Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that I would reach this milestone: 25 years working with Mugen!

Unless I'm mistaken, today I'm the oldest programmer on the engine who is still active. Or at least among the 3 oldest, for sure.

I started in December 1999 (the engine was released in the middle of the same year), I saw many sites/forums/communities come and go - MugenBR, Pão de Mugen, MugenNow, TESTP, Charasoon, Oolong Mugen Bookmark... I miss old friends like Bea, Carnificina, Ex-Inferis, Juan Carlos (RIP) and some I still talk to today, like RyounWin... the list is huge and my memory is no longer the same ;)

Wow, the first community I joined was the Mugen channel on IRC!

Things that didn't exist in 1999:

Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Streaming, Wikipedia, Alexa, iPhone, broadband Internet in Brazil, Google was only 1 year old.

Famous things in 1999:

IRC, Blackberry, RealJukebox, Winamp, ICQ

Things were definitely different than they are today, both in Mugen and in real life. In a few years, I'll be 50 years old and I don't know if I'll still be here, but as long as I'm having fun with it and have the health to do it, I'll be here :)

Thank you very much to all of you who have followed me so far!

And to celebrate this milestone, I'm updating my favorite Mugen work: Battle Stormer Classics.

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Version 2.5 contains:

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• New mechanic: Invincible recovery time. After the player is knocked down, he becomes invincible for a few seconds, giving him more time to escape the enemy - except for Super Man and Hulk

• 26 playable characters with 3 new:

Snake, from P.O.W (Arcade)

BRW-9, from Contra Rebirth (Wii)

• 37+ bosses / non-playable characters with 6 new:

- Archers (King of Dragons / SNES),

- Ograoum Papas and Little Clown (Mr. Nutz / SNES),

- Bib Fortuna (Super Star Wars 3: Return of the Jedi / SNES),

- Boba Fett (Super Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes Back / SNES)

- James (Demon Hunter Legend / Mobile)

- Elephant Dragon (Skyblazer / SNES)

- Mecha Kangaroo (Super Turrican / SNES)

- Eborsisk (Willow / Arcade)

• 49+ stages, with 5 new

Mr Nutz Cloud, Mr Nutz Circus, Super Star Wars 3: Return of the Jedi Tatooine,

Demon Junker Legend original stage

Stage 2 (Hagane/SNES)

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Forgotten City (DS)