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Ten minutes until your glory now, and we may never see you anymore..." -
Stir
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ASCII Art by Atom Edge
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Mega Man
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
written by: David "Zoop" McCutcheon
e-mail: zoopnova@aol.com
version: 7.0
date: 03/22/03
this document is Copyright 2003 David McCutcheon.
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~ Revision History ~
~ 7.0 ~
Changed the format a bit, that way it is more user friendly. Now you can
find each section of my FAQ, including the Walkthrough, via the Control
+ F method for PC users! Yay!
~ 6.0 ~
Updated things. Added a Boss List section, too.
~ 5.0 ~
Completed the Walkthrough. Everything is done! I will leave the version
open for spelling mistakes, typos, and user feedback, though. Enjoy!
~ 4.0 ~
Added more to the walkthrough, going up to Dr. Wily's Fortress Stage 3.
Also corrected simple typos and spelling mistakes. I'm stoopid.
~ 3.0 ~
I bet Ceejay wants to murder me. Three updates in three days. Anyways, I
got all of that pesky first Dr. Wily stage tabbed out, and I started on
the second Wily stage. Yay for me.
~ 2.0 ~
Version 2.0 completed. Added BombMan's full stage strategy.
~ 1.0 ~
Just started on this... I enjoyed doing the Kid Niki: Radical Ninja FAQ
so much that I decided to write for another one of my favorite NES
games: Mega Man. I had no influences for this guide, just pure love of
the game. Plus, it's an easy game to write for. ^_^ Enjoy! (NOTE: I
wrote quite a bit, but my computer had an error and deleted the file.
Luckily, I had a back-up file, but it wasn't updated recently. Please
excuse the way the FAQ looks right now, it will all be completed soon.)
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T A B L E o f C O N T E N T S
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~!~NOTE~!~
If you need to find a certain something in the guide, press and hold
Control (Ctrl) and press the F key. Type out the word you are looking
for, and search. If you're too lazy to do this, don't bother e-mailing
or IMing me. Thank you.
Table of Contents:
I. Introduction
Ia. Contact Me
II. Controls/Game Basics
III. Walkthrough
AA. GutsMan
BB. CutMan
CC. ElecMan
DD. IceMan
EE. FireMan
FF. BombMan
GG. Dr. Wily's Fortress (1)
HH. Dr. Wily's Fortress (2)
II. Dr. Wily's Fortress (3)
JJ. Dr. Wily's Fortress (4)
IV. Enemy List
V. Boss List
VI. Items List
VII. Weapons List
VIII. CMoriarty's Damage Chart
IX. FAQ
X. Credits
XI. Disclaimer
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I. INTRODUCTION
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Well, well, well... It was bound to come down to this. After getting my
NES hooked up and fixed, among the first games to put in and play was
all six of the Mega Man games. Regardless of what anyone says, no series
on the NES could top the Mega Man series, in my opinion. The Mega Man
series was THE series I grew up with. Now, at my young, tender age, I
have practically seen the downfall of the series... However, we still
have the classic six on the Nintendo Entertainment System. And let us
never, ever forget that.
In case you haven't noticed, a lot has happened since my last FAQ, which
took place around five days before I started on this one. I won IGN
Writer Of The Week under my IGN alias, ZoopNOVA, and became the first
non-prolific from GameFAQs to accomplish that feat. I must admit, I am
proud. With this huge honor at my feet, I decided to cover the very
first Mega Man game, and possibly more, if the feedback is positive.
Plus, what can I say? Capcom NES games rule!
The game is pretty straight-forward. I will guide you, step by step,
through each stage, as if I were holding your hand, or walking your dog,
and point out the weakness of every enemy, and especially the best ways
to kill each enemy in every area. I have died in each area several time,
and in many ways, to find out everything about this game to the point
that my thumbs were throbbing, just to get an edge on the current FAQs
for the game up. Keep in mind that you DO NOT need to defeat the bosses
in the order I present to you. This is just my preferred order. The best
thing about this series is the fact that you get to CHOOSE where to go.
The series itself is very non-linear, and if it weren't for this series,
you would not have complete freedom of choice in games like Grand Theft
Auto today. Represent and respect.
Game on!
-David
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Ia. Contact Me
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If you need me for anything whatsoever that isn't covered in the guide
(as long as it has to do with the guide. Sorry, but I don't feel like
hearing about how cute your kitten is if I don't really know you, yanno?
Actually, kittens are cute..), You can contact me via e-mail, or
sometimes IM. I check my e-mail several times a day; so don't hesitate
if you have a question! But please read the long paragraph below my
contact info.
E-Mail address: ZoopNOVA@aol.com
AIM: Zoop NOVA
Please only e-mail me if it's something you do NOT see in the guide. Try
to look for it; If it's not there, feel free to e-mail me.
If you don't know how to e-mail me, just simply bring up a new,
unwritten mail (this varies with different services. It should say
"Write Mail" on the button, though) and write out my e-mail address. For
the subject, type Mega Man FAQ. In the body of the mail, write whatever
you like, even hate mail! I don't care what you send, but positive
feedback is always nice. But if you're into the hate mail thing, I can
dig that, too.
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II. CONTROLS/GAME BASICS
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D-Pad Left/Right = Move back and forth
A = Jump
B = Shoot
A + B = Jump Shoot
Start = Pause/Weapons Select Menu
Select = Change Decision on Title Screen
* If you want items from enemies, be sure not to shoot them while they
are in the foreground of a platform. This will send the item to the
opposite side of the screen. *
* As always in Mega Man games, if you need to make a long jump, jump in
the air and keep pressing Start over and over again. You'd be surprised
how well this works. *
* If a boss gets too close to you, be sure to "shove him away" by
shooting him. This will send him backwards around three steps. *
* Remember if you Pause whilst on a ladder, that when you unpause the
game, you will fall off of the ladder. Take caution. *
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III. WALKTHROUGH
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*NOTE* You do NOT have to complete the Robots and their stages in my
order. You can do this in ANY order you choose. Here's the chart of
weakness, meaning the weapon given to you after you beat a boss will
harm that certain robot.
GUTSMAN = Mega Buster (Mega Man) or Hyper Bomb (BombMan)
CUTMAN = Mega Buster (Mega Man) or Super Arm (GutsMan)
ELECMAN = Rolling Cutters (CutMan)
ICEMAN = Thunder Beam (ElecMan) or A Carefully Aimed And Agile Mega
Buster (Mega Man)
FIREMAN = Ice Slasher (IceMan)
BOMBMAN = Fire Storm (FireMan) or Mega Buster (Mega Man)
The reason I save the extremely easy BombMan for last, you ask? For
smooth sailing ahead, my dear Watson.
Let's head to the first stage (and boss), GutsMan.
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Stage Difficulty: Medium
Boss Difficulty: Easy
Ahhh... Our very first Mega Man stage. The thing about the robot stages
in the Mega Man series, especially this game, is that they have a
running theme going with them. This stage is no exception. In fact,
GutsMan is known for being strong, and I guess a construction worker is
the best that they could come up with for GutsMan. Sadly for him, he is
NOT Joe Millionaire. You will find construction areas, as well as
construction enemies, in this fairly short part of the game.
At the very start of this relatively short, but moderate stage, you will
see your first two enemies of the same species! Oh, what a happy, joyous
occasion! Let's celebrate! Or kill the Shell Shooter. Either one will
do. These enemies are classic Mega Man enemies that show up in every one
of the Mega Man games, and are often known as "Hard Hats" amongst Mega
Man fans. When they open up their shell, you will see their eyes. They
will also shoot at you in three different directions: Up, straight
ahead, and down, all at the same time. One shot with the Mega Buster
will take care of them.
After destroying the two Shell Shooters, you will have to jump and climb
the platforms, using them as steps, and walk until you reach an area
that has a straight line, but nowhere to go. You will have to wait until
a lift will come by to pick you up. This may take several seconds, so
don't get worried and jump too soon. Wait it out, and when the green
lift comes by, jump on top of it and wait.
Once you're on the green lift, you will reach possibly the hardest part
of the game for most newbie Mega Man players, and something I often had
trouble with as a kid: While this green lift is fine, the bottom two
aren't so lucky. In fact, there are gaps in the tracks of the bottom two
green lifts. You will want to jump onto the second (middle) green lift
after it passes the gaps while coming towards you.
Once you jump down onto the first unsafe green lift, you will have to
remember to jump when the base of the lift (the platform that keeps the
lift up, located on the left) hits the gap, as the green lift WILL FALL
and send you to your doom if you don't jump. There are two gaps on this
line: The first, that you can clearly see, and the second, which is
close to the right edge, and remember to jump very quickly twice on this
edge.
When the time is right, jump down onto the third (bottom) and final
line. This one is the most complicated of them all. Not only will you
encounter FIVE (yes, count'em, five) gaps, and not only will they be
scrunched together, one after another, but you will also have to perform
a difficult jump to reach the safe platform. You may die a few times,
but remember that if you die twice while doing this, it's pretty wise to
die a third time and continue, since you don't want to make it to
GutsMan on your last life with four energy pellets left, now do you?
After jumping from the green lift to the platform, you better be
thankful that you're now on solid ground. So kiss the rubble for a
while, then continue along your journey. You will encounter a flying
green enemy (a set of three, in fact) that swoop down and grab you. I
call these enemies Green Chatters, as they look like they have teeth.
One shot for each of them will seal their fate. Continue...
Along the path, you will encounter a series of steps that you must
climb. No problem climbing thing, unless you can't hit the jump button,
and eventually you will find an Energy Refill (Large) tank. Collect it,
if you need it, then jump down.
You will be prompted into a sturdy battle with three Construction Robots
in different areas of the long strip in the "Construction Site" of
GutsMan's stage. The Construction Robots are fairly easy, and only block
seldomly. They attack much like the Hammer Brothers of Super Mario Bros.
3. They will sling hatchets up in the air, and you must avoid them while
shooting them with the Mega Buster. Around ten (10) shots will due him
in.
After the first, the next two will be located atop the suspended
platforms of the construction site area. The second one is right after
the first gap, so don't stand back too much, as if you get hit, you
could fall into the black pit of doom. Destroy the second Construction
Robot, then jump over to find the third and last one over by the ledge
to the right of the screen. Dispose of him, and jump down, but read the
next paragraph BEFORE jumping!
After jumping down, you will very reasonably notice that you will land
on... well, NOTHING! That's right, you will drop down straight, and once
you do, you will probably fall straight onto those damn spikes, and blow
up into a billion pieces. Ouch. So, to NOT die, just hug left tightly,
and you will land on a safe ledge, and you will encounter three Green
Chatters. Be SAFE when you kill them. Don't let them knock you off
carelessly. Jump from platform to platform to kill each of them by
mixing up their pattern.
After their untimely deaths, you can prepare Operation: Gimme Items.
Operation: Gimme Items consists of knowing where to fall, and what
corners to hug, to get some sweet items to heal yourself, refill your
weapons, or even *gasp* get an extra life! Yowzers! Keep in mind that
those pesky ol' Green Chatters will not halt in these areas. They attack
in threes, and you must use your techniques to kill them in a clean
fashion all the way down.
If you fall down on the left, two small Energy Refill tanks await if you
hug to the left. Keep in mind that you MUST hug the left, as spikes are
at the bottom of this, and that would leave a nasty stain if you hit
them. In the middle (the generic route), a small Weapon Refill awaits
your arrival. To the Right, there are two platforms: Top, which contains
a large Energy Refill tank, and bottom, which contains nothing.
Yes, even more choices await you after this. Remember that if you're on
the right, you MUST hug the left wall, because nicely laid spikes are on
the ground below you. If you hug the left VERY TIGHTLY, you might reach
an Extra Life on the top platform. A small Energy Refill tank lies next
to the spikes. Make sure you try to get that Extra Life, though, as
there's no reason not to, really. Now jump down and carry on.
After jumping down, you have a slight problem if you want to carry on...
A GIGANTIC BLUE BRAIN HOPPER!!! These things are NO joke, and I only
suggest engaging in battles with these things if, A) You have more than
1 life, and B) If you're energy bar in filled to the max. Three hits
from this gigantic beast of a robot, and you will be toast, and not the
good kind that tastes yummy, either. The... uh... other kind, I guess?
Regardless, run through when it high jumps, and don't look back. You
will reach the Boss Gates. Quickly enter them before that evil Blue
Brain Hopper comes back for you.
Once inside the gates, I will predict the future: In your near future,
you will walk down this corridor, and you will encounter four Shell
Shooters along the way. They will want to shoot at you in the three most
forward directions. You can avoid their attacks by simply going in there
head-on, shoot rapidly over and over again, that way as soon as they
open up, they're dead. Or you could do it the hard way. Either way, go
through the second set of Boss Gates to reach...
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GutsMan. When you walk into the battle, GutsMan shows up, and he looks
none-too-pleased with your arrival. With a nice little "pump-up" pose,
his energy is filled, and now you must battle with this bone head. Best
of luck to you, however, most would agree with me when I state that "you
won't need it."
GutsMan is, in my opinion, one of the easiest bosses in any game...
ever. I know bosses are supposed to have patterns, but, come on,
fellas... Give us a challenge, will ya? GutsMan isn't very mobile... In
fact, he never walks, much less runs. All he will do to you is jump in
the air, towards you or away from you, and when he lands, it will knock
Mega Man off of his feet.
Since this is, if you're following my strategy, your first boss, the
only weapon you have (or need, for that matter) is the Mega Buster.
Let's put it this way: I could beat GutsMan with one bar of health
EASILY. "How so?" you ask? His pattern NEVER CHANGES. He will hop back
and forth, then bounce in one place. A big rock will fall from the
ceiling, and he was grab it. Then he will toss it at you. It will hit
the rocks in front of him that you will use for a platform, and break
into several pieces.
Now, the tricky part: The pieces WILL damage you. So do not take them
lightly, as they are the hardest part of this boss battle with
GutsMan... but then again, that's not saying much now, is it? To avoid
it, get in between the two platform rocks, and when he chucks the
boulder at you, jump towards the edge of the second platform rock. This
should completely avoid the debris.
As for destroying him? Just shoot him every single time he jumps, and
sometimes (if you get lucky, that is) you can shoot him twice in one
jump, if the slowdown works correctly. Avoid the debris from the rocks,
and shoot. This strategy will work with no folly. After the battle,
collect his power, the Super Arm. You can now lift rocks, much like
GutsMan!
BB. _______
=/\/\==================|CUT |===================/\/\=
//\/\\=================| MAN|==================//\/\\
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Stage Difficulty: Easy
Boss Difficulty: Easy
Our second robot to smash, bash, and destroy is the ever-so-unlucky
CutMan. CutMan's stage is known as a futuristic junkyard filled with
scrap metal. Just kidding, however, a lot of gamers feel that the
programming and development in this stage was kind of clustered
together, and I see their point: This stage is one of the sloppiest Mega
Man stages ever. But I still love it just as much as the rest... Well,
except FireMan. His stage is cool. Get it? I'm funny. You know you wanna
laugh.
As the stage begins, you will have to climb the ladder to your left.
Climb up, and go right to jump the platform. You will notice a blue
enemy robot (three, to be exact) that I will now refer to as a Blue
Chatter, as it has huge teeth. Scary. Anyways, one hit will destroy it,
so carry on by jumping to the floor.
Once down here, you will notice yet another ladder. Hmm, what to do? Oh,
I know! Let's climb it! Once atop it, you will be prompted to jump
across the gap and skim the platforms above. After crossing the three
platforms, jump to the step. Watch out for more of those pesky Blue
Chatters, and remember that you CAN shoot through platforms. Nice.
Climb up yet again, and carefully jump across that nasty gap right
there. Got it? Good. Jump from the high step to the last area of this
long area, but please remember that when you jump, to also shoot and
take out that annoying Wall Mechanizism. Only one shot, when the hood is
lifted, will kill it, so it's worth it, if for the chance of an item
alone. There are two more that rest here: Climb the ladder a small bit
and hold right, then shoot. This should take out the second Wall
Mechanizism. Take out the third, then climb the ladder completely, jump
across the gap, and climb the ladder.
Once atop the ladder and on the next screen, you will find three more of
those Wall Mechanizisms. Keep in mind that if you shoot them while their
hood is closed, the bullet will bounce straight off of them. Time this
well, knowing that they shoot four times: Once towards the ceiling,
twice in the middle moderately, and once below.
Jump the gap, and take out the first Wall Mechanizism above the ladder
that you just climbed. After doing this, climb the ladder and then jump
in the air without moving to take out the second Wall Mechanizism, then
jump to that ledge and swiftly remove the third Wall Mechanizism from
the premises. Climb to the very top platform, then dart up that lovely
ladder.
Once you're up here, three more Wall Mechanizisms await your arrival. I
bet you're getting sick of them, eh? Well, get used to it, as this area
is infested with enemies in the bunches. Walk forward a little bit, then
destroy the first Wall Mechanizism across from you. When you're almost
up the ladder, face left and start shooting to destroy the second Wall
Mechanizism for high score purposes. Climb up completely, then jump
shoot the final one. Climb that drastically placed ladder...
AHHH!!! ANOTHER SET!!! Yes, even MORE Wall Mechanizisms await your in
this area. Halfway up the ladder, shoot the Wall Mechanizism to your
left. Good riddance. Now, climb up completely, then cross the gap. Now
climb that ladder (I bet you're sick of all of that climbing by now,
eh?) and jump shoot the second. Jump over to the platform, then take out
the last one, and climb yet another ladder. I bet the local warehouse
that Dr. Wily buys from is rich from his ladder purchasing spree.
FINALLY! NO MORE WALL MECHANIZISMS! Now that we're done celebrating, you
will notice a not-so-friendly Cutter Machine. What this thing does is it
will produce three Cutters from each side, one after another. Completely
avoid them and run through it, then take out the newly introduced Blue
Squids. These things are not very nice, so kill them easily in one hit.
Carry on.
After climbing the platforms, jump across the gap. In this next area,
you will find a new source of robot: The Clinger Robots. These things
are pretty easy to avoid, and they are usually found in fours during the
next few layers of the level. There are three in this area, however.
They die in a few hits, so you can A) kill them and rack up points for
the high score, as well as get pick-ups that may drop, or B) ignore
them. Regardless of your choice, be careful when climbing up the ladder.
Once atop, jump the gap and climb the next ladder up.
After you're up the ladder, you can prepare for the series of layers
that include Clinger Robots, much like the layers of Wall Mechanizism
enemy robots you encountered earlier. Shoot the first through the block
in front of you to eliminate its threat, then jump atop the block and
take out the second by jumping lightly, then shooting. After this, fall
down and climb the ladder. Take out the third after climbing the ladder,
then destroy that pesky fourth one by jump shooting it. Climb up the
next ladder...
Four more of those darned Clinger Robots appear. They just keep coming,
don't they? Easily take out the simple one (you should know how, by
now), and be sure to ignore that nasty second one. No use in trying to
waste your energy to hit it. However, you can take out the third and
fourth by jumping on the ladder and doing it from there. Afterwards,
climb up.
