So I've been playing around with NES palettes, and I was able to obtain 3 different sets from various resources.
This one appears to be from a set that is most likely used in the style of Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10
It seems to be the most accurate to my point of view, from comparing other palettes.
It appears to be the set that I used for some of my recent Mega Man sprites.
This one comes from RockMan Complete Works released in Japan
I have no idea the origins of where Capcom came up with this set at the time.
It doesn't seem to match any other NES palettes I came across.
This one comes from the more recent Mega Man Legacy Collection
(3DS version, specifically)
This appears to be a slightly more brighter, standard YUV palette, or unless what I was playing the game on made it appear brighter.
Doing some more research on NES palettes, I came across this little site, which lists even more sets.
http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Famicom_Color_PaletteNot that it matters much though, since the Mega Man ports don't use every single possible set in existence.
I just thought this was an interesting find, that throughout all the classic 8-bit games based on the NES format, the colors have been somewhat inconsistent.
Any way, I've compiled some different Mega Man based palette files for use on any NES emulators. Here are the proof of screen shots for the palette files, for what each palette file looks like in game.
Click on the image for animation comparison cycle.
For those that may be color blind, you probably won't see any difference. But as a color hoarder, I actually do see all the various differences between each palette file.
The bottom right image colors is custom made. Modified from the original RockMan 9 palette to give him his modern day colors, and the brightness is slightly darker than the original as a personal preference.
I have a ton more palette files I have collected over the years, but these are ones specific to the Mega Man series.
I actually have like 3 different folders containing various NES palettes. One folder containing general NES Palettes, 2nd folder containing JUST MegaMan variant palettes, and 3rd one that contains 16 palettes from the Famicom Color Palette Wiki page. They are all very good, and have their own unique color styles.
I have uploaded the NES palettes I have collected, or made on my free time.
NES Palette CollectionIncludes all the MegaMan based colors, as well as the ones found on the Famicom Color Wiki page.