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Wii
...
0.0
PlayStation
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2.5
NES
79
3.5

Description

In the future city of Monsteropolis, the use of robot labour has helped civilization grow more than ever before. At the forefront of this technology is Dr. Light and his assistant Dr. Wily, who are commissioned to build six robots to handle a variety of specific tasks. They are named Bombman, Gutsman, Iceman, Cutman, Elecman, and Fireman in reference to their individual prime functions. Dr. Wily, however, has bigger plans and chooses to take control of the robots and let loose destruction in a bid for world control. Dr. Light fights back with the best tool he has, an experimental human-like robot, Rock aka Mega Man, who had been tested to perform cleaning duties. Now properly armed, it's up to Mega Man to take on the maverick robots, fight his way into Dr. Wily's castle, and end this madness.

Mega Man is a side-scrolling platformer. Mega Man has the ability to jump and fire his weapon. He must travel to the levels of the six robot masters and defeat them in combat. By doing so, Mega Man is able to acquire their power for his own. These powers can then be used interchangeably with his main weapon and target the weaknesses of specific enemy bosses. Additionally, some hidden areas of the levels can only be accessed by using certain captured robot weapons. A special Magnet Beam ability can also be found which can be used to create steps.

Travelling throughout these levels, Mega Man is confronted by an army of lesser robot creations. Destroying these usually yields energy capsules (for refilling Mega Man's Energy), weapon capsules (for refilling Mega Man's special robot weapons), and extra lives shaped like Mega Man's head.

Alternate Titles

  • "Rockman" -- Japanese Title
  • "ロックマン" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

What a classic! NES Jonathan Hollas (25)
A delightful game—if you play it in the right frame of mind. NES PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3051)
Possibly most innovative game ever NES Bregalad (649)
Another Side-scrolling, jumping adventure. It's classic, though! Definitely worth playing! NES J. David Taylor (30)

The Press Says

Nintendo Land NES 2003 91 out of 100 91
VideoGame NES Jul, 1991 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
IGN Wii Aug 18, 2008 8 out of 10 80
Pixel-Heroes.de NES Sep 07, 2008 8 out of 10 80
Just Games Retro NES Sep 25, 2007 80 out of 100 80
Virtual Console Reviews Wii 2007 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Game Freaks 365 NES 2006 7.5 out of 10 75
The Video Game Critic NES Jul 27, 2002 B 75
Power Play NES May, 1990 72 out of 100 72
GameCola.net NES Jan, 2009 6.5 out of 10 65

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Trivia

When you revisit a stage, the Robot Master at the end will be back, whereas the games that followed had the room empty when you revisit the stage.


This entry was contributed by WildKard (11963), Kabushi (43702), Freeman (15200) and gamewarrior (5127)
 

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