*beats head in with a dog's "squeaky" toy* FOUR MORE!!! Oh well. You're
bound to uncover some slowdown as soon as the enemies appear. I guess it
was just too close to not hit Mega Man with no slowdown, eh? Take out
the one directly in front of you. This will highly decrease the slowdown
by a mile or two. Ignore the other one going from side to side above
you, as it will hurt you more than anything. For the sake of an item,
shoot the third from the other side of the box after climbing the
platform. Climb the ladder and take out the remaining with your Mega
Buster, but be sure to move up if they get too close to your backside.
FINALLY! NO CLINGER ROBOTS! But, another Cutter Machine is here. Ignore
it, then climb the steps. You better hope you have enough energy left to
survive the dangerous onslaught that awaits you: Three Blue Chatters!
*big gasp* This will be harder than Dr. Wily himself. Be sure to kick
off the first two. As for the third, it hides in the foreground of the
stage. Kill it when it charges after you, then drop down, go left to
grab the Energy Refill (Large), then climb down the ladder.
Once down here, you will notice something quite odd, and awfully
peculiar: A shell will appear from the right side of the screen,
directly in the middle of the screen in an "up-down" standpoint. Once it
reaches far enough, it will open up and spit a bullet in every direction
at once! WATCH OUT! I call these enemies Shell Spreaders, so pay
attention whenever you see them. Keep in mind that these enemies will
come out in a never-ending fashion, so don't stall very long.
Now that we have the Shell Spreaders basics out of the way, on with the
strategy to get around this area: From the ladder, you will have to go
to the end of the platform, then fall down to the next platform. After
this, be sure to catch your breath, and kill the next Shell Spreader
that comes out. After this, you will want to immediately run to the left
and fall to the next platform, and dart down the ladder.
Ground spikes and Shell Spreaders, oh my! Yes, this will be the last
room with never-ending Shell Spreaders, so don't worry if you think that
there will be another three floors of them. ;-) From the ladder, go to
the end and fall off the ledge, and onto the next one VERY CAREFULLY. If
you land in those spikes, you will die instantly. Be sure to take out
one of those pesky little Shell Spreaders to clear the way for your
graceful exit. Now proceed to rush to the ladder and climb down.
Ahh... Another... WHAT THE HECK IS THAT??? Oh, it's a Red Brain Hopper.
These things are pretty annoying, and take 15-20 hits with the Mega
Buster to defeat, so go ahead and zoom past it once it does a "tall
jump" straight in the air. Once you get under it, keep running and never
come back! What's this? Whew, it's the Boss Gates. Go ahead and jump
into them, because let's face it, jumping into the gates is a lot more
fun than walking into them.
In the long Boss Gates hall, you will notice a set of three Shooting
Traps. These things are located on both the ceiling, and the ground.
Three hits will kill them, easily. Stand your distance from the one on
the ceiling, as they are trickier to hit. Be sure, however, to keep your
eyes open for when they shoot at you, because they shoot in several
different directions. Shoot and kill all three (Floor, Ceiling, Floor).
After this, go through the second Boss Gate...
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> BOSS: CUTMAN <
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When you walk into the boss "arena," of sorts, CutMan will pop out of
nowhere, and his energy bar will speed up to the time in no time. Oh
well, it will be down in the gutter again in a second.
CutMan has a certain pattern that he enjoys, and chooses, to use. This
pattern is very choice for action-packed gamers, but for those that
enjoy sniping your enemy from afar, you might have a little trouble with
the cat-and-mouse games that CutMan likes to perform. Not only will this
take down quite a bit of energy on your part, but you have to sense when
to get out of the way, as well.
Remember that the easiest way to kill CutMan relies not in your Mega
Buster, but in your Super Arm that you got from GutsMan in the last
stage. If, for some reason, you did not defeat GutsMan first, skip to
the next paragraph. If you have, however, then I have a great strategy
to use. See those two platform blocks that you're standing on in the
beginning? Fall off of those, equip the Super Arm, and then pick them
out individually. After this, carefully throw them at CutMan. These two
blocks will do MAJOR damage against the poor fool.
If you do not have the Super Arm from GutsMan, no fear, Zoop is here!
CutMan loves getting really close to you, however, you can restrain this
patterned ability of his by simply slapping him with your Mega Buster
bullets. This will knock him back for a while, and get him off-balanced
enough to hit him again. If he begins jumping during this string of Mega
Buster attacks, just get atop the platform boulders, and knock him out
of the sky. Also, he jumps in rapid succession, so watch out for where
he will land, so he doesn't fall of you and smush your head.
CutMan has a basic attack that he enjoys using on the Blue Bomber: The
Rolling Cutters. This will also be the weapon you collect after the
battle with CutMan. The Rolling Cutters attack works a lot like a
boomerang, so dodge the attack by shooting him as he releases it,
shooting him again as it goes over your head, then putting another
bullet in him after you jump over the Rolling Cutter as it comes back to
him. Repeat this process while he does this... If he's jumping, take him
out like I stated in the above paragraph.
After you destroy CutMan and watch him succumb, and turns into a
bajillion pieces of robot debris and dust, collect the ability that
drops from the ceiling (I wonder if it's the lighting guy that drops
those by mistake after the enemy robot explosion?), the Rolling Cutters.
Now, you can travel to the hardest stage, and possibly boss, in the
game: ElecMan.
CC. _______
=/\/\==================|ELEC |===================/\/\=
//\/\\=================| MAN|==================//\/\\
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Stage Difficulty: Hard
Boss Difficulty: Hard
*NOTE* There's a hidden gadget in this stage called the Magnet Beam. You
must have the Super Arm, which you get from defeating GutsMan, to
collect this gadget. Once you beat this stage, you can NOT go back to
collect this gadget. So make sure you have defeated GutsMan before
coming to this level!
Ahhh.... Good ol' ElecMan's stage. When you enter this stage, you will
notice that there are a lot of platforms, and this, as well as the
Spiked Swayers which are on them, pretty much describes the stage
itself, and the trouble you get in to along the way: Frustrating. In
this stage, you will encounter tons of enemies which are made of
elecricity, and enemies that will knock you off of platforms, as well.
Beware! This stage is known as highly annoying amongst all Mega Man
gamers, with very few exceptions.
As you enter ElecMan's stage, you will see a series of four platforms
that you can reach by jumping from one to the next. On three of these
four platforms (the lower three), there will be a set of three Spiked
Swayers. These things are pretty damn nasty, as they will attack you
with every time you jump on their platform/ledge. In fact, they go from
moderate speed to full speed when you jump on their platform/ledge,
leaving you with VERY little time to get around. Don't worry, however,
as you can shoot the Spiked Swayers and paralyze them for exactly three
(3) seconds straight. This still does not leave you with much time to
get from platform to platform, but it will definitely help, nonetheless.
After you paralyze the first, jump to its platform. Turn right and jump
shoot the second, when it goes towards the back of the room, towards the
ladder. Jump to its platform. Turn left and hit the third and final one
with the Mega Buster once it's towards the back, then jump to its
platform. Now you can safely jump to the next platform, as there are no
Spiked Swayers here, and safely climb the ladder.
Once atop the nice little ladder, turn to your left and you will notice
two platforms with Spiked Swayers that go back and forth, looking for
their parents. Aww, poor things... So shoot them. HA! Actually, you must
get on the left-hand side of the first platform, and jump shoot the
first once when it goes to the right side. Quickly jump to the platform
it's on, and remember that you only have three seconds to shoot the
other Spiked Swayer. So do so, but make sure that it's on the left side,
so you can jump on the very ledge. After this, jump to the high platform
and climb the ladder.
Now that we're up here, you have two choices: You can go over to the
right and climb down the ladder to reach a large Energy Refill. Keep in
mind that if you climb down the ladder, you will fall to reach the large
Energy Refill. If you do this, and while it is wise to do if you are
pretty low on energy, keep in mind that you will have to re-do the last
part with the two platforms and Spiked Swayers.
Regardless if you get the large energy refill or not, you will want to
get to the top and climb that ladder, so let's see how to get up there.
You will encounter two platforms that have Electricity coming out of the
right sides of them. This is a new "enemy" that you will find throughout
the stage that you cannot kill. You must simply avoid it, which we will
do.
Go to the left side of the first platform, much like the last screen
with the Spiked Swayers, and jump right after the Electricity stops. Not
only will this save your energy and decrease your risk of getting hit,
but this will help you work in your own time frame, as going to the
right is very dangerous. Now quickly jump to the next platform, and jump
up to the ladder and climb up. Take note that you will not die if you're
hit by the Electricity, but you will get badly damaged, and the first
Electricity pod goes off one second before the second. If you're swift
enough, you won't get hit.
The next area consists of a big ladder. Yes, just a huge ladder. Well,
that and the new robot enemies that you shall encounter. The easiest way
to sum up the Satellite Defender enemies is to copy and paste this part
from my Enemies Section of the FAQ. Remember to check out these
sections, as they're pretty helpful! "The Satellite Defenders pop up
every now and then, simply to make me mad. GRRR!!! Anyways... These
things are easily defeated in one hit, however, the problem is them
getting to you before you get to them. No, this cannot be a lot of fun.
If you're on a ladder, you have a lot of trouble, considering they
attack in sixes. Three from the top, three from the bottom. They will
open their mechanizisms to charge their shot, so lean to the side they
will shoot from and start shooting like crazy, that way you hit them
before they hit you. On the ground, however, you can easily kill them
and jump over their fire." Thanks Me! After defeating them, climb the
ladder to reveal...
ANOTHER LADDER! Actually, it's the same exact ladder that you just
climbed up, but nonetheless, it still lasts throughout this entire
screen, so take caution that more Satellite Defenders will attack in a
set of six: three on top, three on bottom. Just keep climbing the ladder
towards the top, and when they come out, stop, and pull to the direction
they are in and unleash a ton of bullets. Ignore the lower ones and dart
up that lovely, gigantic ladder.
After finally climbing that huge ladder, you will be faced with
something that has become a redundant trend in the Mega Man series that
we all hated at the time, but loved in the long run: The Magical
Disappearing Blocks Of Doom! (tm). The magical blocks (of doom) will
appear out of nowhere, some including above your head (thus, you must
jump at the right moment to get on top of them), and then around two (2)
seconds later, the block will disappear. This will continue forever, so
if you miss it, don't fret too much. If you're wondering, here's the
pattern for both of the sides that you can reach:
The appearing/disappearing blocks move in a very odd manner that the
Mega Man series created, thus, if you've never played a Mega Man game,
get ready to expand your platforming knowledge. The first block will
appear directly above the platform that you reach by climbing the
ladder. The second block is directly to the left of the first block,
just off of the main platform. The third is one block will be between
the ladder on the far right, and the very last block (fourth) is one
block over and two blocks above the second block. This may sound
confusing, but read it as you watch the pattern. You're bound to
understand what I'm getting at.
To reach the left side, which will lead to several small Energy Refills
and small Weapon Refills, you will jump to block one, to block two, and
finally to block four. Jump at the right time to reach the fourth block,
as the second will disappear as the fourth appears. Keep this in mind,
as you definitely do not want to fall here, since you will take a deep
dive down that long ladder again. Ugh. Climb the ladder and get the
goodies.
To reach the right side, which leads to your exit of the area, simply
jump up to block one, then to block four. Keep in mind the exact same
thing that I stated in the above paragraph about jumping. While your
risk of falling is highly decreased from the path on the left, it still
remains there, just silently. After this, climb the ladder.
In this next area, you will encounter, yet again, those darn Magical
Disappearing Blocks Of Doom! (tm). Don't worry much, though, as this set
of four blocks will be quite easy to get around compared to the other
set. In fact, the best thing of all is that they will appear in a
straight line, one after another. Once one of them appears, walk to it,
and walk to the next after it appears. There will be four, so jump to
the ladder and climb up on the fourth block. Once up, go up the other
ladder to reach the "Continue Point."
Now that you're at the "Continue Point," you have the safe feeling that
if you die, you will start back here. The bad part, you ask? The
upcoming areas are a lot harder than the ones we just past. In this
area, you will encounter several obscure blocks (solid ones that will
not disappear), so be careful with your jumping. There's also a large
Energy Refill that awaits you. If you decide to get it, hug the left so
you will land inside of the hole in the platform. Carefully jump to the
obscure platform block to get out. Climb the ladder, and you will reach
your first "two choices" area of quite a few.
Once you've climbed the ladder, you're in your first "Double Vision"
room in the game. This is very simple for you, and very complicated for
me, as I have to describe both routes. =P Nonetheless, once you reach
this area, you have two choices to go: To the Left, which is an opened
area, or to the Right, which is a closed area. Before you make your
decision, a set of six (6) Satellite Defenders will attack. Don't even
bother getting on a ladder; Just take out the bottom three first, then
await the arrival of the three from above.
Now, those two choices will become more eventful; now you have to decide
what kind of route you wish to take for the next few rooms, as there's
no way to get to the other side unless noted in this Walkthrough. If you
decide to go Left (Open Area), you will encounter a LOT of Spiked
Swayers, and you will take a lot of damage, more than like, anyway. My
choice, which you don't have to take, would be to the Right (Closed
Area). It consists mostly of ladders and Electric Bolt Outlets, much
like you encountered way down there. It's your choice. So choose. I will
list the Left path in a full paragraph, then the Right path in a full
paragraph, so skip the paragraph you are not taking.
ON THE LEFT: Once you climb the ladder to the left, you will notice that
their are three Spiked Swayers. The main problem that most people have
with this is the fact that the platforms that the three Spiked Swayers
are on are extremely tiny. This means you will have to jump very
carefully to the very ledge of each platform without getting hit by the
Spiked Swayers. Jump to the mini platform top the right, then face left.
Jump up and shoot the first Spiked Swayer, and jump on the platform that
it's on. Face to the right and jump shoot the Spiked Swayer to stall it,
then get on it's platform. Face to the left and jump straight up to the
ladder and start climbing to exit this area.
ON THE RIGHT: This path is fairly easy to remember, as long as you have
a brain, anyway. This is a series of ladders and Electrical Bolt Outlets
amongst those ladders. All you need to do is, from the start point, go
to the right and climb up the ladder here. There's an Electricity Outlet
atop of here, so wait until it has stopped. Keep in mind that the
Electricity Outlet will shoot all the way across the platform. Right
after it has, dart up the ladder and jump to the left and press up to
hang onto the next ladder. Stroll up the ladder and quickly jump up to
the next ladder to avoid the Electricity Outlet, as well as save some
time, to boot!
ON THE LEFT (2): In the next area, you will find that there are several
platforms available. As soon as you arrival up top, jump to the sub-
platform to the right, then quickly jump up to the platform on the left.
Stop for a second and await the arrival of six Satellite Defenders. You
should take out all six instead of just the three up top. Be sure to be
swift whilst doing this, or you could get hit at least once or twice.
After this, collect the goods, then jump to the platform and to the
ladder, then climb up.
ON THE RIGHT (2): Once the screen bounces up, you will be relaxed to see
that the area in clear from those darn Electrical Bolt Outlets this
time. In fact, the path is pretty clear, and smoothed out for you: Just
climb up the ladder that you are on, and then simply jump straight in
the air and hold up to grab onto the second ladder. By now, however,
there are six Satellite Defenders that just so happened to have come out
of nowhere. Destroy the top three of the set, and then you can simply
climb up with no problems.
Ahhh... The paths are back together at last, just like Mommy and Daddy!
But not for long, as you can see that there are two different ladders
above: On the Right, and on the Left. Once again, the paths consist of
the same thing: The Left is purely those annoying Spiked Swayers, with a
spice of Electrical Bolt Outlets. The Right, however, is a closed area
with more of those lovely Electrical Bolt Outlets, which are simple to
avoid. Take note, however, that you MUST have GutsMan's Super Arm, and
you MUST have the Magnet Beam... Hey, speaking of the Magnet Beam...
Y'see that item over there to the right of the screen, in the middle?
That is the Magnet Beam. This device will come in MUCH handy at our next
stage that we must take care of, so you will definitely want it. This
puppy will spit out home-made platforms to use--OUT OF NOWHERE! So yes,
you will never have to struggle over jumping from platform to platform
with spikes or lava below! YAY! Just get out your Super Arm ability that
you got from GutsMan, and pick up the three boulders and toss them
aside. Now just go over and grab the Magnet Beam. You can equip it by
selecting the "M" on the last slot of the Menu Screen. Now choose your
path.
ON THE LEFT (#3): When you climb up the ladder, you will notice the
enemies that I noted earlier: Those darn Spiked Swayers are back again,
and when you jump on their platforms, they will want to kick your ass
like a shark on wounded prey. Oh well. The first, which is on the right
sub-platform, can easily be avoided by simply ignoring it. So climb the
ladder right up to the part where you climb up at, then lean right and
shoot the second Spiked Swayer (otherwise, you will definitely get hit,
unless you're even more swift with jumping than I am, and keep in mind
that it CAN reach you while you're on top of the ladder if you're close
to it's edge). Hurry and climb up while it's stunned, and jump up to the
ladder and rush up the ladder.
ON THE RIGHT (#3): If you take the right path, then you will play Shoots
And Ladders... er... Bolts And Ladders. Fall off of the ladder, and to
the right where the small, solid piece of ground is. From here, wait
until the first Electricity Outlet goes off, then quickly jump to the
next sub-platform, and to the ladder again. This will save time. Now
climb up the ladder, whilst avoiding the second Elecricity Outlet, and
proceed.
ON THE LEFT (#4): Once you arrive up top, there are no more Spiked
Swayers! Yay! However, there are two (2) Electrical Bolt Outlets that go
off at completely different times. This isn't much of a bother, though,
so just start up the ladder and time every move perfectly. Once you get
past both Electricity Outlets, climb the ladder.
ON THE RIGHT (#4): For once, the path on the Right is more complicated
than the path on the Left. Actually, I'm kidding. heh. Anyways, this
path is even simpler than the Left: Just go to the left after climbing
up, and go up the ladder. Now stroll on over to the right and start
climbing the ladder. There's only one (1) Electricity Outlet on this
side, so time it and dart up that ladder, boy!
ON THE LEFT (#5): We're back in a section that joins together again!
Whee! But not so fast. The section to the Right is blocked off to those
whom have taken that path, but as for you, you're a-okay on your Left
portion. There's two Electricity Outlets here, one below the platform,
and the second above the platform. Time it nicely and pass the first.
You will notice a Red Squid that will hop towards you. Stay safe on the
ladder until it jumps off, committing robotic suicide, and then wait
until the second is done shocking the air. From here, jump straight up
to the ladder and climb up.
ON THE RIGHT (#5): For once, you have just as tough of a time as the
Left side, and this time, I'm not joking. There are two Red Squids in
this area; one of them will come after you as soon as you climb up for
sure, while the other may wait where it's safe. Either way, rid the
cyber world of both of them with one Mega Buster bullet each. After
this, climb up the ladder and equip the Super Arm (GutsMan) and remove
the block. After this, equip your newly acquired Magnet Beam and jump
shoot. This will set up a platform. Hurry up and get on top of it, and
then jump out of the hole before it expires. Now go climb that ladder!
YAY! We're out of that dreadful "Double Vision" area for good now! Now,
I hope you aren't spent from all of that climbing, as you have a replica
of the ol' Continue Point way back there, minus the Large Energy Refill
inside of the wall. Jump across the tiny, floating platforms and go up
the ladder. We're almost to the end by now.
