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GAME OF THE MONTH COLLECTION:
MEGA MAN!!
The game was called Rock Man in Japan
The
original Mega Man (Capcom, 1987, NintendoEntertainmentSystem)
Yes! It was only a matter of time but one of my personal favorites while growing
up has a kid is now the Game of the Month; the very first Mega Man game. How
can I NOT name this Game of the Month! It's a legend and is quite rare now of
days. The series has become very popular over the years and you can see all
the Mega Man games listed below (I may of forgot some them though) some of the
games may have not changed much over the years but you really can't go wrong
with a good Mega Man game.
There are only 6robots in the first Mega Man , not the usual 8.
In this game, the first Mega Man, (the one with the kinda crappy artwork on it) you have to stop your creator's (Dr. Light) 6 other robots that have gone berzerk and are destroying the city. The robots are IceMan, GutsMan, BombMan, FireMan, CutMan, and ElecMan, each one has a stage filled with enemies. Once you defeat one of the robots Mega Man has the ability to steal their weapon like GutsMan's strength and BombMan's Bomb. No other game has done this before and it made the game more playable because some weapons work better than others in certain areas like CutMan's Blade will kill ElecMan in two hits and BombMan's bombs will destroy smaller enemies that the normal weapon wouldn't. After all the 6robots are defeated you'll see who is behind this whole mess...... the evil Dr. Wily.
Here's my drawing of Mega Man!
Dr. Wily was once Dr. Light's parther but Wily's experiments were too controversial
and he was bandish from the scientific community. Now he wants revenge on the
city of megalopolis and Dr. Light. The original Mega Man has only 10 stages
in the game (the 6robot stages and 4 Dr. Wily stages) unlike other the Mega
Man games, this game has a score keeper, so if ever get bored by finishing the
game you can see if you can beat your last score. If you never played this game
before than I should warn you that's very challenging, there are no passwords
or cheat codes to help you and some of the game's jumps and bosses are fairly
hard. Despite the difficulty it really never seems impossible and the game drives
you to try again plus the music is unforgettable and the graphics are very stylist
and are perfect for the game. The first Mega Man is a must for any die hard
NES fan or any Video game fan for that matter.
MEGA MAN rating:
79/100
Graphics: 7
Sound: 8
Gameplay: 8
Mega Man II (Capcom, 1989, NES)
:Fight 8 of Dr. Wily's robots. One of the best of the series.
Mega Man III (Capcom, 1990, NES)
:Introduced Rush the robodog!
Mega Man IV (Capcom, 1991, NES)
:Introduced the Mega Buster weapon similar to the Beam weapon in R Type.
Mega Man V (Capcom, 1992, NES)
:Collect secret letters to spell the word
BEAT the bird.
Mega Man VI (Capcom/Nintendo, 1993,
NES)
:Fight 8world champions around the glode, Nintendo themselves released this.
Mega Man The Wily Wars (Capcom,
1992, Mega Drive)
:Mega Man's 1, 2, and 3. Not released here unfortunately.
Mega Man (Capcom, 1991, Gameboy)
:The first Mega Man on Gameboy.
Mega Man II (Capcom, 1992, Gameboy)
:Rush is added.
Mega Man III (Capcom, 1993, Gameboy)
:The Mega Buster is added.
Mega Man IV (Capcom, 1994, Gameboy)
:This game features some 3D effects.
Mega Man V (Capcom, 1995, Gameboy)
:Fight new robot enemies not found in the NES series.
Mega Man (Capcom/US Gold, 1996,
GameGear)
:Features 8levels from Mega Man 2, 4, 5.
Mega Man X (Capcom, 1993, Super
Nintendo)
:30 years in the future, Mega Man is now named X.
Mega Man X2 (Capcom, 1994, Super Nintendo)
:Introduced the CPS vector chip.
Mega Man 7 (Capcom, 1995, Super
Nintendo)
:The original series contiunes. You can now buy parts.
Mega Man X3 (Capcom, 1995, Super Nintendo)
:X's buddy Zero is now playable.
Mega Man 8 (Capcom, 1997, Sega
Saturn)
:Mega Man goes 32-bit! Mega Man sounds like a girl here though.
Mega Man X4 (Capcom, 1997, Sega
Saturn)
:X and Zero can now earn different weapons.
Mega Man 8 (Capcom, 1997, Playstation)
:Sony almost didn't approve this 2Dgame.
Rock Man Power Battles (Capcom,
1997, Japanese Playstation)
:A cancelled US title similar to Mario Kart.
Mega Man X4 (Capcom, 1997, Playstation)
:Just who did create Zero?? This game has clues to that. Rated Teen because
of violent anime scenes too.
Mega Man Legends (Capcom, 1998,
Playstation)
:The first Mega Man in 3D.
Mega Man Legends 2 (Capcom, 2000, Playstation)
:More RPG like gameplay.
Rock Man Battle Fighters (SNK/Capcom,
2000, Neo Geo Pocket Color)
:The two arcade games where only fight the robots. Not released here but will
play on a North American NGPC unit.
Mega Man Xtreme (Capcom, January 2001, Gameboy Color)
:Mega Man X style of game.
Mega Man X5 (Capcom, February 2001,
Playstation)
:There is no question this time that Sigma is main enemy. Who cares!
Mega Man 64 (Capcom, March 2001,
Nintendo64)
:Mega Man Legends for the N64.