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Mega Man Series

Mega Man

Shooter Platform Action Science fiction
76
User Score
289 ratings
December 17, 1987
Released 14010 days ago
Nintendo 3DS Wii Family Computer Wii U Nintendo Entertainment System

About

Experience the game that started it all! Play as cybernetic hero Mega Man as you battle to stop the evil scientist Dr. Wily and his Robot Masters from taking over the world! A classic platformer in every sense of the word, Mega Man features timeless 8-bit graphics, a memorable soundtrack, and balanced but challenging gameplay that combine to create one of the most iconic video games of all time.

Mega Man, known as Rockman in Japan, is a 1987 action-platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was directed by Akira Kitamura, with Nobuyuki Matsushima as lead programmer, and is the first game of the Mega Man franchise and the original video game series. Mega Man was produced by a small team specifically for the home console market, a first for Capcom, who previously focused on arcade titles.

Storyline

Brilliant scientist Dr. Light conceived the construction of fully-operational human-like experimental robots to perform specific everyday duties. Dr. Light, and his assistant Dr. Wily, encouraged by their very first near-human robot - Mega Man - proceeded to develop six additional Humanoids, all programmed to perform prescribed rituals.

But, with the exception of Mega Man, all of Dr. Light's near-human robot experimentation went awry. Assistant Dr. Wily turned disloyal, re-programming Dr. Light's Humanoids, now bent on destroying opposition so Dr. Wily could control the world and its resources.

Resisting re-programming, Mega Man is chosen as the defender of the universe and its inhabitants. Mega Man dares to single-handedly penetrate seven separate empires of Monsteropolis, eliminating the leaders and followers of these sovereignties.

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Videos

Gameplay video

Release Dates by Platform

Family Computer Worldwide
Dec 17, 1987
Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
Dec 29, 1987
Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
Dec 13, 1989
Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
Sep 1, 1994
Wii Worldwide
Jun 22, 2007
Wii Worldwide
Jun 22, 2007
Wii Worldwide
Jul 29, 2008
Wii Worldwide
Aug 18, 2008
Nintendo 3DS Worldwide
Jul 18, 2012
Nintendo 3DS Worldwide
Oct 18, 2012
Nintendo 3DS Worldwide
Dec 27, 2012
Wii U Worldwide
May 2, 2013
Wii U Worldwide
May 2, 2013
Wii U Worldwide
Jun 12, 2013

Game Info

Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Playtronic, Capcom
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Shooter Platform
Themes
Action Science fiction

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English, Japanese, English, Japanese

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