Now that we're atop of the ladder, you will notice a strange resemblance
of towards the very beginning. There are two (2) Electrical Bolt Outlets
up here, and they are lined up with the first (from left to right) being
above the second, much like the third room in ElecMan's stage. Go to the
left of the lower platform and jump up once the top platform's
Electricity dies down, then quickly jump on top of the high platform,
and to the ladder. Climb up.
In this area, you will notice a very, VERY nasty Red Brain Hopper. This
one is very ill-placed, as it can damage you easily here. All you can do
is hope that it will not hit you. Rule number one is to NEVER stay on
the ladder here, as the Red Brain Hopper will suicide drop on your poor
little blue body and crush you (a very possible kill at this point in
the stage), so dart underneath it as it hops over you. If it gets too
close for comfort, drop down to the lower level and arise again to
"Refresh" the enemy's placement. Go through the Boss Gates now.
Once inside of the Boss Gates, you will be prompted to climb a ladder.
This is very annoying to reach, and with how hard the boss battle is, it
isn't much fun, either. Jump up, then climb the ladder (how many times
have I said that in this stage alone?). Once up in the second room,
there are three Electricity Outlets that will go off as you climb the
ladder. The top and bottom Outlets will go off at the same time, with
the middle Outlet going off slightly before them. Gracefully climb up to
reach the third and final room, which looks exactly like the second. So
go along the same gameplay as the last. Now climb up and reach the boss,
ElecMan...
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> BOSS: ELECMAN <
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When you arrive deep inside (or should I say "atop"?) of ElecMan's
dungeon lair of doom (is it a dungeon, anyway?), ElecMan will be waiting
for you. Obviously, he's never been to the doctor, since it seems as if
he does, indeed, not like to wait. For making him wait, he will now
attempt to blow you up. This is not good.
Much like CutMan, ElecMan has the same sort of jumping pattern that they
both seem to enjoy. In which being, he will hop, over and over again,
getting closer to you as time progresses. So watch out, as he will
definitely land on your head if you aren't paying much attention. You
can avoid this from happening by simply shooting him with your Mega
Buster, or those lovely Rolling Cutters that you got from CutMan.
As I mentioned above, the Rolling Cutters work extremely well against
this agile sucker. In fact, in only a mere three hits with the Rolling
Cutters (which you get by defeating CutMan) will make ElecMan go "Big
KABOOM!", and with as hard as this boss is, it's a pretty wise decision
to kill CutMan and grab the Rolling Cutters for this battle alone.
If you don't have the Rolling Cutters, then shame on you! I'm sorry, I
didn't mean that. Well, if you don't have THAT, then you SHOULD have the
Super Arm, which you should have from killing off GutsMan. This won't
work wonders against ElecMan, like the Rolling Cutters do, but it still
works. Equip the Super Arm and then pick up the two boulder blocks up,
and then destroy them against ElecMan's body! HAR HAR! This is also a
good strategy to use if you don't have the Rolling Cutters, as it gives
more room for a good ol' leveled battlefield.
If you're working with a straight-up old school Mega Buster, then I pity
you, because they did not make Energy Refill Tanks in this Mega Man
game. Oh well. ElecMan will take down a LOT of energy from you, and it's
wise to remember this. Don't let him hit you by jumping on you, and
definitely do NOT let his attack, the Thunder Beam, hit you, either!
The attacks ARE projectiles, and not pure straight lines of electricity.
Keep this in mind, as you can jump up and over the electric bolts that
he shoots out which go straight. If you get hit, it will not take out
all of your energy, but it will do a decent amount of damage to Mega
Man.
Attack him with the Mega Buster in-between his Thunder Beam electricity
attacks, and be sure to hit him every single chance you get when he
comes jumping and hopping towards you. Be sure to NOT hop around him, as
he will send you back down to the ground by running into you, and this
will also take down a decent amount of damage. Remember that it takes a
very agile player to beat ElecMan without the Rolling Cutters.
After you defeat ElecMan, the Thunder Beam weapon will fall from the
sky. Grab the weapon and you will gain the ability to use the very same
weapon that the evil ElecMan used on you. Maybe this will help Mega Man
mend his wounds? Here's the basics of how this weapon will work:
This weapon attacks in three directs: Straight, up, and down. Kind of
like this:
|
~ M
|
~ = Electricity Projectile
| = Electricity Projectile
M = Mega Man
Now that we have figured this out, let's go to our next enemy: IceMan.
DD. _______
=/\/\==================|ICE |===================/\/\=
//\/\\=================| MAN|==================//\/\\
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Stage Difficulty: Medium
Boss Difficulty: Medium
Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! The fridget atmosphere of IceMan's stage is very
freezing, indeed, but I guess it will work out okay, since your blood
pressure will be up so high after reaching IceMan himself that the cold
air will cool you down a bit. This stage is filled with VERY nasty
Magical Disappearing Blocks Of Doom! (tm), so it will take a bit of
patience to sit through this level. You could always skip to BombMan's
stage, if you need more time, as you can defeat him easily with just the
Mega Buster, but I suggest knocking out IceMan without complaining too
much.
When the stage starts off, you will notice that you're in the very first
"slick-grounded" Mega Man Stage (ala Flash Man's stage in Mega Man 2).
This means that when you walk, you will slide quite a bit from all of
the ice. They don't call him IceMan for nothing, I guess. As you slide
to the right of the screen, you will notice a Robo-Swooper enemy. You
can take out the Robo-Swoopers by shooting them in the head once, or you
could also shoot them three times in the lowerbody area. Take note that
if you do this, the upperbody will detach from the exploding lowerbody,
and swoop down to get you (ala Green Chatters). Shoot it once to kill it
completely. If you couldn't guess, it's wise to kill the thing from the
head to begin with. If you would like more information on these enemies,
check the Enemies Section on my FAQ/Walkthrough! Keep in mind that
awesome sections are in this guide, NOT just the Walkthrough itself.
As you go along, you will notice that there are three more Robo-Swoopers
amongst the sub-platforms that you must climb to reach the next area.
You know what to do; give them ice cream. er... Kill them, actually... I
read the wrong thing. Sorry. After completing this task, you will come
to a lake-like area which you must jump into. So do so.
You will notice that once you are in the water, your gravity seems a bit
higher than on land, but definitely not by much at all. If you've ever
played Mega Man 2, you will notice a huge difference, as you go a lot
lower in height when you jump in this game (in fact, just barely higher
than normally). Use this to your advantage when leaping over areas that
have Spiked Swayers in the bottom of them, and you will encounter quite
a few of those, mind you.
Quite a few, of course, meaning three of the Spiked Swayers in the
"pits," of sorts, and yet another one that rests on a sub-platform
leading out of the water. But before we reach it, we must reach it. Or
something. On the way to the fourth Spiked Swayer, you will encounter
another new set of enemies: The Penguin Bombers (boy, I love making new
friends). This type of enemy will sway up and down on the screen, and
fly towards Mega Man. One hit with the Mega Buster will knock them out
cold, so as you go through this area, fire three Mega Buster bullets in
a row whilst jumping. This will send three bullets in three different
directions, hopefully taking out the Penguin Bombers as they appear.
They aren't much of a threat, though, so don't worry.
Once you reach that fourth Spiked Swayer on the sub-platform leading up
and out of the lake-like area, you will have to freeze it, so slightly
jump shoot the Spiked Swayer to stun it, then jump to the sub-platform,
then jump over it, and finally jump to the next platform. In a much less
complicated sentence that I could use: "Just shoot the thing and get
out."
Once you arrive atop of the lake-like area, you can carry on with your
mission of destroying IceMan and taking his Ice Slasher. You will reach
an area, in which below you will see two Clinger Robots going up and
down. Drop down into the first hole you see, and turn left. Use your
Mega Buster and destroy the one on the left, and avoid the one on the
right, if you wish. You can kill it, if you desire. Grab the Large
Energy Refill, then go right and fall off of the platform and into the
hole to reach the Continue Point, and the first of two annoying
disappearing blocks screens. Ugh.
When you fall in the pit, you will appear is a small area filled with
water up to your waist. Seemingly, there's no way to escape from here,
and there is also a Spiked Swayer on the ground to keep you hopping
around like a cowboy getting shot at the feet. Ouch. However, you will
soon notice that you are in an area with the Magical Disappearing Blocks
Of Doom! (tm), and you must climb to get out. What a bummer.
The pattern of these blocks can be extremely tricky with the way that
they appear, because you will have to make VERY long jumps to each
platform. There is one short-cut that you can use to get up a couple of
blocks faster, but we will just use the simple pattern that was meant to
be used. I will explain this, so in words, it may sound very
complicated, but in actual vision of the room itself whilst reading the
strategy and locations, you should be able to figure it out.
1st Block: On the left hand side of the middle of the room
2nd Block: On the far left, slightly above the first block
3rd Block: The opposite side of the first block
4th Block: The opposite side of the second block
5th Block: High above the first block
6th Block: Towards the middle of the room, but leaning to the right
7th Block: Much like the sixth block, but to the left and higher above
Cross them in that order, and you should be fine, but please remember
that you may drop a few times while trying to get the hang of how and
when to jump. That fourth block can really cause some headaches, so
don't worry if you can't do it at first.
An additional strategy can be done, you dirty cheater, you! If you
simply cannot make the jumps all the way to the top, you can make a few
jumps and then get out that newly acquired gadget, the Magnet Beam, and
use it against the left side of the wall to create a long platform, and
from here you could either reach the upper blocks, or you could just hop
straight out, given that it is high enough in the air, anyway.
Once you have dropped below into the next area, you will encounter yet
ANOTHER set of blocks... If you think it's hard understanding this, you
should try writing about it. ;-) This second set of blocks is a lot more
confusing than the first set, and is hands down the hardest set of
magical blocks in the game. Don't be intimidated, however, as once you
learn the pattern, you can swiftly make it to the ledge safely on your
first try! Good luck, though. =P
Jump into the water from the dry ledge you landed on, and you will
notice a Spiked Swayer. Take note that sometimes, if you move to a
perfect part of the screen, a glitch will occure, and the Spiked Swayer
will disappear. I don't really suggest trying to do this, though, as it
will take up a lot of time (in fact, as much time as it will take to get
up to the safe ledge), so it's your choice. If not, then here's how we
do this...
First of all, I'm not even going to go by numbers, as certain blocks
appear at the same time, thus, complicating me explaining this on paper
even harder than before. So, what I'm going to do is just give you the
411 straight up. Got it? Good. Okay, after jumping into the water, dodge
that pesky Spiked Swayer. Wait until the blocks get very close to the
water. There should be two of them that do this. Jump onto the second
one that comes close to the water.
After jumping on this one, which I will refer to as the first block, a
second appears to the direct left and slightly above you. Jump to it.
The next block will appear around three blocks to your left, so just
jump to it. After this, you will have to ignore the next block that
appears, and jump slightly to your right (and above) right before the
block you're on disappears. Jump straight in the air to reach the next
block directly above you, and now jump around one and a half blocks to
your right to reach the final block. Now quickly jump to the safe ledge!
You did it! Hoo-haa!
In the next area, there will be four Pellet Lifts. These things can be
nasty, and you cannot kill them. Not like you should in the first place,
anyway. You will need these "enemies" as lifts to take you to the next
area. They will shoot from both directions (left-right), so dodge their
shots by jumping over them. Be sure not to fall off of the lifts
themselves when dodging the others' fire. As I said, there are four, so
jump on their "heads" and take a stroll to the next lift.
Keep in mind that these lifts move completely randomly, so this is one
part of the game that I cannot guide you through, step-by-step. The best
time to jump is when your lift is going to the right, and the one you
must jump to is going towards you (to the left). Watch out for the lift
you're getting on or got off's fire, as it may knock you to your doom.
After completing the crossing of the four Pellet Lifts, there's a "half-
way point" which features a large Weapon Refill upon it. You're halfway
done with the first set of lifts, and there's another four to go.
The first Pellet Lift should be a piece of cake to jump on, and once you
do, the second should be right around the corner, but don't quote me on
that one. While you're in mid-air, you will notice that there are
Penguin Bombers on the rise! Red alert! Red alert! Code Red in effect!
Or something! Don't let them rain on your parade, just use the three
Mega Buster bullet trick that I told you earlier to deal with them. Now
you can to dodge the Penguin Bombers, AND the Pellet Lifts bullets!
*sigh* It never ends, does it?
Once you've crossed the grand total of eight (8) Pellet Lifts, you will
realize that you have a little bit longer to go until the Boss Gates.
Drats! Go to the right, and you will notice a long tunnel in the wall
below which has an Extra Life in it, so fall in the hole and hang left.
If you reach it, great! If not, keep on hanging to the left and you will
definitely reach a set of three small Energy Refill tanks and three
small Weapon Refill tanks on the screen below. After collecting the
goods, go to the right and fall, then go to the left and drop down.
In this next area here, you will notice a big, bad Blue Brain Hopper!
GASP! By now, you should know that whenever one of these things is
close, the Boss Gates should be directly up ahead. So you can either
take this meanie out, or you can slide underneath it, or you could just
let itr hit you until you die, but why on earth would you want to do
THAT? Go into the Boss Gates once you have decided what to do with the
Blue Brain Hopper.
Once in the drastic Boss Gates, you will be prompted to deal with an
unlimited supply of Penguin Bombers! Oh no! Don't worry, though, you can
take them out like a raging mobster in a movie about the Bronx by just
sliding forward as fast as possible and shooting the living hell out of
those Penguin Bombers! Simply shoot your Mega Buster, over and over
again. Go through the second set of Boss Gates to reach the freezingly
frozen IceMan! Mwa ha ha!
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> BOSS: ICEMAN <
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*shivers* It's cold in here! Gee, I wonder why? It's probably because
that ragin' Eskimo IceMan lives here! Which brings us to this
conclusion: Is he an Eskimo, or a Robot? My mother is an Eskimo (true
story), and she doesn't really look like IceMan... Then again, if my mom
looked like IceMan, I'd be kind of scared. Anyways, IceMan will pop out
of nowhere and will want to duel. This battle isn't too simple with the
Mega Buster, but if you can jump well enough, then you're good to go!
Yay!
IceMan has a very dull pattern that is kind of complex to dodge, but
very easy to avoid. Does that make sense? Basically, what I'm trying to
say is that while his pattern is easy to look out for, it is NOT easy to
avoid his attacks. In fact, he does not even have that wide of a variety
in attacking. It all pans out from one very simple method that he uses,
The Ice Slasher.
Here is a text version of the Ice Slasher that IceMan will use against
you at will, over and over again.
< 3
< 2
< 1
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< 4
< 5
< 6
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In case you're wondering what this chart represents, I will explain: The
arrows pointing left are the Ice Slasher waves that he will throw at you
when he jumps. You will want to jump over the first (1) and fall down in
between the first (1) and second (2). Keep on shooting IceMan with the
Mega Buster while doing this, but keep in mind that the preferred weapon
is the Thunder Beam that we got from ElecMan.
The "---" rows represent the ground, and where Mega Man stands. As for
the numbers, as you couldn't already tell, this is the number in which
he fires them in. A good understanding of this is to keep in mind that
when IceMan jumps, he will not jump like a normal Mega Man boss enemy.
Instead, he will do a slowmotion jump (Mega Man will remain in fast
motion) and shoot these Ice Slashers slowly (however, they will race to
you very quickly). He will remain in mid-air for a second or two, then
slowly make his way back down to the ground. The second row, fourth (4),
fifth (5), and sixth (6), represent his "coming down" attack.
On the second row, as I stated above, you will notice that his line of
fire is in the opposite of the first row, in up-to-down fashion. To
avoid this line without getting hit, simply wait for both the fourth (4)
and fifth (5), then jump up and over the sixth (6) Ice Slasher
projectile. Keep in mind that while you do all of this, you will
definitely have to keep shooting. Also remember that if you get hit a
couple of times not to get discouraged. Slight jumping in between the
first (1) and second (2) will be your main problem during this battle.
If you just simply get sick of using that damn Mega Buster over and over
again, then have no fear, you (should) have a secondary option by now
for defeating IceMan. Go to the Start Menu and select "E," for ElecMan.
This will equip the Thunder Beam. You can follow the strategy as I
stated before, but according to Colin Moriarty's Damage Chart (located
in his GREAT FAQ, and in this FAQ), it will only take a mere three hits
to blow up IceMan. If that is not simple, then I don't know WHAT is!
After defeating IceMan, he will SHATTER! AHHH HA HA HA! ...Okay, it
wasn't funny. I'm sorry... Okay. Sorry. I only tried to be funny...
Ahem... Grab the icon that drops from the sky to obtain IceMan's lovely
weapon, the Ice Slasher. Sadly, this will NOT go in all three
directions, and only in one, but it's okay, lil' buddy. Now let us go
snuff out FireMan's Olympic Torch with that Ice Slasher!
EE. _______
=/\/\==================|FIRE |===================/\/\=
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Stage Difficulty: Medium
Boss Difficulty: Hard
OOH! OOH! HOT! HOT! From the freezing settings of IceMan's blizzardy (is
that a word?) stage, now to the hell blazing inferno that is known as
FireMan's stage. Almost every enemy you encounter in this level will be
made of fire! That means that you can whip out your newly acquired Ice
Slasher thatcha got from IceMan and let loose on'em... But make sure you
have enough for seven rounds that you can launch into FireMan's booty.
When the level starts off, you're placed on the lower floor of three,
and right smack dab in the middle of the second and third floors on the
left are one Shooting Trap per floor. It will take three hits to destroy
each one of them, and also a very agile Mega Man to avoid their shots.
Pretty much run straight in and start firing at them, as you fire in
three shots, it should take them out with one set of Mega Buster
bullets. After killing the first, go to the far left and climb the
ladder.
After climbing the second ladder, you're on the "top floor" of this
area. Rush straight in and fire a set of Mega Buster rounds to quickly
eliminate the threat of the Shooting Trap up here. After this, continue
to your right and you will find another Shooting Trap, so use three
bullets of your Mega Buster to kill it, and then right after this you
will spot yet ANOTHER Shooting Trap on this floor. You know what to do
by now. Eventually, you will reach a ladder. Make haste by starting to
climb down it, then hit the Jump button to fall off of the ladder. Now
head left and fire a set of rounds to take out the Shooting Trap here.
Make haste with the next ladder by jumping off of it once you get on.
Run towards the right.
In this next area, you will notice a new kind of enemy that originated
the annoyances in Mega Man games that come out from black pits and try
to knock you out of mid-air so you will fall to your doom. These things
are extremely annoying, in case you couldn't guess already. They are
called Hot Heads (the term was coined by me, hehe!), and they shoot out
from nowhere in packs of threes (3) and eventually fall at a moderate
pace back into the battlefield to knock you out of mid-air once again.
One shot does each of them in, but the hard part isn't killing them,
it's them to begin with. So watch your step once you reach the ledge and
await for them to fall from the sky, then take them out, you killer
hitman, you.
Once you've jumped across the first evil ledge that the Hot Heads
attacked from, you're on the first ledge in which you spot a Fire Wall
enemy. This thing cannot be killed, so don't even bother... How can you
kill fire that doesn't have a face, anyway, silly? However, I do have a
helpful tip to share with you: Bring up the Weapons Menu and select "I"
for IceMan. Unpause the game and you will have equipped the Ice Slasher.
