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| Megaman: The Wily Wars |
| For the Sega Genesis |
| FAQ/Walkthrough |
| By T. Jackson (meowthnum1@meowthnum1.com) |
| Last Updated: 2/29/04 |
| Version 0.32 |
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Table of Contents:
I. Introduction
1.01: Table of Contents
1.02: Introduction
1.03: Dedication
1.04: Blanket Basics
1.04.01: Characters
1.04.02: Differences
1.04.03: Controls
1.04.04: FAQ
1.04.05: Option Mode
II. Walkthrough - Megaman
2.01: Basics
2.01.01: Story
2.01.02: Boss Order
2.01.03: Differences
2.02: Walkthrough
2.02.01: Bombman
2.02.02: Gutsman
2.02.03: Cutman
2.02.04: Elecman
2.02.05: Iceman
2.02.06: Fireman
2.02.07: Wily Stage 1
2.02.08: Wily Stage 2
2.02.09: Wily Stage 3
2.02.10: Wily Stage 4
2.03: Appendices
2.03.01: Bosses/Damage
2.03.02: Master Weapons
2.03.03: Items
2.03.04: Secrets
2.03.05: Enemies/Damage
2.03.06: FAQ
2.03.07: Maps
2.03.08: Ending
2.03.09: SPECIAL: Points Guide
2.03.10: No-Hit Game Tips
III. Walkthrough - Megaman 2
3.01: Basics
3.01.01: Story
3.01.02: Boss Order
3.01.03: Differences
3.02: Walkthrough
3.02.01: Airman
3.02.02: Crashman
3.02.03: Flashman
3.02.04: Quickman
3.02.05: Metalman
3.02.06: Bubbleman
3.02.07: Heatman
3.02.08: Woodman
3.02.09: Skull Castle Stage 1
3.02.10: Skull Castle Stage 2
3.02.11: Skull Castle Stage 3
3.02.12: Skull Castle Stage 4
3.02.13: Skull Castle Stage 5
3.02.14: Skull Castle Stage 6
3.03: Appendices
3.03.01: Bosses/Damage
3.03.02: Master Weapons
3.03.03: Items
3.03.04: Secrets
3.03.05: Enemies/Damage
3.03.06: FAQ
3.03.07: Maps
3.03.08: Ending
3.03.09: No-Hit Game Tips
IV. Walkthrough - Megaman 3
4.01: Basics
4.01.01: Story
4.01.02: Boss Order
4.01.03: Differences
4.02: Walkthrough
4.02.01: Topman
4.02.02: Shadowman
4.02.03: Sparkman
4.02.04: Magnetman
4.02.05: Hardman
4.02.06: Snakeman
4.02.07: Geminiman
4.02.08: Needleman
4.02.09: Doc Robot Stage 1: Sparkman
4.02.10: Doc Robot Stage 2: Needleman
4.02.11: Doc Robot Stage 3: Geminiman
4.02.12: Doc Robot Stage 4: Shadowman
4.02.13: Breakman
4.02.14: Skull Castle Stage 1
4.02.15: Skull Castle Stage 2
4.02.16: Skull Castle Stage 3
4.02.17: Skull Castle Stage 4
4.02.18: Skull Castle Stage 5
4.02.19: Skull Castle Stage 6
4.03: Appendices
4.03.01: Bosses/Damage
4.03.02: Master Weapons
4.03.03: Items
4.03.04: Secrets
4.03.05: Enemies/Damage
4.03.06: FAQ
4.03.07: Maps
4.03.08: Ending
4.03.09: No-Hit Game Tips
V. Walkthrough - Wily Tower
5.01: Basics
5.01.01: Story
5.01.02: Boss Order
5.02: Walkthrough
5.02.01: Buster Rod-G
5.02.02: Mega Water-S
5.03.03: Hyper Storm-H
5.03.04: Wily Tower Stage 1
5.03.05: Wily Tower Stage 2
5.03.06: Wily Tower Stage 3
5.03.07: Wily Tower Stage 4
5.03: Appendices
5.03.01: Bosses/Damage
5.03.02: Master Weapons
5.03.03: Items
5.03.04: Secrets
5.03.05: Enemies/Damage
5.03.06: FAQ
5.03.07: Maps
5.03.08: Ending
3.03.09: No-Hit Game Tips
VI. Last Words
6.01: Copyright Information
6.02: Revision History
6.03: Contact Me
6.04: Credits
6.05: Thank you for Playing!
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Hello and welcome to this guide for the obscure Sega Genesis game, Megaman: The
Wily Wars. This game was available in Europe (since when do they get games
before we do?) and on the Sega Channel. I have the Mega Drive version
(European) and have played the North American version both on ROM and on the
Sega Channel back in the day. There is no difference. Your best chance is to
get it via a ROM. It's illegal to explain where to get it here but I can say
that even if you get the ROM, you cannot access the Wily Tower. If you want to
do that, stroll over to http://www.zophar.net/genecyst/archive/ and grab a save
state for it.
Sega did to the first three Megaman games what Lucas did to the Star Wars
series with its remakes, namely enhancing the graphics, sound, and adding some
nice extras. Sega did this very nicely, actually. While there are a few
differences (see sections 1.05, 2.01.04, 3.01.04, and 4.01.04), it's still the
Megaman we know and love. Wily Tower, while short, fuses elements from all
three Megaman games, making it a Megaman lover's paradise. I can't say much
else. You have to discover it.
About this guide. I'm changing my style to fit the game. As always, comments
are welcomed. Also, some people for whatever reason, hate using master
weapons during the stages of the game. If this is you, find another guide. I
tend to use them.
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This guide is dedicated to the, using scientific terms here, other master
blaster of disaster himself, Brian Sulpher. He's a cool fella who is not too
modest but not too arrogant. While he is the master of NES games and writing
for them, SURVEY SAYS THAT HE ISN'T THE MASTER OF FAMILY FEUD.
He rocks anyway.
And for the record, at the time of this writing, he's 1-2 with me on that game
but it looks like the Jackson family gets a chance to steal those points.
And also to Devin Morgan, a person who has written for more games than anyone
could possibly imagine. A respected writer and good friend who can actually
act. He's amazing.
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This section covers the basics that apply for all four games.
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= 1.04.01: Characters =
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Unlike its successors, the original Megaman games weren't heavy with story and
revolved around 2-3 basic characters. However, I'll list all relevant
characters to the first three Megaman games.
Megaman AKA Rock AKA Rockman
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The star of our show. Throughout his life, he's earned several nicknames
("Super Fighting Robot," "Blue Bomber," "Meddlesome Blue Robot," etc.) and
foiled Dr. Wily multiple times. He likes to avoid fights when possible (story-
wise. Depending on who is playing, however...) and find more peaceful
solutions to problems. With Megaman around, the adventures in this game are
gonna ROCK!
Get it? 'cause he's Rock and it's gonna...yeah.
Dr. Light
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Dr. Light created Megaman, his brother Protoman, his sister Roll, and along
with Dr. Wily, created the six robot masters of this game. He is a benevolent
person with Megaman's best interests in mind. He is always creating new
gadgets for Megaman to use in defeating Dr. Wily.
Dr. Wily
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It's impossible to have a good character list without Dr. Wily. Even for, say,
Mario. You still need Dr. Wily. Dr. Wily was Dr. Light's assistant before
Megaman 1. However, one day, he decided that he had enough. He left the lab,
taking Megaman, Cutman, Gutsman, Fireman, Iceman, Elecman, and
Bombman with him. He reprogrammed them all. Megaman alone was able to resist
the evil programming and escaped. Since then, Dr. Wily has been building all
new robots to defeat Megaman. In Megaman 3, however, he has amnesia and goes
back to helping Dr. Light. What will happen in this new-found partnership?
Protoman
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My favorite character in the series. Protoman left the lab shortly before he
was finished. He was the first self-aware robot ever created. He first
appears in Megaman 3 as Breakman, called this because he breaks through floors.
Simple. He shows up to attack Megaman occasionally as well. Whose side is he
on?
Roll
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She's the caring, worrying sister who plays a roll (ha ha!) no bigger than
standing with Dr. Light all worry-like. While she does come in to play in
later games, that's all she does in this game.
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= 1.04.02: Differences =
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This section will list the differences (from their NES counterparts) that exist
in all three games. The differences for the individual games are in the
differences section in that game. I thank the MMHP (http://www.mmhp.net/) for
helping me with some of these.
-The graphics have obviously been updated to 16 bits.
-The music has been remixed. The Wily Tower has all-new music.
-The Arm Cannon seems to move slower.
-The titles are different. Instead of being the classic North American style
(a sort of pyramid), they have the triangle backdrop. This was the trademark
of the Japanese version of the Megaman games.
-Instead of a password system, you've got saves.
-Either Megaman is taller or everyone else is shorter.
-Megaman is wearing blush.
-There seems to be a delay in between the time you push a directional button
and moving.
-It's a little harder to land jumps. You'll miss some that you should have
made.
-It's slower.
-Some enemies are more or less resilliant than they used to be.
-The backgrounds are better.
-There are no passwords so it's a save system.
-Bosses and enemies (moreso with the bosses) are invincible for a second after
being hit (like Megaman).
If you've got more, feel free to drop me a line.
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= 1.04.03: Controls =
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Basic controls
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| Button | Function |
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| A | Pause |
| B | Shoot |
| C | Jump |
| Start | Pause |
| Mode | Nothing |
| Up | Ascend ladders |
| Down | Descend ladders |
| Left | Move left |
| Right | Move right |
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Note: Some Genesis controllers also feature X, Y, and Z buttons. These serve
as backups to A, B, and C and are the exact same in most games. The
three extraneous buttons do nothing in The Wily Wars however.
Advanced controls
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In Megaman 3, holding down while jumping will cause you to slide.
In Megaman 2/3, holding the control pad in a certain direction will aim the
Metal/Shadow Blades.
Wily Tower's controls are identical to Megaman 3's (i.e. you can slide).
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1Q: Where can I get this game?
1A: eBay. You'll probably get the PAL version, though.
2Q: PAL?
2A: It's Europe/Australian games. Their TVs are different.
3Q: Will it still play?
3A: Probably, although it couldn't hurt to get a PAL TV. I've heard that many
TVs nowadays come with PAL support, though.
4Q: Will you sell yours?
4A: No.
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= 1.04.05: Option Mode =
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After pressing start on the main menu, you'll go to a screen with two options:
Game Start and Option Mode. The aim of this section is to explain Option Mode.
There are two primary elements to this: key configuration and sound testing.
-Key Configuration-
It looks like this:
Key Config.
Shot B
Jump C
Window A
So if you want to change any controls, select the element that you wish to
change (if you want to change the button with which you shoot, select shot).
Once you've highlighted it, simply press the button that you want to use
instead. Since this is hard to explain, I'll provide an example. As stated
above, the defaults are shot as B, jump as C, and window as A. So let's start
with that.
Key Config.
Shot B
Jump C
Window A
Let's say that I wanted to use A to jump and C to open the window. Assume
that > indicates which element is highlighted:
Key Config.
Shot B
Jump >C
Window A
Now I'd press A. Since you cannot have one button controlling two elements,
the screen would now look like so:
Key Config.
Shot B
Jump A
Window C
The default controls are good, but if you want to change it, the information is
here.
Next let's explore the wonderful world of sound. It looks like so:
Music 00
Sound 00
Pick either element and press left or right. From there, press A. You now
get to listen to the chosen music/sound! For the record... (incomplete blanks
designate that classic song, "I Have No Idea")
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00 | Cutman | |
01 | Gutsman | Menu Selection Change |
02 | Iceman | Megaman 1 Point Total |
03 | Bombman | |
04 | Fireman | Arm Cannon Shot |
05 | Elecman | Shot Deflection |
06 | Dr. Wily Stages 1 and 2 | Generic Enemy Shot 1 |
07 | Dr. Wily Stages 3 and 4 | Jumping |
08 | Megaman 1 Stage Select | Menu Opening |
09 | Megaman 1 Stage Selected | Hit |
10 | Megaman 1 Boss | Lifts |
11 | Megaman 1 Boss Beaten | Megaman Dies |
12 | Megaman 1 Dr. Wily Defeated | Life Bar Filling |
13 | Dr. Wily Stage Boss | Extra Life |
14 | Megaman 1 Ending | Hit 2 |
15 | Megaman 2 Opening (Part One) | Hit 3 |
16 | Megaman 2 Opening (Part Two) | Point Pellet |
17 | Megaman 2 Password/Stage Select | |
18 | Megaman 2 Stage Selected | |
19 | Megaman 2 Boss Beaten | Point Total |
20 | Bubbleman | |
21 | Airman | Hit 4 |
22 | Quickman | |
23 | Heatman | Rolling Cutter |
24 | Woodman | Thunder Beam |
25 | Metalman | Vanishing Blocks |
26 | Flashman | Menu Selection Change 2 |
27 | Crashman | Super Arm |
28 | Megaman 2 Skull Castle Stages 1-2 | Entering Water |
29 | Megaman 2 Skull Castle Stages 3-6 | Ice Slasher |
30 | Megaman 2 Stage Select | Elec Beam |
31 | Megaman 2 Dr. Wily Defeated | Dr. Wily's Saucer |
32 | Megaman 2 Skull Castle Map | Hyper Bomb Hit |
33 | Megaman 2 Boss | Hyper Bomb Explosion |
34 | Megaman 2 Alien Wily Defeated | Ice Slasher 2 |
35 | Megaman 2 Get Weapon | Fire Storm? |
36 | Megaman 2 Ending (Part One) | Megaman Teleportation In |
37 | Megaman 2 Ending (Part Two) | |
38 | Megaman 1/3 Opening | Menu Selection Change 3 |
39 | Protoman's Whistle | Megaman Teleportation Out |
40 | Sparkman | Air Shooter |
41 | Snakeman | Megaman Dies 2 |
42 | Needleman | Extra Life 2 |
43 | Hardman | Leaf Shield Fires |
44 | Topman | Crash Bomb Lands |
45 | Geminiman | Crash Bomb Explodes |
46 | Magnetman | Time Stopper |
47 | Shadowman | Metal Blade |
48 | Megaman 3 Skull Castle Stages 1-2 | Metal Masher 1 |
49 | Megaman 3 Skull Castle Stages 3-4 | Metal Masher 2 |
50 | Megaman 3 Skull Castle Stage 5-6 | Atomic Fire Charge |
51 | Megaman 3 Stage Select | Water Entry |
52 | Megaman 3 Stage Selected | Megaman Fires |
53 | Megaman 3 Password | Dr. Wily's Saucer 2 |
54 | Megaman 3 Get Weapon | |
55 | Megaman 3 Boss | |
56 | Megaman 3 Boss Beaten | Acid Drops |
57 | Megaman 3 Ending (Part One) | Alien Wily Hologram |
58 | Megaman 3 Skull Castle Map | Alien Wily Hologram 2 |
59 | Megaman 3 Skull Castle Boss | Alien Wily Hologram 3 |
60 | Megaman 3 Ending (Part Two) | Alien Wily Hologram 4 |
61 | Wily Wars Opening | |
62 | Wily Wars Title Screen | Menu Selection Change 4 |
63 | Wily Wars Save Screen | |
64 | Buster Rod-G | Explosion |
65 | Mega Water-S | |
66 | Hyper Storm-H | |
67 | Wily Tower Stage 1 | Megaman Dies 3 |
68 | Wily Tower Stage 2 | Gemini Laser |
69 | Wily Tower Stage 3 | Explosion 2 |
70 | Wily Tower Dr. Wily Defeated | Gemini Laser 2 |
71 | Wily Tower Boss | |
72 | Not Used | |
73 | Wily Tower Stage Selected | Dragon Fire |
74 | Not Used | Water Entry 3 |
75 | Wily Tower Boss Beaten | |
76 | Wily Wars Game/W. Tower Power Select | |
77 | Wily Tower Stage Select | Dr. Wily Saucer 4 |
78 | Wily Tower Wily Tower Map |-----------------------------------|
79 | Wily Tower Stage 4 |-----------------------------------|
80 | Wily Tower Ending |-----------------------------------|
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#17 is not used in this game (when you choose, in Megaman 2, to go to either
the password screen or the stage select screen).
The same applies for #53, Megaman 3's password screen.
Many of the sounds sound alike. This makes it hard to get those that I cannot
figure out. I'd appriciate any help.
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Alright, so the game starts out with Dr. Light giving a lecture on Megaman.
Suddenly, everything goes dark. Eyeballs start popping up everywhere. The
lights come back on and all of the robot masters from Megaman 1-3 and Roll are
in the room. The title screen comes up with slides of Megaman and foes in the
background. Select Game Start and let's get going! Choose whichever file you
want and then pick the game we'll start out with -- the original Megaman!
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This is taken from the NES Megaman instruction booklet, so it's copyrighted to
Capcom 1988.
It's MEGAMAN versus the powerful leaders and fighting forces of
Monsteropolis -- that strange multi-faceted land of robot-like Humanoids.
Brilliant scientist Dr. Wright conceived the construction of
fully-operational human-like experimental robots to perform specific
everyday duties. Dr. Wright, and his assistant Dr. Wily, encouraged with
their very first near human robot -- MEGAMAN -- proceeded to develop
six additional Humanoids, all programmed to perform prescribed rituals:
Cutman: Designed to function as a lumberjack. Powerful saw-toothed
Scissorlike instrument protrudes from head, capable of gnawing through
giant forest timbers
Iceman: Impervious to chilling sub-zero temperatures, capable of human-like
performances under extreme climatic conditions
Gutsman: A bulldozing character capable of lifting and transporting huge
boulders
Bombman: A real "blaster" as a heavy duty laborer who uses intensely powerful
explosives to clear lands for Dr. Wright's construction projects
Fireman: Melts and molds metals with a flamethrowing torch flaring from atop
his head.
Elecman: Dr. Wright's electrifying creation - planned for conducting electrical
operations - even supervising nuclear power plants.
But, with the exception of MEGAMAN, all of Dr. Wright's near-human robot
experimentation went awry. Assistant Dr. Wily turned disloyal,
re-programming Dr. Wright's Humanoids, now bent on destroying opposition
so Dr. Wily could control the world and its resources.
Resisting re-programming, MEGAMAN is chosen the defender of the
universe and its inhabitants. MEGAMAN dares to single-handedly penetrate
seven separate empires of Monsteropolis, eliminating the leaders
and followers of these sovereignties. Get ready for some very exciting
challenges!
Alrighty then.
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This is for those who just want a recommended order and didn't look at the
table of contents.
BOMBMAN -> Use Arm Cannon -> Go to Gutsman
GUTSMAN -> Use Hyper Bomb -> Go to Cutman
CUTMAN -> Use Super Arm -> Go to Elecman
ELECMAN -> Use Rolling Cutter -> Go to Iceman
ICEMAN -> Use Thunder Beam -> Go to Fireman
FIREMAN -> Use Ice Slasher -> Go to Wily Stages
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-One of the most obvious things is that, when you're flashing, you cannot die
if you touch spikes. In the original version of this game, any time you
touched the spikes you died. Now the window of invincibility extends to
spikes.
-The pause button brings up the menu. There is no way to pause without doing
this. Because of this, the pause/resume glitch no longer works. GOTTA GET
SOME SKILL NOW, DON'T WE?
