Mega Man, also known as Rockman (ロックマン, Rokkuman) in Japan, is a game developed and published in 1987 for the NES/Famicom. It is the first game ever to star Mega Man and was directed by Tokuro Fujiwara. Mega Man has been in several series and this is the first game in what is called the Mega Man Classic series. The game established many of the conventions that would define several Mega Man series. Most notably, Mega Man introduced the setup of a number of stages, each with a Robot Master at the end that, when defeated, would pass on its unique power to Mega Man. The game's music and sound effects are by Manami Matsumae (credited as Chanchacorin Manami) and Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (credited as Yuukichan's Papa).
Japanese Cover Art
Later, it would be added to Mega Man: The Wily Wars for Sega Genesis (1994), as well as the Japanese collection game, Rockman Complete Works in 1999 for the PlayStation. In 2004, it was re-released in the anthology game, Mega Man Anniversary Collection for the GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2. Mega Man has also been released on the Virtual Console in Europe. A mobile game version is now available from CapcomMobile and Movaya.
Characters
- Mega Man
- Dr. Wily
- Dr. Light
- Roll - (playable in Powered Up only)
- Cut Man - (playable in Powered Up only)
- Guts Man - (playable in Powered Up only)
- Ice Man - (playable in Powered Up only)
- Bomb Man - (playable in Powered Up only)
- Fire Man - (playable in Powered Up only)
- Elec Man - (playable in Powered Up only)
- Mettaurs
- Sniper Joes
- Yellow Devil
- Copy Robot - a duplicate of Mega Man created by Dr. Wily using a three dimensional copy system he used to protect his fortress. It was capable of making a near perfect copy of Mega Man, even possessing all of his special weapons, but it could not copy Mega Man's electronic brain and instead uses its own AI.
- CWU-01P - a robot that deploys a protective bubble and shoots laser beams. It is also capable of talking, although it shows no personality other than that of an automated sentry.
- Proto Man - (appears in and is playable in Powered Up only)
- Time Man - (appears in and is playable in Powered Up only)
- Oil Man - (appears in and is playable in Powered Up only)
Plot
In the year 20XX, with the advancement of science brilliant scientist Dr. Light (Dr. Wily being his assistant in the story from early American instruction manuals[1]) has built two humanoid robot twins who he decided to call Rock, who job was for lab assistance and his sister Roll, the housekeeper robot. Doctor Light then created six industrial robot, dubbed the 'Robot Masters'[2], to help mankind. Cut Man, Guts Man, Ice Man, Bomb Man, Fire Man, and the prized Elec Man. Dr. Wily, and old friend of Dr. Light from university, had enough of being second fiddle to Dr. Light so he reprogrammed the six industrial robots, but due to having no need for helper robot he left Rock and Roll. Dr. Wily then sent the robots to cause havoc around the globe so he can rule it but the courageous Rock volunteered himself to be turned into a fighting robot called Mega Man. After Mega Man defeated the Robot Masters he battled his way to Wily's fortress, defeated the guardians and, after a long fight defeated Dr. Wily, who promptly gave up and disappeared. Mega Man then went home to be greeted by Dr. Light and Roll.
Gameplay
Mega Man is made up of six stages, with a Robot Master at the end guarding a weapon. The stage select screen allows the player to choose from these six stages, and when they are all completed, the seventh and last stage appears in the middle of the menu, replacing the text "Stage Select, Press Start". This last stage is in fact more like four regular stages linked together, some a bit shorter than average, but with bosses that are considered harder than usual.
Notes
The picture on the game's American box contains virtually nothing that can be found in the game. Mega Man himself resembles a middle-aged man rather than a boy, and he is holding a handgun instead of his Arm Cannon. The game's cover is commonly ridiculed because of its inaccuracy. The European box cover, however, features Mega Man looking more like his video game counterpart.
The Yashichi is found as a pick-up in the fourth Wily Stage, just before the teleporter. The Magnet Beam is needed to reach it safely, but it refills Mega Man's health and his weapons, and is worth one million points.
Credits
Planner: A.K
Character Designer: Yasukichi, Tom Pon, Inafking, A.K
Programmer: H.M.D.
Sound Programmer: Chanchacorin Manami, Yuukichan's Papa
Presented by: Capcom
Remake
Mega Man Powered Up (Rockman Rockman in Japan) is a 2006 PlayStation Portable remake of the original game released in 1987.
Powered Up Japanese Cover Art
The game features a new super deformed art style in addition to two new Robot Masters, Time Man and Oil Man. Also, like in Mega Man 7, Mega Man 8, Mega Man & Bass, and the Mega Man X series, there is a new introductory level that comes before the main level selection screen, complete with a new boss at the end.
Also included is the ability to play as all 8 Robot Masters from the game, as well as Mega Man, Roll (downloadable), and Proto Man (unlockable and downloadable). The Robot Masters are unlocked by defeating them with the Mega Buster. They also can be used to complete certain character-specific challenges and levels in Story Mode.
The game offers two ways to play each level. "New Style" takes advantage of the wide PSP screen and features altered level design with brand-new remixed music. There are actually 468 New Style stages in this mode, 13 for each difficulty (Easy, Normal, and Hard), and 39 for each character. "Old Style" recreates the original aspect ratio and level design of the original Mega Man for NES, and features the original NES game music, but still retains the 3D graphics and super-deformed art style.
The game also contains a challenge mode, a level editor, and an online infrastructure mode to distribute fan-made levels online.
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Box Art
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