The fourth entry on the series does not innovate that much but keep the most like positive points of the previous ones, it's almost a solid mid game, I like the robot masters' designs here, the charged buster is a great addition, music is not greater than 3, difficult is ok, Wire item helped me a few times but not a game changer, the plot is a high point for me, the Cossack/Protoman twist is pretty well developed, Willy stages were a little bit of forgettable, the weapons are one of the best on the series. Overall, a truly Mega Man game.

Retro Yearly List #8 [1982: Pitfall!]

I was not aware of Pitfall franchise being born in Atari, the first time I saw it was on SNES, later I discovered that this is a pretty iconic title for Atari players back in the day and one of the "must try" of the console.

For me, playing it for the first time, it's an ok game, the controls are nice, it's just a little bit repetitive. It has similar mechanics to the original DK but with a different approach, you have to collect all treasures spread along several screens before the time runs out, you can go to the right or to the left, or by the underground to travel faster through the screens.

The objective is not clarified by the game so imagine discovering that by yourself without any tip, at least this was the case here in Brazil, it seems that this game's ending was an urban legend, people used to just try to survive for 20 minutes while randomly walking through the several screens.

The actual challenge is tough, to beat it you have to almost have a perfect run, you can see TAS videos beating it in about 17/18 minutes, and an average player is supposed to beat it in 20, that's insane.
Didn't accept the challenge tho, as I used save states.

Mega Man 5. I used to confuse this game stuff with 4 because I could barely recall unique things from those two, unlike the other NES entries which have a stronger identity. Now I can remember 4 well, but most of it is because of Minus Infinity I think, and 5 still have some lacking for me, I believe it's the lack of innovation or new mechanics, besides a much better charged buster shot than the previous one. Played it again and still was the least memorable run for me so far, the same goes for its OST, which is just alright. But is not bad, it's just too average, a truly Megaman game for sure.

Retro Yearly List #6 [1980: Missile Command]

Ok, I was not expecting too much of that one, but after some time it really caught my attention. The concept looks very simplistic at first, but after trying it I could see a bunch of different mechanics which work very well. Like for example, the side silos shoot slower than the middle one, the smart bombs that require more precise shots, etc. If you wanna chase a great score you have to understand the game on a deep level and use strategies to survive. Btw, have you noticed that, in that game, you are just trying to delay the inevitable decimation of your cities? You're all doomed anyway, sad story.