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  |game_title = Mega Man IV  
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  |game_title = Mega Man IV
 
  |thumbnail = Mega-man-iv.png
 
  |thumbnail = Mega-man-iv.png
 
  |image_size = 250px
 
  |image_size = 250px
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|aka =
 
  |franchise = ''Mega Man''
 
  |franchise = ''Mega Man''
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  |series = ''Classic''
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  |series =  
 
  |developer = Minakuchi Engineering
 
  |developer = Minakuchi Engineering
 
  |publisher = Capcom
 
  |publisher = Capcom
 
  |platforms = [[Game Boy]]
 
  |platforms = [[Game Boy]]
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  |release_dates = December 1992
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  |release_dates = {{Start date|1993|12}}
 
  |genre = Action-platform
 
  |genre = Action-platform
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  |run = June 10, 2015 - June 27, 2015
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  |info_1 = Details
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|episodes = 13
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  |players = {{Plainlist|
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  |players = {{Plainlist |
 
 
* [[Rick Desilets]]
 
* [[Rick Desilets]]
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* [[John Selig]]  
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* [[John Selig]]
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* [[Dustin Deren]]  
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* [[Dustin Deren]]
 
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}}
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  |featuring = {{Plainlist |
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  |featuring = {{Plainlist|
 
* [[Ian Selig]]
 
* [[Ian Selig]]
 
* [[Ben Mooney]]
 
* [[Ben Mooney]]
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* [[Heather Bagdoian]]
 
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* [[Josh "RetroTrigger64" Bowen]]
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
  |intro = "Level Select"<br/>by "Studio" Steve Wallace
 
  |intro = "Level Select"<br/>by "Studio" Steve Wallace
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  |outro = "Dr. Wiley<br/>by "Studio" Steve Wallace
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  |outro = "Dr. Wiley"<br/>by "Studio" Steve Wallace
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  |elength = 11-22 minutes
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|run = June 9 –<br/>June 27, 2015
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|episodes = 13
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  |elength = 11–22 minutes
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|video =
 
  |playlist = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfujXvl455i8DWSF-cAH1GSfDxkyUTdph
 
  |playlist = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfujXvl455i8DWSF-cAH1GSfDxkyUTdph
 
  |plength = 3:21:16
 
  |plength = 3:21:16
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  |part_of = ''[[The Mega Let's Play]]''
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  |series_1 = ''[[The Mega Let's Play]]''
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  |preceded = ''[[Wily & Right no RockBoard: That's Paradise]]
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  |preceded = ''[[Wily & Right no Rockboard: That's Paradise!|Wily & Right no RockBoard:<br/>That's Paradise!]]''
 
  |concurrent = ''[[Mega Man Battle Network 2]]''
 
  |concurrent = ''[[Mega Man Battle Network 2]]''
 
  |followed = ''[[Mega Man X]]''
 
  |followed = ''[[Mega Man X]]''
 
}}
 
}}
  
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'''''Mega Man IV''''' is a 1993 action-platform game developed by Minakuchi Engineering and published by Capcom for the [[Game Boy|NES]]. This is the fourth Mega Man game for the Game Boy line. The game was played by [[The D-Pad]] in [[2015]] as the twelfth weekday game in [[The Mega Let's Play]] and the fourteenth game in the series overall. The LP ran from June 10th to June 27th, 2015.  
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'''''Mega Man IV''''' is a [[1993]] action-platform game developed by Minakuchi Engineering and published by Capcom for the [[Game Boy]]. It is the fourth of five ''Mega Man'' games released for the console. Like previous handheld ''Mega Man'' games, it combines elements from two of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] games, in this case ''[[Mega Man 4]]'' and ''[[Mega Man 5]]''. It also introduces the fourth Mega Man Killer, Ballade. Most notably, the game also introduces the ability to buy upgrades in a shop using bolts as currency, a feature that would later appear in the main series. The game was played on ''[[The D-Pad]]'' in [[2015]], as the twelfth weekday game and fourteenth game overall in ''[[The Mega Let's Play]]''. The LP consisted of 13 episodes, released on weekdays from June 9 to June 27, 2015.
  
 
== Episodes ==
 
== Episodes ==
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This LP was re-released on ''[[The D-Pad Unpaused]]'' on December 15, 2022.
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{{Episode list
 
{{Episode list
 
  |EpisodeNumber = 146
 
  |EpisodeNumber = 146
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  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|10|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|9}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>3:10 - 7:30</b> Toad Man's Stage <br /><b>9:40 - 17:20</b> Pharaoh Man's Stage
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  |ShortSummary =  
 
  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
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  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|11|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|10}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:30 - 10:40</b> Bright Man's Stage <br /><b>11:30 - 17:00</b> Ring Man's Stage
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  |ShortSummary =  
 
  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
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  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|12|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|11}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 13:00</b> Ring Man's Stage
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  |ShortSummary =  
 
  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
}}
 
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|13|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|12}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 5:20</b> Pharaoh Man's Stage<br /><b>7:40 - 13:10</b> Wily Fortress
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  |ShortSummary =  
 
  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
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  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|16|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|16}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 15:50</b> Stone Man's Stage
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  |ShortSummary =  
 
