Mega Man (1987 video game)

Mega Man, known as Rockman (ロックマン, Rokkuman) in Japan, is a video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is the first game in the original Mega Man series. It was released in Japan on December 17, 1987. It was released in North America in December 1987 and Europe in May 1990.

Mega Man
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Designer(s)	Akira Kitamura
Programmer(s)	Nobuyuki Matsushima
Artist(s)	Yasuaki Kishimoto Naoya Tomita Keiji Inafune Akira Kitamura
Composer(s)	Manami Matsumae
Series	Mega Man
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, mobile phones, Virtual Console, PlayStation Store, Android, PlayStation Portable
Release	December 17, 1987 Mega Man NES JP: December 17, 1987[1] NA: December 1987[2] EU: May 1990[3] PlayStation JP: August 5, 1999[4] Mobile phone NA: September 20, 2004[5] JP: June 1, 2007[6] Wii Virtual Console PAL: June 22, 2007[7] JP: July 29, 2008[8] NA: August 18, 2008[9] PlayStation Store JP: August 12, 2009[10] NA: January 18, 2011[11] Android JP: February 2011[12] Mega Man Powered Up JP: March 2, 2006[13] NA: March 14, 2006[14] EU: March 24, 2006 AS: May 1, 2008[15] 3DS Virtual Console JP: July 18, 2012 NA: December 27, 2012 EU: October 18, 2012
Genre(s)	Action, platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

Two scientists, Dr. Light and Dr. Wily, create humanoid robots; Wily goes rogue and reprograms most of the robots for world domination. It's up to Mega Man, a robot created by Dr. Light, to stop Dr. Wily and his army of Robot Masters.

Gameplay

The game opens with a boss select screen, giving you the option to choose which of the Robot Masters you wish to take down first. Once you have selected a Robot Master you are teleported by Dr. Light to an approximation of the Robot Master's location. From there you must find your way to the Robot Master, along the way overcoming many traps, pitfalls and other obstacles. Once you defeat a Robot Master you gain its power, which can be used on other Robot Masters and follows a Rock, paper, scissors type effectiveness, where a rock attack would work better on a robot with scissors than one made of paper.