-The clear points seem to come up slower.
-The water in Iceman's stage actually DOES make you jump higher.
-Instead of Dr. Wily appearing at the center of the screen when you defeat
all six robot masters, his logo appears.
-While we're at it, the robot masters' faces are their logos on the stage
select screen as opposed to their whole sprited body.
-On screens with the Watcher enemies, it used to be that once they were
destroyed, they'd come back in a few seconds. Watchers no longer regenerate.
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Press start on the title screen to access the Stage Select screen. Here you
see closeups of all of the robot masters of this game. Remember to take your
time.
Choose Bombman and let's get this party started!
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= 2.02.01: Bombman =
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Enemies: Screw, Popper, Screw Turret, Pea Shooter, Sniper Joe, Spike Bot,
Bullet Bill, Flying Metool, Suzy, Bombman
Note: Does anyone know what those yellow balls in the background are supposed
to be?
Start by going right. A red screw will jump at you. Let it jump over you,
turn around, and blast it with the Arm Cannon. Continue on. Jump on the
platform to have two more red screws jumping at you. Repeat the previous
strategy to deal with them. Jump onto the next step and from there to the top,
dealing with the red screws as they jump at you. Drop off the next two steps
and continue going right. When you reach the next step (there's a fence),
quickly jump onto the platform and hug the wall to your right. A guy we'll
refer to as a Popper will Popper up (heh heh. I'm here all night) and break in
to four pieces. If you're hugging the wall, you'll be able to dodge these
pieces. Jump onto the top ledge and jump over the gap. Repeat this process
with the next Popper. However, as soon as he is gone, be sure that you hurry
and jump to the next platform, as the Popper from the previous gap will be
coming back up for more Poppin' goodness. Repeat this strategy for the next
Popper. When you jump down to the blue and green ledge that is closer to the
ground, go right and jump on the thin ledge. That ends the Popper section.
Jump onto the column and fall off to the right. When the blue screw that is in
the ground comes up, it will fire off shots like so:
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Jump over its shot and then blast it three times to destroy it. Continue to
the right to find two more screws that should be dealt with in the same manner.
Jump over the blue and green = looking platform to find a weapon capsule in a
small niche. Because you have no master weapons as of yet, you don't need
this. Jump on the first = platform. From there, jump to the second and from
there to the longer platform to your left. This has two energy pellets on
it. Grab them and jump back onto the = platform to your right and from there
to the long ledge to the right of that platform. Go to the right and ascend
the ladder.
Climb all the way up the ladder without stopping. On the adjacent wall to your
left are four Pea Shooters. At the top, wait for the top two Pea Shooters to
open fire (visual gag). Destroy them while they're firing. Jump onto the
ledge in front of you and from there to the top of the enclosure. Descend the
ladder to your left. As you go, destroy the remaining two Pea Shooters. Grab
the energy capsule at the bottom and then ascend the ladder again. Go left and
climb the far ladder to leave this area.
Start going right to meet the classic enemy, Sniper Joe. Sniper Joe jumps and
shoots a lot and he has a shield. The only two times you can hit him are when
he is firing at you (shoot, jump over his shot, shoot, jump, repeat) and when
he is jumping. When he is destroyed, continue right. You'll now encounter a
steady stream of foes who look like Bullet Bills from the Super Mario series of
games. They only take one shot to destroy, but when they explode they really
explode. If you go into the explosion, you'll take damage, so be sure to stop
briefly after you shoot them. Sometimes it's best to just ignore them. Once
you get to a column, jump onto it. You see a hole. Beyond the hole is a Pea
Shooter. Jump over the whole hole and start shooting as you fall. With any
luck, you'll hit the Pea Shooter on your way down. If not, you'll have to jump
and try to hit it afterwards. Once it is destroyed, jump onto the platform
that it was guarding and from there to the column. Jump across the gap and try
to hit this Pea Shooter on your way down. If not, you'll have to dispose of it
afterwards. Jump onto the column and across yet another gap to encounter yet
another Pea Shooter and yet another repeated section. Destroy it and hop onto
the column. From here, jump down to the ledge to your right and then climb the
ladder. Go right to enter a sort of building (that's what you assume from the
background anyway). Drop onto the small ledge below you and then drop again
before the Spike Bot gets ya. Note that the Spike Bots will speed up when
they see you, so act fast! Talk about a repeated situation. This looks
exactly like the end of the first screen but with different enemies. Go right,
jump over the Spike Bot and onto the blue and green = platform. Jump from
there to the next = platform and from there to the long blue and green
platform. Go all the way right and then ascend the ladder.
[Halfway point] - From here on in, when you die you'll end up here.
Stop! Don't go all the way up. A Bullet Bill will hover past you. Once he is
gone, climb up a little. At this point, you have two options. You can
continue climbing or stop climbing. Daredevils should stop climbing. If you
take this route, go left across the platform and jump over the spike pit. When
you reach the ladder, press up to grab on to it. If you decided to continue
climbing up, climb to the top and start platform hopping to the left. This
puts you at a better height from which to reach the ladder. Regardless of
which route you took, continue up to the next area.
Now we encounter a flying Metool. He floats around and fires a shot in all
directions when he pauses. Shoot him when he pauses. Once he is destroyed,
jump onto the = platform. Jump from there to the next one and from there to
a final platform. From there, fall to the ground. Not the spiked ground, mind
you. Continue right, dealing with the flying Metools as you go. At the end
of the path, you'll discover a ladder. Climb it. At the top, jump off the
platform and to your right.
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Diagram 2.02.01b |
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|-| | ->
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|-| | || SJ 1up
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- - Floor |
|-| - Ladder |
| - Wall |
SJ - Sniper Joe |
1up - Extra life |
-> - Go here first |
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Land in there to find a Sniper Joe. Defeat him as you have defeated the other
Sniper Joes (they don't change) and grab the 1-up. Leave this compartment
through the hole through which you entered it. Drop to the ground and continue
right. At the far end of this path, you'll find a platform with a Sniper Joe
atop it. Defeat the Sniper Joe and then enter the boss gate.
Megaman 1 is the only Megaman game to feature an enemy-ridden boss gate. Jump
across the gap and onto the ladder. Once on the ladder, jump to make Megaman
let go. He'll fall all the way down, missing all of the Suzies. At the
bottom, we meet...
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BOSS: BOMBMAN
In case you didn't figure this out, Bombman's weapon is a bomb. He'll run and
jump around the room chucking bombs at you. He's very slow but never let him
get you in a corner. As I said, he'll throw bombs at you. Not only do you
have to watch out for the bombs, but you also have to watch out for their
explosions. Like the Bullet Bills of his stage, they leave an explosion behind
that is just as damaging. Using your Arm Cannon, shoot at him a few times and
then run away from him. If he looks like he is going to jump way over you,
turn around and run back. Always run under him if you've got a chance. Just
keep pelting him with your Arm Cannon and he'll go down.
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Grab the orb to leave this stage with the Hyper Bomb in hand.
====================
= 2.02.02: Gutsman =
====================
Enemies: Metool, Met Miner, Blader, Hopper, Gutsman
Now we start the classic stage. The one everyone remembers...
...because it is EVIL
With the enhanced backgrounds, we can finally figure out that this is a mining
stage. Start off by going right to find a Metool on the "step" created by the
rock. When you get close enough, he'll come out from behind his hard hat and
fire three shots at you at different trajectories. Jump and blast him once to
destroy him here. He cannot be damaged while under his hard hat, hence the
reason you have to wear them in construction areas. Jump to the next step and
go right to find another Met. Destroy it in the same manner, being sure to
jump over his shot. Go to the right side of this ledge to activate another
friend. Destroy him like you destroyed the first Metool and jump onto the
ledge that he was guarding. Jump to the final ledge and go to the right side
to discover the greatest evil known to the Megaman series...
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Diagram 2.02.02a |
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0====-----===========-----===0
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_ - Solid ground |
0 - Start of the conveyor belt thing |
= - The platform is raised |
- - The platform drops |
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When the green platform is close enough, jump onto it. Wait for it to go out
to the other end of the belt. When you see a platform below you, jump down on-
to it. Now is when things get tricky. You'll notice parts of the belt that
are thinner than others. When the part of your platform that is touching the
belt (the far left) reaches these thin parts, the platform will drop out from
under you. You want to jump here. Be sure to jump forwards so that, when the
platform gets back to the thicker part of the belt, you'll land on it. Drop to
the lowest platform when you can. Repeat the fun of the above belt on the
bottom one until you reach the end. At the end, jump over to safe ground and
start singin'.
Go right and you'll meet these flying green things. Jump and shoot the lowest
one but ignore the others. Keep moving (this is important). When you reach
the rocks, you'll notice that they make a sort of stair. Jump onto the first
rock and from the first rock to the second. Walk along this ledge and jump
from there to the third "step." Jump again to the top. Drop down the next two
steps to find an energy capsule. Hop up the two steps to your right and then
fall off. At this time, you will want to turn around and destroy any of those
green machines that are still following you. Go right to meet a Met Miner.
Met Miners are tall, so they can't fit under the helmet; however, they do have
a shield. When they throw their pickaxes (Hamma' Time!), like the Sniper Joes,
they put their shields away so you can attack them. Once he is destroyed, jump
up the rock steps. Go to your right to find another Met Miner. To deal with
him, run towards him as you are firing. When you get next to him, start
running back. Once he's destroyed, continue forwards. On an adjacent
platform, you'll see another Met Miner who should be dealt with in the same
manner. Jump to the platform that he was previously guarding now and from
there to a final platform to deal with a final Met Miner. Go to the right side
and drop down.
[Halfway point]
When you land on this platform, drop off the right side and then hug the
platform from which you dropped. You'll land on a platform with an energy
capsule atop it. Ignore the other capsule for now and drop off the left side
of the column while holding left so that you miss the bottom platform but are
still on the left side of the screen when you drop to the next screeen.
You'll land on a small niche atop a column. Jump off to the left to land on a
ledge with a 1-up. Grab it and drop down to your right.
Down here, you'll meet an enemy called a Hopper. He does a lot of damage to
you if he hits you and can take a lot of punishment. Your best bet is to wait
for him to take a big jump and run under him. Drop off the steps, go all the
way right, jump up one step, and enter the gate. In the gate, run forward
while firing. You'll hit the Metools that you encounter on the way. Enter the
gate at the far end to meet Gutsy!
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BOSS: GUTSMAN
Gutsman occasionally walks around the room, but his favorite attack is to jump
which causes a boulder to come down. Note that you should also jump when he
jumps because if you're on the ground when he lands, you'll be shocked and
cannot move. When he throws the boulders, they'll split in to four pieces, all
of which can damage you equally. As with Bombman, never let him get you into
a corner. Speaking of Bombman, use your Hyper Bomb here. Throw a bomb so that
he'll get caught in the explosion. Jump over a boulder and repeat. While it
is hard to hit him with the bomb (if he is moving), it only takes three bombs
to permanently demolish him.
Or that's what I'd like to say. He's one of the most recurring bosses in the
series with no less than three forms -- not including remade games. If you're
wondering, those forms are in Megaman, Megaman 2, and Megaman 7.
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Grab the orb to get outta here with the Super Arm!
Remember rock, paper, scissors? If Gutsman is rock and rock beats scissors,
let's go to the guy with the big scissors on his head!
===================
= 2.02.03: Cutman =
===================
Enemies: Blader, Pea Shooter, Screw, Flying Metool, Suzy
This music rocks.
After teleporting in, go right and jump on the set of blocks. Equip the Super
Arm (labelled G on your menu), pick up the block in front of you, and lob it at
the oncoming blue Blader. Climb up the ladder where the block used to be
and jump to the platform to your right. The Blader below you won't do
anything but you may want to jump over the next Blader whose altitude is a bit
higher. Jump over the Super Arm Block in front of you and carry on. Jump over
to the blue and white platform that looks like an = platform from Bombman's
stage. Jump from the first to the second and from there to the top step on the
series of steps. Jump on top of the Super Arm Block and use that as a stepping
stone to jump across the pit. Descend the stairs and go right. There is a
narrow gap that will allow you to take a shortcut and jump onto the ladder from
here. You will want to hurry as you probably have a nice little line of
Bladers following you. Climb up that ladder, jump over to the right, and climb
up the final ladder to go to the next screen.
Go to the left edge of this platform, turn around, and start with a jumping/
shooting combination to destroy the turret above you. The turret can only be
damaged when it opens up to fire. It's just like the turrets from Bombman's
stage. After it is destroyed, hop over the gap (if you fall down the gap,
you'll be back at the previous screen. Go right and climb up the ladder to
return to this spot) and go to the ladder on the left side. Two turrets await
you up here. Destroy them in the same manner in which you destroyed their pal.
Hop over to where the turrets were, jump up the stairs, and finally climb up
the ladder.
There's an easy way and a hard way to do this screen. When you get to the top
of the ladder, start with the jumping and shooting to nail the turret on the
left side of the screen. Climb up the closest ladder to you to avoid the
second turret. Jump onto the stair in front of you to find yourself in front
of another turret. Start firing at it to destroy it when it finally opens up.
Jump onto the final stair and climb up the ladder.
Go left and jump over the pit (you'll find yourself on the previous screen if
you miss). Climb up the ladder and go right. Ignore the turrets and hop onto
the ledge above you. Go left and climb the ladder.
Finally no turrets! Go right and you'll see a building. Someone in the
building starts to chuck Rolling Cutters at you. Ignore it and continue to the
right. Those little screws from Bombman's stage will start to fly at you now.
Let them all jump over you. When they start to jump to come back, blast them.
It's as simple as that. Hop up these next few stairs and jump onto another
Super Arm Block. Jump from there over the pit and down the stairs that you
come to. Now you meet the Suzy enemy. Suzy is an eye with suction cups
attached to all four of its sides. When Suzy is on the bottom level, shoot it.
Once this Suzy has been destroyed, you'll notice two more on the screen: one
moving up and down and one more moving side-to-side. Stand on the far right
side of the ground. When the side-to-side Suzy is on the left side and the up
and down Suzy is down, jump and throw a Hyper Bomb at them. If it stays on the
platform, it will destroy both of them in one hit. Jump onto the platform, go
left, climb the ladder, go to the right, and finally climb up this last ladder.
[Halfway point]
Now we start the fun part of this stage: a few screens filled with Suzies. To
your left when you climb up is a Super Arm Block. Wait for the lowest three
Suzies to be on the left side of the screen. Jump and throw it at them to take
them all out. Climb the ladder and wait for the last remaining Suzy to go to
the right side of the screen. When this happens, start jumping and shooting at
it to destroy it. Jump over to the platform in the middle of the screen and
from there to the far right platform to find a ladder. Climb the ladder.
More Suzies. Destroy the one closest to you when it is on the ground. Go all
the way to the left and hug the left wall. When the Suzy above you goes to the
right, jump through the gap to avoid it. Go left to find another Super Arm
Block. Jump on top of it and start climbing the ladder when the lower of the
Suzies starts moving to the right side of the screen and don't stop.
More Suzies! When the up/down Suzy is on the ground and the right/left Suzy
is on the right, throw a Hyper Bomb to get rid of them both. Jump and climb
up the ladder to your right. When the left/right Suzy up here is on the right
side of the screen, climb to the top of the laddee, jump up to the final
ladder and climb it.
No more Suzies here! Go right to dodge the Rolling Cutter building. Jump up
the stairs and go righ to find a blue Blader foe. Destroy it quickly. Drop
off the stairs to meet two more Bladers. Destroy them and drop off the ledge
to the right. If you need it, go through the nook to your left to find an
energy capsule. Grab it, go right, and descend the ladder.
Down here, we meet a Flying Met from Bombman's stage. There are two ways of
dealing with this screen: the easy way and the hard way. The hard way is more
fun but the easy way is more reliable. Because it continues into the next
screen, I'll divide it.
Easy way: Go left and down the ladder. Drop off so that you land on the floor.
Go right and descend the ladder. On the next screen, drop off to the
right. You'll land on a platform. Jump off to the left and descend
the ladder on the far left-hand side of the screen.
Hard way: Go to the right side of the screen and jump off so that you are
holding right and hugging the invisible wall. When the screen
switches, wait a second and start holding left. You'll hit the
Flying Met and land on a platform. Jump to the left to another
platform. Jump from here to the ground and descend the ladder on the
right side.
Regardless of which route you took, you'll end up here. You've got a Hopper
enemy here. Wait for him to get onto the top level of Super Arm Blocks and
hope he does a high jump. When he does, run under him and don't stop running
until you reach the gate.
The gate is filled with the screw enemies from Bombman's stage that pop up and
fire in five directions. When they pop up, blast them really quickly. The
middle one is on the ceiling, so beware! Once you've destroyed all three,
enter the gate on the far side to meet...
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BOSS: CUTMAN
Cutman is fast and hops around the room a lot, throwing his Rolling Cutter
blades at you. How do you cut him down to size? You cut him down to size with
the two Super Arm Blocks that are in the room. Ignore Cutman and concentrate
on picking the blocks up. It takes two blocks to destroy him but there are
only two blocks in the room, so each block has to count! The Wily Wars version
of him is a great deal slower than the NES one was. When Cutman is in the air,
throw a block at him. Jump over any Rolling Cutters and then hit him again to
finish him off.
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Grab the orb and take off with the Rolling Cutter in hand! Be sure not to run!
Because, you know. You've got scissors. Tough crowd, tough crowd.
====================
= 2.02.04: Elecman =
====================
Enemies: Spike Bot, Watcher, Hopper, Elecman
Time for the hair-raising stage! In all seriousness, this stage has caused a
few eyebrows to be raised. If you listen to the music, the first four notes
resemble the chord used in "Faithfully" by Journey and the whole thing is like
"All the Right Friends" by REM. The question being: which came first?
You're at a power plant tower. You've got three ledges above you with little
moving Spike Bots on each. To deal with them, equip Rolling Cutter and hit
them each. You could also hit them with an Arm Cannon shot to stun them, but
Rolling Cutter offers a more permanent solution. Hit the first two from the
ground. Jump onto the first ledge, jump again, and fire a Rolling Cutter at
the Spike Bot above you to destroy it. Jump from here to the first ledge on
the right side, from there to the second ledge on the left side, and from there
to the second ledge on the right side. Ascend this ladder.
More Spike Bots. Take the first one out from the ground and jump to its
platform. Fire a Rolling Cutter without jumping to destroy the second one.
Jump onto its platform and from there to the top. Climb this ladder. While
I'm thinking about it, when you see a weapon energy capsule/pellet, be sure
that you collect it with the Rolling Cutter equipped so that you don't run out
before you reach Elecman himself. Now you've got some Elec Beams to deal with.
Jump over to the left side so that you are in between the gap and the left side
of the platform with the first Elec Beam on it. When the second Elec Beam goes
away, jump onto the first platform and from there left to the second platform.
Because of this, you avoid all Elec Beams here. Jump to the top of this
platform and climb the ladder.
Here you have what looks like a ladder that goes way up to your left and just
that. Wait for a second and these green enemies called Watchers will come
down. When they are on the same level as you are, they'll open up and fire two
beams of electricity at you. Jump and fire one shot at them to destroy them.
Three will come from the bottom of the screen and three will come from the top.
