Mega Man

The Blue Bomber and the rule that defined him — beat a boss, take its power, and choose your own order through the gauntlet.

10 games in this room

Sold 50,000 copies — nearly killed the franchise before it started. Rockman (Famicom, 1987) introduced weapon inheritance and

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man

ロックマン

Action-platform · 1987

Mega Man (Rockman, 1987) is Capcom's first game designed exclusively for a home console — a deliberate break from the co…

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No sequel was approved. The team built Mega Man 2 on 20-hour personal days and submitted it anyway. It became the best-sellin

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man 2

ロックマン2 Dr.ワイリーの謎

Action / Platform · 1988

Mega Man 2 is the 1988 Famicom sequel that transformed Mega Man from a modest debut into a franchise phenomenon. The dev…

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Capcom later admitted Mega Man 3 shipped unfinished. The soundtrack — Top Man, Snake Man — is still cited as the finest in th

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man 3

ロックマン3 Dr.ワイリーの最期!?

Action-Platform · 1990

Released in 1990, Mega Man 3 expanded the Capcom action-platformer formula with the introduction of the slide move, Rush…

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Game Boy

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge

ロックマンワールド

Action / Platform · 1991

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge — known in Japan as Rockman World — is the first Mega Man game for Game Boy, developed by M…

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Game Boy

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge

ロックマンワールド

action game · 1991

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge is a 1991 action game for the game boy, developed by Capcom. It belongs to the Mega Man ser…

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Fully upgrade X and a hidden Hadouken one-shots everything. Mega Man X for Super Famicom (1993) — wall-climb, dash, armor cap

Super Famicom / SNES

Mega Man X

ロックマンX

Action Platformer · 1993

Released in 1993, Mega Man X reinvented the Mega Man formula for the 16-bit era. While keeping the core loop of defeatin…

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Mega Man V for Game Boy (1994) — Capcom's final GB Mega Man title with all-original Stardroid bosses, Mega Arm weapon, and ro Uncommon

Game Boy

Mega Man V

ロックマンワールド5

Action Platformer · 1994

The fifth and final Game Boy entry in the Mega Man World series, released in Japan in July 1994. Unlike its predecessors…

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Play as Zero in Mega Man X3 (1995, Super Famicom) — but if he's defeated, he's gone for the rest of your run. The last X game Rare

Super Famicom / SNES

Mega Man X3

ロックマンX3

Action platform · 1995

Mega Man X3 (1995) is the third entry in the Mega Man X series and the last to appear on the Super Famicom / SNES. For t…

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Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Mega Man Xtreme

ロックマンX サイバーミッション

Platform / Action · 2000

Mega Man Xtreme (2000) brought the Mega Man X series to the Game Boy Color, condensing the action and boss roster of the…

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Beat both campaigns as X and Zero to unlock a third Xtreme Mode. Mega Man Xtreme 2 (2001, GBC) — bridge between the X series

Game Boy Color

Mega Man Xtreme 2

ロックマンX2 ソウルイレイザー

Action / Platformer · 2001

Mega Man Xtreme 2 is a 2001 Game Boy Color action platformer developed and published by Capcom — a sequel to Mega Man Xt…

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