Now wait for the Fire Wall to rise, then blast it with the Ice Slasher
when it's about half-way to the limit of its length. This will freeze
the Fire Wall, making it an Ice Step for the moment. Hop up onto it, and
jump up and to the left to reach a large Energy Refill tank. Oh joy! Now
carefully jump down to the Ice Step and jump over to the platform, now
climb the first ladder. Head right and up the second ladder.
Still running low on health? Well, you're in luck, my friend! There are
two (2) small Energy Refill tanks that are hiding behind two (2) Fire
Walls. Ouch. Touch the flame, and you get burnt. There are two ways to
go about this: The first, which is the "Let's Not Use The Ice Slasher
This Time" route, in which you climb the ladders and jump over the
farthest left Fire Wall, then watch for when the Fire Walls go down and
hop back down.
The second way to reach those lovely looking small Energy Refill tanks
amidst the Fire Walls is to freeze them into Ice Steps, and simply
climb. To freeze them both at the same time, climb the first ladder,
face to the left, and equip the Ice Slasher and shoot. This isn't good
for when you have to use them as Ice Steps, but it will secure you that
you will not get hit when jumping to the first tank. Please remember to
be careful in this area, as you don't want to lose more energy than you
gain. Regardless if you get these or not, climb the ladders when you're
finished to reach the next area.
Now, this is something that you will definitely need. In this new area,
you will be happy to see two (2) large Weapon Refills above you on a
tall platform. Yay! Now you can recharge your Ice Slasher! Only one
problem, though: Two (2) Fire Walls are protecting them. So equip that
trustworthy Ice Slasher and give them a little justice right as the
first one reaches almost to its highest level. It's easier to do this on
its way down. Now jump to it and jump over to the tall platform and
collect those Weapon Refill tanks.
Now that you're on top of such a high ledge... Wait... You say you're
stuck below and you can't get to the tall ledge? eh, worse things have
happened. Just jump over the first Fire Wall and get hit by the second,
and walk through the skinny hall on the bottom of the two selected
paths. Regardless of which way you take, you will come out with the same
result, just a little bit different, such as you will not collect those
trendy large Weapon Refills.
Either way you come out, you will have to go across at least one of the
Fire Electricity Outlets. Yes, you heard me correctly, Fire Electricity.
They are a LOT like the regular Electricity Outlets that we have come
across in ElecMan's stage, with the slight exception that they spit fire
from the base of the Outlet itself, which CAN hit you when it isn't even
going off. These things are just plain nasty, I tell you.
If you are on the upper ledge, you will only have to cross over one of
the two in this direct area. Wait for the Fire Electricity to die down,
and then hop onto the ledge towards the right, that way you don't get
burnt by the outlet itself. After this, hop over to the solid ledge to
the right. If you're on the bottom path, things will get complicated.
Honestly, you have to be extremely skilled to get through this path
without taking damage. Hop from your platform to the platform in the
center of the lower Fire Electricity Outlet. Try your best not to get
burnt from this outlet. Before the Fire Electricity starts back up, jump
up to the next platform, and get across to the solid platform on the
right before the Fire Electricity starts up. Ouch! Hot, hot!
In the next area, and after jumping a sub-platform, we're faced with yet
another problem that we have just passed: Fire Electricity Outlet. Yes,
it's another one of these things. Pass it easily by doing a couple of
hops from your platform to the tiny platform to the big platform. That's
a lot of platforms. After all of this, you have to look forward to yet
another lovely sight: More Fire Walls. Ugh. There are two Fire Walls
that you must confront, so bust out that trusty Ice Slasher from IceMan.
Shoot the two Fire Walls as the second one begins to rise; this will
blast both of them at such a moment that you can cross them easily.
At the very end of this area, you will spot a grand total of three (3)
small Energy Refill tanks that are inside of the platform that you are
currently standing on, and to the left. These things will definitely
come in handy after going through those three (3) Fire Electricity
Outlets a while ago back there. After collecting those three valuable
small Energy Refill tanks, go to the right and jump over to the ladder.
Now, climb down.
In this next area, you will want to fall down, but hug to the left, that
way you will fall into a hole in the structure of the platform. Directly
below the ladder is a Fire Wall outlet, and to the left of it is yet
another Fire Wall outlet. There is a space between the two of them which
is perfectly safe, so fall down and hug left tightly yet again to reach
that space. By now, a set of three (3) Hot Heads will arise from the
lava ashes. After they are on the air, cross over that second Fire Wall
(just as it lowers), and then jump over the black pit of doom so you
don't die, and climb down the ladder on the left.
As you fall from the ladder, be sure to hug VERY SLIGHTLY to the right,
that way you will land on the tiny platform with a Fire Wall. Talk about
dangerous. So grab that Ice Slasher out of your fanny-pack and use it on
the Fire Wall. Please take note that a set of three (3) Hot Heads has
risen from the magma, so do not get caught off-guard from these little
devils.
Keep in mind that when you freeze that first lovely Fire Wall by jump
shooting, it will carry on and affect the second Fire Wall, as well.
This can be a bad thing just as much as it can be a good thing, since
this will force you to rush to the other Fire Wall extremely fast. You
can do it either way, but I prefer shooting them one at a time (shoot
the first, then the second whilst on top of the newly formed Ice Step).
As I stated before, watch out for that trio of Hot Heads that should be
landing by now. You don't want to waste a life on that by falling into
the molten lava, now do yee?
From the second Ice Step, jump on over to the right on the tiny platform
that is connected to the larger, thinner platform above it. Jump up the
ladder (as I have stated before, jumping up the ladders saves a lot more
time than climbing up them), to go to the far right of the thin
platform. You will spot another platform like this one. So jump over to
the lower platform, which is a bit of a long jump, and then jump up the
ladder and onto the longer, thinner platform above it (much like last
time).
When you're on this platform, more Hot Heads will appear to your left.
They are none too happy that you have made it this far, so they feel as
if shooting into the air and making a lame attempt at striking you on
the way down will make up for you getting this far. Little do they know,
as you have a Mega Buster and an itchy trigger finger. Trail on over to
the right of this platform and notice the Fire Walls that reside on the
next few platforms.
From the second long, thin platform, jump over to the right and onto the
platform with the Fire Wall outlet. Remember to hug that left side,
since you don't want to become toasty... Well, at least I don't THINK
you want to become toasty. Your choice, I suppose. Regardless, get out
that Ice Slasher and freeze that baby so bad that it will become an Ice
Step. After doing this, hop atop (hehe, that rhymed) of it and blast the
next step with the Ice Slasher. Carry on by hopping across the Ice Steps
and platforms until you reach solid ground. More Hot Heads appear, but
just ignore them and climb the ladder.
This next area is tricky. VERY tricky. Once you climb up the ladder, you
will notice a very interesting sight: An unlimited supply of flames that
pour through tubes and drip into the next pipe below, over and over
again. I call this a Flame Sewer. Why, you ask? Because flames run
through the place, like crap in a sewer. You happy now? This place is
very dangerous, as you cannot freeze the flames, nor can you shoot them.
Go to the left and climb up the ladder. You now have two options in
which you can take...
The first, which is the easiest yet the most dangerous, would be to head
to the right, get hit by the first set of flames from the Flame Sewer,
then head up the ladder and go left, whilst getting hit by a second
Flame Sewer drainage, and then go up the ladder to exit. Or, if you have
the Magnet Beam, you can do option two, which is more complicated, yet
less dangerous, as you will not get hit even once. Get out the Magnet
Beam and set up a platform against the far left wall, then jump up to
it, and then jump to your right to reach the highest platform. From
here, climb up the ladder. Easier, isn't it?
As soon as you reach the next area, climb up the ladder quickly. There
will be an unlimited supply of the very nasty, very annoying blue
Exploding Bullets. One bullet will do these things in, but keep in mind
that they sway up and down on the screen, thus making it both harder to
hit them, and harder to avoid them. Use the old technique I taught you
about shooting three (3) straight times with the Mega Buster while going
about as planned to take care of them easily.
Keep on moving by jumping up several sub-platforms to reach a higher
ground. The blue Exploding Bullets should stop, or at the very least
slow down (unless there is a glitch in the game, which is very possible
in early NES games such as this one right here). As you walk along to
your right, you will notice a very breathtaking sight... OH MY GOD, IT'S
A SPIKED SWAYER!!! Yes, those hellish things from ElecMan's nightmare...
I mean, stage, are back, and there is quite a few of them to annoy you
this time.
The first Spiked Swayer appears up on the highest floor. As you approach
it, it will zoom towards you. What you should do is, as soon as it gets
very close, jump straight over it and carry on. When you see the first
ladder, quickly get on it, then press the Jump button to fall down. This
will get you away from the Spiked Swayer a lot faster than climbing
down. Don't celebrate just yet, however...
Yes, there's another Spiked Swayer up in this area, and he is none too
happy (assuming that the Spiked Swayer is a "he") with your arrival.
There is a possibility that the Spiked Swayer will disappear due to a
glitch, and you better hope that it does, because it is very hard to
avoid this Spiked Swayer. A very light tap jump may get you over it
without hurting yourself too much. Regardless of what you do, when you
go towards the left more, those blue Exploding Bullets will return. Turn
around and shoot at them before they reach you, then get on the ladder
and press the jump button to fall down.
On the final stretch of land with a Spiked Swayer, you can lightly tap-
jump over the Spiked Swayer as it comes towards you. Keep running to the
right of the screen, and if the Spiked Swayer catches up to you from
behind, simply keep jumping. This will slow it down, as it only detects
when Mega Man's feet are on the ground. Keep firing at the blue
Exploding Bullets, which are yet again on the loose. When you come to
the tall ladder, jump up to it, that way you can lose the Spiked Swayer
that was behind you.
Climb the ladder that you are on and equip the Ice Slasher. Collect the
large Weapons Refill tank, that way it will fill up your lovely Ice
Slasher, compliments of IceMan. From the top of the ladder, wait for the
trio (3) Hot Heads to zoom into the air from the slight right, and jump
to the platform below. Cross another platform to find that another set
of three (3) Hot Heads appear in the crack between this platform, and
the solid one to the right. Wait for them to pass (kinda like driving
school, ain't it?), then go on the green light.
After you cross all of the platforms which are magically floating over
the sea of inferno, you must head straight to the right a little bit to
find two (2) Fire Walls that are guarding the Boss Gates. Yes! Finally!
The Boss Gates! If you have quite a bit of energy left, I suggest just
running through the flames presented by the Fire Walls and into the Boss
Gates, but only if your energy is close to full, as FireMan will take
quite a bit of life down on your energy meter. Go into the Boss Gates.
Now that we are inside the Boss Gates, you can relax and know that you
are only seconds away from going up against the Olympic Torch himself,
FireMan. However, on the ceilings on this hall, there are four (4)
Shooting Traps that will shoot in every direction three (3) times. If
you are looking for an easy way to kill them without getting much heat
from them, as well, then look no further. Actually, the trick is to jump
shoot before you even reach them twice, that way when you do reach them,
it will have two hits already gone. Three shots will do these guys in.
Now, cross into the Boss Gates to face FireMan.
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> BOSS: FIREMAN <
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When you arrive in FireMan's secret lair of doom, he doesn't seem very
happy to have the Olympic Torch atop of his head. So I guess we'll have
to extinguish it. HA HA HAR! Anyways... There are two ways to go about
the battle, and I can promise you that you will definitely come out of
the battle damaged, regardless of which you choose.
The obvious choice against this extremely linear boss is to use the
very, very helpful weapon of choice: The Ice Slasher. For your sake, I
truly hope that you have defeated the silly goose that is IceMan, and
stolen his ability to use this nice weapon of his. If you have, equip
the Ice Slasher and simply go toe to toe with him, destroying him with
it over and over again, much like he does to you with his Fire Storm
ability.
The best thing to keep in mind is the fact that he only uses his basic
attacks, over and over again, to defeat you. So, his pattern is simple
to remember... The bad part, you ask? The fact that his pattern lasts
the entire match! That's right, kids, he will attack without stopping,
except occasional two second breaks to move backwards. So what do you
do? Attack him as much as he attacks you.
If you have the Ice Slasher, he will easily be dead within seven (7)
hits. In fact, he will barely do much damage to you, considering your
several second recovery time in between every hit that he lays on you,
thus, you can get in a few "cheap shots" whilst recovering. This will
definitely work to your advantage with the Ice Slasher...
...But, it works even further to your advantage with the Mega Buster.
While the Ice Slasher DEFINITELY does more damage than the Mega Buster,
you will appreciate these few "cheat hits" a LOT more with the Mega
Buster. My only advice to you if you're stuck with only the Mega Buster
is to use your Mega Buster CONSTANTLY. No matter what, keep firing you.
This will be a shoot out to the death, but regardless, if you have full
energy, you should squeak by with the victory over the redundant and
cheap FireMan. Serves him right, too.
After destroying FireMan, you will be prompted to grab his goodies that
he leaves behind, which is the ever-so-annoying, but ever-so-lovely Fire
Storm ability that he used on you all of those times during the classic
match-up that you just had. Now that you have this, you can go kill the
easy target: BombMan.
FF. _______
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Stage Difficulty: Medium
Boss Difficulty: Easy
We're down to the final stage of the six robots. After this, it's just
purely linear gaming at its finest. BombMan's stage is kind of like a
robotic, futuristic airport. At least that's what I always thought.
After all, what are those damn huge pillars in the background for,
anyway? This is one of the mysteries of the world, I tell ya. In fact,
the first person to e-mail me the answer to this gets a big hug.
Anyways, in this stage, you can expect several enemies that are tougher
than the norm, such as the Shield Robots, which I will cover when the
time comes.
When the stage starts off, you will have to go to the right and climb a
tower of sub-platforms. The bad thing about doing this is the fact that
five (5) Red Squids attack you from these sub-platforms, which is a lot
less than too close for comfort. Climb the first couple of steps to get
three (3) of them mad at you, then take out the fourth from the sub-
platform across from it. Now eliminate the threat that the other three
(3) present. After this, climb the rest and fall down the other side.
As we continue along our merry way, after a very long stroll, you will
come across a platform with two (2) sub-platforms on it. Hop over
towards it, and a huge firework-like object will fly into the air,
explode at its' peak, and four (4) pieces of debris will fall in four
(4) slightly different directions. These enemies are called "Exploding
Fireworks." The perfect placement to get in when the Exploding Fireworks
go off is on the first sub-platform (second platform in general) in the
corner. You will avoid the debris in this position. Note that you cannot
kill them, only avoid them. Also be sure to make haste, as they will
continue to fly up and explode in unlimited numbers.
After dealing with this, you will have to jump over to the next
platform, all the way down to the base of the original platform. Now
jump up to the sub-platform, and await for the Exploding Fireworks to go
off again. After this, jump up to the top of the sub-platforms and jump
over. This pattern shall continue for another two (2) repeated frames of
the platforms/sub-platforms with the Exploding Fireworks. Just use the
method I told you about in the previous paragraph.
After you get past the two (2) other platforms/sub-platforms with
Exploding Fireworks, you will find a platform that somewhat resembles
the platforms you have just crossed. Jump over to it, and follow the
path. You will reach a couple of sub-platforms, so climb them. You have
two options in which you can choose from when it comes to this path: A)
You can avoid a couple of Shooting Traps by going over the top floating
platform and jumping to the floating tiny platforms. This is NOT
recommended, due to the fact that since you are not killing the Shooting
Traps, they will attack you (and there will be three on the ground,
anyway, which means fifteen bullets in different directions).
The second option that you have is route B) From the platform you are
standing on, fall off to the right and follow that path. Use the whole
three shot Mega Buster trick as you walk, since it will definitely help
you in this area, since it only takes three hits to destroy the Shooting
Traps once they come up from the ground to strike. Once you rid the area
of the two (2) Shooting Traps, keep tracking to the right and you will
notice a third Shooting Trap beyond the tiny floating platforms, so
don't let your guard down. Now that the enemies in the area are no
longer a threat, you can collect both a large Weapons Refill tank on the
far right (on the solid ground area), and a set of two small Energy
Refill tanks on a high platform to the left of the ladder. Speaking of
that sexy ladder... Regardless of which route you have taken, you will
have to reach the ladder above the tiny floating platforms. So do so by
climbing. No offense, but if you didn't know how to reach the ladder,
you're pretty dumb. =P ...You didn't know? Um... Neither did I...
After climbing up the ladder, you will notice that there are four (4)
orange Wall Mechanizisms to the left, aligned from up to down on the
wall, and heavily armed, as well, might I add. Well, now that we see
these evil, evil robots, we can climb up the ladder completely. You will
more than likely get hit by the orange Wall Mechanizisms as you climb up
the ladder, and it will knock you off. Don't give in, lil' buddy! Keep
climbing to the top, even if you are hit by their bullets. Unless you
want that juicy large Energy Refill tank that the orange Wall
Mechanizisms are guarding. If so, then...
You will have to take out some of these orange Wall Mechanizisms in a
very sly way. You can take out one (1) of them via the ladder. In fact,
climb towards the top of the ladder, lean to the left, and shoot a
bullet into the orange Wall Mechanizism that is on top of the top, and
closest to the top of the ladder (or, in other words, the second one
from bottom-to-top) as it opens up to shoot at Mega Man. You could do
this with the one of the very bottom, however, you will more than likely
get hit while on the bottom, which will send you all the way to the
bottom and knocked off of this screen. After this, climb up the ladder
that you are on, and jump shoot the top two (2) orange Wall Mechanizisms
to destroy them when they open their "eyes," of sorts. Climb the sub-
platforms on the left, and start to go down the ladder. Wait until the
orange Wall Mech stops shooting below you, and press the Jump button to
fall off of the ladder (it may be wise to hug to the right so that you
will not fall into the spiked pit), and then quickly turn to the left
and destroy the orange Wall Mechanizism. Now, like a hitman in a crowded
club after taking everyone out, play "cool" and collect your large
Energy Refill tank very slowly, as if disrespecting those innocent
belated robots you have just destroyed. Yeeeeaaaawww. You're cool,
skeezix. Now climb the two ladders to exit.
In this new area, after you stroll to the right, you will notice a new
enemy; The Shield Robot. This little sucker is slightly annoying, and
pretty famous in various forms in the Mega Man series. To better
describe this enemy, I shall copy and paste its section in my Enemies
List. "Starting in BombMan's stage, you will find enemies known as
Shield Robots. These things have been in the Mega Man series from start
to finish, all the way through, taking different forms throughout the
series itself. The most noteworthy being in Mega Man 2, with the whole
"Riding On A Huge Machine" thing they did. Very different in form
through the years, I tell ya. The enemies themselves will have their
shield out for most of the "battle," but will jump from time to time.
You can shoot them while they are in mid-air to get a few cheap hits,
but for the rest of the battle, once the Shield Robot draws its gun, you
can defeat it in between shots. Best of luck with them, as they are not
the easiest enemy in the game."
After defeating the Shield Robot, you will continue along your journey
for quite a while before you encounter any enemies... Hell, you won't
encounter anything for a few seconds. Eventually, you will notice a
series of sub-platforms that resembles very closely to the ones you saw
earlier in the area with the Exploding Fireworks. As you hop onto the
first sub-platform, a series of unlimited orange Exploding Bullets that
will sway on the screen. This stage has a lot of unlimited series of
enemies, and let me tell ya, you will want to throw your television out
of the window after this.