Once you've destroyed all six, quickly climb up the ladder before they
regenerate.
Climb up the ladder here (it's still the same ladder) until you reach a small
platform. Drop off on to this and wait for the six watchers. Destroy them
like you destroyed the others. Jump back onto the ladder and quickly climb up
to the top.
Now it's time for the classic vanishing block game!
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Diagram 2.02.04a |
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3 ===
2 1
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|-| - Ladder | | 1 vanishes shortly after 3 appears |
= - Block/floor | | 2 vanishes shortly after 4 appears |
1 - First block to appear | | 3 vanishes right when 1 reappears |
2 - Second block to appear | | 4 vanishes right when 2 reappears |
3 - Third block to appear | *------------------------------------*
4 - Fourth block to appear |
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Jump up onto the small platform above you. Continue jumping up and down until
you land on a block that appears from out of nowhere. To its left is another
block. Go jump on it. A block will now appear to the right of the first
block. Following this, another block will appear above you and to your left.
Equip Rolling Cutter and climb up the ladder to grab three weapon energy
pellets. Edge out to the right. On the other side, you'll see four vanishing
blocks creating a bridge. When the one closest to you appears, jump out on to
it and from there up and left to a ladder. Climb the ladder, go left, and
climb a final ladder.
[Halfway point]
At the top of this ladder, jump on to the ledge up here and walk to the right.
Jump down onto the small block. If you're feeling daredevilish, jump to the
niche to your left to grab an energy capsule. The hard part is getting back
out again, so be sure that Megaman doesn't hit his head and fall down. Jump
to the block to your right. Jump from here to the next block and make your way
up the last three remaining blocks. Jump from the top to the ladder and climb
up.
More Watchers here. Take them out from the ground and then ascend the right
ladder. Go right to find some more Elec Beams. When the lower Elec Beam is
gone, jump as high as you can and then press up. You'll be on top of the
ladder. Run left and climb halfway up this ladder. Wait for the top Elec Beam
to go out, climb up the rest of the way, run right, and then climb up the
ladder.
There's a Super Arm Block that you could take out if you wanted to switch
sides, but believe me, we don't. Wait here for a second to cause some Watchers
to appear (better to take them out now than on the ladder). Destroy them and
climb up the ladder. At the top, go all the way left and climb this ladder.
Go right and use the Super Arm to get rid of the three Super Arm Blocks in your
way. Once they've been cleared away, you'll find the Magnet Beam! The Magnet
Beam can create platforms and is necesary later in the game. Jump on the small
blocks on the left side and from there to the ledge on the right. Climb up the
right ladder.
More Elec Beams. Wait for the first one to disappear and then climb beyond it
so that you are in between the bottom and top Elec Beams. When the top Elec
Beam goes out, climb all the way to the top of the screen.
Go left and climb this ladder. Go right, wait for the Elec Beam to disappear,
and climb that ladder. Simple enough. This part is interesting. Start off
by hugging the left wall. This will cause the top red screw, who is busy
trying to stay parallel with you, to jump off the building! Go right long
enough to make the bottom red screw go to the right side of his area. Run to
the ladder, jump to the top of it (press up at the top), and blast the red
screw. Now we have gotten ourselves into a jam. Use the Super Arm to get the
block out of your way. Megaman can't jump high enough to get out! What do we
do? Use our new-found Magnet Beam, that's what we do! Equip it and fire it
at the right wall. You might want to do a little jump first (but not too big).
Jump on the platform that is created and from there to the top ledge. Jump to
the left to land on a ladder. Climb the ladder. We're almost there!
Jump on the ledge to your right to be at a familiar screen. Go right along the
ledge and jump to the platform that is down and to your right. Jump from there
to the platform to the right and from there to the next platform and so on
until you reach the top. Climb up this ladder.
We've got some Elec Beams here. There is a small window of time where both the
first and second Elec Beams are out. When this happens, jump onto the first
Elec Beam's platform and from there to the second. Jump from here to the
ladder.
At the top, you've got a Hopper. Go right and wait for him to high jump. Go
under him and enter the gate.
The gate is basically a climb up the rest of the tower. There are two screens
of Elec Beam dodging. The way this works is thus: there are three Elec Beams.
The middle one will activate and a second later the top and bottom ones will
activate. Wait for the bottom one to deactivate and then climb so that you are
in between the bottom and the middle. When the middle one goes out, climb so
that you're in between the top and the middle. When the top one goes out,
climb up the rest of the way. Repeat this for the next screen to reach...
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BOSS: ELECMAN
Elecman is really fast. At least in the NES version. He's slowed down in The
Wily Wars. Also unlike his NES counterpart, he only fires sideways so it's
safer to jump over him. There are two Super Arm Blocks in here but don't
bother. You've gotta be fast. You can only take three hits from his Thunder
Beam but he can only take three hits from your Rolling Cutter. Start off by
throwing a Rolling Cutter at him and then taking off to the far left side of
the room (on the Super Arm Blocks). Jump over any Thunder Beams and fire
Rolling Cutter at him. You'll probably take a hit or two. Beat him first.
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Grab the orb and take off with the Thunder Beam!
===================
= 2.02.05: Iceman =
===================
Enemies: Crazy Razy, Flyin' Penguin, Spike Bot, Hopper, Iceman
This stage begins the tradition of ice making your character slide in video
games. A tradition that this water stage does NOT start, however, is the
ability to jump higher. In this stage, you can jump just as high in water as
you can in any other terrain. Be careful!
When you teleport in, you'll find one of the most evil enemies in the game: a
Split Personality (yeah, I'm making these names up as we go). If you hit the
lower part of his body, it will be destroyed but the head will fly up and act
like a Blader. You want to aim for his head. Destroy him and carry on. At
the far end of this stretch will be a set of steps from which a Split
Personality will come running at you. Defeat him like you did the other and
jump up the stairs. At the top, you'll find another Split Personality. Make
him explode and continue right. Yet another Split Personality will come
running towards you like an idiot. Take a shot at his head to destroy him and
jump up this next step. Yet another of our friends will start speeding towards
you. Blast him and continue right. Jump onto the final step to meet -- you
guessed it -- nothing. Drop off this step to the right and from that step into
the water. Remember what I said about water not making you jump higher? In
the Genesis version, it actually seems to. The water section is too shortlived
for it to matter though. Anyway, jump over the obstruction here to come face-
to-face with a Flyin' Penguin. Blast it once and then jump over the next
obstruction. These Flyin' Penguins will continue to fly at you, hoping to
kamikaze with you, so keep shooting. Go right and jump onto the next
obtrusion. Jump over the space in between it and the next one so that you
avoid the Spike Bot. Drop off the water tank and continue right, avoiding the
Flyin' Penguins as you go. Jump onto the next water tank and from there jump
to the next to avoid the Spike Bot below there. At the far end is a Spike Bot
on a step that you need to get onto in order to finish this section. Pull out
your Rolling Cutter and destroy it. Jump up the next two steps to exit the
water section of this stage. Go right and jump onto the next stair. Go right
to encounter a hole. Drop down the hole, destroy the two Suzies to your left,
go right, and drop down a shaft.
[Halfway point]
More vanishing block fun! The first thing that you will want to do is destroy
the Spike Bot with a Rolling Cutter.
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Diagram 2.02.05a |
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|Strt|
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|Goal|| |
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| || 7 |
| || |
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| || 6 |
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| || 5 |
| || | *--------------------------------------*
| ||2 4| | 1 vanishes shortly after 3 appears |
| || 3 | | 2 vanishes shortly after 4 appears |
| || 1 | | 3 vanishes shortly after 5 appears |
| || | | 4 vanishes shortly after 6 appears |
| ||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | 5 vanishes shortly after 7 appears |
| || | | 6 vanishes shortly after 8 appears |
| || | | 7 vanishes shortly after 1 reappears |
--------------------------- | 8 vanishes shortly after 2 reappears |
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Strt - Where you enter the area |
Goal - Where you exit the area |
| - Shaft-looking thing/wall |
~ - Water |
1 - First block to appear |
2 - Second block to appear |
3 - Third block to appear |
4 - Fourth block to appear |
5 - Fifth block to appear |
6 - Sixth block to appear |
7 - Seventh block to appear |
*, - - Not part of the screen; guide to timing |
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That was difficult. There are two ways to do this.
Hard-working way: Jump on block number one. When it appears, quickly jump to
block number three. When it appears, quickly jump to block
number five. When it appears, jump to block six, from there
to block seven, and from there to solid ground.
Easy, cheap way : Using the Magnet Beam found in Elecman's stage, simply create
a column of platforms to the top. Create one, jump on it,
create another, and so on until you reach the top.
Either way, drop down the shaft.
You get a cold reception here (you know you love it) by a Spike Bot and MORE
vanishing platforms! And they form two at a time! You try diagramming those!
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Diagram 2.02.05b |
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| S |
| | 10 11
Goal
8 -------
9 | *---------------------------------------*
| | 1 appears at the same time as 8 |
7 | | 1/8 disappear when 3/10 appears |
6 | | 2 appears at the same time as 9 |
5 | | 2/9 disappear when 4/11 appears |
1 | | 3 appears at the same time as 10 |
2 3 4 | | 3/10 disappear when 6 appears |
===~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | 4 appears at the same time as 11 |
| | | 4/11 disappear when 7 appears |
| 5 disappears soon after 7 appears |
| 6 disappears soon after 1/8 appear |
| 7 disappears soon after 2/9 appear |
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S - Start |
1 - First block to be significant |
2 - Second block to be significant |
3 - Third block to be significant |
4 - Fourth block to be significant |
5 - Fifth block to be significant |
6 - Sixth block to be significant |
7 - Seventh block to be significant |
8 - Eight block to be significant |
9 - Ninth block to be significant |
10 - Tenth block to be significant |
11 - Eleventh block to be significant |
Goal - Where you want to be after this |
| - Wall |
- - Ground |
~ - Water |
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Phew. As complex as this looks, it's really simple. Again, you could just use
the Magnet Beam to make some platforms on the right side. Start off by using
Rolling Cutter to take the Spike Bot out. Run over to the right side and jump
onto platform number four. Jump from there to platform five and from there to
platform six. Jump from there to platform seven. When it appears, quickly
jump to platform nine. Start jumping when you think platform ten is going to
appear to land on it. Jump from here to platform 11 and from there to the end
of it all. Jump onto the ice pillar and go to the right. Drop off to come to
yet another challenging section.
You have to jump from eyeball platform to eyeball platform. To make things
worse, they are moving and shooting too. Jump from the ice ledge to the first
one. Wait for it to be really high and to the right and for the second one to
be low and to the left. Jump off to land on the second platform. Wait for the
third platform to get close enough to the second (on my cart, this takes quite
awhile) and jump over to it. Make the easy jump to the fourth platform and
from there to an icy column that serves as a reprieve. There's a weapon energy
capsule here. At this point, Flyin' Penguins will start to fly at you so be
shooting forward at all times. Jump to the platform. When these two platforms
are about to intersect, jump to the other platform. Wait for the third
platform to get close and then jump to it. Wait for the third platform to be
very high up and to the right (so the fourth should be below it) and jump to
the fourth eyeball platform thing. When it climbs high enough, jump to the
solid ground to the right. Go all the way to the right to the point where you
have to fall down a shaft. Fall off but hug left to find a niche with an
extra life inside. Grab it, go right (if Megaman stops moving, jump), and fall
down the shaft. Be sure to hold left.
If you held left, you'll land on a platform with three energy pellets and three
weapon energy pellets. Grab them (be sure to have, say, Rolling Cutter or
Magnet Beam equipped), go right, fall off, go left, and drop down the shaft to
get to the final part of Iceman's stage.
Of course we have a Hopper here. Wait for him to high jump and run under him.
Go to the far side of the screen, jump onto the ledge, and finally enter the
gate. In the gate, just run while shooting. You are facing an onslaught of
Flyin' Penguins. At the far end of the gate, enter the final set of shutters
to reach Iceman!
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BOSS: ICEMAN
Equip Thunder Beam and get to work! Iceman will hover up and down while
shooting Ice Slasher at you. He's got a really simple pattern. He'll go to
the top of his "hover range" and start going down. While he is going down, he
will fire three Ice Slashers at you. He'll pause briefly, fire another, and go
back up while firing two more Ice Slashers. He'll now drop, run towards you a
little, and repeat the process.
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Diagram 2.02.05c |
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< < 16
<. . . < 25
........ < < . -> 34
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< - Ice Slasher |
. - Megaman's path |
1 - Iceman when he fires the first Ice Slasher |
2 - Iceman when he fires the second Ice Slasher |
3 - Iceman when he fires the third Ice Slasher |
4 - Iceman when he fires the fourth Ice Slasher |
5 - Iceman when he fires the fifth Ice Slasher |
6 - Iceman when he fires the sixth Ice Slasher |
-> - Fire Thunder Beam now |
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Thunder Beam kills him in three shots. At the start of the battle, jump a
little and fire one. When he comes down, fire another. Run and jump over the
lowest set of Ice Slashers and blast him in mid-air. If you missed on any
occasion, hit him while he's running towards you to destroy him before this
battle even heats up.
Of course, having the battle heat up would be a good thing in that weather.
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Grab the orb-thingy and take off with the Ice Slasher! One more robot master
left!
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= 2.02.06: Fireman =
====================
Enemies: Screw Turret, Fire Tackle, Bullet Bill, Spike Bot
Hot, hot, hot! This should go without saying, but if you fall into the lava,
you'll die.
When you teleport in, position yourself so that you are directly under two of
those five-directional-shooting blue screws. Equip the Elec Beam and fire
away. This should take them both out (it fire upwards). Go right and climb
the ladder. Go left, over where the first screw was, and climb the ladder
there. Go right to find another screw. Take him out. Go right to find
another "S" formation with your path. Position yourself over the blue screw
robot right under you and fire the Elec Beam to destroy that robot as well as
the screw in front of you. Go right and descend the ladder here. Go left and
descend that ladder too. Now to go right. Out of the fire pit in front of you
will come three fireballs. They'll fire (hah!) way up into the sky and slowly
come back down. Each of these guys can be destroyed with one Arm Cannon shot
each. While they're in the sky, jump over the fire pit to reach a fire
barrier. When the fire barrier is extended, fire an Ice Slasher shot at it to
freeze it. Jump up onto it and from there to the left to get an energy
capsule. It doesn't stay frozen for long, so drop back down beside the fire
pillar, fire another Ice Slasher at it, jump up on it, and this time jump off
to the right to save yourself some trouble. Go right and ascend the ladder
here.
More fire pillar fun. Unless you're really hurting (you shouldn't be, what
with the energy capsule on the previous screen), just ignore the energy pellers
and climb the first ladder. Go right and climb the second. Go left and jump
(it's probably best to wait for the fire to be out before you jump) and grab
onto the ladder. Climb up to the next area. If you did want those energy
pellets, grab the bottom one when the fire pillar is not there. Return to
where you were and wait for the fire barrier to be extended. Blast it with Ice
Slasher and jump on it. Wait for the second fire pillar to be gone and then
jump up to the energy peller. Turn around, hit the fire pillar with Ice
Slasher and use it as a stepping stone to reach the ladder at the top.
Go right and blast the first fire pillar with Ice Slasher. Use it as a boost
to reach the top of the enclosure. Grab the two weapon energy capsules here
(remember to have Ice Slasher equipped as you grab them!) and then drop off the
right side of the platform. You are now faced with some fire beams. This will
certainly heat things up! When the fire is extinguished, jump to the right as
far as you can to land on a small platform in between the two fire beams. Wait
for the fire beams to disappear and then jump out and to your right. Jump onto
the ledge above you and once again jump over to the right (when the fire beam
is gone!) to land on a small platform in between the two ledges. Drop down to
the right and wait for the fire beam to extend and then go out again. Jump
back onto the platform and from there to the ledge to the right. Wait for
both of these fire pillars to disappear and then jump to the right, jump over
the small gap, and then drop down to the right so that you land on the small
ladder. Jump from there to the left to grab three energy pellets. Jump back
over to the ladder and descend it.
The second you enter this screen, three fireballs will be shot up and the two
fire pillars in this room will extend. Stand on the ladder and wait for the
fire pillars to go down. Drop down to where the first fire pillar will come
up and go left into the gap. Wait for the pillars to go up and back down
again. Jump back onto the ledge, over the gap, and finally climb down the
ladder.
[Halfway point]
When you drop off the ladder, hold right to land on the small platform with
a fire pillar on it. Wait for the fire pillar to go up and back down. At this
point, you should jump to the next platform. While you're waiting for the
fire pillar to go up, some fireballs will start coming down. Jump up and
shoot one or two. By that time the fire pillar will have gone down. Jump over
to the platform on the right where you should climb the ladder and continue
right. Jump over to the small grey platform to the right and climb the ladder
there. Run right and wait for the fire barrier below you to go back down.
Drop to it and quickly jump to the right. Wait for the fire pillar beside you
to descend and then jump to the long platform to the right. Run right and
climb the ladder here.
This is evil. Remember how on Cutman's stage you had that building that shot
scissor blades at you and that turned out to be Cutman's weapon? Well now you
have a steady steam of Fire Storm coming down at you. Go left and climb up the
ladder. You COULD try to time this thing by waiting for one Fire Storm to pass
and then running through, but you wouldn't make it. You'd then go up the
ladder, go left, get hit by another Fire Storm blast, and finally climb up the
ladder. BUT THERE IS AN EASIER WAY TO DO IT! Turn left, fire the Magnet Beam,
jump up to the ladder, and climb up.
The Bullet Bills are back! Be sure that you are shooting them as you jump up
the stairs here. Run right and equip the Elec Beam. This is difficult to
pull off. While standing over the Spike Bot below you in the "S" formation,
fire an Elec Beam. With any luck, this destroys the Spike Bot below you and
the one in front of you. If it didn't get the one in front of you, jump over
it and descend the ladder. If you missed the one here, stand on the ladder and
fire Rolling Cutter until you hit it. Now go left, descend the ladder, and go
right. Fire an Elec Beam at the oncoming Spike Bot if it gives you any
trouble. At the far right side of this platform, equip Ice Slasher and climb
the ladder to get a weapon energy capsule. Drop off the ladder, jump over the
next two platforms (watch out for fireballs!), and continue to the far right.
Jump onto the ledge, wait for both fire pillars to not be ignited, and enter
the gate.
Start off by jumping and firing a few shots at the screw turret on the ceiling.
Run right a little and repeat the process when you see the next screw turret.
There are four screw turrets in here. When you've taken care of them all,
enter the final gate.
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BOSS: FIREMAN
I've been saving this joke up ever since Gutsman. Ready? As you can tell from
his name, Fireman has a flare for fire!
Fireman has a simple pattern. He runs around the room. If you fire at him and
hit him, he'll counter with Fire Storm. Fire Storm is a shield-looking blast
that comes at you and leaves a small fire where you were so when dodging it,
be sure to jump over and forwards. Equip Ice Slasher and beat him down. Hit
him, jump over Fire Storm, and hit him again. Since he won't attack unless you
attack first, you can get away from him before your next shot. Another thing
that you have working for you is that he never jumps. You always know to fire
Ice Slasher on the ground. He'll go down nice and quick.
