Mega Man 3 Has Been Ported To The SNES, And You Can Play It Now

Infidelity is on a mission. And I support him all the way. These NES to SNES ports are opening up a lot of possibilities for "All-Stars" versions of so many NES games now that they are running directly on the SNES. And having bonuses like various QoL features plus MSU1 video intros and audio and such is great too.

Brilliant! One of my fave games.
I'd love a guide on how I could play these mods and games, like that new mod of MarioKart which was also recently released. I have no idea how to play these things and always been concerned about downloading dodgy viruses!

Sorry but this is just pointless if they do not take advantage of the SNES's colour palettes, or add in the QOL changes from the PS1 ports like quick weapon switching. As far as I can see it's just the NES games overclocked, which the Legacy Collection does just as well.

Another welcome port for my favourite console.

@PKDuckman Now that these NES game are converted to run directly on SNES, that's exactly what any rom hacker could do. It just takes someone going in and adding the extra colours as they please. Basically, they're now ready to be "All-Star-ified". Someone will probably do it at some point (both the extra colours and quick weapon switching), but it has to start somewhere, and infidelity is doing all the hard groundwork there. I give him major kudos for that.

@RetroGames i think for those of us who still run original hardware, this fulfills that feeling that NES support would have felt like a natural move with SNES but didn’t happen. I’ve added these conversions to my SD2Snes and it’s just cool running it on the hardware. It keeps the OG hardware scene active and that’s a good enough reason

@NinChocolate Totally agree with you on that one.

This is ip redistribution, which is illegal. That’s moot as long as you can fly under Nintendo's legal radar.
Worse, it’s 100% unethical and won’t look good on a resume.
It’s also not impressive from a software developer viewpoint, porting is more about collecting the right tools than having a skill level. If this person had any real skill they would write their own games.
Just a juvenile showoff.

…aaaand it is gone. At least on that link above.

Power Metal does not improve old games. The original chiptunes are infinitely better. I say this as a metal head of 35 years and with all sincerity, please stop replacing beautiful chiptunes with forgettable power metal covers.

@Hexapus It's all fine, so long as we have the choice to play them with one or the other in these ports. I'm totally cool with that way of doing things.

@NinChocolate

from what i have undestood is, that the low rom programming of the SNES is very similiar to the programming of the NES, probably causing these Ports.

Will test it tomorrow, as they added MSU support.

@Blister There must have been some kind of problem with the link or original page. There's a page for it that works via search and all the other ones are still there so it doesn't seem like a takedown issue.

It's a wonderful thing that these NES games are being ported over to the more powerful SNES. As others have said, it opens up the possibility the graphics, sounds & controls being updated to 16-bit standards.

To those complaining that it's "unethical", I'll say there's nothing preventing Capcom or other game companies from remaking or remastering these games. Speaking for myself, I still own the Mega Man 3 cartridge for NES as well as a Mega Man Collection for the GameCube. So Capcom and Nintendo have already gotten my money more than once. I see nothing wrong with people who have purchased these games in the past having newer options to play them.

@Hexapus I tend to agree when it comes to MSU hacks, as some of the new music doesn't fit with the visuals. With that said, I've heard a lot worse than what's here. It feels like it's somewhat consistent with the kind of music you might hear on the PC Engine CD or Sega CD, such as Lords of Thunder. Perhaps it's a bit poorly matched to the NES visuals compared to PCE.

But, to my main point. The good thing about these versions is they provide options, so there's nothing stopping anyone from sticking to the original music. In the case of Mega Man 3, they also provide a third option(Metroid has four soundtracks) for the Sega versions of the music. I have found the MSU to be useful here and there myself. One of my favorite uses was putting the NES chip tunes back into Super Mario All Stars.

Here's some nice footage of the game in action with a few of the different options and stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKVyv2rJqtY