Mega Man X

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Description

Mega Man X is a robot designed by Dr. Light to choose his own path in life. Years after he is created, Dr. Cain finds X and mimics his design to create a race of such robots called reploids. When the sigma virus infects these reploids, causing them to commit acts of evil, it is up to Mega Man X and his partner Zero (who is quite powerful, contrary to what his name implies) to stop it.

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Alternate Titles

• "洛克人X" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "ロックマンX" -- Japanese spelling
• "Rockman X" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Center CX challenge games
• Games made into comics
• Mega Man / Rockman games
• Mega Man / Rockman X series
• Protagonist: Robot

User Reviews

Wh-why must I continue to fight? *Sob*A-boo hoo hoo.	SNES	Adzuken (858)
Mega Man in his prime! This is one solid platformer!	SNES	matt moore (26)
Excellent port, still Megaman X though...	DOS	Zovni (10646)
Must-have game	SNES	Dylan Heyne (2)
Well, at least the graphics were nearly the same...	DOS	J. David Taylor (28)
Mega Man gets a futuristic upgrade in this PC port of the SNES Classic	DOS	Warlock (296)

Critic Reviews

RetroGame Man	SNES	Sep 24, 2016	10 out of 10	100
Game Players	SNES	Jan, 1994	95 out of 100	95
Gamestyle	SNES	Aug 01, 2008	9 out of 10	90
GameCola.net	SNES	Feb, 2009	8.3 out of 10	83
Video Games	SNES	Feb, 1994	76 out of 100	76
FNintendo	New Nintendo 3DS	Jul 27, 2016	7 out of 10	70
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Jan, 1996	69 out of 100	69
The Video Game Critic	SNES	Jul 15, 2000	B-	67
Digitally Downloaded	iPhone	Jan 14, 2012		60
PC Action	DOS	Feb, 1996	58 out of 100	58

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Trivia

Development

Apparently, the character Zero was meant to be Mega Man X and replace Mega Man as the protagonist. However, Keiji Inafune was concerned that players would find it hard to relate to a protagonist who was so different from the original Mega Man that X was created as a separate character and Zero was made his sidekick. Nine years later, Zero finally received his own series.

Ending

After beating the game, when the game freezes on the "Thanks for Playing" screen, wait about a minute or so, and the face of Sigma will pop up and he will say you some subliminal message claiming you didn't actually beat him, and that you should meet again soon.

Extras

The game came packaged with a free Capcom Pad, a 6-button Gamepad made by Capcom to use with this game, as well as other games.

References

The snake robots in Launch Octopus' stage are called Utuboros, which are obviously a reference to Oroborus, an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle, symbolizing the ideas of cyclicality and primordial unity.

Sales

According to publisher Capcom, Mega Man X has sold 1.16 million copies worldwide since its initial release (as of June 30, 2016).

Version differences

• In the original console version Ryu's (from the street fighter series) hadoken was included as a secret weapon which once found had to be triggered by the familiar down-forward-fire movement in order to fire. For the PC version, they scraped the "secret" part of it, and gave it to you from the get-go, just hold down the fire button and let go (as seen in the screenshots section), however its nowhere near as powerful as originally intended.
• The original Super Nintendo version uses passwords, the PC version has a save system.

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • January 1994 (issue 54) - Game of the Month

Information also contributed by Bregalad, CaptainCanuck, Itay Brenner, Mark Ennis and Zovni.

Related Web Sites

• Mega Man Central (Information on all Mega Man games, including little known titles such as the PC series and Japan only games.)
• Mega Man X: A First-Timer's Perspective (Alex's thoughts after playing through Mega Man X for the first time.)
• OC ReMix Game Profile (Fan remixes of music from Mega Man X.)