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Take the final orb and take off with Fire Storm! Now select Dr. Wily's logo to
wrap things up! He'll call his saucer, do the Dr. Wily trademark eyebrow
wiggle thing, and take off.
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= 2.02.07: Dr. Wily Stage 1 =
=============================
Enemies: Hopper, Screw, Bullet Bill, Rock Monster
You teleport in right outside of the evil Dr. Wily's fortress. It's time to
begin the final battle! On a slight aside, I was bored during history years
ago and I tried to draw a map of what this would look like in Skull Castle map
form. Suffice it to say that I figured out why there was no map here.
Go right to meet a Hopper. Let him jump over you and then run to the right.
After going right for a ways, you'll meet another Hopper. Let him jump over
you and run to the small pyramid-like stair. Jump on top of it and then off of
it. As soon as you do, another Hopper will appear to greet you. Let him jump
over you again and then run right to the next set of pyramid blocks. Jump
over them and then continue to the right to find the entrance to the fortress
proper. There's one very small, insignificant problem here, though. I don't
know...oh yeah. THE ENTRANCE IS BLOCKED. Of course, you can deal with this
easily. Just whip out the Super Arm. Now if Dr. Wily had done this in future
games where you did _not_ have the Super Arm, he'd take over the world, now
wouldn't he? But I digress. With the Super Arm equipped, hug the blocks so
that they flash (they flash because you can pick them up with the Super Arm).
Jump until the second block from the bottom begins flashing. Use the Super Arm
to pick it up and force Megaman into the niche where the block used to be.
Throw the block away and repeat the process for the next two blocks in front
of you. Unequip the Super Arm and equip the Ice Slasher. Hug the block in
front of you and wait for the first fire pillar (from Fireman's stage) to come
up. Perform a small hop and fire the Ice Slasher to freeze it. Quickly jump
onto the block and from there onto the frozen fire pillar. Jump from here to
the next block. When this fire pillar is down, jump up (being sure to avoid
hitting your head on the ceiling) to the next block. Wait for the final fire
pillar to go up, blast it with Ice Slasher, jump on it, and climb the ladder.
Be sure to unequip Ice Slasher!
Climb the ladder to the top and edge out over the block. When you are as far
out as you feel comfortable, press left just a little and jump. If you did it
right, you've just grabbed an energy capsule. If not, you've landed on the
block below. Jump to the right, climb the ladder back up, and repeat.
Obviously if you're good with health, then there's no need to get this at all.
Regardless of what you do, drop down to the first block being sure to hold left
during the fall. Those spikes are nasty. Jump over to the large block and
from there to the ladder. Climb up! Note: it would be to your advantage to
equip the Thunder Beam before coming up here.
The second you get up here, you are assaulted by red screws. Your best bet is
to use the Thunder Beam to take them out as they're coming down the ladder.
Go right and jump up onto the ledge. If you are in need of health, take the
upper route here. Destroy the red screw that assaults you on your way. This
is really tricky to pull off. I'm sure there's a better way. Go to the wall
and use the Magnet Beam to extend a platform. When you think it will disappear
(this'll take practice), jump off and hug the blocks at the top-left corner of
the enclosure. If you did this right, the Magnet Beam will now disappear.
Pause the game and take out your Super Arm to grab this thing. Fall back to
the ground, throw the block, use the Magnet Beam again, and take care of the
other block. Throw it at the red screws in here, grab the energy capsule,
and drop back down to the middle part of this area. Go left until you can
drop down again. Look to the right to find three Super Arm Blocks. Do your
thing with those until they're all cleared away. Go to the right and descend
the ladder.
[Halfway point]
The Bullet Bills are back! For the first section of this screen, it is best
to just ignore them. Run left and drop down onto the platform to the left of
the spikes. Carefully jump from platform to platform. By about the second
platform, the Bullet Bills will become slightly more than a nuisance (they
can knock you down into the spikes) so destroy them quickly. At the far end,
drop down, run left to outrun the Bullet Bills, and finally descend the ladder
here.
Oh boy. More of those floating, shooting platforms from Iceman's stage! Hop
on the first one when it hovers over the small block where you dropped. It is
important that you do not use the Magnet Beam as a bridge here. When the first
platform is higher than the second, jump to the second. At one point, the
second platform will be diagonall sloping while the third is moving left. At
this time, you'll want to jump to the third. The third and fourth ones, at
one point, create a sort of "V" formation. At the lowest point here, jump to
the fourth. Whem the fourth platform is slightly near to the solid ground,
equip the Magnet Beam and jump off. Two weapon energy pellets await you here
and you will need for the Magnet Beam to be at full power on this next screen.
After you've collected both powerups, jump on the ladder and ascend it.
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Diagram 2.02.07a |
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- - Ceiling, floor |
| - Wall/pillar border |
= - Where the Magnet Beam platforms should go |
|-| - Ladder |
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I hate to toot my own horn, but that is pretty.
Anyway, just follow the diagram. Put a Magnet Beam in those spots, BEING SURE
THAT YOU:
1.) Do not jump too high. You've gotta be able to reach it and
2.) Don't put it so far into the wall/pillar that you cannot step on it.
If it takes you too many Magnet Beams, go back down the ladder and power up
again.
[This area serves as a halfway point]
In the next area, jump onto the ledge and go right to hear the now-classic
music and fight a now-classic boss...
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BOSS: ROCK MONSTER
AKA
YELLOW DEVIL
"And I go to pieces and I wanna cry." This describes the upcoming battle. Go
to pieces. Get it? YOU WILL!
Yeah, back in the day, we called him the Rock Monster.
He's a lot easier in the Genesis version of this game.
Start off by running to the right side of the screen as he does his version of
teleporting in from the left side.
The Rock Monster has five levels to him: top of his head, bottom of his head,
torso/hands, legs, and feet. Why is this important? The Rock Monster has two
attacks, one of which is disassembling itself, shooting its pieces across the
room, and reassembling it. After he does this, he'll briefly open his eye and
fire one shot at you. He'll close his eye again and repeat the process.
To avoid getting hit by his pieces, follow this simple guideline: if it is
the second-lowest level of body parts (leg) or below (foot), jump. If it is
not, do not jump. It's as simple as that. If he fires them so that the foot
is followed by the leg which is followed by the torso, then jump over the first
two in one jump and then stop. Each part will fly four times and the middle
will fly five times (his hand sticks out). The shot is very easy to avoid.
So how do you tackle this behemoth? When he opens his eye to shoot at you,
blast him once with the Thunder Beam. You can't hit him again so don't try.
Once you've hit him, get ready for the next barrage of blocks. Repeat this
process until he dies.
Note: The Thunder Beam is so slow that you may want to jump and fire at where
his eye will appear once the last part of his body, his near hand, gets
reattached.
When he moves, he moves thusly:
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Diagram 2.02.07a |
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L E F T
8 12 14
4 7 13 18
1 5 11 16 20
3 6 10 17
2 9 15
R I G H T
14 12 8
18 13 7 4
20 16 11 5 1
17 10 6 3
15 9 2
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Left - Rock Monster on the left side of the screen |
Right - Rock Monster on the right side of the screen |
1 - First piece to move |
And so on |
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= 2.02.08: Dr. Wily Stage 2 =
=============================
Enemies: Blader, Screw Turret, Cutman, Elecman, Popper, Suzy, Megaman Clone
Note: From here on in, switching levels will not refill your weapon energy.
As such, conserve your energy and get the weapon energy capsules at all
times! For each level, I'll list the weapons that you should prioritize
when getting the weapon energy capsules/pellets in the order in which
you should refil them.
Note: Dr. Wily stages 2 and 4 involve robot master refights. With the
exceptions of Cutman (no Super Arm Blocks) and Bombman (you now have his
weakness), I'll just copy the boss strategies from before for you. It's
too time wasting for you to have to go back up there.
1.) Rolling Cutter
2.) Thunder Beam
3.) Magnet Beam
4.) Fire Storm
5.) Ice Slasher
6.) Hyper Bomb
7.) Super Arm
Now we're up in the sky! Go right to meet a green Blader. Shoot it and then
jump over to the next platform. Upon landing on this platform, fire an Arm
Cannon shot at the Blader. There's one under you too, so jump over it. When
it swoops up at you, fire at it. Jump to the right to the next platform. You
will be assaulted by three more Bladers who should be dealt with as the
previous ones were. Drop down onto the small platform below and grab the
energy pellet. Jump up and to the right and go to the far end of this
platform. At the far end, fire at an oncoming Blader and then jump over to the
next platform. Stand on the left side of the platform and fire a single shot
at the oncoming Blader who is level with you. Wait for the Blader below you
to swoop up at you. This is your cue to run right, drop onto the small
platform below you, and pop the sucker once. Jump into the enclosure to the
right. Once you have passed the first "block," pull out your Magnet Beam and
use it to make a bridge over to the weapon energy pellets. Use the first to
refil the Magnet Beam and the second to the Rolling Cutter or the highest
weapon on the above list that has lost energy. Once you've done this, walk
left. The blocks turn out to be fake, taking you to...
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BOSS: CUTMAN REMATCH
In the finest Megaman tradition, you have to fight the robot masters all over
again. In Megaman, Megaman X, and Megaman Legends 2 (the first of each
subseries to have rematches), you face them in a predetermined order. You
fight Cutman and Elecman here and Bombman, Gutsman, Iceman, and Fireman in
the fourth Dr. Wily stage.
He's still the same ol' Cutman. The only difference is that there are no
Super Arm Blocks in here. WHAT DO YOU DO?
As I said before, he likes to move. He runs and jumps around the room chucking
his Rolling Cutter at you. It should be noted that the Rolling Cutter blades
come back like a boomerang. Now that we're all on the same page...
Since using the Super Arm, Cutman's primary weakness, is out, we need to come
up with a different weapon. Ice Slasher goes right through him. Thunder Beam
isn't effective (Cutman's weapon is Elecman's weakness). He moves too much
to make Hyper Bomb an effective weapon and using a robot master's weapon
against him is never good (the sole exception is Metalman in Megaman 2 where it
defeats him in one hit). The only weapon left is Fire Storm, which actually
does a fair amount of damage. Wait for him to fire off a Rolling Cutter.
Jump over it and pop him with Fire Storm. Remember that even if you miss with
the initial shot, Fire Storm creates a fire shield for a split second with
which you can still hit him. Repeat this process to defeat Cutman for good.
I mean it this time.
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Go left and drop through the floor.
Equip Hyper Bomb and jump over to the next platform. While you're in the air,
throw the Hyper Bomb. It should land near the red screw on the subsequent
platform (or even on the current one, which would destroy it). Go to the far
right and drop down to grab an energy pellet. Jump up and to the right. From
this platform, jump over to the next and toss another Hyper Bomb in midair.
Go right and equip the Magnet Beam. Drop off the ledge and use the Magnet Beam
to make a bridge over to the two weapon energy pellets (from the looks of this
region, you can probably guess what's coming). Use the first pellet for Magnet
Beam and the second for Rolling Cutter. If Rolling Cutter is full, use it on
Thunder Beam. Equip Rolling Cutter and walk left to fall down the false floor
and meet another friend...
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BOSS: ELECMAN REMATCH
Elecman is really fast. At least in the NES version. He's slowed down in The
Wily Wars. Also unlike his NES counterpart, he only fires sideways so it's
safer to jump over him. There are two Super Arm Blocks in here but don't
bother. You've gotta be fast. You can only take three hits from his Thunder
Beam but he can only take three hits from your Rolling Cutter. Start off by
throwing a Rolling Cutter at him and then taking off to the far left side of
the room (on the Super Arm Blocks). Jump over any Thunder Beams and fire
Rolling Cutter at him. You'll probably take a hit or two. Beat him first.
New notes: You probably can't afford too many hits. It wouldn't behoove you to
die here, as you'd be taken all the way back to the beginning of the
level (meaning you'd have to fight Cutman again). Also, the Super
Arm Blocks are gone, so you're on a level playing field.
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Once you make it past this, go to the left side of the room and fall through
the fake floor.
We're up again the Poppers again. Remember them from Bombman's stage? If not,
they come up from the bottomless pits and pop into four pieces. Upon falling
down, go to the left side of the screen and equip Thunder Beam (or Magnet Beam
or Fire Storm, depending on which is the lowest). When the first Popper comes
up, explodes, and dies, run to the right, jump over the pit, and keep running
until you fall down to the small platform below the second long platform.
There is a weapon energy pellet here. The other benefit of being down here is
that you're safe from the Poppers. When they Popper (I haven't had a good pun
since Fireman's stage. Give me a break. Even if I did use it in the first
level) back up and explode, jump over to the next platform. Go about halfway
over and then stop. Wait for the next Popper to come up and go away. Run
right and jump over to the next platform. Keep running (equip your most
important weapon with the least amount of energy en route) and drop down to the
small platform to pick up yet another weapon energy pellet. Wait for the
Popper to come back up (you're safe) and then jump over to the long ledge.
Keep running until you reach a ladder. Climb down this ladder.
[Halfway point]
Suzies! There is a good way to do this. Upon dropping down to the first
platform, fall off the platform to the left so that an up/down Suzy is right
in front of you. Equip the Thunder Beam. When the two Suzies on the bottom of
the screen are above and below one another, fire the Thunder Beam. You'll hit
all three. Collect what powerups they give you and then return to this spot.
Jump up and fire a Magnet Beam bridge at the edge of the platform. It should
be reasonably high. Jump onto it and from there to the small block in the
top-left corner of the screen (right next to your energy/weapon energy bars)
to grab a 1-up. As with Bombman's stage, there's an easy way and a hard way
to do this next part. Only do the hard part if you're good with the Magnet
Beam and have a good bit of energy left in it.
Hard way: With the Magnet Beam still equipped, drop off the small block to the
right. Push just a little to the left. This is critical: ONCE YOU
HAVE DROPPED AND PUSHED, DO _NOT_ MOVE ANYMORE TO THE LEFT OR TO THE
RIGHT. You will land on the next screen in between a set of spikes.
This is difficult to pull off -- and even harder to describe! Once
you are down here, it's time to prove your mastery of the Magnet
Beam. Start by jumping up. At the peak of your jump, fire the
Magnet Beam but hold the fire button. This will extend a bridge of
sorts. When you are slightly above the spikes, let go of the fire
button. Jump onto the bridge and walk to the end. Shoot and hold
the Magnet Beam again to make a three platform long bridge. Jump
onto it and walk across. At the far end, just walk off and keep
holding right to land back on the main path.
Easy way: From the small platform, jump to the right. You'll land back on the
ledge. Go right and drop off. Go left and fall down. Go right and
descend the ladder here. Jump left to the small ledge in between
the spikes and the gap.
Now that we're all on the same page, pull out the Thunder Beam. Jump back to
the previous ledge so that you're facing the wall. You should barely be on the
ledge. There is a brief point of time where all three Suzies are in the same
place. Fire the Thunder Beam at this point. Drop down to the left and then
again to the right. Collect whatever powerups that the Suzies dropped, go
left, and descend this ladder, equipping the Fire Storm before anything.
This part is fun. Most people would have you just take the hit, but I find
this way more fun and that's what video games are all about, right? This
screen looks something like this:
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Diagram 2.02.08a |
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| E |
| |
/| ---
/ | |
/ | |
/ | |
|----- |
| S|
|S |
| S|
|F|-----------
|-|
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E - I was thinking empezar (start), but entrance works |
S - Suzy |
F - Finish |
|, /, - - Floor or other blocking item |
|-| - Ladder |
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That work is of less quality than my previous one (with which I'm still
enamored), but the point is still made. I think the reason that it is poor
is because:
1.) If you're not there, you don't realize that you're in a tower so that
everything that has nothing is sky in the game and
2.) When I originally did it, the slanted roof (/) tiles had no spaces. That
made it too steep. With a space, it doesn't look as good but the point is
still made.
When you fall into the room, the Suzies on the right side will close in on you.
I spent a lot of time figuring this out and this is the best I've come up with
for this room. When you fall in, hold right. When you are level with the
middle Suzy (the left side. You might even do it a little before you're
level), fire the Fire Storm. Here is what should happen: the right Suzies
will run into the temporary fireball forcefield created by Fire Storm. The
actual shot will hit the middle Suzy, effectively destroying them all. Climb
down the ladder now.
You are now faced with some Pea Shooters. Like every many other rooms around
here, you want to equip the Thunder Beam. Take a second to think about this.
The Pea Shooters fire four shots in four different trajectories. They cannot
shoot up or down. _You can._ Stand under them facing the wall (to the
right). There is a brief period where all four Pea Shooters are open. Fire
the Thunder Beam now to destroy all four. All of their powerups will fall on
you! With the Thunder Beam still equipped (unless Ice Slasher is low. If Ice
Slasher is low, equip it), run to the left and ascend the ladder. At the top,
jump to the left to land on a small platform with a weapon energy capsule
upon it. With this in hand, jump to the right, equip Thunder Beam if you
switched to Ice Slasher, and descend this ladder.
This is hard to pull off. Go left. When the two Suzies below you move left,
wait until they're right below you and then fire off a Thunder Beam to take
care of all three at once. If you missed, drop down the hole and face left.
When the Pea Shooter opens, fire a Thunder Beam to try to hit all three. It
helps to hop a little. Use your Arm Cannon to destroy the rest. Drop off to
the right, run left, and finally drop down the ladder with Ice Slasher
equipped.
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BOSS: MEGAMAN CLONE
Like Megaman 3 after it, this game features a Megaman Clone fight. He has the
same master weapons as you. This is important: he can only use the master
weapon that you have equipped. The difference between you two is that his
weapons hurt more.
When I was figuring out which weapon to use, I took several things into
consideration (namely, heads or tails). I considered:
1.) How hard the attack was to avoid
2.) How much damage it did to you
3.) How easy it was to hit him
4.) How much damage it did to him
My original Megaman guide told readers to use the Thunder Beam. The clone can
use the master weapons as powerfully as the robot master did. Know what that
means? He can kill you in three hits with the hard-to-avoid Thunder Beam. I
finally decided upon Ice Slasher.
His style of fighting is a lot like that of Bombman, Elecman, and Cutman.
He'll run around a lot, jump, and fire his weapon. The best way to do this is
to back into one of the corners. Since he's a clone, he reacts to attacks the
same way Megaman does: he falls back. Obviously, if he gets too close, you
should move. I've found that his Ice Slasher actually does less damage to you
than yours does to him. It's very easy to avoid (if it's low, jump) and as I
said, it's not too painful. If you keep up a barrage of Ice Slashers, he'll
die very soon.
Since he cannot use master weapons you don't have equipped, he can't use the
evil ones (I speak of Thunder Beam). Obviously, you don't want to use Super
Arm. There are no blocks. He can ram you for damage but you have no way of
hurting him.
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= 2.02.09: Dr. Wily Stage 3 =
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Enemies: Suzy, Screw Turret, Flyin' Penguin, Bullet Bill, Protobubbleman
Stage three serves as an interim between the tough trek of getting here and the
epic battles ahead.
Weapons:
1.) Super Arm
2.) Magnet Beam
3.) Thunder Beam
The rest don't matter due to an item we get in the next stage and the shortness
of this one.
