▁cool est ▁M ega ▁Man ▁games ▁released . ▁Period ." ▁The ▁Official ▁UK ▁Play Station ▁Magazine ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" bas ically ▁just ▁a ▁rip - off ". ▁Oliver ▁Ehr l ▁of ▁Man iac ▁was ▁positive ▁about ▁the ▁game , ▁stating ▁that ▁while ▁it ▁was ▁b oring ▁at ▁lower ▁levels ▁of ▁difficulty ▁due ▁to ▁being ▁target ed ▁at ▁children , ▁it ▁does ▁get ▁more ▁interesting . ▁He ▁also ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁game ▁contains ▁graph ical ▁errors ▁on ▁ste ep ▁curves ▁which ▁include ▁st utter ing ▁models . ▁ ▁When ▁review ing ▁the ▁M ega ▁Man ▁X ▁Collection , ▁Phil ▁The ob ald ▁of ▁Game S py ▁found ▁the ▁graphics ▁for ▁M ega ▁Man ▁Battle ▁& ▁Ch ase ▁to ▁be ▁dated , ▁but ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁still ▁fun ▁to ▁play ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁ability ▁of ▁the ▁player ▁to ▁ste al ▁oppon ents ' ▁parts ▁to ▁use ▁as ▁their ▁own ▁further ▁tied ▁the ▁game ▁to ▁M ega ▁Man ▁franch ise . ▁I GN ▁writer ▁Jer emy ▁Dun ham ▁similarly ▁assert ed , ▁" I ▁was ▁actually ▁surprised ▁at ▁how ▁entertain ing ▁this ▁little ▁k art ▁rac er ▁really ▁is , ▁and ▁while ▁it ' s ▁not ▁on ▁par ▁with ▁something ▁like ▁Cr ash ▁Team ▁Racing ▁or ▁the ▁legend ary ▁Mario ▁K art ▁series , ▁it ' s ▁a ▁nice ▁change ▁of ▁pace ▁with ▁some ▁cool ▁tracks ." ▁In ▁his ▁ret ros pective ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁M ega ▁Man ▁game ▁franch ise , ▁Jer emy ▁Par r ish ▁of ▁ 1 UP . com