Whilst shooting the orange Exploding Bullets that just will not stop FOR
THE LOVE OF GOD, you will be prompted to jump from the ledge that you
are on over to the next platform. This will be safe, as no Exploding
Fireworks will pop up out of nowhere to knock you into the black pit of
doom. As you are landing, you will want to use that handy little Mega
Buster of yours to fire a few shots into the orange Wall Mechanizism
that resides here. If you don't land a shot on the "eye" of the Wall
Mechanizism, then jump hurry up and jump shoot it when it opens up.
That'll teach'em.
After destroying the first orange Wall Mechanizism in this area, you can
jump over to the next set of sub-platforms. Be careful of those orange
Exploding Bullets, as they themselves can knock you into the black pit
of doom, or their explosion can, as well, and we don't want that, now do
we? Once you land, take out the orange Wall Mechanizism and collect any
pick-ups they leave behind. If you are running low on energy, you can
destroy the Exploding Bullets once they get close enough for an item to
drop on solid ground, which is near you. Hopefully, it will be a small,
or even large Energy Refill tank(s). You will have to cross yet another
one of these platform areas which is identical to this one and the one
before it. Enjoy.
Much like the area with the Exploding Fireworks, at the end of this
trail, you will spot a platform which is slightly different than the
ones before it, being longer in size. Jump over to it, and climb up the
ladder. It may be wise to erase the orange Exploding Bullets from the
immediate area, that way you do not get knocked off whilst climbing up
the ladder. It may also help to jump up halfway at the ladder, climb a
little bit, lean to the right and shoot the oncoming orange Exploding
Bullets.
Once you have reached the top of the ladder, head on over to the right
of the screen and you will find that a platform below you carries a
nasty Spiked Swayer on it, which only adds to the troubles that you have
with the orange Exploding Bullets which are STILL flying in the area.
Suicide bombers, I guess. Drop down onto the platform below you with the
Spiked Swayer, but be sure to fall as the Spiked Swayer is to the left
of the platform and away from your range. Quickly drop down to the main,
solid ground right after you reach the platform, and carry on.
As you stroll on over to the right like a pimp in a nightclub, you will
notice a scary Spiked Swayer coming towards you! GASP! Jump over it and
onto one of the tiny floating platforms in the air. Be sure to keep
shooting those orange Exploding Bullets while you are in this area, as
they just keep on coming. Boy, they never want to stop, do they? Climb
the tiny floating platforms in the immediate area, which is a cloned
area like the one from before, and shoot the orange Exploding Bullet
before climbing the ladder.
Now you are in the "Continue Point." Yay. *throws confetti* Good for
you. Now that the celebration is over, QUICKLY climb up the ladder. If
you waste even a half of a second, you will probably get hit by the
orange Exploding Bullets that are coming from the left side of the
screen. This is a very hectic screen, so I suggest remaining calm and
follow my steps. As soon as you reach the top of the ladder, quickly go
to the left and jump to the tiny floating platform. There will be a
total of two (2) of the tiny floating platforms, and you will want to
jump across them all very swiftly. Keep in mind that an orange Exploding
Bullet will chase you from behind, so if you waste even the slightest
moment, you will get hit and fall down. The third tiny floating platform
will be over a pit of spikes, so make sure you complete your jump to the
ladder and hang on, and do NOT let the orange Exploding Bullets knock
you off; this will seal your fate. Now, quickly climb up the ladder.
Now that you are out of that danger zone, you are thrown into another
tough place in the center stage of this place. There will be an
unlimited amount of Shell Spreader enemies, much like the ones you
encountered in CutMan's stage. In fact, a lot of people say that BombMan
and CutMan's stages are quite a lot alike, and I have to agree. Wait
until the Shell Spreader stops and opens up, then pump a Mega Buster
bullet into his eyes. Sounds gory, I know... Sorry. After destroying the
first one, jump up to the first of the three (3) tiny floating platforms
on the first shot of the screen, then blast another Shell Spreader as it
comes out.
After destroying a second Shell Spreader, jump to the other two (2)
platforms on the first shot of the screen. By now, the screen has
expanded to include a view of a more solid, durable ground, which you
can jump to. Continue to watch out for the unlimited amount of Shell
Spreaders in the region, which get awfully mad of you stepping on their
land. Blast them in the face (My God, that sounds brutal, don't it?) and
carry on with your mission.
After jumping to the solid ground, you will have to trail on to the
right, all the while ignoring or busting up those damn Shell Spreaders.
You should encounter approximately two (2) Shell Spreaders before
reaching the ladder (at full speed with no stops). Once you do reach the
ladder, remember the trick I taught you about killing the orange
Exploding Bullets before getting on the ladder a while ago? Use that
here by jumping up the ladder, climbing a bit, leaning right, and
killing the Shell Spreader. Then climb up the ladder.
After climbing the ladder, head to your right a little more. At the very
ledge, you will notice something that is quite peculiar: There is a
slight gap in the wall to your right. You will definitely want what is
inside of this hole in the wall, which is an Extra Life. Sadly, a Shield
Robot also guards this Extra Life with its life. If you feel you need
it, and I would suggest grabbing it, then jump into the wall on the
right. Ignore the Shield Robot by jumping over it, and then grab the
Extra Life. After this, you can either kill the Shield Robot, or ignore
him. If you need energy, then by all means, battle with him.
After you make your decision, jump out of the hole in the wall and fall
down. Start running towards the right, as it is the only option
available to go to. As you close in on those beautiful, shiny Boss
Gates, a Shield Robot will jump out of them and do what it knows how to
do the best: Block. Remain on the platform below the Shield Robot, and
pop up every now and then to shoot at the Shield Robot when it lets its
guard down. Now we're talkin', tiger. After blowing him up, grab
whatever he leaves behind (if anything at all) and go through the Boss
Gates.
Once you are inside of the dreadful Boss Gates, you will see a ladder
leading down. Jump over to it. This, much like ElecMan's Boss Gates, are
unique because of the different motion in the halls, moving in a up-to-
down fashion. Let me go ahead and state that if you have close to full
energy, just drop down. You will get hit once, and it will not do a lot
of damage to you, either. It will save a lot of time, and you can feel
free of the tension of getting hit by the Clinger Robots that rest
below. Yes, those little bastards from CutMan's stage. There are three
(3) rooms in BombMan's Boss Gates; the first, which we were just at,
contains nothing. The second contains four (4) Clinger Robots that go
from side to side with no timing. Getting through this will be VERY
tough. And the third, which is a near replica of the second room. Good
luck getting down.
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> BOSS: BOMBMAN <
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After entering the boss chamber from way above, you will dust off (in
your imagination, anyway). BombMan will appear in front of you. If
you're following my strategy, the "usually-to-be-picked-first" boss
robot is now the last robot to fight before reaching Dr. Wily's evil
fortress of hugs and kisses. So get to kickin' his ass already!
Regardless if you have the Fire Storm weapon from FireMan or if you're
just plain ol' using your Mega Buster, this fight is very anti-
challenging. The main problem you face is getting to the gate and not
getting hit by the Clinger Robots. You will find that, deep down inside,
BombMan is a coward that likes using a weapon from afar in a panic.
Thankfully, you can shoot him when he's grounded, or if you're swift
enough, shoot at him in mid-air.
Arguably the easiest boss in the game, BombMan hasn't much of a pattern
that is... well, effective. The first thing that BombMan will attempt to
do is throw Bombs at you. How clever! These bombs explode when they
touch the ground, sadly, as the weapon you get from him (the Hyper Bomb)
will have to wait to explode.
The first thing to do when dodging these attacks in to simply jump over
the bombs in a forwards fashion before they hit the ground. You can pull
this off fairly easily, and don't get upset if you get hit a few times
whilst doing this, as it's only natural. In between the jumps, and
possibly in mid-air, shoot either the Mega Buster at him, or Fire Storm
Another thing to look out for while you have your epic battle with
BombMan is the fact that, much like ElecMan and CutMan, he prefers to
jump like crazy, which even includes on top of your head! So you better
look out for where he's going to land, and quickly dart out of the way
before he gets a good stompin' in on ya.
After a while, BombMan will die out in battle. The reason I note that is
that if he has thrown a bomb at you right before he is destroyed, you
must still avoid the bomb. This is a common mistake made by even myself.
If you die by this, even after defeating him, you will have to kill him
yet again. Collect the Hyper Bomb ability as it drops from the sky, and
you're off to the mad scientist himself: Dr. Wily. But many troubles
await... Can you take the pressure?
GG. _________________
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Stage Difficulty: Easy
Boss Difficulty: Hard
Ahhh... We're finally finished with those damn six robot stages. After
this, the rest of the game is purely old school, linear FUN! Since you
have all seven of the weapons and gadgets in the game to collect (given
that you have collected the Magnet Beam in ElecMan's stage. If not, you
can still continue, but it will be a much longer struggle. We can put it
that way.) So let us get to the fun of kicking a little mad scientist
ass, right on?
When we start out in this stage, you will very slowly begin to learn
that this is a "training ground," of sorts, that will force you to use
all seven (do not forget the Magnet Beam) of your acquired abilities
from the six robot masters. Albeit, the other Dr. Wily stages are also
pretty much designed to calm down in weapon use after this one, you will
still have to use a variety of the weapons you have acquired along the
way in your adventure.
At the very start of the stage, if you go to the right a little bit, you
will se a big Red Brain Hopper coming straight at you. Much like in
IceMan's stage, this is purely flat ground, which makes it a LOT tougher
to avoid it with no platforms in sight. Try jumping in the air, which
may or may not influence the Red Brain Hopper to jump, as well. If he
does, run underneath him and dart through to the right.
Right as the first Red Brain Hopper disappears from the view on the
screen, a second one appears to your right. Once again, the area is
purely flat ground with no platforms in the immediate area, so you will
have to deal with this scary one alone on solid ground, as well. Like
before, try jumping in mid-air several times to influence his actions.
If he jumps, run like hell underneath him!
After running like hell, you will approach a set of sub-platforms soon
after. Stacked like a pyramid, climb the robotic platforms and slide
down them. Now, on a second set of pyramid stacked right in front of you
lies a big nasty Red Brain Hopper. Yup, a third. This one is a lot
easier to avoid compared to the other two (2), since it comes down from
a sub-platform. Just hide in the corner of the platform itself, and once
he jumps over you, jump to the steps and climb up. Remember, if you get
hit three (3) times by these things, you will die.
As you climb the second pyramid of sub-platforms and scoot down them,
keep on truckin' to the right until... until... OH GOD! WE'RE TRAPPED!
IT'S A DEAD END! WE'RE DOOMED! Actually, we are NOT doomed. Bring up the
Weapons Menu and select "G" for GutsMan's Super Arm, then go over to the
"wall" on the right and lift up four (4) of the five(5) pieces of the
"wall."
Now that we have that invisible wall out of the way, it is time to go
forward a bit and discover a set of three (3) Fire Walls. Yes, I know
you hate them. An easy way to get past them is to bust out that hyper
cool Ice Slasher, and then shoot them through other platforms to freeze
them, and create the very simple, very loving Ice Steps. Be sure to make
haste, as you do not want them to defrost and fall into their fire.
Hurry up and jump to the ladder already!
After climbing the ladder, which will take a while to get up there as
the ladder is pretty tall, you will see three (3) separate pits of
spikes below, which are broken up by several platforms in the ground.
There is also a large Energy Refill tank to the left, in a small
cubbyhole to the left of the ladder. Just simply run to the tip of the
ledge and jump off, hugging to the far left so you can reach the
cubbyhole and grab the large Energy Refill tank. After this, fall down
from this platform and hold to the left just a tiny bit to land on the
small platform in the middle of the spike pit. From here, jump to the
left to land on the next platform, and from there, jump over to the
ladder on the left and climb it up.
QUICKLY CLIMB UP THE LADDER! If you refuse to, three (3) Red Squids will
attack you from the ladder by falling down, thus knocking you down into
those spiked pits that we just past, and you do NOT want to fall into
those, lemme tell ya. After eliminating the rest of the Red Squids that
did not fall into the pit, go to the right of the screen to find two (2)
different paths to take; if you want a large Energy Refill tank, then
jump on the upper side of the platform and kill the lone Red Squid.
There are two (2) more Red Squids in the area above, which is blocked by
two (2) Super Arm blocks. To reach the large Energy Refill tank, you
must kill the two (2) Red Squids on the upper platform through the Super
Arm blocks, and then get out that handy dandy Magnet Beam. Use the
Magnet Beam on the right side of the wall, and hop on it. Jump right as
it is about to disappear, and quickly equip the Super Arm whilst in mid-
air, and even faster you must lift the first block. Throw it away once
you land, and get out the Super Arm yet again, and use it on the wall to
the right again. Hop up, and hop onto the ledge. Once the Magnet Beam
platform disappears, equip the Super Arm and use it on the other Super
Arm block. After this, trail to the left and you can FINALLY collect
that darn large Energy Refill tank.
Regardless if you use that route to collect the large Energy Refill tank
or not, you will have to go through the bottom path to reach the exit,
anyway. So equip that lovely Super Arm again, and start removing the
three (3) Super Arm blocks below, one by one, throwing them to the dust
whenever you pick them up. After you complete this, you must equip your
trustworthy Mega Buster and go down the ladder.
Once you reach the next screen, you will be forced off of the ladder and
onto a platform. You will notice in the middle of the screen, from right
to left, an unlimited supply of red Exploding Bullets will fly, trying
to hit you. Quickly go to the left and drop off onto a platform below.
To the right are three (3) platforms in the midst of spiked pits that
you must cross to reach the other side, which leads to the exit of the
screen.
Sadly, crossing the platforms without falling in the spikes is hard
enough alone, much less with those damn Exploding Bullets flying our
way. Chances are, they will get too close for comfort, and if you kill
them, they will explode, knocking you into the spiked pits. As you jump
over the platforms, be sure to fire in mid-air, as your chances of
destroying those Exploding Bullets will greatly increase this way. After
you cross the platforms, fall down to your right, and stroll over to the
left, in which you will fall yet again off of a ladder this time.
Wheeee!!
After you fall down, you will be in an area with several Pellet Lifts.
Watch as you fall, as their bullets will probably hit you on your way
down. Getting across the Pellet Lifts is enthralling, I must admit. Much
like the other Pellet Lifts we have came across, these Pellet Lifts will
move randomly, as well. Just keep your eye open for incoming fire, and
jump when needed. There is a total of four (4) Pellet Lifts in this
area. Be sure not to fall off into the spiked pit, or even jump into the
spiked ceiling above you. At the end of the screen, there will be two
(2) small Weapon Refill tanks to collect, so equip a low weapon in mid-
air, just before you land. After this, climb the ladder.
Ohhhh brother. In this next area, there will be nothing of much import,
with the lone exception of high walls and one black hole pit thingy of
doom. You will need a good Magnet Beam in this corridor. Equip it, go to
the right wall, turn, and use it against the left wall to make a
platform. Jump on here, then jump shoot the right wall to make another
platform, and then quickly jump up to it. After this, turn left and make
another platform via jump shooting, and jump up to it. Now you can jump
up to the high platform.
Now that we have that out of the way, make sure that your Magnet Beam is
at least halfway full. If not, go back down and keep collecting those
small Weapon Refill tanks in the room below. If it is full enough, drop
down to your left and hug that left tightly, like a big teddy bear.
After this, you will have to make another series of platforms out of the
Magnet Beam. If you succeed in reaching the ladder, jump to it and climb
it up.
In this next area, you will have the straight up getaway. Good for you.
There is nothing in this room except the ladder you're on (and one sub-
platform), so you are all set. What you may not know is, in the next
room is the hardest boss in the game. That's right, no Boss Gates in the
Dr. Wily's Fortress Stage 1, my friends, we're talking straight-to-the-
action fun. Or lack thereof.
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> BOSS: ROCK ROBOT <
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Be happy, as explaining what to do against this boss is NOT easy, and I
am providing you with the most thorough explanation on where to hit him,
what to do, and what to watch for, including a full ASCII map of where
he moves and at what times he does it. With me as your guide, you just
can't go wrong... Well, with the slight exception of when you do, but
that is beside the point. =P
As soon as you enter the pitch black room which the Rock Robot resides
in, head straight toward the right of the screen. You can dodge his very
cheap, very early attacks here, which consist of his body moving from
one side of the screen to the other, piece by piece. The pieces
themselves are around the size of one of the tiny platforms that you
would have to jump across during a stage such as BombMan's, or
ElecMan's.
Let us hope that you have learned enough about dodging attacks, and have
experienced far from the first time you went up against a boss such as
IceMan. In fact, IceMan is a perfect example of the way that the Rock
Robot boss will move. Remember IceMan's Ice Slasher attack that he would
use in battle. Remember how you had to jump in between certain pieces of
the Ice Slasher attack without getting hit? Well, just imagine doing
that again, only instead of six (6) attacks, it will be more like 26
attacks. Yeah, it DOES suck.
Let me guess, you want me to map out the entire boss battle for you,
right here in this FAQ/Walkthrough, right in ASCII mapping, kind of like
how I get with IceMan's Ice Slasher in mid-battle. Am I right? I knew
it! You guys are evil. But, because I am a new guy, I will tab it out
right here, right now. You should know by now how this works; I will
write a number, and that number indicates which piece goes at which
time. In other words, 1 goes first, 2 goes second, 10 goes tenth, etc...
Enjoy the map. I'll add commentary after the map itself.
8 12 17
4 7 13 15
2 5 11 16 19
1 6 10 14
3 9 18
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Keep in mind that the "---" lines indicate the flooring. The row above
it, while it does not resemble it in the ASCII map here, is directly on
the ground ("Sweeper Pieces," as I like to call them. Get it? It's like
they are sweeping the floor! Hehe!), and will hit you if you are just
standing there, so watch your ass, as Tupac would say.
Now that we have the map itself out of the way, we will have to go along
with the boss itself. Try looking at the map very carefully. The pieces
from the Rock Robot will transplant themselves into the right side of
the wall first, and after all 19 of them are planted, they will form the
actual Rock Robot itself. As I said, look carefully at the map and
realize that these pieces will dart across the screen so fast that they
will be coming three (3) pieces at a time. That is close to four (4)
pieces per SECOND. Yeah, now you get my drift.
You will have to jump over and through the pieces on the first row and
the second row, unless you want to get hit, which I highly doubt.
Avoiding these sweeper pieces will take a LOT of effort, and dodging the
ones above them will take a talented right thumb, since you have to hit
the jump button in such a fashion that you will shoot up in the air with
enough speed, yet land very lightly. Good luck here, as it just takes
talent, not advice. Also take note that pieces numbers nine (9) and ten
(10) are a tough duo to avoid, but it won't be that tough to avoid them,
once you get the hang of things. Just simply wait for the one on bottom
to zoom right near you, then perform a huge, long jump in the direction
that the pieces are flying towards you in to jump over both numbers 9
and 10.