(note the music change)
We want to conserve our energy so use your Arm Cannon as we go. The sole
exception to this is the Super Arm. As you might expect, you teleport in
next to some Suzies. As you might not expect, however, you seem to be in
Wily's sewers. HE IS A MAD, MAD SCIENTIST TO HAVE THESE THINGS DOWN HERE!
Anyway, walk left so that you don't get hit by the Suzy closest to you. Turn
around and blast the two Suzies here when they are at the bottom of their
path. Instead of worrying about the other Suzy, wait until it is on the right
side of the pipe and then drop down.
As soon as you drop down, face right and start firing at a Suzy who will be
coming towards you at any second. There's a Screw Turret up above you but
don't bother with it. Go left and wait for the Suzies to stop moving. Drop
down the hole between them.
Once you land, jump over the oncoming Suzies. Ignore the Screw Turret in the
ceiling (the only reasonable way to destroy it is by the Thunder Beam and we
really want to conserve that). Go right and jump over the Suzy (or don't if
it is on the right side) and drop down to the next room. Hug the right side!
In this instance, you want to use the Thunder Beam. Use it to destroy the
Screw Turret below you. After that, make a run for the other side of the room.
Maybe use Thunder Beam to take out the other Screw Turret. Throw a Hyper Bomb
so that it lands on the far edge of this ledge when the Suzies are close by.
When it detonates, the bomb should take out at least one Suzy. Use the gap
created to drop down the pipe and to get ready for the next challenge.
This part is hard to write a walkthrough for. So far, there have been three
types of oncoming enemies: Flyin' Penguins, and Bullet Bills. When you start
moving right, the pipe will flood with water (Wily flushed). You'll face an
onslaught of Flyin' Penguins. Your best bet is to shoot three shots and run
along a short distance behind them (the water makes you run faster since it is
flowing. If you hit a Flyin' Penguin, release another shot. Once you've
gotten about halfway through, the Flyin' Penguins will change to Bullet Bills.
The same strategy should be used, but you should stay farther behind the shots.
At the end, you reach a large area with a small opening in the bottom-right
corner.
[Halfway point]
Enter the opening (not like you have a choice with the water flowing this fast)
to face the boss.
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BOSS: PROTOBUBBLEMAN
This name came to me two seconds ago. The original was something along the
lines of "Bubbleman's First Form," but this sounded catchier because I like
Protoman.
Protobubbleman will come out of one of the holes and start going around the
room clockwise. He'll also shoot large bubbles that look like Crystal Snail's
weapon from Megaman X2. That's it.
Anyway, there are four Super Arm Blocks here. This should indicate that is
weakness is probably Super Arm. It will take more than these four, however.
Start off with your Arm Cannon. You do NOT want to use Thunder Beam, however,
as it it destroys the blocks here. Contrary to what I said earlier, the water
has no effect on your jump here. Must be the sewage.
Start off with the Arm Cannon. When his first bubble comes out from the left
hole, get onto the top Super Arm Block and begin shooting it. It will be
destroyed shortly. Another bubble will come out. Destroy it with your Arm
Cannon (you may have to jump over it). Repeat this process for the third
bubble that comes out. You'll notice that the bubbles move faster as we go
along. Now it's time for the heavy artilary. Pull out the Super Arm and grab
the top block. Throw it at the bubble that comes out. As soon as you've
thrown the block, drop down and grab another one. Repeat this process for the
remaining blocks. If a bubble comes from the top, wait for it to get near to
the right or left holes (your choice) and then throw the block. If the next
bubble comes out of the hole that you just threw the block at, that bubble will
be destroyed before it can do anything! If you run out of Super Arm Blocks,
defeat the last remaining bubbles with your Arm Cannon to finish off
Protobubbleman!
Alternate strategy: I came across this one while getting the damage. When the
bubble is halfway down the right side or going across the
bottom, throw a Hyper Bomb to the right/left wall
(respectively) to get rid of the bubble in two hits.
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Told you it was short. Now it's time for the final hurrah.
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= 2.02.10: Dr. Wily Stage 4 =
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Enemies: Watcher, Screw Turret, Bombman, Fireman, Iceman, Gutsman, Dr. Wily
1.) Thunder Beam
2.) Rolling Cutter
3.) Fire Storm
4.) Ice Slasher
5.) Hyper Bomb
6.) Super Arm
7.) Magnet Beam
You know how the "ready" sign appears across the screen when you start? I hope
you're ready. Stand still and wait for six of the Watcher robots from
Elecman's stage to come flying down. Destroy them. Jump to the right onto the
first small block. Jump from there to the left to the next block and left yet
again to the final small block. Jump left to the ladder and ascend it.
More Watchers are here. Climb as high as you can. When the Watchers come from
the sky, use the directional pad as though you were turning towards it and
fire to destroy it. Repeat this process for the other two. Ignore the three
from the bottom. Continue climbing.
At the top, you see the last set of Super Arm Blocks in the game. Atop the
Super Arm Blocks is a weapon energy capsule. This will not help you, so use
the Super Arm to pick up the lowest block and walk on. You now have a set of
small gaps in between slightly upraised platforms. Atop the ceiling that lies
above every two gaps is a Screw Turret. Throw the Super Arm Block at the first
one. Jump across the gaps until you reach the final one. Equip the Thunder
Beam and fire to destroy it. Notice those Gutsman statuettes up there? Weird.
With the Thunder Beam still equipped, continue right until you reach another
Screw Turret. Fire the Thunder Beam again to destroy it. Repeat the process
for the next Screw Turret as well. Continue right to find another set of
teeth-like gaps. Jump over to the second and fire a Thunder Beam to destroy
both sets of turrets here. Continue jumping over the gaps to find one final
Screw Turret on the ceiling. Destroy it, hop over to the ledge, and continue
right. Not to be left out, we have an "S" formation of ledges a la Fireman's
stage. Climb up the first ladder, run left, climb up the second, and run
right. Drop down onto the small block to find...
OH NO!
Those platforms from Gutsman's stage are back! It's just one this time. When
it gets near to you, hop onto it. When the far right ("hinge") is about to
touch the thin part of the conveyor belt, jump to the small block above you.
Wait for the platform to be raised and then jump down to it. Ride it to the
right, past the extra life, and grab the Yashichi. This refills all of your
special weapons (hence the reason you didn't need the weapon energy capsule
from earlier) and your life. When the platform comes back, jump onto it and
ride it to the extra life. Hop off and grab that. Since everything is
refilled and we won't be needing it anymore, use the Magnet Beam to make a
series of platforms (I used one) from this block to the ladder. Jump onto the
ladder, climb it, and run to the far right to enter a teleporter.
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BOSS: BOMBMAN REMATCH
Now you've got the Fire Storm. Equip it and let's get to work! Bombman is
no different from before. He still runs and jumps around the room while throw-
ing bombs are random times. Never let him corner you. Unlike the last time
around, we've got more than our Arm Cannon. Time to put a light on his fuse
that he'll never forget!
One thing that people often forget when using Fire Storm is that you have
fireballs encircling you for a second after you shoot it. You have to use this
to your advantage. If Bombman jumps into a corner, don't sit there firing at
him like an idiot! Fire towards the far wall while running ot it. The
fireballs will hit him. Your basic formula here is jump over a bomb, turn
around, and fire a shot at Bombman. If he ever gets near you, again, use the
Fire Storm's fireball shield and run away. This fight is much easier with the
aid of Fire Storm.
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Go back to the teleporter.
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BOSS: FIREMAN REMATCH
Fireman has a simple pattern. He runs around the room. If you fire at him and
hit him, he'll counter with Fire Storm. Fire Storm is a shield-looking blast
that comes at you and leaves a small fire where you were so when dodging it,
be sure to jump over and forwards. Equip Ice Slasher and beat him down. Hit
him, jump over Fire Storm, and hit him again. Since he won't attack unless you
attack first, you can get away from him before your next shot. Another thing
that you have working for you is that he never jumps. You always know to fire
Ice Slasher on the ground. He'll go down nice and quick.
NOTE: I played this game four times between enemies, walkthrough, and the maps.
In that time, I discovered something about Fireman. He imitates your
movements. If you run towards the boss gate, so does he. If you run
forward and make him run into a wall, he'll charge across the room, stop
on the other side, and continue imitating you. Make sure that you keep
him controlled.
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Run back to the teleporter.
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BOSS: ICEMAN REMATCH
Equip Thunder Beam and get to work! Iceman will hover up and down while
shooting Ice Slasher at you. He's got a really simple pattern. He'll go to
the top of his "hover range" and start going down. While he is going down, he
will fire three Ice Slashers at you. He'll pause briefly, fire another, and go
back up while firing two more Ice Slashers. He'll now drop, run towards you a
little, and repeat the process.
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Diagram 2.03.10a |
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< < 16
<. . . < 25
........ < < . -> 34
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< - Ice Slasher |
. - Megaman's path |
1 - Iceman when he fires the first Ice Slasher |
2 - Iceman when he fires the second Ice Slasher |
3 - Iceman when he fires the third Ice Slasher |
4 - Iceman when he fires the fourth Ice Slasher |
5 - Iceman when he fires the fifth Ice Slasher |
6 - Iceman when he fires the sixth Ice Slasher |
-> - Fire Thunder Beam now |
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Thunder Beam kills him in three shots. At the start of the battle, jump a
little and fire one. When he comes down, fire another. Run and jump over the
lowest set of Ice Slashers and blast him in mid-air. If you missed on any
occasion, hit him while he's running towards you to destroy him before this
battle even heats up.
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Head back to the teleporter. If you've ever heard "Exhuming McCarthy" by REM,
you'd be thinking of a quote from the song: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?
At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" This is especially true if
you're low on energy, as these guys don't give you any.
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BOSS: GUTSMAN REMATCH
Gutsman occasionally walks around the room, but his favorite attack is to jump
which causes a boulder to come down. Note that you should also jump when he
jumps because if you're on the ground when he lands, you'll be shocked and
cannot move. When he throws the boulders, they'll split in to four pieces, all
of which can damage you equally. As with Bombman, never let him get you into
a corner. Speaking of Bombman, use your Hyper Bomb here. Throw a bomb so that
he'll get caught in the explosion. Jump over a boulder and repeat. While it
is hard to hit him with the bomb (if he is moving), it only takes three bombs
to permanently demolish him.
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[Halfway point]
At the top, go right. Equip Fire Storm and grab the weapon energy capsule.
If you're low on health, enter the boss gate and die. You'll come back to this
point with full health. Again, equip Fire Storm, grab the weapon energy
capsule, and enter the final boss gate...
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BOSS: DR. WILY
"Closing time, James. Last call."
His red spaceship will float in and attach onto a new ship. Your target on
this ship is the cannon that is attached to an arm. IT'S THE THING SHOOTING
AT YOU. Notice that as the battle progresses, he moves back and forth. You
want to do the same thing. Keep moving so that the cannon doesn't hit you.
When you can, jump up and pop him once with Fire Storm. Keep moving and
hitting him until the cannon and the cockpit cover break off.
Now it's time for form two. From here on in, all of the games will have
multiple forms of Dr. Wily. There is no best weapon here. I recommend
sticking with Fire Storm since you can hit from afar. When you run out of
Fire Storm, use Thunder Beam. This is weird. He'll fire these plasma shots
that circle around. With each circle, they'll get closer to you. Jump over
them when they're near you and they're low to the ground. At this point, you
want to fire at the jewel where the cannon was last time. This gets
complicated when Wily is close to you. Continue jumping over his shots like
you normally would. If you're really having trouble, ignore the shots and
concentrate on getting all the Fire Storm shots in. The Genesis version's Wily
takes less Fire Storm shots to be defeated. Once Dr. Wily goes down for the
final time, you've beaten the game!
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Oh yeah!
0=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~0
| 2.03: Appendices |
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The other stuff.
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= 2.03.01: Bosses/Damage =
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*---------------------------*
| 1 - One hit to kill |
| 2 - Two hits to kill |
| And so on |
| -- - Cannot be hit |
*---------------------------*
For each boss, I used every weapon (except the non-damaging Magnet Beam) on the
boss and saw how many hits it took to destroy him. If a Super Arm Block could
ever be used against the boss, I'd use it. Even if I had to bring it from the
start*. That's how much I love you guys. Of course, that is just one block.
I had to make some calculations. If you have any corrections (there will be
some), please email me with them. My numbers might be off (I'm from Florida).
*Not really
This is where I list the boss strategies from the walkthrough for the people
who just skipped over it. I'll use the exact boss strategy unless the rematch
with the boss is different from the first time around. If this is the case...
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Bombman
Weakness: Fire Storm
Master Weapon: Hyper Bomb
First time (Arm Cannon) : In case you didn't figure this out, Bombman's weapon
is a bomb. He'll run and jump around the room while
chucking bombs at you. He's very slow but never let
him get you in a corner. As I said, he'll throw
bombs at you. Not only do you have to watch out for
the bombs, but you also have to watch out for their
explosions. Like the Bullet Bills of his stage, they
leave an explosion behind that is just as damaging as
the actual bomb. Using your Arm Cannon, shoot at him
a few times and then run away from him. If he looks
like he is going to jump way over you, turn around
and run back. Always run under him if you've got a
chance. Just keep pelting him with your Arm Cannon
and he'll go down.
Second time (Fire Storm): Now you've got the Fire Storm. Equip it and let's
get to work! Bombman is no different from before.
He still runs and jumps around the room while throw-
ing bombs are random times. Never let him corner
you. Unlike the last time around, we've got more
than our Arm Cannon. Time to put a light on his fuse
that he'll never forget!
One thing that people often forget when using Fire
Storm is that you have fireballs encircling you for a
second after you shoot it. You have to use this
to your advantage. If Bombman jumps into a corner,
don't sit there firing at him like an idiot! Fire
towards the far wall while running ot it. The
fireballs will hit him. Your basic formula here is
jump over a bomb, turn around, and fire a shot at
Bombman. If he ever gets near you, again, use the
Fire Storm's fireball shield and run away. This
fight is much easier with the aid of Fire Storm.
Damage:
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| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 14 |
| Hyper Bomb | 28 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 14 |
| Thunder Beam | 14 |
| Ice Slasher | -- |
| Fire Storm | 7 |
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Otherwise it's normal like...
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Gutsman
Weakness: Hyper Bomb
Master Weapon: Super Arm
Gutsman occasionally walks around the room, but his favorite attack is to jump
which causes a boulder to come down. Note that you should also jump when he
jumps because if you're on the ground when he lands, you'll be shocked and
cannot move. When he throws the boulders, they'll split in to four pieces, all
of which can damage you equally. As with Bombman, never let him get you into
a corner. Speaking of Bombman, use your Hyper Bomb here. Throw a bomb so that
he'll get caught in the explosion. Jump over a boulder and repeat. While it
is hard to hit him with the bomb (if he is moving), it only takes three bombs
to permanently demolish him.
Or that's what I'd like to say. He's one of the most recurring bosses in the
series with no less than three forms -- not including remade games. If you're
wondering, those forms are in Megaman, Megaman 2, and Megaman 7.
Damage:
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| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 14 |
| Hyper Bomb | 3 |
| Super Arm | 28 |
| Rolling Cutter | 28 |
| Thunder Beam | 28 |
| Ice Slasher | -- |
| Fire Storm | 14 |
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Cutman
Weakness: Super Arm
Master Weapon: Rolling Cutter
First time (Super Arm) : Cutman is fast and hops around the room a lot,
throwing his Rolling Cutter blades at you. How do
you cut him down to size? You cut him down to size
with the two Super Arm Blocks that are in the room.
Ignore Cutman and concentrate on picking the blocks
up. It takes two blocks to destroy him but there are
only two blocks in the room, so each block has to
count! The Wily Wars version of him is a great deal
slower than the NES one was. When Cutman is in the
air, throw a block at him. Jump over any Rolling
Cutters and then hit him again to finish him off.
Second time (Fire Storm): He's still the same ol' Cutman. The only difference
is that there are no Super Arm Blocks in here. WHAT
DO YOU DO?
As I said before, he likes to move. He runs and
jumps around the room chucking his Rolling Cutter at
you. It should be noted that the Rolling Cutter
blades come back like a boomerang. Now that we're
all on the same page...
Since using the Super Arm, Cutman's primary weakness,
is out, we need to come up with a different weapon.
Ice Slasher goes right through him. Thunder Beam
isn't effective (Cutman's weapon is Elecman's
weakness). He moves too much to make Hyper Bomb an
effective weapon and using a robot master's weapon
against him is never good (the sole exception is
Metalman in Megaman 2 where it defeats him in one
hit). The only weapon left is Fire Storm, which
actually does a fair amount of damage. Wait for him
to fire off a Rolling Cutter. Jump over it and pop
him with Fire Storm. Remember that even if you miss
with the initial shot, Fire Storm creates a fire
shield for a split second with which you can still
hit him. Repeat this process to defeat Cutman for
good.
I mean it this time.
Damage:
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| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 28 |
| Hyper Bomb | 14 |
| Super Arm | 2 |
| Rolling Cutter | 28 |
| Thunder Beam | 28 |
| Ice Slasher | -- |
| Fire Storm | 10 |
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Do you have any idea how incredibly tough getting the Hyper Bomb data was for
that? Cutman moves WAY too much for a sane person to try that weapon.
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Elecman
Weakness: Rolling Cutter
Master Weapon: Thunder Beam
Elecman is really fast. At least in the NES version. He's slowed down in The
Wily Wars. Also unlike his NES counterpart, he only fires sideways so it's
safer to jump over him. There are two Super Arm Blocks in here but don't
bother. You've gotta be fast. You can only take three hits from his Thunder
Beam but he can only take three hits from your Rolling Cutter. Start off by
throwing a Rolling Cutter at him and then taking off to the far left side of
the room (on the Super Arm Blocks). Jump over any Thunder Beams and fire
Rolling Cutter at him. You'll probably take a hit or two. Beat him first.
Rematch notes: You probably can't afford too many hits. It wouldn't behoove
you to die here, as you'd be taken all the way back to the
beginning of the level (meaning you'd have to fight Cutman
again). Also, the Super Arm Blocks are gone, so you're on a
level playing field.
Damage:
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| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 28 |
| Hyper Bomb | 14 |
| Super Arm | 7 |
| Rolling Cutter | 3 |
| Thunder Beam | 28 |
| Ice Slasher | -- |
| Fire Storm | 28 |
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Iceman
Weakness: Thunder Beam
Master Weapon: Ice Slasher
Equip Thunder Beam and get to work! Iceman will hover up and down while
shooting Ice Slasher at you. He's got a really simple pattern. He'll go to
the top of his "hover range" and start going down. While he is going down, he
will fire three Ice Slashers at you. He'll pause briefly, fire another, and go
back up while firing two more Ice Slashers. He'll now drop, run towards you a
little, and repeat the process.
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Diagram 2.03.01a |
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< < 16
<. . . < 25
........ < < . -> 34
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< - Ice Slasher |
. - Megaman's path |
1 - Iceman when he fires the first Ice Slasher |
2 - Iceman when he fires the second Ice Slasher |
3 - Iceman when he fires the third Ice Slasher |
4 - Iceman when he fires the fourth Ice Slasher |
5 - Iceman when he fires the fifth Ice Slasher |
6 - Iceman when he fires the sixth Ice Slasher |
-> - Fire Thunder Beam now |
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Thunder Beam kills him in three shots. At the start of the battle, jump a
little and fire one. When he comes down, fire another. Run and jump over the
lowest set of Ice Slashers and blast him in mid-air. If you missed on any
occasion, hit him while he's running towards you to destroy him before this
battle even heats up.
