All six games are action platformers in which the player traverses a series of stages and gains the special weapons of defeated bosses.

Reviews have noted it as a competent portfolio of games of varying quality, but have expressed negative comments regarding its lack of additional content.

[5] The remaining three games are based on their PlayStation renditions, though the Japanese voice tracks for the cutscenes in Mega Man X6 were removed for the collection.

They conclude by saying the compilation "will please the series' longtime fans, and serves as a good primer for those who never had the opportunity to check out these games back in the day".

[5] IGN gave the compilation a 7/10, stating "While its overall game quality and list of extras isn't nearly as consistent or flashy as its Mega Man cousin, there's still a lot to like".