While you can change various options and settings around these games, Mega Man 1 - 6 are all perfectly realized, including any limitations the original games possessed. Among the controls is an autofire button, which is both a helpful tool and a nice throwback to third-party controllers riddled with autofire switches. This may seem like a minor point, but it prevents a repeat of what happened with the GameCube version of Mega Man Anniversary Collection where the fire and jump buttons are reversed. In addition to viewing options, Legacy Collection also lets you change your controller inputs. The 'original' and 'full' options are a far better choice.

Combine them with the 'wide' screen resolution - which stretches the frame out to fill the entire screen - and you'll have a truly nightmarish vision of Mega Man on your hands. If so, Legacy Collection offers two optional screen filters designed to give the game a low-fi feel. Unless, of course, that is what you're after. Edges are sharp without any fuzziness mudding the visual fidelity, and colors remain vibrant without becoming oversaturated and garish.

The Legacy Collection's lineup is presented in a very clean, crisp style that looks great on modern hardware.

Legacy Collection does an excellent job of presenting these six Mega Man games, but does not tell us why these games were so important back in the late '80s and early '90s. The Criterion Collection excels at providing interviews, commentary, analysis, and behind-the-scenes extras that give you a greater appreciation for the art by enabling you to place it in the right historical context.

Digital Eclipse has likened Legacy Collection to the Criterion Collection, but one key element is missing: context.

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