Damage:
-----------------------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 28 |
| Hyper Bomb | 7 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 14 |
| Thunder Beam | 3 |
| Ice Slasher | -- |
| Fire Storm | 28 |
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Fireman
Weakness: Ice Slasher
Master Weapon: Fire Storm
Fireman has a simple pattern. He runs around the room. If you fire at him and
hit him, he'll counter with Fire Storm. Fire Storm is a shield-looking blast
that comes at you and leaves a small fire where you were so when dodging it,
be sure to jump over and forwards. Equip Ice Slasher and beat him down. Hit
him, jump over Fire Storm, and hit him again. Since he won't attack unless you
attack first, you can get away from him before your next shot. Another thing
that you have working for you is that he never jumps. You always know to fire
Ice Slasher on the ground. If he charges at you, he'll keep going, so jump
over him. He'll go down nice and quick.
NOTE: I played this game four times between enemies, walkthrough, and the maps.
In that time, I discovered something about Fireman. He imitates your
movements. If you run towards the boss gate, so does he. If you run
forward and make him run into a wall, he'll charge across the room, stop
on the other side, and continue imitating you. Make sure that you keep
him controlled.
Damage:
-----------------------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 14 |
| Hyper Bomb | 28 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 14 |
| Thunder Beam | 14 |
| Ice Slasher | 7 |
| Fire Storm | 28 |
-----------------------
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Rock Monster
Weakness: Thunder Beam
Master Weapon: None
"And I go to pieces and I wanna cry." This describes the upcoming battle. Go
to pieces! Get it? YOU WILL!
Yeah, back in the day, we called him the Rock Monster.
He's a lot easier in the Genesis version of this game.
Start off by running to the right side of the screen as he does his version of
teleporting in from the left side.
The Rock Monster has five levels to him: top of his head, bottom of his head,
torso/hands, legs, and feet. Why is this important? The Rock Monster has two
attacks, one of which is disassembling itself, shooting its pieces across the
room, and reassembling it. After he does this, he'll briefly open his eye and
fire one shot at you. He'll close his eye again and repeat the process.
To avoid getting hit by his pieces, follow this simple guideline: if it is
the second-lowest level of body parts (leg) or below (foot), jump. If it is
not, do not jump. It's as simple as that. If he fires them so that the foot
is followed by the leg which is followed by the torso, then jump over the first
two in one jump and then stop. Each part will fly four times and the middle
will fly five times (his hand sticks out). The shot is very easy to avoid.
So how do you tackle this behemoth? When he opens his eye to shoot at you,
blast him once with the Thunder Beam. You can't hit him again so don't try.
Once you've hit him, get ready for the next barrage of blocks. Repeat this
process until he dies.
Note: The Thunder Beam is so slow that you may want to jump and fire at where
his eye will appear once the last part of his body, his near hand, gets
reattached.
When he moves, he moves thusly:
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Diagram 2.03.01b |
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L E F T
8 12 14
4 7 13 18
1 5 11 16 20
3 6 10 17
2 9 15
R I G H T
14 12 8
18 13 7 4
20 16 11 5 1
17 10 6 3
15 9 2
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Left - Rock Monster on the left side of the screen |
Right - Rock Monster on the right side of the screen |
1 - First piece to move |
And so on |
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Damage:
-----------------------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 14 |
| Hyper Bomb | -- |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 14 |
| Thunder Beam | 7 |
| Ice Slasher | -- |
| Fire Storm | 14 |
-----------------------
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Megaman Clone
Weakness: Ice Slasher
Master Weapon: None
Like Megaman 3 after it, this game features a Megaman Clone fight. He has the
same master weapons as you. This is important: he can only use the master
weapon that you have equipped. The difference between you two is that his
weapons hurt more.
When I was figuring out which weapon to use, I took several things into
consideration (namely, heads or tails). I considered:
1.) How hard the attack was to avoid
2.) How much damage it did to you
3.) How easy it was to hit him
4.) How much damage it did to him
My original Megaman guide told readers to use the Thunder Beam. The clone can
use the master weapons as powerfully as the robot master did. Know what that
means? He can kill you in three hits with the hard-to-avoid Thunder Beam. I
finally decided upon Ice Slasher.
His style of fighting is a lot like that of Bombman, Elecman, and Cutman.
He'll run around a lot, jump, and fire his weapon. The best way to do this is
to back into one of the corners. Since he's a clone, he reacts to attacks the
same way Megaman does: he falls back. Obviously, if he gets too close, you
should move. I've found that his Ice Slasher actually does less damage to you
than yours does to him. It's very easy to avoid (if it's low, jump) and as I
said, it's not too painful. If you keep up a barrage of Ice Slashers, he'll
die very soon.
Since he cannot use master weapons you don't have equipped, he can't use the
evil ones (I speak of Thunder Beam). Obviously, you don't want to use Super
Arm. There are no blocks. He can ram you for damage but you have no way of
hurting him.
Damage:
-----------------------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 28 |
| Hyper Bomb | 14 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 14 |
| Thunder Beam | 14 |
| Ice Slasher | 14 |
| Fire Storm | 14 |
-----------------------
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Protobubbleman
Weakness: Super Arm
Master Weapon: None
This name came to me two seconds ago. The original was something along the
lines of "Bubbleman's First Form," but this sounded catchier because I like
Protoman.
Protobubbleman will come out of one of the holes and start going around the
room clockwise. He'll also shoot large bubbles that look like Crystal Snail's
weapon from Megaman X2. That's it.
Anyway, there are four Super Arm Blocks here. This should indicate that is
weakness is probably Super Arm. It will take more than these four, however.
Start off with your Arm Cannon. You do NOT want to use Thunder Beam, however,
as it it destroys the blocks here. Contrary to what I said earlier, the water
has no effect on your jump here. Must be the sewage.
Start off with the Arm Cannon. When his first bubble comes out from the left
hole, get onto the top Super Arm Block and begin shooting it. It will be
destroyed shortly. Another bubble will come out. Destroy it with your Arm
Cannon (you may have to jump over it). Repeat this process for the third
bubble that comes out. You'll notice that the bubbles move faster as we go
along. Now it's time for the heavy artilary. Pull out the Super Arm and grab
the top block. Throw it at the bubble that comes out. As soon as you've
thrown the block, drop down and grab another one. Repeat this process for the
remaining blocks. If a bubble comes from the top, wait for it to get near to
the right or left holes (your choice) and then throw the block. If the next
bubble comes out of the hole that you just threw the block at, that bubble will
be destroyed before it can do anything! If you run out of Super Arm Blocks,
defeat the last remaining bubbles with your Arm Cannon to finish off
Protobubbleman!
Alternate strategy: I came across this one while getting the damage. When the
bubble is halfway down the right side or going across the
bottom, throw a Hyper Bomb to the right/left wall
(respectively) to get rid of the bubble in two hits.
Damage:
-----------------------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 8 |
| Hyper Bomb | 2 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 8 |
| Thunder Beam | 4 | - Do NOT use this
| Ice Slasher | -- |
| Fire Storm | 8 |
-----------------------
Note: Your average robot master has 28 bars of life. I figured it would be
easier in this match to make the numbers the amount of hits it takes to
destroy one bubble (four bars). Keep this in mind.
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Dr. Wily
Weakness: Fire Storm
Master Weapon: None
"Closing time, James. Last call."
His red spaceship will float in and attach onto a new ship. Your target on
this ship is the cannon that is attached to an arm. IT'S THE THING SHOOTING
AT YOU. Notice that as the battle progresses, he moves back and forth. You
want to do the same thing. Keep moving so that the cannon doesn't hit you.
When you can, jump up and pop him once with Fire Storm. Keep moving and
hitting him until the cannon and the cockpit cover break off.
Damage:
-----------------------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 28 |
| Hyper Bomb | 28 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 10 |
| Thunder Beam | 7 |
| Ice Slasher | 28 |
| Fire Storm | 7 |
-----------------------
Now it's time for form two. From here on in, all of the games will have
multiple forms of Dr. Wily. There is no best weapon here. I recommend
sticking with Fire Storm since you can hit from afar. When you run out of
Fire Storm, use Thunder Beam. This is weird. He'll fire these plasma shots
that circle around. With each circle, they'll get closer to you. Jump over
them when they're near you and they're low to the ground. At this point, you
want to fire at the jewel where the cannon was last time. This gets
complicated when Wily is close to you. Continue jumping over his shots like
you normally would. If you're really having trouble, ignore the shots and
concentrate on getting all the Fire Storm shots in. The Genesis version's Wily
takes less Fire Storm shots to be defeated. Once Dr. Wily goes down for the
final time, you've beaten the game!
Damage:
-----------------------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 28 |
| Hyper Bomb | -- |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 9 |
| Thunder Beam | 7 |
| Ice Slasher | 28 |
| Fire Storm | 7 |
-----------------------
<----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
And for a damage summary:
*---------------------------*
| BM - Bombman |
| GM - Gutsman |
| CM - Cutman |
| EM - Elecman |
| IM - Iceman |
| FM - Fireman |
| RM - Rock Monster |
| MC - Megaman Clone |
| PB - Protobubbleman |
| W1 - Wily form one |
| W2 - Wily form two |
| AC - Arm Cannon |
| HB - Hyper Bomb |
| SA - Super Arm |
| RC - Rolling Cutter |
| TB - Thunder Beam |
| IS - Ice Slasher |
| FS - Fire Storm |
| 1 - One hit to kill |
| 2 - Two hits to kill |
| And so on |
| -- - Cannot be hit |
*---------------------------*
To clarify, Wily form one is when you are fighting Wily's machine but you
cannot see him (cockpit is closed). Form two is when the cockpit is opened
and you can see that the doctor is in.
Also remember that the stats for Protobubbleman are the amount of hits required
to destroy an individual bubble; not the whole thing. To get that stat,
multiply the number given by seven.
In the cases where a "--" is in the Hyper Bomb column, that means that Hyper
Bomb cannot reach the foe. If a "--" is in the Super Arm column, there were
no Super Arm Blocks (either in the boss room or elsewhere within the stage).
Note: I'm told that some robot masters have more/less resillience to some
weapons. As such, this chart is only for the Genesis version of Megaman.
The NES version is in that guide (when it's updated).
W E A P O N
| AC | HB | SA | RC | TB | IS | FS |
|----------------------------------|
BM | 14 | 28 | -- | 14 | 14 | -- | 7 |
B GM | 14 | 3 | 28 | 28 | 28 | -- | 14 |
CM | 28 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 28 | -- | 10 |
EM | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 28 | -- | 28 |
O IM | 28 | 7 | -- | 14 | 3 | -- | 28 |
FM | 14 | 28 | -- | 14 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
RM | 14 | -- | -- | 14 | 7 | -- | 14 |
S MC | 28 | 14 | -- | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
PB | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -- | 8 |
W1 | 28 | 28 | -- | 10 | 7 | 28 | 7 |
S W2 | 28 | -- | -- | 9 | 7 | 28 | 7 |
----------------------------------
===========================
= 2.03.02: Master Weapons =
===========================
Here's the basic format:
Weapon : Weapon Name (weapon abbreviation)
Received From: Robot Master defeated/stage found
Color Scheme : Megaman's colors when he has the weapon equipped.
Uses : How many times you can use the weapon before its energy expires.
Description : What it's like.
This is followed by an ASCII diagram indicating what the weapon looks like in
use.
--
Weapon : Arm Cannon (P)
Received From: Start with it.
Color Scheme : Blue and light blue
Uses : Infinite
Description : You shoot three small pellets. They can damage each enemy by
at least one bar of life. By three small pellets, I mean that
three can be on the screen at a time; you only fire one pellet
per shot.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diagram 2.03.02a |
-----------------
M o o o
--------------------
M - Megaman |
o - Arm Cannon shot |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Weapon : Hyper Bomb (B)
Received From: Bombman
Color Scheme : Green and white
Uses : 14
Description : You toss a cartoon-style bomb in an arc. If the bomb hits
anything in the air or before it explodes, no damage will occur.
When the bomb explodes, however, (1-2 seconds after it lands),
it will explode leaving an explosion radius that is pretty big
(a little wider and higher than Megaman). This weapon could be
the best weapon in the hands of a skilled player. Remember to
use the arc to your advantage (i.e. platforms)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diagram 2.03.02b |
-----------------
B B
B EBEEE
M EEBEE
EEEEE
------------------
M - Megaman |
B - Bomb (intact) |
E - Explosion |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Weapon : Super Arm (G)
Received From: Gutsman
Color Scheme : Tan and white
Uses : 28
Description : You can use this to pick up certain blocks. You can determine
which blocks you can pick up by touching them with the Super
Arm equipped (they'll flash). Once you've picked the block up
by "firing," you can walk around with it and throw it at an
enemy. When the block hits a wall, floor, or enemy it'll break
into four smaller pieces that cause just as much damage. If
Super Arm Blocks were more abundant, this weapon would be much
more useful. Note: you cannot ascend/descend ladders with a
block in your hands. This weapon is very strong and can destroy
almost any regular enemy with one hit.
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Diagram 2.03.02c |
-----------------
|b
BBBBBBBBBBBB| b
M bb
--------------------------
M - Megaman |
B - Block (large, intact) |
| - Randomly placed wall |
b - Block (small, broken) |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Weapon : Rolling Cutter (C)
Received From: Cutman
Color Scheme : Grey and white
Uses : 28
Description : You toss a scissor-like blade that flies out a little ways and
then returns to you like a boomerang. While it's not the
strongest master weapon, its rate of fire is considerably high.
In the Genesis version, the blade can only hit one time between
its going out and coming back; the NES version allows for as
many hits as it can get.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diagram 2.03.02d |
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CCCCCCCCCC
M C
cccccccccc
-------------------------------
M - Megaman |
C - Rolling Cutter going away |
c - Rolling Cutter coming back |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Weapon : Thunder Beam (E)
Received From: Elecman
Color Scheme : Grey and yellow
Uses : 28
Description : You fire electricity forwards, up, and down. This is my
personal favorite weapon. It's very powerful and can hit
enemies in all different directions. Because of its waviness
(electricity has got to be wavy, right?), it can hit enemies
that hug the ground!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diagram 2.03.02e |
-----------------
eEe
eEe
eEe
eEe eeeeeeeeeeeee
eMe EEEEEEEEEEEEE
eEe eeeeeeeeeeeee
eEe
eEe
eEe
-----------------------
M - Megaman |
E - Electricity (main) |
e - Electricity (wave) |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Weapon : Ice Slasher (I)
Received From: Iceman
Color Scheme : Dark grey and yellow
Uses : 28
Description : You fire a blade of ice. It moves pretty fast but you can only
have one on the screen at a time. If it isn't going to affect
a foe, it's going to go right through them.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diagram 2.03.02f |
-----------------
M >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
----------------
M - Megaman |
> - Ice Slasher |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Weapon : Fire Storm (F)
Received From: Fireman
Color Scheme : Red-orange and yellow
Uses : 28
Description : You fire a fireball. Additionally, Megaman is temporarily
encircled by fireballs that are just as damaging as the one
that Megaman shot! This is an underrated but invaluable asset
for this weapon. The shield does not last long, nor does it
block weapons, but it is more effective than the actual
fireball.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diagram 2.03.02g |
-----------------
fff
fMf FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
fff
-------------
M - Megaman |
F - Fireball |
f - Shield |
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--
Weapon : Magnet Beam (M)
Received From: Elecman (found; see section 2.03.03)
Color Scheme : Blue and light blue
Uses : 14
Description : A small platform is extended. You can jump on this platform.
Additionally, if you hold down the fire button, the bridge will
extend. It can go very far. The farther it goes, however, the
more it "blinks," and you tend to lose track of where/when the
platform ends.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diagram 2.03.02h |
-----------------
Step one:
>M< ---
m
M
Step two:
M
---
Or
Step one:
M-------------------------
Step two:
M
---------------------------
---------------------------
M - Megaman |
m - Megaman in the air |
>M< - Megaman while firing |
- - Platform/bridge |
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==================
= 2.03.03: Items =
==================
With the exception of the Magnet Beam, these items can either be found in the
stage or are dropped by enemies after they're destroyed.
Magnet Beam - See above. It allows you to create platforms. This is
the only item for which a location will be listed.
This is taken from the walkthrough for Elecman's stage
after the halfway point.
At the top of this ladder, jump on to the ledge up here
and walk to the right. Jump down onto the small block.
If you're feeling daredevilish, jump to the niche to
your left to grab an energy capsule. The hard part is
getting back out again, so be sure that Megaman doesn't
hit his head and fall down. Jump to the block to your
right. Jump from here to the next block and make your
way up the last three remaining blocks. Jump from the
top to the ladder and climb up.
More Watchers here. Take them out from the ground and
then ascend the right ladder. Go right to find some
more Elec Beams. When the lower Elec Beam is gone,
jump as high as you can and then press up. You'll be
on top of the ladder. Run left and climb halfway up
this ladder. Wait for the top Elec Beam to go out,
climb up the rest of the way, run right, and then climb
up the ladder.
There's a Super Arm Block that you could take out if
you wanted to switch sides, but believe me, we don't.
Wait here for a second to cause some Watchers to appear
(better to take them out now than on the ladder).
Destroy them and climb up the ladder. At the top, go
all the way left and climb this ladder. Go right and
use the Super Arm to get rid of the three Super Arm
Blocks in your way. Once they've been cleared away,
you'll find the Magnet Beam!
Energy Pellet - A small yellow pellet that restores about three or four
bars of Megaman's life.
Energy Capsule - A large yellow capsule that restores a little less than
one-third of Megaman's life.
Weapon Energy Pellet - A small pellet that is the color of your current master
weapon. It restores about three or four bars of your
master weapon's energy. If you have no master weapon
equipped, no energy will be gained.
Weapon Energy Capsule - A large capsule that is the color of your current
master weapon. It restores a little less than one-
third of your master weapon's energy. If you have no
master weapon equipped, no energy will be gained.
Point Pellet - A small blue/orange pellet that gives you no visible
points. At the end of the stage, all of the pellets
you have are added up. That total is multiplied by
1000 and those are the points that you get from the
point pellets. So if you get four throughout the
course of the stage, once you defeat the boss, you get
4000 points plus the clear points for that stage plus
whatever other points you picked up.
Yashichi - Found only in Dr. Wily Stage Four following the lifts
from Gutsman's stage, this item refills your health,
master weapons, and gives you 100,000 points. Nice!
Extra Life - This looks like Megaman's head. This will give you an
extra life, meaning that you can die an extra time
before getting a game over and having to start the
stage over from the stage select screen.
====================
= 2.03.04: Secrets =
====================
There aren't really any secrets since all of the glitches have been corrected.
The Magnet Beam isn't one. It's required. Maybe the Yashichi (see above).
===========================
= 2.03.05: Enemies/Damage =
===========================
Here I list the enemies, where you can find them, the best weapon to use to
defeat them, *MEGAMAN SPECIAL*: points, and the amount of damage that each
weapon does. Note that if "--" is the damage, that means that the weapon does
not hurt the foe. If "-*" is there, that means that the enemy is
frozen/stunned by the attack (they still cannot be touched without taking
damage). As with the last time, the "hits" column lists the amount of hits
that it takes the given weapon to destroy the enemy.
