Mega Man

A side-scrolling action game released by Capcom for the Famicom in 1987. Players choose the order of six stages, each guarded by a distinctive Robot Master boss. The music was composed by Manami Matsumae.

A six-person team created the game specifically for the home console market rather than as an arcade port.

Developer

Capcom

Publisher

Capcom

Players tackle six stages in any order; defeating a Robot Master grants its special weapon, whose limited ammunition is replenished by items from defeated enemies.

Platform

Family Computer

CPU

Ricoh RP2A03 (MOS 6502-based) 1.79 MHz

Media

ROM cartridge

Bits (period term)

8-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

17 Dec 1987[1]

Europe — NES

13 Dec 1989[1]

Director

Akira Kitamura

Producer

Takashi Nishiyama

Composer

Manami Matsumae

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1985

  

  Family Computer

  Super Mario Bros.

  スーパーマリオブラザーズ

  Release

  JP 1985.09.13

  Dev

  Nintendo R&D4

  Genre

  Platformer / Action

• GAME1986

  Family Computer

  Dragon Quest

  ドラゴンクエスト

  Release

  JP 1986.05.27

  Dev

  Chunsoft

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

• GAME1986

  Famicom Disk System

  Metroid

  メトロイド

  Release

  JP 1986.08.06

  Dev

  Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems

  Genre

  Action-adventure

Initially not a large commercial success, it became a word-of-mouth sleeper hit and was later included in Mega Man Legacy Collection (2015).

Series: Mega Man

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