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Mega Man
Beat the boss, steal the weapon
Capcom's blue robot arrived on the NES in 1987. Pick your stage, beat the boss and take its weapon, a formula that has grown into X, Zero, Battle Network and more.
- 1987
- First game
- 5
- Series
- Akira Kitamura, Keiji Inafune
- Creator
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One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The classic run. The original series set the rules on NES, with sequels arriving almost every year. Stage select, boss weapons and tight jumps defined the Blue Bomber.
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The essentials
Chapters
Series (5)
Mega ManCapcom's original Mega Man line, started by the 1987 NES game. Side-scrolling run-and-gun stages let you pick a boss order and take each boss's weapon.
Jack in, chip up, deleteMega Man Battle NetworkCapcom's Game Boy Advance RPGs began in 2001. Lan and his NetNavi MegaMan.EXE fight viruses on a grid, in real time, using decks of collectable battle chips.
Jack in, chip up, deleteMega Man Battle NetworkCapcom's Game Boy Advance RPGs began in 2001. Lan and his NetNavi MegaMan.EXE fight viruses on a grid, in real time, using decks of collectable battle chips.
A legacy worth revisiting
Pick your own order.
Mega Man let players choose which boss to fight first, then rewarded them with that boss's power. It grew into a wide Capcom family: the darker X games, the hard-edged Zero and ZX lines, and the Battle Network RPGs.
- 1987 to 1996
- The classic run
- 1993 to 2004
- The X years
- 2001 to 2008
- Handheld branches
Scenes that stay with you
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