MegaManEffect for OS X
by Vladimir Cole 
{ Aug 3rd 2005 at 1:00PM }
This beloved application is only available
for the OS X as far as we know, and that's really a bummer because it promises hilarity every time you launch a
program.
According to the application's developer, MegaManEffect: "emulates an effect seen in the classic NES game Mega Man 2. When you launch an OS X application, the screen goes dark, stars sweep the night sky and your application's icon is presented in a blue letter box bar with a cheesy 8-bit music introduction."
Does this even work? Can someone try it out and post a screenshot? Google images returns no results for the term "megamaneffect" so you'd make Internet history if you were first!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
shindakun @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
If only I still had PearPC installed on my laptop I'd test it out...
joe @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
oh it works alright, and it rather amusing
Brian Rauscher @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Works in 10.4.2
sxates @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Just tried it on my powerbook --hilarious!
...and now I'm turning it off.
casey @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/8254/picture40vf.png
and the music plays, too!
Matt @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Haha, works in 10.3.9, and is pretty hillarious.
james @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
http://veldt.com/images/static/mega_term.png
Wheee!
Chris Maguire @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Totally working on Tiger, and it's totally staying -- what else am I gonna do while I wait slow proggies to load?
Dignan17 @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Yeah, they showed this on G4 yesterday. I'm almost embarassed to say I watch Attack of the Show (typing that name is embarassing in its self), but they showed the effect off and it was amazing. Nostalgia-central.
CapAmerica @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Just tryed it on my Powerbook too
Its funny cause its stupid =P
But its not staying on my Mac, Into the trash it goes.
Rootbeer @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Do the stars turn into little birds if you hold down A and B as you launch the program?
Alkaiser @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Yeah, it seems like it's a neat novelty once or twice...but then it just means I'm waiting an additional 5 seconds for a program to load.
It'd be cooler if the applications got randomly generated boss text like:
"The application that defends the train
Quicktime Player"
jason bergman @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Yep, it works:
http://www.loonyboi.com/blog/archives/000918.php
It's hilarious, too.
Mike K. @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Yup, it works. Baaaaaaad 80's cheese audio too. I'll see if I can get a sample of it. Screenshot of it loading Firefox, along with the preference panel can be found here (as well as plenty of other places by now).
http://fyzziks.soniccat.com/archives/2005/08/03/screenshots-megaman-application-launcher/
Patrick Haney @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
I gave it a try myself and got a good laugh out of it. I doubt I'll be leaving it on all the time, but once in a while it'll be a fun way to start applications in OS X.
http://patrickhaney.com/thinktank/2005/08/03/megamaneffect
Alkaiser @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Any of you people here good with Mac X code?
If you did a couple alterations to the open sourced code, this would go to an "eh" app to something that people wouldn't delete.
Ryuukuro @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Someone has to steal this idea and do a Windows version. This is too cool for a Mac. Sorry, it just is.
And a Linux version should be done too for fairness.
rip @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
lol, nice bit of candy. They should add a few different old school modules like Sonic or Donkey Kong...
MetaHipster @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Would be way cooler with more variants to the music and also if they could some how de-res the application icon into craptastic 8-bit splendor. Definitely gets old in short order but amusing.
Matthew Coady @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
here it is in action
http://gerbick.com/tmp/FinderScreenSnapz001.mov
roo @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
System Preferences is weak against lead bubbles!@11 This thing rocks my boxers!
thegreyfox @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
now where's are those megaman replacement icons....
robert3 @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Off topic.....
Matthew Coady, where did you get that wallpaper? Any links?
robert3 @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
Off topic.....
Matthew Coady, where did you get that wallpaper? Any links?
Matthew Coady @ Dec 18th 2005 9:07PM
http://www.deviantart.com/view/18199431/
Its not my video, but you can get the wallpaper here.