past few months. You deserve it!
That heat man skip made me like and subscribe. I don’t even like speed runs but that’s a great trick
Yeah, I hate those damn blocks! lol
Ah, my favorite runner playing my favorite game :) good stuff
‘And blam, a good blam.’ A happy little accident 🤗
Watching Arcus speedrun every game I could never beat as a kid is my new favorite thing.
Отличное прохождение 👍
It was the worst of blams, it was the best of blams
Pretty solid clonks in there too
I do love a good bzzzzt
country boy that game you just destroyed was my favorite game growing up. Damn good PB. Hope you knab that record
I love your style. I listen to your videos as if it was ASMR.
hes got the speedrun down good. i enjoyed this a lot
Used to love this game. Arcus the man
Awesome gameplay man😎👍
its so relaxing watch you playing
How is it that I've been playing Mega Man 2 since it came out and I never realized you could charge the Heat weapon until now! Thank you Cowboy for showing me the way once again! You have officially become my go-to on how to do shit!
"How is it that I've been playing Mega Man 2 since it came out and I never realized you could charge the Heat weapon until now!"
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It's because you're an idiot. That's all there is to it.
Back in the day, you would play this with your friends and if you didn't know, chances are one of your friends might - unless of course your friends are just as stupid as you.
Also there are gaming magazines that mentioned this. There are lots of ways to have known this.
Kazuto Arase 荒瀬 和人 feel better?
I feel like an idiot so I guess you are correct
Phenomenal! This was one of my favourite games in the 90s.
“Aaaaand... clunk!” and “Mash mash mash!” now entered in my vocabulary. LOL
Love you lifestyle. Speedy but chilled gaming. Scoped out your Burrito speedrun. You are impressive. All the best.
I love MM2! It was the first game I finished. BTW from 2:49, that's some smooth jumping!
Great game dude, hi from Chile :D
This guy just suddenly popped up again for the second time; I`m glad he did. I like his manner!!
Good music and sound affects man
Can't get enough of your vids. So chill. Love your sound effects. My favorite speedrunner. Mucho appreciation for your work brother.
I am really embarrassed to admit that i didnt know until i saw this video that Heat man's weapon is chargeable (i used it just like basic pea shooter) and Metal blade can be used in any direction
It was told in the manual. If you bought the legacy collection then yeah you’d have to find out yourself.
Amazing, you are the real Quick Man here. Greetings from Chile :)
Mira donde te vine a pillar.
@@DoctorZyd jajajajajaj!! weeeeeenaaa!! saludos desde Chillán, Doctor Zyd :)
@@Diego_Aracena_Kovacevic me pillaste en mi siguiente proyecto.
They got MegaMan 2 in Chile? Oh snap!
@@edwardgaines6561 are you kidding,right?
I love this game!
You’re a legend.
I enjoy hearing the "klunks" in this way. Awesome use of the word!
Still remember beating this as a kid, took a while before realizing those damn bubbles had a use lol
Take a shot every time he says oops
Or blam
Klunk = drunk
I keep having this nightmare where I wake up and arcus is standing in my room with no pants on
Game addiction is no joke Jim !
Never beat this game or seen beat til now but did love trying..This guy is a monster
Man, I miss these classic games.
Facts this soundtrack was lit also megaman 3 and 6 were good ones too
Yeah I posted a comment on here also talking about how I record it the stages on the game through my boombox lol.. I love this game and it's music when I was a kid. I would throw that cassette tape in that Sony Walkman before I hit the bed and would be knocked out before I knew it snoozing to the tunes. 🤗🤟
Mega man x
What's up to my man Kevin,
You're the man
🍾
fun run ! thanks
This is the very first video game I purchased with my own money as a child. I'd been putting $2 away every week for several months so I could afford to splurge on a NES cart in town! I still remember walking around the shops afterwards.. chuffed, but in a hurry to get back home :P
Nice run there... Space Cowboy
Nice job on the speed run. I dunno if you read the comment section here on UA-cam but you can shorten your time down by using air man's weapon on heat man. It's much faster than buster. I say this given your choice of route. Still, a really good speed run with a decent show of glitches.
I always remembered that the wood shield works great on Air Man read that in a Nintendo power and the other night I was just playing around with the Heat Gun and found out that one Full charge heat destroys the first Dr Wiley machine and it also works decent on Quick Man too, just a fun game I like to play around with !!!
I’ve never tried doing flash man first and using his power to go through airman a little faster. I always just start with airman but I like what you’ve done here
Chillest dude in gaming. If Bob Ross did speedruns.
What in Tarnation!!
Bob Ross of gaming
It's funny hearing about all the comments about how great the music is because when I was a kid I took my boombox and hit the record button on a bunch of the stages in Mega Man 2. I used to love playing them in my Sony Walkman when I was a kid trying to fall asleep at night. Little did I know at the time that most people consider this one of the best NES soundtracks so now I don't feel as weird about it lol. I really did love that games music as a kid though.
Damn right Arcus rules!
Nicely performed,
Have seen alot of different ways to play-warp and defeat
Mega Man 2.. Your game playing-most impressive 👍
Pretty good..ive come close to this before. Maybe 33mins or so.
Airman--metalman--woodman--flashman--crashman--quickman--bubbleman--heatman
Order I do it in. Good run dude
Love your videos my man and they bring me back so many memories ! How old are you ? The reason that I ask because you seem very young to actually had played these games at their time. If you're under 30 then what made you all of a sudden like these old school games ? It's actually rare for younger generations to like old school games like these.
You are the man
I can run the game on one life in around 40 minutes without any stage skips. It's crazy I've played this game hundreds of times (since its my favorite NES game) and never knew of those skips. Also learned a few tips from this that will save me more time (without glitches).
You’re very good at this frustrating game. Lol
Nice run I wonder how many runners will use your new route
Well done kid
19:49 uh oh watchout for that roomba!
Blam.
Good Blam!
"Blam. Good blam." I love it.
this game has cool soundtracks
Seriously though.
When I was a kid playing these games, I'd play for hours, weeks even. Renting and rerenting trying to beat these games.
And now to watch somebody beat these games in 5 to 30 minutes depending on the game.
It's just a very interesting thing to comprehend.
That crashman stage music ❤️
Best game best music best bosses my fav nes game
Seeing these bosses get destroyed so fast is hilarious. They don't know what's coming
Ur a ultimate nintendo master 😃
No idea how you hit the final alien boss that many times so fast...insane
I just watched the world record of MM2 live by cyghfer with a time of 26:32. a couple of weeks ago. Amazing to see the best player in the world play this game.
this guy is so efficient, he doesn't even open his mouth when he talks
This remains to this day the only megaman ive ever beaten, the soundtrack is prob the best ever on the nes but mario soundtrack may be more iconic