Mega Man 2 Soon Annihilated With a Dance Pad

[Tom Goldman]

Mega Man 2 Soon Annihilated With a Dance Pad


A young man has set out to defeat Mega Man 2 using not a controller, but a dance pad.

If you haven't heard of Nick Hagman, he's been achieving a certain amount of notoriety for beating NES games using only a dance pad. After taking on Super Mario Bros. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4P_XJdxl-c], and coming out victorious, he's set his sights on Mega Man 2.

Hagman is defeating Mega Man 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Mega-Man-2-nintendo-entertainment-system/dp/B00004SVS3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1276716170&sr=1-1]'s bosses one at a time using passwords. Considering the method being used, I can forgive that he's not completing the game in a single run. He most recently downed Bubble Man easily as of press time (see accompanying video). Mega Man 2 is known for being a pretty challenging game, but when a kid can beat it using his feet, it sort of puts things in a new light.

Whether you love or hate Hagman's unique sense of humor, watching him play these games using a dance pad is entertaining. Seeing hand motions translated into quick, jerky foot motions always makes me laugh internally (but not out loud). I always found it hard to shoot the weakness of the angler fish robots normally, so this guy doing it with a dance pad is something else. He's already bagged Air Man, Flash Man, Quick Man, and Metal Man. Don't expect Hagman to falter at finishing off the rest of the Mega Man 2 bosses over the next week or so.

What game will he tackle next? I vote for Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! [http://www.amazon.com/Mike-Tysons-Punch-Out-nintendo-entertainment-system/dp/B00005AV8O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1276716201&sr=1-1] (Mike Tyson version).

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[Ninjamedic]

Meh, I beat mm2 WITH MIND BULLETS!!

No, that is still a huge achievement.(If a little freakish).

 

[Jared]

Thats quite a challenge...I wish him luck...gonna need it

 

[Proteus214]

LOL, that's fuckin great. I can't wait to see his Heat Man video...if he can actually do it by then.

 

[delet]

This guy is awesome... This is the answer to 'gamers aren't active/are all fat'.

 

[Billion Backs]

That's pretty funny.

He should try doing that old dreadful ninja game.

 

[Swifteye]

Amazing how he wired that to work in such a manner. not as entertaing as it could be though. I'd like him to do that with a game like patapon. Yeah! Beating patapon with a dance pad. Match made in heaven.

 

[GrinningManiac]

I beat the first level of Crash Bandicoot on a Dancepad

That was a fun party

 

[Gigaguy64]

Holy crap.

I can barely play DDR with a Dance pad!

.....this makes me feel sad and inspired at the same time.

 

[JEBWrench]

That's pretty funny.

He should try doing that old dreadful ninja game.

No, no.

River City Ransom has my vote.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Amazing how he wired that to work in such a manner. not as entertaing as it could be though. I'd like him to do that with a game like patapon. Yeah! Beating patapon with a dance pad. Match made in heaven.

Yeah, I think that would work really well. It'll feel much more engaging than tapping the buttons. I can imagine Loco Roco working WONDERS on a dance pad. Tilt left and right by stomping on the left and right pads, make the world jump by stomping on both at the same time, etc.

 

[RheynbowDash]

That's pretty funny.

He should try doing that old dreadful ninja game.

No, no.

River City Ransom has my vote.

You sir win. Your avatar is awesome. 10 internets to anyone who can tell me what that is. (I already know btw.)

OT: This is awesome. Gamers are the greatest people ever.

 

[Firia]

This guy is awesome... This is the answer to 'gamers aren't active/are all fat'.

I'd like to be with you on this one, but, I'm pretty sure he's the only gamer doing this kind of thing with a dance pad. Not the only gamer using a dance pad, but the only one doing NES games with one.

My vote? Hmmm... Ghost and Goblins is out, since impossible games are impossible. Metroid would be less episodic. Contra? That could be haaaaard! Or Double Dragon!

 

[delet]

This guy is awesome... This is the answer to 'gamers aren't active/are all fat'.

I'd like to be with you on this one, but, I'm pretty sure he's the only gamer doing this kind of thing with a dance pad. Not the only gamer using a dance pad, but the only one doing NES games with one.

My vote? Hmmm... Ghost and Goblins is out, since impossible games are impossible. Metroid would be less episodic. Contra? That could be haaaaard! Or Double Dragon!

Well of course this kind of thing is incredibly uncommon, but this is about as valid a blanket statement as the whole 'videogames cause children to be murderers' argument.

 

[JEBWrench]

You sir win. Your avatar is awesome. 10 internets to anyone who can tell me what that is. (I already know btw.)

OT: This is awesome. Gamers are the greatest people ever.

Do I get to play? 'cause I know!

My vote? Hmmm... Ghost and Goblins is out, since impossible games are impossible. Metroid would be less episodic. Contra? That could be haaaaard! Or Double Dragon!

Put the man through Hell - Battletoads!

(If not River City Ransom, of course.)

 

[The Austin]

Dear god, that must be difficult.

I can't even beat some of my Wii fit games.

 

[Wintermoot]

I tried that once I used it on Megaman Xtreme and Metal Slug 1 it didnt work out for me

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Wow, thats great. Now lets see him do Contra.

Calumon: No Codes! ^^

 

[Flying Dagger]

The guy doesn't even look like he's any good at the games
I was expecting so much more from this.
Get someone who is a pro at DDR to do this and I'll be impressed.

 

[Hulyen]

I played Golden Sun with a drum controller once - it was actually pretty fun.

The best dance mat game story I've heard is playing Chu Chu Rocket with a dance mat. Just...sheesh.