NOTE: The enemy being frozen can be a good thing. Freeze them (especially if
they have shields like Met Miners and Sniper Joes), switch to the Arm
Cannon, and fire away!
NOTE: The weaknesses can also be the best weapon to use against the enemy
regardless of damage.
NOTE: This does not cover obstacles such as the Rolling Cutter building
(Cutman) and the Elec Beams (Elecman) nor does it cover bosses.
Also, if the location is followed by a set of parentheses with a color inside,
that means that the enemy has several colors and the color in parentheses
corresponds to the color of the enemy on the given stage.
The enemies are listed in alphabetical order. These might not be the official
names.
Enemy : Blader
Location : Gutsman (green), Cutman (blue)
Description : A small circle with propellers on its bottom. It swoops at you
and travels in groups.
How to Defeat: Fire a shot at it when it swoops at you.
Weakness : Thunder Beam
Points : 500
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Bullet Bill
Location : Bombman, Fireman, Dr. Wily Stage One, Dr. Wily Stage Three
Description : Our friends from the Mario series. These guys just fly in a
wavy pattern, usually in a succession (one goes off-screen,
another comes on). When they're destroyed, they explode. The
explosion can hurt you. They always come from the right side
of the screen.
How to Defeat: Fire at them at any point. Be sure to be a good distance away.
Weakness : Fire Storm
Points : 800
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
NOTE: This enemy is two parts: head and body. In points and hits, the head's
values preceed those of the body.
Enemy : Crazy Razy
Location : Iceman
Description : A green robot. If you destroy his body, the head will act like
a Blader. As we know, this is not good. Always aim for the
head.
How to Defeat: Shoot one shot at his head.
Weakness : Arm Cannon
Points : 1000, 100
Damage :
---------------- -------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|-------|
| Arm Cannon | 1, 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1, 1 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 1, 0 | - The Rolling Cutter destroys both in one shot.
| Thunder Beam | 1, 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -*, 1 |
| Fire Storm | 1, 1 |
---------------- -------
--
Enemy : Fire Tackle
Location : Fireman
Description : A fireball. These are sent up from the lava in groups of three.
They descend down upon you.
How to Defeat: Avoid or shoot with one shot.
Weakness : Arm Cannon
Points : 200
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Flying Metool
Location : Bombman, Cutman
Description : A Metool in a round shell. It comes from the right side of the
screen. It will stop to open up and fire in all directions.
Following this, it will close and go on its way.
How to Defeat: Hit it when its shell is opened (firing mode)
Weakness : Fire Storm
Points : 800
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Flyin' Penguin
Location : Iceman, Dr. Wily Stage Three
Description : A penguin with a propeller for a nose. Like Bullet Bills, these
guys come from the right side in a steady onslaught.
How to Defeat: Fire one shot at it.
Weakness : Arm Cannon
Points : 500
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Hopper
Location : Gutsman (blue), Cutman (red), Elecman (red), Iceman (red),
Dr. Wily Stage One (red-orange)
Description : A large robot with one eye. He jumps around trying to land on
you. He can do a normal jump or a high jump. It's best to just
run under him when he is in a high jump (Ice Slasher!) but if
you really want to... (these guys can hurt a lot)
How to Defeat: Blast him with everything you've got. He is often outside of
boss gates so you get cornered often. If this happens, run
under him.
Weakness : Super Arm/Hyper Bomb
Points : 9000
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 20 |
| Hyper Bomb | 4 |
| Super Arm | 3 |
| Rolling Cutter | 20 |
| Thunder Beam | 5 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 20 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Metool
Location : Gutsman
Description : A classic enemy. He hides under a hard hat. He'll shoot three
shots that slope up, straight, and down.
How to Defeat: Get near him to make him come out from under his hard hat and
fire. Blast him now.
Weakness : Arm Cannon
Points : 500
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Met Miner
Location : Gutsman
Description : A large Metool with a shield and a pickax. He attacks like a
combination of a Sniper Joe and a Hammer Bro. (Super Mario).
How to Defeat: When he begins to throw picks at you, run towards him while
firing. When you get near to him, run back, turning around to
fire occasionally. Repeat this. Be careful; his picks deflect
your attacks.
Weakness : Hyper Bomb/Fire Storm
Points : 1500
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 10 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | 10 | - You have to get next to him to hit him with this.
| Thunder Beam | 5 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Pea Shooter
Location : Bombman (orange), Cutman (red), Dr. Wily Stage Two (blue)
Description : A turret implanted into a wall. Often found in groups. It will
open up to fire a shot in four different directions and then
close again.
How to Defeat: Shoot at the Pea Shooter when it is open.
Weakness : Thunder Beam
Points : 200
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Popper
Location : Bombman, Dr. Wily Stage Two
Description : A large capsule that pops up from gaps. It will explode,
raining four smaller pieces down upon you. Standing in the
right place will allow you to avoid all of the pieces.
How to Defeat: You can't.
Weakness : N/A
Points : N/A
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | -- |
| Hyper Bomb | -- |
| Super Arm | -- |
| Rolling Cutter | -- |
| Thunder Beam | -- |
| Ice Slasher | -- |
| Fire Storm | -- |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Screw
Location : Bombman (red), Cutman (blue), Elecman (red), Dr. Wily Stage One
(red)
Description : An enemy that resembles a screw. It'll jump at you. Usually
found in groups.
How to Defeat: Blast it once when it jumps into the air.
Weakness : Thunder Beam
Points : 300
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Screw Turret
Location : Bombman (blue), Fireman (blue), Dr. Wily Stage Three (red), Dr.
Wily Stage Four (blue)
Description : A small turret implanted within the ground or ceiling. It will
fire in five directions (see: diagram 2.02.01a).
How to Defeat: Hop over the shots and hit the turret while it is up to fire.
If it's on the ceiling, jump up and hit it before the turret
can even come down to fire.
Weakness : Hyper Bomb/Thunder Beam
Points : 500
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 3 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Sniper Joe
Location : Bombman
Description : A green robot with a shield and a gun. He'll jump up and down
while firing at you. If you try to run past him, he'll just
jump ahead of you.
How to Defeat: Fire at him when he is jumping or when he is firing at you.
Weakness : Hyper Bomb
Points : 1000
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 10 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | -- | - No Super Arm Blocks in Bombman's stage
| Rolling Cutter | 5 | - Rolling Cutter being deflected is really cool to
| Thunder Beam | 3 | see.
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 5 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Spike Bot
Location : Bombman (orange), Elecman (orange), Iceman (blue), Fireman
(blue)
Description : A small robot with spikes on it. It goes back and forth on
platforms and will speed up when you are on the same platform as
the Spike Bot is.
How to Defeat: Use a master weapon and hit it at any time.
Weakness : Rolling Cutter
Points : 200
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | -* |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Suzy
Location : Bombman (red), Cutman (red), Iceman (pink), Dr. Wily Stage Two
(blue), Dr. Wily Stage Three (red)
Description : An eyeball with a suction cup attached to each side.
How to Defeat: Blast it a few times at any given point.
Weakness : Thunder Beam
Points : 300
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 5 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
--
Enemy : Watcher
Location : Elecman, Wily Stage Four
Description : Green pod that extends the eyeballs on either side when it
becomes level with you. It then fires electricity. These
guys come in packs of six: three from the left side that are
descending from the top; three from the right side that are
ascending from the bottom.
How to Defeat: I recommend staying on the ground. If you want to, climb the
ladder (Watchers are always near ladders) and hold the
directional pad in the direction that the Watchers are coming
from. Either way, shoot them before they have a chance to shoot
you.
Weakness : Arm Cannon
Points : 400
Damage :
---------------- ------
| Weapon | Hits |
|----------------|------|
| Arm Cannon | 1 |
| Hyper Bomb | 1 |
| Super Arm | 1 |
| Rolling Cutter | 1 |
| Thunder Beam | 1 |
| Ice Slasher | -* |
| Fire Storm | 1 |
---------------- ------
================
= 2.03.06: FAQ =
================
1Q: Can I beat the first Dr. Wily stage without the Magnet Beam?
1A: No. Die enough to get a game over and then revisit Elecman's stage.
2Q: Why are there only six robot masters in this game?
2A: I've always thought it was because Wily didn't account for Megaman and
Protoman resisting.
3Q: Oh boy! Damage charts and maps for all eight Megaman games!
3A: That's not a question.
=================
= 2.03.07: Maps =
=================
Now for a note about the maps. I put them in to further help you navigate your
way through this game. I map the terrain and the enemies. Here's a universal
key (not including the enemies; those are in the stage keys):
*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
| - - Ground or other impenetrable barrier |
| | - Wall |
| ~ - Water |
| <-/-> - Normally followed by FP/BB. This indicates the direction |
| of oncoming enemies like the Bullet Bill |
| EP - Energy pellet |
| EC - Energy capsule |
| WEP - Weapon energy pellet |
| WEC - Weapon energy capsule |
| 1up - Extra life |
| S - Spikes |
| = - Stacked - Boss gate |
| TO X - Where X can be any letter. Go to the map of that letter |
| FROM X - This is where the map continues from the last one |
| Start - Beginning of the stage |
| Boss - A boss |
| Goal - End of the stage |
| |-| - Ladder |
*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
Exceptions/additions are indicated in the level map and apply for that level
only.
Also, the maps aren't meant to be a guide. They're approximate and made to
give you an idea of the level.
This is my first shot at full-level ASCII maps in case you couldn't tell.
Bombman
-------
Map:
Key:
*--------------------*
| RS - Screw |
| PO - Popper |
| ST - Screw Turret |
| PS - Pea Shooter |
| SJ - Sniper Joe |
| SB - Spike Bot |
| FM - Flying Metool |
| SZ - Suzy |
*--------------------*
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
===
RS TO
--- B
RS | |RS --- --- ---
----| |--- | | | | | |
START RS |----| |--- ---| | ---| | --| |
------- | | | | | | | | | | |
------------------------------------------------- |PO -----| |PO-----| |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
FROM TO
A C
|-||
|-||
|-||
|-||
EPEP --------|
---- -----|
--- --- -- -- | |
| | | | | | --|
----| | ----| | ------- -- WEC|
------| | --------| | ST ST ST ---|
PO| | | PO | |---------------------------------|
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
TO
D
|-|
|-|
|-|
|-|
---------------
| |PS |-| |
| | |-|- ---
| |PS |-|-| |
| | |-| | |----|-|
| |PS |-|-| | ||-|
| | |-|--------|||-|
| |PS |-| EC |||-|
-----------|||-|
SSSSSSSSS | | |-|
FROM
B
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
-- -- -- --
<-BB | | | | PS| | PS| | TO
--| | ---| | ---| | ---| | E
SJ | | | ----| | | | | ----| |
----------------------------- | | | | | --- | | | | |
|-|
|-|
FROM
C
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
FROM
D TO
F
<- BB |-|
|-|
|-|---------------- SB |-|
|-|| | ---- |-|
|-||--------------- ------------|
|-|| | |
|-|| SB | |
|-|| ---------------- -- | |
|-|| | | | |
|-|| ---------------- | |
|-|| -- ---| |
|-|| SB | | |
--------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
TO G <- BB
|-|
|-|
|-|
|-| -- -- --|-|
|-| |-|
|-| |-|
|-| |-|
|-| |-|
|-| |-|
|-|
---------------------|-|
SSSSSSS |-|
FROM E
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
-- --
<- FM
-- TO H
-- ----------------
|-| |SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
|-| |
|-| |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
| | || |
|-| | || |
|-| | || |
FROM G |-| | |
|-| | || TO =
|-| | || SJ 1up I =
|-| | -------------------- =
|-| | SJ =
|-| | ------
|-| | |
--------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
------------------
=FROM H |
= |
= |
=---------- |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
TO J
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=J=
===
FROM I
|SZ|-| |
| |-| |
| |-|SZ|
| |-| |
|SZ|-| |
| |-| |
| |-|SZ|
| |-| |
TO K
*******************************************************************************
===
=K=
===
FROM J
|SZ|-| |
| |-| |
| |-|SZ|
| |-| |
|SZ|-| |
| |-| |
| |-|SZ|
| |-| |
-------=========-----------
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| GOAL |
| |
| |
| BOSS |
---------------------------
*******************************************************************************
Gutsman
-------
Map:
Key:
*---------------------------------------------------*
| MT - Metool |
| = - Lifts - Solid spots where the lift is up |
| - - Lifts - Non-solid spots where the lift drops |
| MM - Met Miner |
| BL - Blader |
| HP - Hopper |
| SA - Super Arm Block |
*---------------------------------------------------*
Remember that the Super Arm Blocks will also take up the space directly below
them.
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
===
--------- TO B
MT | (LIFTS)
-----
MT |
--------
MT |
START ----
|
-------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
FROM
A
--- O=========================0
0====-----===========-----===0
TO C
0=====----===---===---===---====0 ------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
-- --
| | | |
-- -- -- |
BL | |WEC| | MM TO D
-------- --- | --------
BL | | | | |
FROM BL -- | -- | |
B | | MM | | |
----------------- -----------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
|
FROM |
C MM |
------- -- ------------- |
| | | | | | | |-- |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SSS| |S| |S| | --|
----------- TO E
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
| FROM |
| D |
| |
| |
| --- |
| | | |
|--- | | |
| | | | --- |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | TO | | TO | | TO |
| | F | | F | | F |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
|FROM| |FROM| |FROM|
| E | | E | | E |
--- --- --- |
|BBB EC |
| --- |
|EPEP | | |
--- WEP | | |
| --- --- |
|SS| | |
-- | TO --- TO |
| G | | G |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
|FROM| |FROM|
|------------- F --- F |
| |
| --- |
|1up | | |
--- | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| --- |
| WEP SS|
| --------------------
|TO |
| H |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
| FROM
| G
| |
| |
| |
| =
| = TO I
----- =
| =
----- -------
| HP |
--------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
| |
| |
| |
| |
-------------------------------------------- BOSS |
= = GOAL |
= = |
= = |
= M M M M = |
-------------------------------------------- -- SA SA |
| |
-------------------
*******************************************************************************
Cutman
------
Map:
Key:
*---------------------------------------------*
| SA - Super Arm Block |
| BL - Blader |
| PS - Pea Shooter |
| SC - Super Cutter (Rolling Cutter Building) |
| BS - Screw |
| FM - Flying Metool |
| SZ - Suzy |
*---------------------------------------------*
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
===
SA BL SA BL SA
------------------- ---------------- --- BL ------
|-| |-| BL |-| |-| --- | |
|-| SA BL |-| SA -- | TO
|-| START SASA |-| SASA | | B
--------------------------------------------------------------------- ----
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
TO C
| |-||
| |-||
-|-||
|-||
--------------------
PS||-| | |
FROM A ||-| ----- |
||-| | |
-- ||-| | |
| | ||-| PS| |
| ---- ||-|------- - |
| | | |
| --------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
FROM C FROM C TO D
|-|
|-|
|-|
|-|
-------
PS| |
---- |
PS| |
--- |
---- | |
|-| | ----------------|
|-|- |
|-| |
|-| |
TO |-| |
B ------------------------- -|-|
|TO | |-|
B FROM B
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
TO E
FROM E |-|
|-|
|-|
----|
PS| |
|-|-- ----- |
|-| | | |
|-|-- ---|-| |
|-| PS| |-| |
|-| ---|-|-----------|
|-| |-| |
|-| |-| |
|-| |-| |
---- |-| |
|PS |-| |
TO -- TO C ---------------|-|
C | | |-|
FROM C
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
FROM F TO F
|-| |---------------
|-| ------- |
|-| PS| |
|-| - |
|-| | |
|-| -| |
---------- PS| |
| |
---|-|---------------------| |
|-| ----|
|-| |
|-| |
|-| |
----------- ----------|-||
TO D |PS | |-|
TO D FROM D
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
BS SA
---- --------
------- BS| | -----
| | --- | | |
| === | BS | | | | TO G
| | -------------- | | -----
| SC | | | |
|-|----------------- | |
|-| | |
TO E FROM E
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
TO H
| |-||
| |-||
-|-||
|-||
|-||
--|-|-- ---------|
|||-|SZ | |
|||-| ---------|
FROM F |||-| |
|||-| SZ|
---- |||-|----- -|
| SZ | |
------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
TO I
| |-||
| |-||
| |-||
|---- SZ ----|
| |
|SZ ---- |
|----|-|-- ----|
| |-|SZ SZ|
| |-| |
| |-| SA |
--------------------------|-||
|-||
FROM G
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
TO J
||-| |
||-| |
||-| |
||-| |
||-| SZ |
||-| |
||-| SZ ----|
||-| | |
||-| ---- |
| SA | |
|-------- | |
| | SZ----------------|
| | SZ |
----------------------------|-|
|-|
FROM H
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=J=
===
TO K
-|-|---------------------------
| |-| SZ | |
| |-| SZ| |
| | |
|----|-| --- |
| SZ|-| | |
| |-| | |
| |-| SA SZ | |
|SZ --------------------------|
| | |
| | |
|-|-----------------------------
|-|
FROM I
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=K=
===
|
|
|
| ---------- BL
| | | BL BL
| ------ |--------------------
| ------- | | |
| | | --- |--------------------
| | === | | | EC
| | | --- |---------------------|-|-
| | SC | | | |-|-
--|-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-|-
FROM J TO L TO L
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=L=
===
| |
| -- FROM K FROM K
| | |-|
| | |-|
|-----------|-|-----------------
| |-| |
|-----------|-|-----------------
| |
|----- <- FM
|
| --- ---
|
|
|
|
-----------|-|--
|-| |
|-| |
TO M TO M
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=M=
===
FROM L FROM L
| |-| |
| | -
| |
| ----- SSS
| | ---
| ----------
| |
| |
|----- <- FM
|
| --- ---
|
|
|-|----------------SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
TO N
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=N=
===
||-| |
||-| |
| ---
| =
| =
|SASA = TO O
|---- =
| | ---
| |SASA HP |
----------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=O=
===
-----------------------------
| |
| |
---------------------------------------------- |
= ST = |
= FROM = GOAL |
= N = |
= ST ST = |
---------------------------------------------- |
|SASA BOSS |
-----------------------------
*******************************************************************************
Elecman
-------
Map: (oh boy. 21 screens)
Key:
*------------------------*
| SB - Spike Bot |
| WT - Watcher |
| HP - Hopper |
| RS - Screw |
| ~ - Elec Beam |
| EB - Elec Beam Shooter |
| SA - Super Arm Block |
| MB - Magnet Beam |
*------------------------*
About the Watchers: There are always six and they always start off-screen. As
such, I'm just going to write them as if they were halfway
through their movement.
About the Elec Beams: I draw them fully extended. The shooters are within
blocks that are occasionally within walls. Also, if the
beam fires and appears to interrupt the ladder, the beam
just goes across the ladder.