While jumping through the "hoops" that the sweeper pieces, and the
pieces above them, create may be the showcase of this eventful battle,
the actual moves that will defeat the Rock Robot do not even rely within
avoiding his dastardly darting. No, no, it lies within shooting the
clay-ish rock's eyeball after it has formed on the right or left sides
of the screen. You could try to perform this with the Mega Buster, if
you truly wish, but good luck doing so. Besides, you have absolutely no
reason not to use a finer weapon on the poor soul.
That's right, instead of shooting this beast of a futuristic robot with
that old Mega Buster of yours, trade it in for a much better, stronger
weapon in this case, which would be the Thunder Beam. Once you try it, I
know you will read this and want to smack me, as the Thunder Beam does
very little damage, but believe it or not, it IS the best weapon for the
job. Once the poor sucker lands and forms his body, shoot him in the
randomly generated eyeball before he shoots you with it.
After you shoot the poor old robot in the eyeball (you sicko, you), you
will have to go through the whole "Dodge this, avoid that, WHOA! That
almost took my head off" process again. This is what makes the battle
itself so hard, definitely not the eyeball shooting at you, but avoiding
those damn pieces of the Rock Robot over and over again. After you
destroy the Rock Robot, you will be warped to the second stage. Hooray!
You have beaten the hardest boss in the game! Relax and enjoy the ride
from here on out!
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Stage Difficulty: Medium
Boss Difficulty: Easy
Ahhh, finally, we're in a different setting, which just so happens to be
a large tower within the Dr. Wily Fortress. In this tower, we will find
a whole lot of things that shoot at you constantly. Yup, it's going to
be a long ride, I tell ya. The Mega Buster is choice here, and you will
also encounter a few old friends along the way to a very familiar boss
in this stage. Looks like Dr. Wily is up to his old tricks again, which
include failing miserably.
When we start out on top of the very tall tower, you will notice that
there isn't much of an option on where to travel to. So, simply go to
your right and fall off the large floating platform. KIDDING! Kidding.
When you go to the right, you will notice a Green Chatter has appeared,
as well as a platform much like the one that you are on now, only to
your right. Kill the Green Chatter with one shot of the Mega Buster, and
then jump over to the next platform.
When you start to jump over to this new platform, you will notice
another two (2) Green Chatters to fill out the trio of the one that you
had just killed. Poor little booger. Anyways, trail on over to the right
and jump over to another slim floating platform. When you reach it,
another trio (3) of Green Chatters appear. Stand still and keep shooting
three Mega Bust shots in a row to hit all three (3) of them.
Now, if you need a slight bit of energy, there is a very small Energy
Refill tank below the platform that you are currently on top of. You can
reach it by trailing off to the right and hugging to the left. After you
get it, hop back up to the platform to the left (the one you were just
on, in fact), and from there, you can jump straight over to your right
and onto the next platform.
On this next platform, there will be absolutely nothing of interest. No
enemies, no pick-ups, no nothing. So go ahead and walk to the right and
jump over to the next platform, where yet ANOTHER set of three (3) Green
Chatters will want to attack you very, very viciously. They isn't very
nice, is they? So now destroy each one of them, and hop over to the next
platform. We're jumping a lot today, aren't we? As you go through the
black tunnel, keep in mind that the floor will drop out, of sorts, so
you cannot reach those two small Weapon Refill tanks unless you use the
Magnet Beam.
After you fall into that hole in the ground, you will notice a familiar
foe. It looks as if that silly goose Dr. Wily is up to his old tricks of
cloning his robots again, because an exact clone of CutMan is dead in
front of you. You should know exactly how to take care of him, since you
have defeated him before, and sense copy and pasting my original boss
strategy would be silly, I will copy and paste the CutMan info from my
Enemies Section. Here it is:
CutMan is your basic, simple robot. He grew up without proper education.
Actually, I'm not sure WHERE he grew up, or if he had an education, but
judging by the way he moves, it doesn't seem like he did. CutMan, the
white/red character with a big Cutter atop his head, likes to hop
around, and use his Cutter as a Boomerang. Hit him in between his
attacks. Using the Mega Buster is a choice option, however, in CutMan's
stage you can use GutsMan's Super Arm to pick up the blocks and throw
them at him. If you are up against the clone, take his ass out with the
trusty Mega Buster in between his Rolling Cutters attacks.
After defeating the cloned version of the fairly simple CutMan, you may
ponder where the exit to this area is. There isn't a door, and you don't
get transported, so where is it? Remember that area above, where you
fell in from a magical hole in the flooring? Bingo. Just go towards the
left of the screen and fall into the invisible hole, and you will land
on a timely platform on the screen below this one.
Now, we are back out in the open, where the skies are blue! I feel like
singing Annie songs now! Don't worry, I won't. I promise. From here, you
can spot a small Energy Refill tank on a tiny floating platform, where a
nasty ol' red Shooting Trap also resides. This won't be pretty. Hop over
to the next platform, which should trigger the awakening of the red
Shooting Trap. Quickly jump to the platform, and then equip the Thunder
Beam as "E" on the Weapons Select Menu. Jump above the red Shooting Trap
and let off a Thunder Beam to hit and destroy the Shooting Trap. Now you
can grab that small Energy Refill tank.
After you grab that small Energy Refill tank, hurry up and jump over
back to the platform on your left and above. After you reach this
platform (otherwise known as the one you just came from), jump across to
the next platform. Now that you are over here, there will be another red
Shooting Trap on yet another platform below the one you are on. Dodge
the bullets, and once it goes inside of the platform, jump over to the
platform next to it. Ignore the red Shooting Trap and head straight into
the black area.
You know the drill: There's two small Weapon Refill tanks across the
invisible pit (yup, another one) that you can only reach by getting out
that lovely Magnet Beam of yours. Whether you collect them or not is
your choice, but regardless, fall into the invisible pit to duel with
another robot clone. This time, it is the very smooth ElecMan. Here's
the recap on him:
You know what I wonder? If Mega Man (1) had a seven character limit to
their robots' names. Think about it. GutsMan, BombMan, FireMan,
ElecMan... Not to mention it's obvious short for Electricity...
Actually, it could be ElectMan, as he does resemble Bob Dole... Anyways,
ElecMan is black with yellow zig-zags of color, which pretty much does
point out that it's Electricity Man. He jumps around, and tends to get
too close for comfort. It's best to kill him with the Rolling Cutters
attack that you get from CutMan, and to pretty much use the same
strategy as you did against CutMan, as well. Dodge his attacks and hit
him with the Rolling Cutters for best results. Electrifying! The exit is
to the left, in another one of those invisible pits.
When you land, you will be on a fairly long, thin platform, which is
floating in the air. Yeah, it looks pretty much identical to the others
that you have been on in the past. Boring. Anyways, to your right, you
will notice something very devastating: Exploding Fireworks! That's
right, boys and girls, the Exploding Fireworks from BombMan's stage are
back with a vengeance.
Between this platform that you are standing on, and the one to the right
of it, is where the Exploding Fireworks will fly up from. To get over
there without getting hurt (well, too much, anyway), you will have to
walk over to the right of the platform after the Exploding Fireworks go
off (and dodge their fire when they do go off, as well), and then jump
over to the next platform.
On this platform, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself,
fool. You will have two (2) sets of unlimited Exploding Fireworks
bombing you from both directions, so you are toasted... Unless, of
course, you can manage to avoid their debris by jumping in between them
at certain times of their periods of exploding. This is a good strategy
to use, until you figure out a good pattern of when it's safe to jump.
Once you feel that it is safe, then you can either jump over to the next
platform, or fall down onto the tiny one floating below you.
If you decide to fall down and collect the tiny, small Weapons Refill
tank, then go slightly left once you are on the small platform and
collect it with the weapon of your choice equipped. After this, you can
jump straight over to your right once the Exploding Fireworks have went
off, and then you will have to go farther to the right to reach another
platform that will have two (2) sided Exploding Fireworks going off
closely together. Ugh! Will it ever end??
After you get done with dodging the debris, head to the right and you
will notice another faintly resembling small floating platform with a
small Weapons Refill tank on top of it, resting ever so peacefully.
After grabbing it, await the explosion from the Exploding Fireworks that
are above and to your right. After this, jump over to the next platform
on the right, and carry on. Trail over to the right once you are on this
long platform, and head down the ladder once you reach it.
Ahhh... Good old Clinger Robots are cramped in this room, kind of like
how they were back in CutMan's stage. Remember that? Ahhh, the
memories... Anyways, what you will want to do here is to take note of
the Extra Life that is hanging over to the left side of the screen. Fall
down to the platform below you, and lay waste of the Clinger Robot which
is going up and down to the left of you in about five (5) shots. Now,
grab that sexy Magnet Beam out from your Weapons Select Menu, and
slightly jump shoot out a platform leading to the Extra Life. Jump up
and reach it. After this, jump back over to the long platform. (NOTE: If
you are low on health, and you have more Magnet Beam energy left, go
ahead and die. This is the Continue Point room, and the Extra Life will
reappear if you die, so consider this a chance for "free energy," of
sorts.)
After jumping back to the long platform, you will want to go to the
right, if you want to continue. Fall down onto the tiny blocky platform,
and look to your left very slightly. Get out your Mega Buster now, and
shoot the Clinger Robot that comes up towards you every so often.
Whenever it comes up towards the platform that you are currently on,
jump shoot it a few times to take it out. You might need two trips from
the Clinger Robot to take it out, but there's no rush, anyways, right?
After you take out this Clinger Robot, you will have to take care of the
one below, which you will probably get hit by, regardless of what you
do. Unless you have a VERY itchy trigger finger, anyway. After this,
climb down the ladder. (SECOND NOTE: If you have a lot of Magnet Beam
left, and you do not want to lose any energy, you can jump off and fall
into the pit below the Extra Life. There is a pit of spikes, two in
fact, below you, but chances are that you won't hit them if you slightly
fall off. You can get away from the Clinger Robots in the first room
using this method. After you land, make a "bridge" with the Magnet Beam
over the spiked pits and quickly run across it.)
In this next area, ignore the spikes to the left, as they serve no
purpose unless you went with my Second Note, located above. As for your
general strategy in this area, here's what I suggest: Go to the Weapons
Select Menu, and equip the Hyper Bomb. Hop on over to the safe part of
the platform to the left, and throw a few bombs. This will (eventually)
take out the Clinger Robot which is swaying up to down by going through
the platform and injuring the Clinger Robot. As for the ones going
backwards and forth, I suggest using the same strategy. One hit will
kill the one on top.
However, the one on the bottom will still remain, no matter how many
Hyper Bombs you throw to hit it. Nope, it just ain't gonna get hit by
the feedback of the bombs themselves like the other two (2) Clinger
Robots did. So simply equip your Mega Buster and watch the remaining
Clinger Robot's pattern, and once it hangs to the right for a longer
period of seconds, quickly bust a cap in it's ass, to put it bluntly.
After this, it is now safe to climb down that ladder down there. So get
to it, already.
As you go down and into the third screen, do NOT hold down to fall off
of the ladder, nor should you press the jump button to fall off. As you
can see, below you there are three (3) Clinger Robots that will sway
from side to side of the screen. Instead of killing them all off, the
best way to get around this problem is to carefully watch their
movements, and then fall off of the ladder quickly by pressing the jump
button, and then dash for the ladder and climb down, making haste all
the way to the ladder and down.
In the next area, do NOT move. Not even a tiny inch. There are four (4)
blue Wall Mechanizisms, which are very carefully placed so that you
cannot get hit by their several shots in the air ~IF~ you remain still,
that is. Wait until they halt their fire, and then very quickly jump
down by tapping the jump button, and then just as fast as before, climb
down the ladder. Of course, there's that large Weapons Refill over near
that ladder on the left, but what's the use? Just make sure you have
some of the Thunder Beam left. Other than that, you should be fine on
weapons.
Once again, when you reach this next area, you MUST NOT MOVE AN INCH ON
THAT LADDER! Listen to me, folks: There's only one (1) blue Wall
Mechanizism on the wall to the left, however, it will knock you off of
the ladder if you move, which you do NOT want, considering there are two
(2) Clinger Robots that go from side to side directly below you. Ouch.
On the floor with the blue Wall Mechanizism, there's also one (1)
Clinger Robot that will sweep from side to side, as well.
What you want to do here is to watch and wait for the two (2) Clinger
Robots below you to get on the opposite sides, with the top Clinger
Robot on the right wall, and the bottom Clinger Robot on the left wall.
Now, hop down and stroll to the left, and jump over the bottom Clinger
Robot as it flies towards you, all the while avoiding the shots given by
the blue Wall Mechanizism. All of this action is quite enrapturing, non?
Fall down onto the lower floor, and you will want to take out the blue
Wall Mechanizism on the left wall. Teach him not to be shootin' at the
Blue Bomber. Yeaw! That's what I thought! After you get done with the
Wall Mech, you will probably want to direct your attention towards the
Clinger Robot that will be zooming towards you by now. Bust out the Mega
Buster and bust his butt. I have never used the word "Bust" as much as I
have in that sentence. After this, head towards the ladder and take it
down to reach the Boss.
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> BOSS: CLONED MEGA MAN <
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Ahhh, yes, a cloned version of the Blue Bomber himself, Mega Man. Like
all of Dr. Wily's inventions, he is bound to fail, as it is his destiny,
you see. The thing to remember about going up against this Blue Bomber
clone is that he enjoys, and prefers, mind you, to use the same weapon
as your Mega Man does. This makes for a very annoying battle,
considering their weaknesses are alike, obviously.
Okay. At the start of the battle, the Cloned Mega Man appears and gets
prepared to blow up after your battle, much like all of poor Dr. Wily's
robots. Regardless, this Cloned Mega Man is absolutely no joke. While I
do not consider him what of the toughest bosses in the game, I do
believe that he is a tough cookie to go about, given that his speed is
just as fast as Mega Man's, and his weapons are around the same in
strength. Oh, and don't get distracted by the disco wall in the
background, either. =P
Once the battle begins after the weird things drop Cloned Mega Man off
across from you, he will instantly begin to shoot at you with his Mega
Buster. Cut him off during most of the battle by shooting right back at
him. As I mentioned before, whatever weapon you decide to use, Cloned
Mega Man will also use that weapon, and since both of you two have the
same weaknesses, this is a double edged sword here.
While the double edged sword is a very dangerous weapon to pull the
strings with, it is, however, a worthy opponent against the Cloned Mega
Man, if you know what I mean. So, get out ElecMan's very nice Thunder
Beam and prepare to aim your shots well against the Clone of yourself.
The bad and things about this is the fact that the Thunder Beam is VERY
hard to avoid, and they take down a decent chunk of energy.
The worst thing about the Cloned Mega Man is not his reflective weapons
that he enjoys using on you, nor is it the fact that he hops around and
dodges all of your weapons' shots. The hardest parts about him are both
his speed, and the fact that he enjoys getting too close for comfort by
hitting you with his body. That is one thing that Dr. Wily improved with
the Cloned Mega Man: When he runs into things, he hurts THEM, not
HIMSELF. *kicks Dr. Light in the butt*
The best advice I can give in this battle is to remain agile and very
stealthy throughout the entire battle. Every time he goes to shoot you
with the Thunder Beam, jump forward and over it whilst giving him a nice
little "Wake-Up" zap to the forehead. Be very careful of his jumping
towards you, as this does a ton of damage to your Mega Man. After the
lengthy battle, get prepared for a very short stage up ahead.
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Stage Difficulty: Easy
Boss Difficulty: Medium
A new stage, the same trouble. In this stage, we will encounter a bit of
refreshing foes that we fought earlier in the game (none of the four
remaining robot masters... yet, anyway) in a new sense of gameplay,
which will take us through a tunnel that will make us zoom through it.
Whoa, talk about fast. But first of all, we have to eliminate the
gameplay elements we've grown to love (or hate, for that matter).
When the stage first starts off, you will notice that coming down
directly on top of you will be a pesky Clinger Robot that sways from the
top of the screen to the bottom. Easily avoid it by walking to your
left. There are three (3) of these Clinger Robots in this room alone,
and it truly is best to take them out in hopes of filling up your
Thunder Beam before you reach the boss in this Dr. Wily Fortress Stage.
After destroying two (2) of them, it is very difficult to kill the third
that sways from side to side, and it just plain ol' in your best
interest to leave him be. After all, he's never hurt nobody. So go ahead
and jump straight into the pit below the swaying little chubby booger.
If you hug to the right of the room, you can land on a small platform
connected to the right wall. This is not very helpful, unlike in most
other stages, and you should just drop down, face to the left, and start
shooting to eliminate the sweeping Clinger Robot that will charge
towards you once you land and rest. There are three (3) Clinger Robots
in this room, in total, including the one you just killed.
The other two (2) Clinger Robots are of no importance to you, as much
like the one in the room above this one, you cannot hit them without
putting up a struggle, and it is simply not worth it. Let us not forget
the fact that the dastardly Shooting Trap on the ceiling will be giving
us a lot of problems, as well, by shooting at the top of our skull. So
ignore everything in this room by trailing over to the left side of the
room, dodging the Shooting Trap's bullets, as well as the Clinger Robots
going from side to side on the hall, and jumping right in.
Once you fall down to the next area, hug and hold to the left so that
you will land on a platform connected to the wall on the left. This is a
fine point to do this in the stage, as you can observe what is going on
below you. And you will spot the following from up here in the bird's
eye view area: One (1) red Shooting Trap, and three (3) Clinger Robots,
two (2) of which are in the area you will be at when you land, going
from side to side.
So go ahead and drop down to the solid platform below, knowing full well
that you will be attacked eventually by the red Shooting Trap, as well
as they two (2) Clinger Robots that will come and go past you. Keep your
Mega Buster by your side, and as soon as you fall down to the platform,
start pumping those Clinger Robots full of bullets.
After you destroy the Clinger Robots, dart over to the right and fall
in, hugging the right wall so that you will land on the platform to the
right of the screen. In this area, you will have to be a lot faster than
the other times that you were given a chance to go through these
tunnels. So look at your surroundings very carefully, if you know what's
good for ya.
You will notice a very nasty couple (2) of red Shooting Traps that will
like to hit you as many times as possible. These things are what makes
this room so nasty, in fact, besides these two (2) Shooting Traps, there
isn't much to note, really. There's a pair (2) of Clinger Robots that
you cannot shoot, since they are going from side to side on the tunnel
passage that you will need to go through. So quickly jump down once the
bullets have stopped flying, and run over to the exit tunnel and jump
down!
Yes! We have finally reached the lower part of the water tunnels! Yay
for us! Now, instead of climbing up, or going down, we will travel over
to the right a little bit. Shall we? La-La-Dee... Dee-Dee-Doo... AHHH!!!
THE WATER IS WASHING US AWAY!!! The important thing to remember once the
water starts flowing through the tunnel that that if you continue
walking forward, you will go EXTREMELY fast. I'll leave the pace up to
you. To slow down, stand still, or just walk backwards.
When traveling through the tunnels filled with water, we will encounter
some of us old foes that I mentioned earlier: Penguin Bombers! Yes,
those huggable little Penguins from the North Pole that have Bombs
strapped to their chests are back, and ever-so-lovey. Actually, how the
hell did the Penguin Bombers get here, anyway? I thought they didn't
like it inside of robotic mansions?
