# Mega Man X

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Mega Man X and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fans call it a peak of PlayStation-era 2D games, with memorable boss fights and level-to-level moments still worth playing today.

## Why people recommend it

- Peak of PS1-era 2D games (2 comments): "The Mega Man X games for the original PlayStation were the peak for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49843805)) "Love the 2D games of the PS1 era." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385577))
- Memorable boss and level moments (2 comments): "There is something different about passing the controller around between levels on Mega Man X" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50197418)) "A game as simple as MegaMan X has, as a consequence of beating Chill Penguin" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48387275))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Prince of Persia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prince-of-persia.md): 37 recommend
- [Super Mario 64](https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-64.md): 37 recommend
- [Celeste](https://hackerapproved.com/p/celeste.md): 19 recommend
- [Flashback (1992 video game)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flashback.md): 8 recommend
- [Cave Story](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cave-story.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mega Man X", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mega-man-x/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).