_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _ ( )( ____ \( ____ \( ___ ) ( )( ___ )( ( /| | () () || ( \/| ( \/| ( ) | | () () || ( ) || \ ( | | || || || (__ | | | (___) | | || || || (___) || \ | | | |(_)| || __) | | ____ | ___ | | |(_)| || ___ || (\ \) | | | | || ( | | \_ )| ( ) | | | | || ( ) || | \ | | ) ( || (____/\| (___) || ) ( | | ) ( || ) ( || ) \ | |/ \|(_______/(_______)|/ \| |/ \||/ \||/ )_) ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ _ ( _ ) | |__ (_) |_ | _ \ ___ __ _| |_| |__ _ __ ___ __ _| |_ ___| |__ / _ \ _____ | '_ \| | __| | | | |/ _ \/ _` | __| '_ \| '_ ` _ \ / _` | __/ __| '_ \ | (_) | _____ | |_) | | |_ | |_| | __/ (_| | |_| | | | | | | | | (_| | || (__| | | | \___/ |_.__/|_|\__| |____/ \___|\__,_|\__|_| |_|_| |_| |_|\__,_|\__\___|_| |_| ====================================================================================== ====================================================================================== X==============X | INTRODUCTION | X==============X Welcome to Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch! The first and greatest free Mega Man First Person Shooter to grace the web! MM8BDM is a modification created for the Skulltag engine, which is a port of Doom2 with enhanced features. The game includes over 50 8-bit themed maps based on Robot Master levels from the Mega Man series, over 50 weapons from the games, over 50 playable skins based on the characters from the Mega Man series, and so much more! The best part? It's compeltely free! Created by the fans, for the fans. It's taken us just under a good year to put this all together. We've come a long way since the buggy alpha that first gave the game attention to the public. Capcom should be proud of all the Mega Man fans out there, who love the classic series so much. I hope that this game helps them understand that the classic series still has potential, and that we'll buy Mega Man 11 and onward as long as they keep making them as fun, enjoyable and retro as they always have been. I would like to thank the MM8BDM team, and my small (but growing) community for making this small dream a reality. Without these guys, I probably would have thrown in the towel a very long time a go. We hope you enjoy this game as much as we enjoyed making it. Fight Mega Man, for everlasting peace! ~ CutmanMike X==============X | INSTALLATION | X==============X Installation is simple. Open up the MM8BDM zip file (most likely you already have it open if you're reading this) and extract it's contents into a new directory (e.g C:/MM8BDM). If you downloaded this with Skulltag already packed, you're done! If not, you'll have to grab it from www.skulltag.com. To start the game, run MM8BDM.exe to start the launcher! If you get stuck, drop me a line (see contact information below) or visit our forums at http://cutstuff.net/forum X==============X | SINGLEPLAYER | X==============X Hitting singleplayer will boot the game in offline mode. The game should open up and the intro should play. Hit ESC to access the menu (you can do this at any time). Select the START option and then SINGLEPLAYER to begin the game for the first time. You should be greeted by Dr. Light who will explain the basics and let you set up your controls. From here you can practice your movement and check out the rest of Dr. Light's lab. The main game includes 6 chapters, each chapter representing a game from the classic Mega Man series. Each chapter has 5-6 maps where you fight a number of bots. You must win each match to proceed through the chapter. At the end of each chapter you fight a special boss. If you win, you return to the lab. PLEASE NOTE that the RESTORE and SAVE functions do not work correctly in MM8BDM. The game is automatically saved after each chapter. The game is also loaded automatically when loading singleplayer again. X=============X | MULTIPLAYER | X=============X Ready to blast other Mega Man fans online? Here's how you do it. JOINING A SERVER ---------------- If you run the launcher you'll find a tutorial on how to download and install the launcher called Doom Seeker. While you can join servers using Skulltag's internal browser, DoomSeeker has many more features and is generally more reliable. You can find the tutorial here: http://cutstuff.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=728 HOSTING A SERVER ---------------- The MM8BDM launcher includes a primitive (but functional) server launcher under the host tab. The application is fairly self explanitary. Just make sure that if you're behind a router that your port is open! You can find the tutorial here: http://cutstuff.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=750 I would recommend DoomSeeker too, as it has more options (including the ability to add custom modifications to the server). X=========X | CREDITS | X=========X ALL CHARACTERS AND GRAPHICS COPYRIGHT (C) CAPCOM You can view the credits for this game via the ingame menu. I will list here everyone's skin contributions to the game as they required the most work to do. Don't forget each Robot Master skin contains 37 frames of animation, most which were NOT included in the Mega Man games (a lot of Robot Masters jumped rather than walked) so they had to be invtented for the game. If you plan on using any of these sprites, please do the right thing and credit the person who made them. These guys put thier heart and soul into bringing their favourite Robot Masters to MM8BDM. Seriously. These guys rock! Megaman - PressStart Protoman - Zero-EXE Roll - Brotoad Bass - Zero-EXE Cutman - PressStart Bombman - CutmanMike Elecman - PressStart Fireman - CutmanMike Iceman - PressStart Gutsman - CutmanMike Airman - PressStart Bubbleman - PressStart Crashman - PressStart Flashman - Brotoad Heatman - Clawgrip Quickman - PressStart Metalman - Naoshi Woodman - Namo Geminiman - Fupoo Hardman - Fupoo Magnetman - Fupoo Needleman - Fupoo Shadowman - Fupoo Snakeman - Fupoo Sparkman - Fupoo Topman - Fupoo Doc Robot - Fupoo Brightman - Namo Dustman - Clawgrip Pharaohman - Clawgrip Ringman - Clawgrip Skullman - Smooth Toadman - Brotoad Diveman - PressStart Drillman - Ikari Allen Gyroman - Korby Stoneman - Clawgrip Gravityman - CutmanMike Napalmman - Brotoad Waveman - Clawgrip Crystalman - Clawgrip Chargeman - Namo Starman - Clawgrip Darkman 1 - Namo Darkman 2 - squidgy617 Darkman 3 - Fupoo Darkman 4 - CutmanMike Blizzardman - Brotoad Centaurman - Clawgrip Flameman - Clawgrip Plantman - Clawgrip Knightman - Brotoad Tomahawkman - Clawgrip Windman - Pippin Yamatoman - CopShowGuy Enker - Cyberkid Quint - Squidgy617 Punk - Brotoad Ballade - Brotoad Sniper Joe - PressStart Secret Skins - Brotoad X============X | DISCLAIMER | X============X MEGA MAN 8-BIT DEATHMATCH CONTAINS A LOT OF FLASHING LIGHTS AND PATTERNS IF YOU ARE PRONE TO SEIZURES OR ANY OTHER RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME OR CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR FIRST NONE OF THE MEGA MAN 8-BIT DEATHMATCH TEAM TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INJURY OR SICKNESS CAUSED BY THIS GAME. X=========X | CONTACT | X=========X E-mail - admin@cutstuff.net Forum - http://cutstuff.net/forum