As you travel through the tunnels that are filled with those cute little
Penguin Bombers, you will have to blast your way through them. It's sad,
I know. Just keep the Mega Buster ready, and shoot as many times as your
little heart desires. Instead of jump shooting, you can just shoot while
standing still, or walking. Either way, the choice is yours, and you can
defeat the Penguin Bombers in either of these ways.
After around six (6) of the cute little Penguin Bombers have been mowed
down by your insane fire over and over again (you big meanie) you will
have to slow down instead of speeding through the tunnels. Just stand
still once the Penguin Bombers stop coming, and keep your Mega Buster
fire at a steady pace. Why, you ask? Because a bunch of Exploding
Bullets are next, and they want to play. If you rush through this area,
chances are that you won't even hit them, and if you are lucky enough to
connect, the explosion will damage you. See? Only you can prevent forest
fires. After reaching the end of the very long tunnel, you will see an
opening. Walk inside of it to start the Boss battle.
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> BOSS: GROUP OF WEIRD BUBBLES <
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Jeff Chan (aka Atom Edge) coined the name, so all eyes go to him in
light of the very, very fitting name for this very, very annoying boss.
Kudos. This boss has a very continuing pattern, which was also used in
Mega Man 2 on the "Wall Shooters" boss, in which the boss is not made up
of one single thing, but rather a bunch of that one single species
rolled all up and into one. Sounds confusing, doesn't it?
When the battle starts, equip GutsMan's Super Arm ability, and then
climb the Super Arm blocks. After this, grab the top block and throw it
at the first bubble. Now, grab ElecMan's Thunder Beam (but be sure to
not hit the Super Arm blocks with it), and await the arrival of the
Group of Weird Bubbles. As soon as it comes out, jump shoot it with the
Thunder Beam weapon to eliminate it. Our game plan here, for those whom
are keeping track, is to destroy the Group of Weird Bubbles halfway on
their energy supply with pure Thunder Beam attacks, and then throw that
group of cluttered Super Arm blocks at them with... well, the Super Arm.
The Group of Weird Bubbles themselves, however, move in quite an odd
fashion. Some of them will come after you, some of them will not come
after you. The thing to remember about this boss battle is that you can
never let your guard down, and you must watch for each bubble's movement
very carefully. If it seems that you are going to get hit, jump out of
the way.
Which reminds me of something very important regarding getting out of
the way with this boss. While you duel with the Group of Weird Bubbles,
you will notice that Mega Man cannot jump high enough on his own to jump
over any of the bubbles, especially as they begin to come out faster and
faster. The thing to keep in mind here, and the main reason we are not
using the Super Arm blocks yet, is due to the fact that you can use
these Super Arm blocks to get a boost, just so high enough that you can
jump clear over the bubbles as they get near you.
As I stated before, with the more bubbles that you destroy, the faster
they will come out from that hole on the right side of the wall.
Obviously, the object of the battle is to eventually destroy every
single bubble that comes out. This is a lot easier said than done, as
you can probably imagine. The Thunder Beam works wonders against them,
however, once you have defeated around five (5) of them, you can start
using the Super Arm to pick up the blocks and throw the rest of them at
the Group of Weird Bubbles until the rest of them are defeated for good.
Now, we're off onto the last stage in the game, where old enemies await,
as well as an epic confrontation with the Doctor himself...
JJ. _________________
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Stage Difficulty: Medium
Boss Difficulty #1: Easy
Boss Difficulty #2: Easy
Ohhh Yeah. You know where we're at? We're at the final stage in the
entire game. Make sure you have at least three (02) lives left, and if
you do not, jump into the spikes until you have to continue, unless, of
course, you believe that you can make it on whatever number of lives you
have (I highly suggest at least 01 on the life counter). The more lives,
the better off you are. Now that we have the warning out of the way...
In the first area after the "Ready" text goes away, you will notice two
big spiked pits to your left and right, and a bunch (4, to be exact) of
tiny floating platforms in obscure places. You will also notice a tall
ladder to your left, which you can reach by climbing the third, second,
and first tiny floating platforms (from left to right), and then jumping
to it. But before you do that...
You will have to battle it out with a set of six (6) of those nasty ol'
Satellite Defenders, which will come three (3) from above, and three (3)
from below. I HIGHLY suggest taking them out before you go along with
your epic journey up the ladder of doom. Bust out the Mega Buster and
eliminate their existence with one (1) bullet each. Now skip across the
tiny floating platforms, and jump over to the ladder. Climb it up.
In this next area, you will notice that the big, tall ladder continues
all the way up on the left side, with a suspicious looking hollow center
to the right. All of this space, and no enemies... What gives? Actually,
right as that thought enters your mind, you will be forced to fight off
with another six (6) Satellite Defenders, with three (3) coming from
atop, and three (3) coming from the bottom. It's best to stay in the
middle of the ladder and destroy them like this, holding to the right.
After you eliminate their threat, climb up the ladder.
In this new area that you have came across, you will encounter a set of
three (3) Super Arm blocks that are blocking your way, with a large
Weapon Refill tank sitting atop of them. Bust out the Super Arm and
throw it all away to reveal your path. If you want the large Weapon
Refill tank, then simply take out the middle Super Arm block, and stand
on the bottom one. Throw away the Super Arm block in your hands, and run
over to the ledge, jump out of the area, turn back to the left and grab
the top Super Arm block. Throw it away, select the weapon of your
choice, and grab it.
After you get through with the Super Arm blocks, you will encounter the
GutsMan halls. Why do I call these halls the GutsMan halls? Look towards
the ceiling. There are prototypes of GutsMan all along the ceiling. Do
not worry, however, as they cannot harm you in the least. They are
simply a part of the background.
In the GutsMan Halls, however, there are a set of blue Shooting Traps
that will desperately shoot towards you with very little stopping in
between. There are a ground total of six (6) on the ceiling, and only
one (1) on the ground. It would be in your best interests to simply dart
through the GutsMan Halls, ignoring all of the Shooting Traps that await
you, and dodging their fire when need be.
In one of the final corridors in the game, there will be two ladders.
Climb up the first, or the easier way to go about things would be to
jump up in the air to climb the ladders. When you reach the second,
stand there and wait for an hour. Kidding, kidding. Climb up. Hmm... Let
me get the bad movie horror music going real quick... *turns the music
on* DUHN-DUHN-DUHN-DUHN! Yes, I know it's scary for the sight that you
see...
...Which just so happens to be one of the lifts that fall out, which we
encounter all the way back in GutsMan's stage! SCARY! I know you are
dreading this, but don't worry too much, as it's not that hard to do. I
was worried to death the first time I ever saw that thing, and trust me,
it doesn't live up to the hype. Jump over to the tiny floating platform
above the spiked pit (gasp!) and await the arrival of the lift.
Once the lift reaches where you are, jump over to it. Just seconds after
you reach the lift, you will have to perform an extremely long jump over
to a platform hanging above the lift and in the center of the corridor
that you are in. The platform you jump to is a tiny floating platform,
so be ready to make a very careful jump. After this, wait for the lift
to get back on track to the right, and then hop back on it. There's two
items that you should snag.
The first is an Extra Life on a tiny floating platform. What you will
want to do is to wait on getting this one first, and settle for grabbing
it second. The next item that you can find on the second tiny floating
platform is like no other that you have spotted to date. It is an odd
looking Spikey thingy. In case you are wondering what it does, it fills
up all of your energy, as well as your weapons, to the max. After
collecting this, hop on the floating platform and get the Extra Life,
then quickly climb the ladder and go into the pod to the right.
In this next series of pods, you will encounter the remaining four (4)
robot clones that you had fought in their respective stages. If you ask
me, I think it's time that we killed them once and for all. The first
robot you will go up against will be BombMan. What I will do is give you
the info from my Enemies Section to refresh your memory on what to do.
BOMBMAN
This guy was known as the "kinda chubby" Robot of Mega Man, kinda like
me... Poor ol' guy... actually, robot... *sniff* ...Nonetheless, he is
obviously picked on severely, considering how easy he is to defeat. Just
watch for the bombs, and blast away with the Mega Buster. If you are
going up against his dastardly cloned version, I highly suggest jumping
over the explosions of his bombs and using the Fire Storm ability on
him. Best of luck, you won't need it. At least I hope not.
FIREMAN
Hmm... Well, Fireman is awfully moody, and he has every right to be.
Hell, the Olympic Torch is in his head!! Nonetheless, I find Fireman to
easily be the hardest boss in the first Mega Man, even though the
majority points to ElecMan. He will rapidly shoot fire shields at you
without fail, over and over again, until you're close to dead. You will
DEFINITELY want to use IceMan's Ice Slasher on him. Otherwise, you
better hope that you're agile enough to hop over all of those hot
treatments he sends your way!
ICEMAN
IceMan looks like an Eskimo. I know because my Mom is from Alaska. Not
to mention he DOES look like the stereotypical Eskimo. It makes you
wonder if Capcom got any crap for doing that? Anyway, he's not too hard
to defeat... Whenever he attacks with his six layers of plastic-looking
ice, jump over the first and last carefully, whilst shooting him with
the Mega Buster or the Thunder Beam. Thunder Beam is preferred for the
three (3) shot kill.
GUTSMAN
GutsMan has a funny name. Enough said. Okay, okay, so maybe I will go
into detail more. GutsMan is arguably the easiest boss in any game ever,
and I may agree. Just shoot him when he jumps, then dodge his attacks by
jumping over ("over" being the keyword) them. For an arguably quicker
death, why not try throwing Hyper Bombs (BombMan's weapon) in the middle
of the battlefield for best results. And who says that muscle men aren't
a little dim? Oh wait...
After GutsMan, go ahead and get into the pod that's on the right. You
will be taken up to the very top level of Dr. Wily's Fortress. Finally!
The final corridor you are in right now will be your Boss Gates area, so
if the Doc kills you, this is where you will resurrect. Equip the Fire
Storm weapon and collect the large Weapon Refill tank, and then step
into the next area for the final boss battles...
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> BOSS: DR. WILY (FIRST FORM) <
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What? Did you expect the old man would fight you one on one, in a fair
and square fight? He's like a hundred years old! What? Do you like
beating up old people or something? You sicko. Well, needless to say,
Dr. Wily's robotic weapon definitely has the upper hand in this fight,
but who says that underdogs can't win? Haven't you ever played Mike
Tyson's Punch-Out!!!? And one last question... How the hell is that
little fan of a propeller holding up that big robotic machine?? This, my
friends and readers, is another one of Zoop's Mysteries Of The World
(tm).
The thing about Dr. Wily's First and Second forms is the fact that they
require little strategy. Normally, I would have at least five or six
paragraphs for a boss, but this boss is so simple that it only requires
a few. When Dr. Wily first starts off, you will notice a round object
that is connected to him, towards the front of the robotic vehicle that
he is riding in. As you watch him come forwards, inching closer towards
you, the round object will start spitting out heavy bullets.
In case you are curious as to what the heavy bullets really are, the
best and only way I can describe them on Mega Man 1 terms in the way of
the old Construction Robots that threw the hatchets up in the air back
at GutsMan's stage. These bullets will fly up in the air, and heavily
come back down on top, or close, of/to Mega Man. In other words, this
attack just simply isn't pretty, but you can avoid it fairly easy.
To destroy Dr. Wily's First Form, you will need to bust out that ultra
cool Fire Storm ability that you got from FireMan. After equipping it,
watch out for the heavy bullets that Dr. Wily's machine will send up in
the air towards you, only to land atop of your head. Take that lovely
Fire Storm weapon and shoot the round ball that has the heavy bullet
cannon on it a grand total of four (4) times with this weapon.
Keep in mind that the round ball with the heavy bullets cannon inside of
it will follow you no matter which way you go, so losing the homing
cannon is nearly impossible. After the four (4) shots of Rum... er...
Fire Storm, you will be prompted to go into battle with Dr. Wily's
Second, and final form.
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> BOSS: DR. WILY (SECOND FORM) <
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After you destroy the first form of Dr. Wily with the round ball
featuring the heavy bullets cannon, it will blow off, revealing a loopy
gun. The loopy gun is a charged up shot that will sway towards Mega Man
in a counter-clockwise fashion, and to fool you, it will start off as
clockwise for a half of one second. Keep this in mind.
The weapon of choice against Dr. Wily's Second Form is the Rolling
Cutters. You can probably manage to get in quite a few really good hits
on Dr. Wily's Second Form before it can reach you with either the
machine itself, or the counter-clockwise loopy gun. The technique to use
during this battle is to remember that the Rolling Cutters weapon is
much like a boomerang, and thus, once you throw it, it will definitely
come back to you.
So use this to your advantage. Jump up and shoot the loopy gun, and
quickly fall to the ground. Once the Rolling Cutters attack is coming
back into your loving arms, jump up in the air at the correct time, and
hopefully it will connect with the loopy gun to hit it twice in the same
attack. Something else to do to speed up the battle would be to release
another Rolling Cutters attack as soon as it comes back to you.
After around twelve (12) shots of the Rolling Cutters attack (one hit,
not the duel hits), Dr. Wily's Second Form will crumble, and the poor
mad scientist will fall out of the old dumpy machine before it
completely falls apart. He will bow to you whilst begging for mercy.
With Dr. Wily out of the picture, Mega Man, Roll, and Dr. Light can
finally rest knowing that their world is safe, and mad scientist-free...
Until the sequel!
Congratulations! You have beaten Mega Man. Now that you are more
prepared for other Mega Man adventures, try Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3.
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IV. ENEMY LIST
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Here is the compiled list of enemies. Enjoy.
~!~BLUE CHATTERS~!~
The Blue Chatters are one of the enemies that was most recognized when
the game came out. These are the flying set of teeth with funny eyes
that would attempt (poorly, might I add) to strike you. One shot will
destroy then, but beware, as they travel in packs of three.
~!~BLUE BRAIN HOPPER~!~
The Blue Brain Hopper, which also has a cousin in the Red Brain Hopper,
is a very tough enemy that takes a good 15-20 shots from the Mega Buster
to defeat. Some of them you find in "open fields," of sorts, while
others are in tight spaces. Three hits is all it takes to kill a fully
healthy Mega Man. Be cautious when dealing with these nasties.
~!~BLUE SQUIDS~!~
Easily killed enemies. Just shoot them one before they get near you.
They have a really bad habbit of lounging at you at full speed. If
you've got a platform in front of you, no worries and shoot through it.
If not, oh well. Kill them anyway.
~!~CLINGER ROBOTS~!~
Okay, so I used this name in my Ratchet & Clank FAQ, too, so sue me.
Nonetheless, these robots go from side to side, and up and down, in the
areas they are found. They are dirty fighters, and they enjoy playing
poker. A few shots of the Mega Buster will end their meaningless robot
existance.
~!~CONSTRUCTION ROBOT~!~
You only find these enemies in GutsMan's stage, and only for a brief
time, at that. They tend to block your bullets with their "Construction
Shield." Just shoot them whenever they remove their shield. It takes
around five hits to finish them off.
~!~CUTTER MACHINE~!~
Found twice in CutMan's stage, the Cutter Machine is a nasty little
puppy. It will spit out six cutters in a row, with a very brief pause in
between after three have been released. Trust me, and avoid them at all
costs.
~!~ELECTRICITY~!~
Ahhh, yes... Good ol' Electricity. These enemies cannot be destroyed,
killed, or stomped on. You just have to simply avoid it. Time it well,
and jump within the second that it doesn't strike. OUCH! Note that
Electricity is often referred in my guide as "Electricity Outlets," and
also "Electrical Bolt Outlets." Why? Because it simply sounds better,
silly.
~!~EXPLODING BULLETS~!~
These things are NASTY with a capital NASTY. They will go from towards
the top of the screen to the bottom (whilst in the middle of the
screen), and if you strike them, they will explode, destroying
everything around the area that they are in.
~!~EXPLODING FIREWORKS~!~
These Exploding Fireworks enemies can be found in BombMan's stage
towards the beginning. These suckers will fly high up in the air, and
right at their peak, they will explode, sending several small pieces of
debris in four directions. Talk about hot headed. HA HA HA! So funny...
heh...
~!~FLAME ELECTRICITY~!~
You will spot these only a handful of times in one stage, which is
FireMan's. The Flame Electricity works an awful lot like the regular
Electricity. There's no way to kill it, you just have to avoid it, so
time your jumps carefully, boys and girls.
~!~FLAME WALLS~!~
These thing are found in FireMan's stage, and boy, are they annoying or
what? These things will come up from a metal plate in the ground, in
which ignites them to set your ass afire. They are placed in awkward
positions, so I highly suggest taking caution if you need to land on
their platform, and you're near a ledge that would send you straight
into a molten magma pit, because you'd fry like a piece of chicken at
KFC very fast.
~!~GREEN CHATTERS~!~
Yup, they are absolutely the same in every way to the Blue Chatters,
only a light, pale green color. They will swoop in and attack you at
will, so be careful. One hit takes'em out. You'll find them in several
different areas of several different stages.
~!~HOT HEADS~!~
These enemies are a grave annoyance in the "Knock You Off Of A Ledge And
To Your Doom" kind of way. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. You
can find these enemies all throughout FireMan's annoying stage, and boy,
does that word sum it all up. They will shoot from the lava and into the
sky, then come down in sets of threes. One hit destroys them easily, but
avoiding them from hitting you whilst jumping is the tough part. Take
caution.
~!~ORANGE WALL MECHANIZISMS~!~
These babies haven't much style, but they have tons of flare to dress up
any party. Yeehaw. Fairly easy to avoid, and very, VERY easy to destroy
(unless they are up high), you can kill them in one hit, as long as
their hood is opened and in "shooting" mode.
~!~PELLET LIFTS~!~
These things, while they cannot be killed, are extremely useful. You can
use them as platforms to get across areas that are dangerous, such as
spiked flooring. Be aware of the fact that they can, and will, shoot you
dead on the spot. Actually, it won't kill you, but work with me people!
=P
~!~PENGUIN BOMBERS~!~
These things can be found in IceMan's stage, as well as Dr. Wily's Stage
3. They prefer to move up and down whilst zooming towards your head!
AHH! Don't worry, though, as they can hurt you much if you kill them
right away. In the areas they are in, just shoot three bullets in every
direction as you jump and come down.
~!~RED BRAIN HOPPER~!~
The Red Brain Hopper is a lot like the Blue Brain Hopper. It has only a
couple of "attacks," in which it hops low, or hops high. Regardless,
three hits with full health will destroy Mega Man, and it takes 15-20
hits to kill it. You also find them in cramped areas. Ignore them, as
it's for the best.
~!~RED WALL MECHANIZISMS~!~
These babies haven't much style, but they have tons of flare to dress up
any party. Yeehaw. Fairly easy to avoid, and very, VERY easy to destroy
(unless they are up high), you can kill them in one hit, as long as
their hood is opened and in "shooting" mode.
~!~ROBO-SWOOPERS~!~
Their only appearance is in the very beginning of the cunning IceMan's
stage. These things are not very friendly, and they do not like boxes of
chocolates. The best thing to remember here is to take out their upper
body, or just shoot towards their head. If you decide to take out their
lower body, it will take three hits to the legs/abdomen to destroy the
lower body. Remember that the upper body WILL swoop down on you to
getchu if you decide to take this route.
