ProtoMan , the predecessor of the little blue suit, is controlled by Tsuko’s friend Eric Carter who, instead of wielding a laser cannon, is equipped with a sword and shield. In fact, this reddish-toned character – who first appeared in the 1990 video game Mega Man 3 – becomes a playable subject during some sequences.
All of the original Mega Man titles were side-forward, meaning the user moved their character from left to right to move forward. The main character had to defeat a series of increasingly difficult enemies, and many of them could only be defeated by a weapon collected from another enemy.
The origin of Mega Man is interesting, as he is one of those few characters who, like Mario, has stood the test of time.
Mega Man began to gain a following in the United States, whose gaming market is very different from the Japanese one. At the same time, Rockman – the Japanese version – was moving towards the Famicom systems in Japan, but it was featured under a different name and a more attractive, or perhaps more commercial cover.
A robot created to fight for justice
Mega Man represented an intense and original action platform on the N intendo Entertainment System, NES that consumers flocked to. Capcom, as a developer, was already prolific with the system and had a crop of excellent games (Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins, Trojan …) at the time it released Mega Man. The truth is that the first game was a modest success. . The real breakthrough would come with Mega Man 2.
Mega Man, the story of a robot boy forged by Dr. Thomas Light to end the plague of rogue construction robots unleashed and controlled by his renegade assistant, Dr. Wily, opened up a whole new world for Capcom. The largely non-linear gameplay and the innovative idea of stealing the weapons of defeated bosses were what marked this series for longevity.
It is currently Capcom’s most prolific franchise with more than 50 titles across multiple systems that have sold a total of more than 33 million copies (figure is current as of the second financial quarter of 2018/2019).
Mega Man is still alive to this day. It has no official conclusion and the creators don’t seem interested in writing one. Not surprisingly, Mega Man 11 was released in October 2018. The saga continues.
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Megaman
(Rockman in Japan)
System: NES (Famicom), reissued 1999 for PlayStation
Released 1987
