System: NES

Company: Capcom

Released: December 1987

Catagory: Action/Adventure

This game was the first to start "Mega Mania" here in the USA!! The Blue Bomber made his debut in the holiday season of 1987. After 2 excellent years of NES games, THE GAME was released.

Storyline: You are Mega Man, the creation of the brillant scientist Dr.Light. It is the year 20XX, and you must stop the evil scientist Dr.Wily. Dr.Wily was formerly the assistant of Dr.Light, and he helped the brillant scientist create 6 robots to help mankind. Cut Man would chop down trees with ease, Guts Man was a construction robot with incredible strength. However, Dr.Wily became evil and reprogrammed the six robots to fight mankind. Dr.Light had two household robots that the evil scientist did not reprogram named Rock and Roll. Roll was a housecleaning robot. Her brother Rock saw the trouble and volunteered to fight Dr.Wily and defend mankind, thus the super robot Mega Man was born...

Graphics: Mega Man has always been known for having EXCELLENT graphics and the original is no exception. For 1987, this game has incredible, colorful, and detailed graphics. The robots look very cool! The enemies have smooth, fluid animation. The ending of Mega Man has some of the best graphics that the NES has ever produced!

Music: The first Mega Man game has very good music! People still just turn on the game just to listen to the great tunes such as the Fire Man stage, the Elec Man stage, the ending theme, and more! EVERY single tune in this game is great and doesn't get annoying. The entire Mega Man series has excellent music and must pay its dues to the original "Mega" soundtrack.

Play Control: The first Mega Man game has excellent control. You can control how high you jump by holding the A button down or just tapping it. You felt like you were actually the Blue Bomber. Shooting has excellent control. The split-second you pressed the B button, Mega Man fires either his regular blasts or another robot master's weapon. The control has always been GREAT in all Mega Man action/adventure games.

Challenge: One of the hardest jobs for game programmers is making a game challenging to play yet fun so people will play it. Mega Man has a GREAT challenge. The game is very challenging yet fun to play. Wily's base is one of the hardest areas you'll find in ANY Mega Man game.

Funfactor/Lasting Value: Mega Man is a VERY fun game to play and has lasting value once you beat it. This game is currently 10 years old and people still want to play it!! After all, who gets tired of battling the likes of Fire Man or the evil clone? Mega Man is simply a great video game and a MUST PLAY for anyone who has never played it.

Ending: The ending of Mega Man is GREAT!! All my reviews give details of the endings so if you haven't beat the game, DON'T read this! After beating Dr.Wily, he will begin to beg like he will in the many sequals to come after he's be defeated. You will see the epilogue which talks about how peace has been restored. However, the battle to maintain peace is not over yet! Mega Man runs through the city with the sunset in the distance. His helmet is off and he is greeted by Dr.Light and Roll. Congrats if you beat this great game!

Here are my personal ratings for the game Mega Man on a scale of 1 to 5:

Storyline: 5.0*
Graphics: 4.5
Music: 4.8
Play Control: 4.0
Challenge: 4.5
Funfactor: 4.5
Ending: 5.0*

Negatives: As with every game, Mega Man does have a few negatives. First, this game should have had a password system. It takes quite a while to beat it in one setting, but only a FEW games had password systems back in 1987. Second, it would have been nice for Mega Man to have more stages. However, all in all, the first Mega Man game rocks!