~!~SATELLITE DEFENDERS~!~
The Satellite Defenders pop up every now and then, simply to make me
mad. GRRR!!! Anyways... These things are easily defeated in one hit,
however, the problem is them getting to you before you get to them. No,
this cannot be a lot of fun. If you're on a ladder, you have a lot of
trouble, considering they attack in sixes. Three from the top, three
from the bottom. They will open their mechanizisms to charge their shot,
so lean to the side they will shoot from and start shooting like crazy,
that way you hit them before they hit you. On the ground, however, you
can easily kill them and jump over their fire.
~!~SHELL SHOOTERS~!~
Also known as "Hard Hats" by players throughout the years, the Shell
Shooters are the little cute guys that have shown up in Mega Man titles
for years upon years. You can only hit them once their eyes are showing,
and it only takes one hit. But stay alert, as they shoot bullets at you
in all three common directions: Up, straight, and down.
~!~SHELL SPREADERS~!~
Much like the Shell Shooters, these things do about the same thing, in
terms of attack and vulnerability. They will come from the right side of
the screen and will open up once they are in the right place, then shoot
bullets in every direction at once. Needless to say, the Shell Spreaders
are a lot more dangerous than the Shell Shooters. You can kill them once
they open up their shells. One hit will do!
~!~SHIELD ROBOT~!~
Starting in BombMan's stage, you will find enemies known as Shield
Robots. These things have been in the Mega Man series from start to
finish, all the way through, taking different forms throughout the
series itself. The most noteworthy being in Mega Man 2, with the whole
"Riding On A Huge Machine" thing they did. Very different in form
through the years, I tell ya. The enemies themselves will have their
shield out for most of the "battle," but will jump from time to time.
You can shoot them while they are in mid-air to get a few cheap hits,
but for the rest of the battle, once the Shield Robot draws its gun, you
can defeat it in between shots. Best of luck with them, as they are not
the easiest enemy in the game.
~!~SHOOTING TRAPS~!~
These things are lethal, in more ways that one. They will shoot in three
different directions, once you get close enough, and can be killed in
three hits with the Mega Buster, as well. Keep your eyes open at all
times around them, as they pop out from the flooring or the ceiling and
shoot you without mercy.
~!~SPIKED SWAYERS~!~
The Spiked Swayers are one of the most complicated enemies in the game,
as they can't be killed, and they are at their most annoying in
ElecMan's stage, when almost every platform you jump on while you're on
the left side of the screen, they will be there. You can, however, shoot
them to stop their movement for a few seconds. Sadly, whenever you get
on the platform in which they rest, they will attack you even faster.
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In this section, I will list alternative wordings for the Bosses in the
game, with a brief overview of the Bosses themselves. Enjoy.
~!~BOMBMAN~!~
This guy was known as the "kinda chubby" Robot of Mega Man. Poor ol'
guy... actually, robot... Nonetheless, he is obviously picked on
severely, considering how easy he is to defeat. Just watch for the
bombs, and blast away with the Mega Buster. If you are going up against
his dastardly cloned version, I highly suggest jumping over the
explosions of his bombs and using the Fire Storm ability on him. Best of
luck, you won't need it. At least I hope not.
~!~CLONED MEGA MAN~!~
Ahhh, yes... Every good game must include a dastardly clone of the main
character which was created by evil forces, or, in this case, a mad
scientist, and is half as strong and twice as weak as the original main
character itself. This battle is no exception. The best thing to use is
the Thunder Beam, as you can avoid it easily when he uses it on you, and
it does a decent amount of damage.
~!~CUTMAN~!~
CutMan is your basic, simple robot. He grew up without proper education.
Actually, I'm not sure WHERE he grew up, or if he had an education, but
judging by the way he moves, it doesn't seem like he did. CutMan, the
white/red character with a big Cutter atop his head, likes to hop
around, and use his Cutter as a Boomerang. Hit him in between his
attacks. Using the Mega Buster is a choice option, however, in CutMan's
stage you can use GutsMan's Super Arm to pick up the blocks and throw
them at him. If you are up against the clone, take his ass out with the
trusty Mega Buster in between his Rolling Cutters attacks.
~!~DR. WILY (FIRST FORM)~!~
Ahhhh, good old Dr. Wily. Dr. Wily is known as one of the most idiotic
super villains in video game history, because of his lack of research in
the field of "Winning." Poor old Wily makes the same mistakes in every
Mega Man, and bless his heart for it. This version of Dr. Wily is
simple, just use Fire Storm on his "upperbody" area until this part
blows up.
~!~DR. WILY (SECOND FORM)~!~
Much like the first form, Dr. Wily's Second Form is very, very easy to
be a last boss. In fact, when I first beat this, I couldn't believe that
this was it. Oh well, regardless, this battle shouldn't leave you too
weak for words. Get out that trusty Rolling Cutters ability and shoot
towards Dr. Wily himself. Good luck!
~!~ELECMAN~!~
You know what I wonder? If Mega Man (1) had a seven character limit to
their robots' names. Think about it. GutsMan, BombMan, FireMan,
ElecMan... Not to mention it's obvious short for Electricity...
Actually, it could be ElectMan, as he does resemble Bob Dole... Anyways,
ElecMan is black with yellow zig-zags of color, which pretty much does
point out that it's Electricity Man. He jumps around, and tends to get
too close for comfort. It's best to kill him with the Rolling Cutters
attack that you get from CutMan, and to pretty much use the same
strategy as you did against CutMan, as well. Dodge his attacks and hit
him with the Rolling Cutters for best results. Electrifying!
~!~FIREMAN~!~
Hmm... Well, Fireman is awfully moody, and he has every right to be.
Hell, the Olympic Torch is in his head!! Nonetheless, I find Fireman to
easily be the hardest boss in the first Mega Man, even though the
majority points to ElecMan. He will rapidly shoot fire shields at you
without fail, over and over again, until you're close to dead. You will
DEFINITELY want to use IceMan's Ice Slasher on him. Otherwise, you
better hope that you're agile enough to hop over all of those hot
treatments he sends your way!
~!~GROUP OF WEIRD BUBBLES~!~
Much thanks to Atom Edge for this extremely weird name for this
confusingly strange boss. As you can tell by their Energy Bar, every
time you destroy one of these Bubbles, a chunk will go down. The best
way to do this is to use your Mega Buster in the beginning, and use the
throwing boulders as a ledge to jump and avoid attack on the ground.
After getting their energy bar over halfway down, use the boulders with
the Super Arm to take care of the rest.
~!~GUTSMAN~!~
GutsMan has a funny name. Enough said. Okay, okay, so maybe I will go
into detail more. GutsMan is arguably the easiest boss in any game ever,
and I may agree. Just shoot him when he jumps, then dodge his attacks by
jumping over ("over" being the keyword) them. For an arguably quicker
death, why not try throwing Hyper Bombs (BombMan's weapon) in the middle
of the battlefield for best results. And who says that muscle men aren't
a little dim? Oh wait...
~!~ICEMAN~!~
IceMan looks like an Eskimo. I know because my Mom is from Alaska. Not
to mention he DOES look like the stereotypical Eskimo. It makes you
wonder if Capcom got any crap for doing that? Anyway, he's not too hard
to defeat... Whenever he attacks with his six layers of plastic-looking
ice, jump over the first and last carefully, whilst shooting him with
the Mega Buster or the Thunder Beam.
~!~ROCK ROBOT~!~
This is the ill-fated boss from the first of the four Dr. Wily stages.
Truly a revolutionary boss in gaming, as it will break up into pieces
and go across the room (while hitting you in the process), then reform.
The weak spot is the eyeball that randomly appears after it builds
itself, and the weapon to use is the Thunder Beam.
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VI. ITEMS LIST
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Here is the very, very short list of items you can get in the game. Wide
range of items, eh? Enjoy.
~!~ENERGY REFILL (LARGE)~!~
The Energy Refill (Large) is black and white-ish, with a tad bit of tan
in the white. This is much larger than the Energy Refill (Small).
~!~ENERGY REFILL (SMALL)~!~
The Energy Refill (Small), much like the Energy Refill (Large), is black
and white, with a bit of tan in between. This is significantly smaller
than the Energy Refill (Large).
~!~EXTRA LIFE~!~
This is Mega Man's head. Simple enough, but kinda freaky... Why is Mega
Man's head laying out in the open? =\
~!~PELLETS~!~
These pellets will add to your high score, I believe. Other than that, I
don't believe there's much use for them, but correct me if I'm mistaken.
Thanks.
~!~SPIKED LOOKING FUNNY OBJECT~!~
This thing is found only once, at the middle of Stage 4 of Dr. Wily's
Fortress on the side opposite of the Extra Life. This will refill your
weapons to max before those epic four robot clone boss battles.
~!~WEAPONS REFILL (LARGE)~!~
The Weapons Refill (Large) will refill any weapon you have equipped by
quite a bit. The color of the pick-up will change with different
equipped weapons.
~!~WEAPONS REFILL (SMALL)~!~
The Weapons Refill (Small) will refill any weapon you have equipped by a
tiny bit. The color of the pick-up will change with different equipped
weapons.
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Here is the ever-so-cool, ever-so-important Weapons List. This will list
every Weapon you can get, what they do, and who they work well against.
~!~FIRE STORM~!~
Fire Storm is the very highly useful weapon you get once you pick a
fight with FireMan, and proceed to kill him. You're not very nice, are
you? What is nice, however, is igniting BombMan until he explodes
(figuratively) with this weapon, so definitely use it against him. Even
better, this is the best weapon to use against Dr. Wily's First Form. As
you could have guessed, this Weapon is the same thing that FireMan uses
relentlessly on you in your HEATED (huh huh, pun) battles.
~!~HYPER BOMB~!~
The Hyper Bomb is the hyper cool (hehe, I invented a new "cool" word)
weapon that you get for battling with and defeating BombMan (Wow! Who
would've thought that BombMan would give you Bombs!?). With this weapon,
you can easily defeat GutsMan ("But I thought all weapons killed him
easily?"), and several enemies by sniping them. It takes a few seconds
to explode, so keep that in mind before going crazy with it, pilgrim.
~!~ICE SLASHER~!~
Ahh... The wonderful Ice Slasher, which you obtain from that thick
skulled Eskimo, IceMan, is a great all-around weapon that especially
works well against FireMan. It is a ice shard that will fly across the
screen, much like IceMan uses against you in your two battles with him,
only a lot faster than his slow-motioned version. Use this against a few
of the tougher enemies in the game, but avoid it with most bosses, as it
could be more trouble than it's worth.
~!~MAGNET BEAM~!~
You find this weapon on ElecMan's stage. This is the only weapon,
besides the Mega Buster, that you do not earn in battles with the Robot
Bosses. You will find this weapon hidden away, and very visible, around
halfway through ElecMan's stage. You will need GutsMan's Super Arm
ability to lift the boulders that guard it, then you shall reach it. It
creates temporary platforms that Mega Man can use to walk on, but be
careful, as they will fall in due time.
~!~MEGA BUSTER~!~
This is Mega Man's basic weapon that he starts out with in any game...
Hey, ever wonder why Mega Man steals all of these robots' weapons, yet,
in the next game, he doesn't have them anymore? What's up with that??
This weapon is choice for everything in the game, but works well against
CutMan, GutsMan, and BombMan.
~!~ROLLING CUTTERS~!~
While it may not look like it, the Rolling Cutters weapon that you get
after defeating CutMan is one of the most useful weapons in the game.
Not only will it kill ElecMan, arguably the toughest boss in the entire
game, in three hits, but it will also cut Dr. Wily's Second Form down to
size easily. hehe, I used a funny pun. You can also use this on regular,
"hard-to-reach" enemies that you just can't seem to get a hand on. Or
bullet on, for that matter.
~!~SUPER ARM~!~
This is the ever-so-useful weapon that you will add to your collection
after fighting and defeating GutsMan. This weapon isn't that useful IN
battle, but out of battle it can prove to be quite worthy. You can pick
up boulders that are in your way, which might lead to short-cuts, or
even a secret weapon with the Magnet Beam in ElecMan's stage (read
walkthrough for info). You can use this well against CutMan, and the
Group Of Weird Bubbles boss from stage 3 of Dr. Wily's fortress.
~!~THUNDER BEAM~!~
You get this awesome weapon from that crazy kook, ElecMan. This weapon
will shoot straight up, right down, and dead ahead. This is good to use
in an area with a ton of enemies in all directions. Just jump, use it,
and carry on. It's best used against IceMan, and the Rock Robot boss
from the first stage of Dr. Wily's Hangout. It's also pretty standard
against Cloned Mega Man (Dr. Wily Stage 2 Boss), so use it against him.
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VIII. CMORIARTY'S DAMAGE CHART
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Thanks to Colin Moriarty for permission to use his amazing Damage Chart
in my FAQ. Thanks a bunch, Colin. -Zoop
"Before we go onto the damage charts, there are two things I must
explain. First of all, I'll explain how I got these figures, and then
I'll explain how to read the chart.
How these figures were obtained:
These numbers and whatnot on the chart were obtained via careful
calculation. I simply fought every Robot Master with every weapon,
including him own. I then saw how many hits with each weapon it took to
kill that Robot Master, and put the figures on the chart. A --
symbolizes that the Robot Master is immune to that weapon and that it
doesn't effect him in any way.
To read the chart:
Simply line up the name of the robot master on the left side with the
robot master weapon you want to beat him with on the top. There is a key
below to read the symbols."
Key:
MM = Mega Man
BM = Bomb Man
GM = Guts Man
CM = Cut Man
EM = Elec Man
IM = Ice Man
FM = Fire Man
Chart:
Robot Master MM BM EM GM CM FM IM
Bomb Man 14 28 13 -- 13 07 --
Guts Man 13 03 28 28 28 14 --
Cut Man 11 14 28 02 28 14 --
Elec Man 28 14 28 07 03 28 --
Ice Man 28 07 03 -- 14 14 28
Fire Man 14 28 28 -- 14 28 07
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IX. FAQ
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Q. When was this game released?
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A. December 17th, 1987 (Japan).
Q. How many Mega Man games are in the series?
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A. Eight. Mega Man, Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, Mega Man 4, Mega Man 5, and
Mega Man 6 were all on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Mega Man
7 was on the Super Nintendo, and Mega Man 8 was on the PlayStation.
Q. When did they stop making Mega Man games in classic numbers?
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A. After Mega Man 8. Boy, was that game horrid. Mixing HORRIBLE Robots,
like the idiotic Clown Man, and the spunky Tengu Man, with new gameplay
"elements." Plus, the graphics were freshly done from ANIME! Yes, just
kill the series now, please. Anyways, enough of my ranting... So yes,
after Mega Man 8. I hear they're making another Mega Man X game, too...
When will they realize that the series has been milked dry? *sigh* I
vote for the release of a Mega Man compilation on the PlayStation 2!
Q. I'm having trouble with a Robot! Help!
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A. Try reading the Walkthrough. ;-) Seriously, though, keep in mind that
EVERY Robot in this game can be killed with the basic Mega Buster. Try
going after CutMan, BombMan, or GutsMan first, which is definitely
recommended by most all of the FAQs. These three can all easily be
killed with the Mega Buster, given the fact that you have full energy.
Q. Is this game anything like the Mega Man Legends series?
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A. Definitely not. Never. Ever. Nuh uh. No way. Nada. NO.
Q. Is this game anything like the Mega Man Battle Network series?
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A. Nope. However, that series isn't too bad compared to the other crap
that poor Mega Man has had his precious name on.
Q. Okay then, what about the Mega Man X series?
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A. That's the closest thing we can get to Mega Man games that are like
this series, so yes, very much so.
Q. Why is it that on the cover of the game, Mega Man is holding a gun,
yet in the actual game, he has the Mega Buster attached to his hand?
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A. *blink, blink* I never noticed that. Nor do I have an answer to your
question.
Q. Does Capcom plan to re-release this game anytime soon?
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A. Probably not. If it is released, it would be in a compilation of Mega
Man 1 through 8. And I'd definitely buy it, regardless of price, as I'm
a true blue fanboy.
Q. How much should I pay for the Mega Man series on the NES, just so I
don't get ripped off very much?
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A. I suggest around $15 for each game is a fair price. That may seem
costly, but they average $18 a piece. You might be able to find them at
a GameStop for $5.99 each, as I have seen this before. You will have to
be extremely lucky to catch the series at that price, though.
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X. CREDITS
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BEFORE ANYONE ELSE IS THANKED, I have got to thank Deflux and Joni
Phillips. My file for this game got corrupted, and they both saved my
file up to halfway through FireMan's stage, which was around 2 weeks
worth the work for me. I owe these guys a lot, and you guys seriously
have NO clue how much I appreciate that. Seriously. Thanks.
Massive thanks to the master of Game FAQs, and the site GameFAQs, CJayC.
Awesome guy that actually cares. Big thanks to Stephen Ng and Jon
Robinson over at IGN.com's FAQs Section. Check out their stuff as soon
as possible, and check my Interview under the Writer Of The Week
section, while you're at it!
I had an agreement with my girlfriend to add a line about this in my
Mega Man FAQ, so I will. When I was around six years old, my mother
recorded me on a camcorder, and I was quoted in saying "I would like to
thank Mega Man for making Capcom. I also hope Yoshi has lots of babies"
right at the end of the video. I would like to share these very deep
thoughts with you, as they hold great knowledge.
Big ups to Atom Edge for the great ASCII art, as usual. Much like he
said, every good writer has to cover a Mega Man game in this hobby.
Much thanks to my lovely girlfriend, Valerie, too. She's so pretty. *big
hug* She also makes AWESOME Ham & Cheese loaf sandwiches. Thanks, Love.
Thanks to my family, as well (Mom, Gran, Booie, Gee, Matt, Don, and
Cous)
Huge amounts of graceful thanking to the man whom is notorious amongst
the FAQing hobby, Colin Moriarty, for letting me use his Damage Chart.
With all due respect to the other FAQs' Damage Charts, Colin has the
best, and the easiest one to read. I'd tell you to check out his work,
but if you know GameFAQs, you pretty much know who CMoriarty is. And
SPELL HIS NAME RIGHT FOR ONCE, YA BUM! IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO SPELL!
Regardless, thanks Colin. I owe ya one.
Mega thanks to my boy Dan Reed for being a Mega Maniac, as well. We both
grew up with this stuff, and boy, these games remain just as magical.
Get an NES and buy these games already, dude!
This FAQ goes out to one of my new favorite musicians, Jason Mraz. I've
been obsessed with this guy whilst recording my FAQ Progress in this
little file here. What an awesome piece of talent, taking vocals and
mixing emotion beyond compare. Great music that you should definitely
listen to.
Speaking of great musicians, I know of a group of guys that cover great
old NES music with a rockin' tone! Their name is the NESkimos, and not
only do they capture the beauty that was Mega Man 2 in their music, but
they also rock out to Contra, as well! You know you're good when Dr.
Wily is in your band. ;-) Here's the URL, you should DEFINITELY check
them out: http://www.unf.edu/~hend0008/NESkimos.html
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XI. DISCLAIMER
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This document is Copyright 2003 David McCutcheon. It may not be
reproduced nor retransmitted in any form. It may not be altered,
published, sold, given as an incentive to buy, etc. without advance
permission from the author. Violation of the above terms can and will
result in a lawsuit. Thank you.
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