  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
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  |Aux2 = Dustin
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, John, Ben
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|17|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|16}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 9:30</b> Charge Man's Stage<br /><b>10:20 - 14:20</b> Crystal Man's Stage
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  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
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  |Aux2 = John
 
  |Aux2 = John
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, Dustin, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = Rick, Dustin, Ben
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|18|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|17}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 15:00</b> Crystal Man's Stage
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  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
  |LineColor = #0099ff
 
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  |Aux2 = Rick
 
  |Aux2 = Rick
 
  |Aux3 = John, Dustin, Ben
 
  |Aux3 = John, Dustin, Ben
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|19|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|18}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 20:10</b> Crystal Man's Stage
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|20|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|19}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:30 - 12:50</b> Napalm Man's Stage<br /><b>13:30 - 17:30</b> Ballade's Stage
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  |Aux1 = 22:19
 
  |Aux2 = Rick, John
 
  |Aux2 = Rick, John
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  |Aux3 = Ian, Ben, Heather{{efn|Heather is only heard through boosted audio.}}
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  |Aux3 = Ian, Ben
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|23|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|22}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 8:40</b> Ballade's Stage<br /><b>11:40 - 21:50</b> Wily Spaceship 1
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|24|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|23}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 10:20</b> Wily Spaceship 2<br /><b>10:30 - 16:00</b> Boss Rush
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|25|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|24}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 10:50</b> Wily Spaceship 3
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  |Aux1 = 18:12
 
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  |Aux3 = John, Ian, Ben, Josh{{efn|Josh is part of the live-action outro to this episode.}}
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  |Aux3 = John, Ian, Ben, RetroTrigger{{efn|In this episode, RetroTrigger appears only in the live-action outro.}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|28|df=y}}
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|27}}
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  |ShortSummary = <b>0:20 - 6:30</b> Wily Spaceship 3
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== Trivia ==
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*The eighth episode of the LP, "The Empty Video Game Nerd", marks the first appearance of the titular running joke, which would later spawn [[The Empty Video Game Nerd|an LP series by the same name]].
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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Latest revision as of 11:56, 16 December 2022

Mega Man IV
Mega-man-iv.png
Franchise Mega Man
Developed by Minakuchi Engineering
Published by Capcom
Platform(s) Game Boy
Release date December 1993 (1993-12)
Genre Action-platform
Details
Played by
Featuring
Intro theme "Level Select"
by "Studio" Steve Wallace
Outro theme "Dr. Wiley"
by "Studio" Steve Wallace
Original run June 9 –
June 27, 2015
No. of episodes 13
Episode length 11–22 minutes
Playlist link
Playlist length 3:21:16
The Mega Let's Play
Preceded by Wily & Right no RockBoard:
That's Paradise!
Concurrent with Mega Man Battle Network 2
Followed by Mega Man X

Mega Man IV is a 1993 action-platform game developed by Minakuchi Engineering and published by Capcom for the Game Boy. It is the fourth of five Mega Man games released for the console. Like previous handheld Mega Man games, it combines elements from two of the Nintendo Entertainment System games, in this case Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5. It also introduces the fourth Mega Man Killer, Ballade. Most notably, the game also introduces the ability to buy upgrades in a shop using bolts as currency, a feature that would later appear in the main series. The game was played on The D-Pad in 2015, as the twelfth weekday game and fourteenth game overall in The Mega Let's Play. The LP consisted of 13 episodes, released on weekdays from June 9 to June 27, 2015.

Episodes

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on December 15, 2022.

TMLP#EpisodeTitleLengthPlayer(s)Commentator(s)Release date
1461"There's a Rage Building Inside Me Already"17:53DustinRick, John, BenJune 9, 2015 (2015-06-09)
1472"This Is Not a Game"17:28DustinRick, John, BenJune 10, 2015 (2015-06-10)
1483"Awkward Moment Followed by Death"13:53DustinRick, John, BenJune 11, 2015 (2015-06-11)
1494"Next Caller Will Be Cancelled"14:44DustinRick, John, BenJune 12, 2015 (2015-06-12)
1525"Dustin Did It! Oh No, He Didn't"16:54DustinRick, John, BenJune 16, 2015 (2015-06-16)
1536"Jumping the Shart"14:50DustinRick, John, BenJune 16, 2015 (2015-06-16)
1547"Just a Little Bit Not Quite Fine"15:23JohnRick, Dustin, BenJune 17, 2015 (2015-06-17)
1558"The Empty Video Game Nerd"20:53RickJohn, Dustin, BenJune 18, 2015 (2015-06-18)
1569"Go Screw"18:05JohnRick, Ian, BenJune 19, 2015 (2015-06-19)
15910"Ballade, Cracker"22:19Rick, JohnIan, BenJune 22, 2015 (2015-06-22)
16011"I'm Glad That John Stopped Playing"17:40RickJohn, Ian, BenJune 23, 2015 (2015-06-23)
16112"Now It's a Pride Thing"11:14Rick, JohnIan, BenJune 24, 2015 (2015-06-24)
16213"I Know Mega Man"18:12RickJohn, Ian, Ben, RetroTrigger[a]June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)

Trivia

  • The eighth episode of the LP, "The Empty Video Game Nerd", marks the first appearance of the titular running joke, which would later spawn an LP series by the same name.

Notes

  1. ↑ In this episode, RetroTrigger appears only in the live-action outro.
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