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Podcast: Retro Spectives
Episode: E95: Mega Man X
Description: Mega Man X, first released in 1993 and developed by Capcom, is a certified Super Nintendo classic. Widely considered to be one of the strongest entries in the entire expanded Mega Man franchise, it took the classic formulae of running and gunning and turned it up to 11. The graphics were more colourful and detailed, the music got bumped up a notch, and the arsenal available was wider than ever before. X even had expanded movement options, and the slide/dash of the game is wildly influential in its own right.But are all these changes from the original ser...