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
===
TO B
| FROM B FROM B |-||
| |-||
| |-||
| ---------|
| |
| SB |
|------- |
| SB |
| ---------|
| SB |
|------- |
| START |
--------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
TO C
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| FROM C|
| --- |
| | | EC |
| | | ------|
| | | SB |
| | ---- |
| -------- |
| SB |
| ---- |
| |
| |
----|-|- ------------------|-|
|-| | | |-|
TO A TO A FROM A
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
F TO D FROM D
|R |-| |
|O |-| |
|M |-| |
| --- |
|D| | |
| | | ------|
| | | SB |
| | ---- |
| --------EB~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| --EB~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| |
| |
----|-|- ------------------|-|
|-| | | |-|
FROM B TO B TO A
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
TO E
| |-| |
| WT |-| |
| |-| |
| WT |-| |
| WT |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| WT |
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| WT |
| |-| |
| |-| WT |
|TO |-|-----|-| TO C |
| C |-| |-| |
FROM C
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
TO F
| |-| |
| WT |-| |
| |-| |
| WT |-| |
| WT |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| WT |
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| WT |
| |-| |
| |-| WT |
|TO |-|-----|-| TO D |
| D |-| |-| |
FROM D
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
TO G TO G
|-| |-|
|-| |-|
|-| |-|
--- |-|
|-|
4 |-|
|-|
3 --
2 1
--
|-|--
|-| |
TO E FROM E
*------------------------------------*
| 1 vanishes shortly after 3 appears |
| 2 vanishes shortly after 4 appears |
| 3 vanishes right when 1 reappears |
| 4 vanishes right when 2 reappears |
*------------------------------------*
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
TO H
|-| | |
|-| | |
|-| ---- |
|-| | |
|-| | |
|-| | |
|-| | |
------------|-|----------|
| ||-| |
| ||-|---- |
| ||-| | |
| ||-| | |
| --- -----|
| | |
|--------------- |
| WEPWEPWEP 4321|-||
| |-|--------- |-||
| |-| | |-||
| |-|--------- |-||
FROM F TO F FROM F
*------------------------------------*
| 1 vanishes shortly after 3 appears |
| 2 vanishes shortly after 4 appears |
| 3 vanishes right when 1 reappears |
| 4 vanishes right when 2 reappears |
*------------------------------------*
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
TO I
|-|
|-|
|-|
|-|
|-|
--
--
------------
| | --
|-|- ---
|-| | EC --
|-| ---- -- --
TO FROM
G G
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
TO J TO J
|-| | | |-| |
|-| | | |-| |
|-| WT| | |-| |
WT|-| | | |-| |
|-| | | |-| |
|-| | | |-| |
|-|WT | | |-| |
|-| | | |-| |
|-| | | |-| WT |
|-| -- |-| WT |
|
WT |
----------------------------|-|-
|-|
FROM H
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=J=
===
TO K TO K
|-| | | |-|
|-| | | |-|
|-| | |~~~~~~~~EB|
SB|-| | ||-|-------|
----- | ||-|-------|
SB| ||-| |
-----| ||-| |
| |~~~~~~~~~~EB
SB |--------|-| |
----- | ||-| |
---|------- |-| |
| | |-| |
--|-|- ||-|----------|
| |-| ||-| |
TO I | |-| ||-| |
FROM I FROM I
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=K=
===
TO L TO L
|-| | |-| |
|-| | |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
------| |-| |
WT | |-| |
| |-| |
----- WT | |-| |
WT SA |-| |
-----| WT|-| |
TO J | | |-|WT|
||-|----- | WT |-| |
||-| | |-| |
FROM J FROM J
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=L=
===
TO M TO M
|-| |-|
|-| |-| |
|-| |-| |
---------------|
----- | |
---------------|
SA SA SA MB |
|-|--------------------------------|
|-|--------------------------------|
|-| |
|-| |
----=|-|---------------------|-|---
| |-| |-|
TO K | |-| |-|
FROM K FROM K
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=M=
===
TO N TO N
|-| | | |-| |
|-| | | |-| |
|-| | | |-| |
|-| | | |-| |
-----|-| | |~~~~~~~~~~EB
| | |-| |
SB | | |-| |
-----| | |-| |
SB | | |-| |
|-|----- SA~~~~~~~~~~~~EB
|-| --- |-| |
|-| SB ||-| |
|-| -------------||-| --
----------|-| | ||-||
|-|--- ||-||
FROM L FROM L
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=N=
===
TO O TO O
|-| || | |-| |
|-| || | |-| |
|-| || | |-| |
|-| || | |-| |
|-| || |~~~~~~~~~~~~EB
|-| || | |-| |
~~~~~~~~EB|------ |-| |
|-| || |-| |
|-| || |-| |
|-| |||-|-----------------|
~~~~~~~~EB||-|-----------------|
|-| |||-| |
|-| |||-| |
-----|-||---------------|-|--
| |-|| ||-||
| |-|| ||-||
FROM M FROM M
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=O=
===
TO P
|-| |
|-| -------|
|-| |
|-| RS |
|-| ------------ |
|-| | | |
|-| | --------- |
| | RS SA |
~~~~~~~~~EB |-|------------
|-|-------| |-| |
TO |-| | |-| |
N ~~~~~~~~~EB -----------|-|-
|-| | |-|
|-| | |-|
|-| | |-|
|-| | |-|
|-| | |-|
FROM N FROM N
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=P=
===
TO Q
|-|
|-|
|-|
|-|
|-|
--
--
------------
| | --
|-|- ---
|-| | EC --
|-| ---- -- --
TO FROM
O O
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=Q=
===
TO R
|-|
|-||
|-| --------------------
|-| |
|-| |
|-| ----
|
---
EB~~~~~~~~~~~ |
|
EB~~~~~~~~~~ |
|
--------------------------------|-|TO|
|-| P|
FROM P
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=R=
===
|
|
|
----
=
= TO
= S
HP =
--------
|
TO Q |-|---------------
|-|
FROM Q
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=S=
===
TO T
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
------------ |
= |
= FROM |
= R |
= |
----------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=T=
===
TO U
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
|~~~~~~~~~~~EB
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
|~~~~~~~~~~EB
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
|~~~~~~~~~~EB
| |-| |
| |-| |
FROM S
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=U=
===
TO V
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
|~~~~~~~~~~~EB
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
|~~~~~~~~~~EB
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
|~~~~~~~~~~EB
| |-| |
| |-| |
FROM T
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=V=
===
-------------------------------
| |
| |
| |
| GOAL |
| |
|-- |
| | BOSS |
| -------- ----------|
| |========| |
| |========| |
FROM U
*******************************************************************************
Iceman
------
Map:
Key:
*-----------------------*
| X - Moving platforms |
| CR - Crazy Razy |
| FP - Flyin' Penguin |
| SB - Spike Bot |
| HP - Hopper |
*-----------------------*
*******************************************************************************
===
=A= CR
=== ---
CR | |
----- -----
CR | |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
------- | <- FP
CR | |
START ---- | -- -- TO
CR | | | | SB | | B
---------------------------- --------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
<- FP
--- TO
| | C
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------
----|
SB |
FROM -- -- -- -- ----
A | | SB | | | | SB | | |
------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
FROM |
B |
------------------- ------------ |
| | | |
---- ------- | |
| S | | |
-------------- ----| |
S |
EC TO |
--------------------------------------| D |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
| |
|FROM|
| C |
| |
| || | |
| || |
| || |
| || 7 |
| || |
| || |
| || 6 |
| || |
| || |
| || |
| || 5 |
| || | *--------------------------------------*
| ||2 4| | 1 vanishes shortly after 3 appears |
| || 3 | | 2 vanishes shortly after 4 appears |
| || 1 | | 3 vanishes shortly after 5 appears |
| || | | 4 vanishes shortly after 6 appears |
| ||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | 5 vanishes shortly after 7 appears |
| || | | 6 vanishes shortly after 8 appears |
| TO || SB | | 7 vanishes shortly after 1 reappears |
E --------------------------- | 8 vanishes shortly after 2 reappears |
*--------------------------------------*
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
|FROM|
| D |
| | 10 11 --------
| |
8 --------- ---------- X
9 | | TO
| | F
7 | | X
6 | |
5 | |
1 | |
2 3 4 | |
===~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| |
| SB | |
------------------------- |
*---------------------------------------*
| 1 appears at the same time as 8 |
| 1/8 disappear when 3/10 appears |
| 2 appears at the same time as 9 |
| 2/9 disappear when 4/11 appears |
| 3 appears at the same time as 10 |
| 3/10 disappear when 6 appears |
| 4 appears at the same time as 11 |
| 4/11 disappear when 7 appears |
| 5 disappears soon after 7 appears |
| 6 disappears soon after 1/8 appear |
| 7 disappears soon after 2/9 appear |
*---------------------------------------*
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
X <- FP |
X ----------------- |
FROM WEC X X | | | |
E X X ---- | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | |------------- |
| | | |1up |
| | | |------------- |
| | | | | TO |
| | | | | G |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
--------------------------
| |FROM|
| | F |
|--------------------- |
| |
| |
| WEP WEP WEP EP EP EP |
|--------------------- |
|--------------------- |
| |
| |
| ---------------------|
| TO | |
| H | |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
|FROM|
| G | |
| | |
| ==
| ==
| == TO I
| ==
| -----------
| HP | |
---------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
-------------
| |
| |
| ---------------------------------------------------------| | |
== == |
== == |
== == BOSS |
== == GOAL |
---------------------------------------------------------- | |
-------------
*******************************************************************************
Fireman
-------
Map:
Key:
*---------------------------*
| ST - Screw Turret |
| FT - Fire Tackle |
| BB - Bullet Bill |
| SB - Spike Bot |
| V/ - Fire Storm |
| ~ - Fire Beam |
| FB - Fire Beam Shooter |
| F - Fire Pillar }
*---------------------------*
Assume that holes are filled with lava.
Note on Fire Beams: Fire Beam Shooters are blocks (you can step on them) in a
wall.
Note on Fire Pillars: I list them like they're extended.
Note on Fire Beams: I list them like they're extended.
Note on Fire Tackles: I list them as being in the lava. They shoot up. They
always come in triplets but only one is noted on the
maps.
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
=== TO B
| | |-|
| | EC |-|
ST ST ST | |---- ----|-|----
|-|--------------------------------|-|| | |-|
|-| | | |-|| --- |-|
|-| | | |-|| | |-|
|-| | | |-||-- |-|
|-| ST | | ST |-|| |-|
--------------|-|| ||-|--------------- |-|
|-|| ||-| F |-|
|-|| ||-| F |-|
|-|| ||-| F |-|
START |-|| ||-| -- |-|
----------------- ------------------------------ FT | | ----
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
TO C
| |-| |
| |-| |
| |-| |
| F ---------------|-||
| F |-||
| F |-||
|EPF F |-||
|--- F |-||
| | F --|-|----|
| |EPF |-| |
| --- |-| |
| | |-| |
-------------------------|-|
FROM A
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
| |
| WEC WEC F |
| ----------- F |
| | | F F |
| F | | F F |
| F | | ----- ---- F -- |
| F | | | | | | F| | |
| F F | |FB~~~~~~~---| -FB~~~~~~~| -- | |
| |-|-------- F ----------- | | -- | |
| |-|| | F | | -- | ------- |
| |-|| | F--------------FB~~~~~~-- | | ||EPEPEP |
| |-|| -- ----- --| |--- ------||------- |
| |-|| | | | | |-|
TO FROM B | |-|
B TO D TO D
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
-------- | |-||
| | | | |-||
| | ------------ |-||
| | |-||
| | |-||
| |----------------- |-||
| | |-||
| | |-||
|--- F F |
| F F |
| F F |
| F F |
| ---- ----|
| |-|---- | | | |
| |-| | FT | --- |
TO TO E TO E
E
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
FROM D FROM D
| |-|| | TO F
| |-| -- | | --------|-||
| |-| | | | | |-|
| |-| - ------------ |-||
| |-||
| |-||
| F F |-||
| F |-|-------- |-|--- F |-||
| F F |-| |-| F F |-||
| F F |-| |-| F F |-||
| F -- |-| |-| F -- ----------|
| F | | ---- ---- F | | |
| -- | | -- | | |
| | | | | FT | | FT | | |
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
TO G
| |-| ------
| |-| V |
| |-| V |
| |-| V |
| |-| V |
| --------------------------|-| |
| | | < < < < < < < < < < ||-| |
| --------------------------|-| |
| V |-| |
|-|-|------------------------------|
| |-| > > > > > > > > > > > >| |
|-|-|--------------------------| V |
| |-| | V |
---------------------------|-|| |
FROM E
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
|
| <- BB SB |
| --------------|-||
| | | |-||
| --- | |-||
| | | SB |-||
| ---|-------|-|-----------|
| | | |-| TO H
| ---- | |-|
| | | |-| SB
|-- |-|-------------------------------------
| | TO F |-||
FROM F
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
WEC |
|-| |
|-| ----
|-| F F =
|-| F F = TO I
|-| F F =
FROM |-| F F =
G |-| ------------
|-| |
------------- --- FT --- FT -------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
-------------------------
| |
| |
----------------------------------------------------| |
= ST ST ST ST = |
= FROM H = GOAL |
= = |
= = |
----------------------------------------------------- |
| BOSS |
------------------------
*******************************************************************************
Dr. Wily Stage One
------------------
Map:
Key:
*--------------------------------------*
| HP - Hopper |
| RS - Screw |
| BB - Bullet Bill |
| = - Place Magnet Beam platform here |
| F - Fire pillar |
| SA - Super Arm Block |
| X - Eyeball platform |
*--------------------------------------*
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
===
--- ---
| | HP | |
START --- --- --- --- TO B
HP HP | | | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
TO C
----|-||
| |-||
--- |-||
| F ---|
| ----- --- F| |
| | F| |F| |
------------------- F --- F| |F| |
FROM F| |F| - |
A SA SA SA -- F| |F| |
SA -- SA | |F| - |
-----------| |-------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
TO D
||-||
||-|| ---------
||-|| | EC |
||-| -------------- -------
||-| | | |
||-| ------- |
||-| --- |-||
||-| | ||-||
--- |-||
|-||
--- |-||
| | |-||
| | -- --|-||
SSSSSSSS| | | |SSSSS| |-||
FROM B
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
-------------------------------------------
| | EC RS RS SASA |
|------------------------------------ |
| | |
|------------------------------------ |
| RS |
| -------------|
| -- | |
| RS RS RS | | SA SA SA |
||-|------------------------------------|-||
||-| |-||
FROM C TO E
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
| FROM D |
| ------------------------------|
| | |
| ------------------------------|
| |
| <- BB |
| |
|------ -- -- -- |
| | | | | | | | |
|------ SSSSS| |SSSSS| |SSSSS| | |
|---------------------------------- |
| |
| |
||-|----------------------------------
||-|
TO F
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
FROM E TO G
| | |-||
| ---------------------------------|-||
| SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS |-||
| |-||
| |-||
| |-||
| X |-||
| X X |-||
| |-||
| X WEPWEP|-||
|--- ---------|
| |SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS| |
----------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
TO H
||-|---------------------------------------------
||-| | | |
||-| | | |
||-| | | |
||-| | | |
||-| | | |
| | | ------- |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | |== |
|== | | | | |
| ------- | | |
| | | ==|
| == | | |
| | | |
| | |== |
| | | |
| | | |
--------------------------- | |--- |
| | |-|
| | |-|
FROM F
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
---------------------------------------------------
| |
| GOAL BOSS |
| |
| ---------------------------
| |
||-|--------------------
||-|
*******************************************************************************
Dr. Wily Stage Two
------------------
Map:
Key:
*-------------------*
| BL - Blader |
| ST - Screw Turret |
| CM - Cutman |
| EM - Elecman |
| PO - Popper |
| SZ - Suzy |
| ~ - Fake floor |
*-------------------*
Note: Fake floors in boss rooms are only fake once the boss is defeated.
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
===
|
|
|
| BL BL
| BL BL
|----------------------- --------- -------- -------- TO B
|-------------- BL BL EP
|---------- -----
|----
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
| |
S| |
- |
S| |
- |
S| |
- |
S| |
- |
FROM A BL | |
BL BL ---------------------|
-------- |
|
----- ----- WEPWEP|
|------~~~~~~------|
|------~~~~~~------|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| BOSS |
| |
| CM |
~~~~~-----------------------------
TO C
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
|
S|
-
S|
-
FROM B S|
-
S|
-
|
--------- -------- -------- ------ ---------------------|
EPST ST |
----- ---- ------- WEPWEP|
------~~~~~~~------|
-----~~~~~~~~------|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| BOSS |
| |
| EM |
~~~~~-----------------------------
TO D
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
FROM C |
|
|
|
--------
--------- --------- -------- -------- |
EP EP ---------------------|-||
PO ----- PO PO ----- \ ||-||
\ ||-||
------||-||
TO E
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
FROM D
| | |
| - |
1up | | |
-- | | --|
--- |
SZ |
------ |
|SZ |
| |
TO F | --|
|SZ |
--|-||
TO F
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
FROM E
| | |
FROM E ----- |
|
|
SSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS |
------------------------------------- --|
\ |SZ SZ|
\|SZ |
|-- |
| |
| |
||-|--|
||-| |
TO G
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
FROM F
| | |
| | |
| ---|
/ | |
/ | |
/ | |
|------ |
| SZ|
|SZ |
| SZ|
|-|-----------
|-|
TO H
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
| | |
| | ------------
| | |
| | PS|
| | |
|-|| | |
|-|| | PS|
|-|| | |
WEC |-|| | |
-- |-|| | PS|
|-|| | |
|-|| | |
|-| --- PS|
|-| |
|-| |
---------------------|-||
TO I ||-||
TO I
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
FROM H FROM H
| | |
|------------- |
S| |
-| SZ |
S| | -----------|
--- | There is a bigger gap than there should
S|SZ | be. This is due to the slope of the
-| | spikes.
S| | |
-|- |
S| |PS |
- |SZ |
---|------------------ |
| |
||-||--------------------
||-||
|===|
---===-----------------------------
| |
| |
| |
| |
| GOAL |
| |
| |
| |
| BOSS |
-----------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
Dr. Wily Stage Three
--------------------
Map:
Key:
*------------------------*
| SZ - Suzy |
| ST - Screw Turret |
| FP - Flyin' Penguin |
| BB - Bullet Bill |
| { - Water starts here |
| SA - Super Arm Block |
*------------------------*
Note on Bullet Bills, Flyin' Penguins, and the water tunnel: I put <- BB where
the Bullet Bills
stop (same with
the Flyin'
Penguins). Once
in the tunnel,
everything is
approximate.
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
===
-------------------------
|
|
SZSZ |
----------------- |
|SZ |
| |
TO B
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
FROM A
| |
| |
| -----|
-------------------- |
| ST |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|SZ |
|SZ -------------------------
|SZ |
TO C
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
FROM B
| |
| |
|---- --------------------
| ST |
| |
| |
| |
|SZ |
|SZ |
------------------- |
|SZ |
TO D
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
FROM C
| |
| |
| -----|
-------------------- ST |
| ST |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|SZ -------------------------
|SZ |
TO E
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
FROM D
| |
| |
| |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| {
| { TO F
| {
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=F=
===
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FROM E TO G
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<- FP
FROM F TO H
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FROM G TO I
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
--------------- ------ --------
| || |
----------------------------------------- || |
| GOAL
<- BB |BOSS
|| |
----------------------------------------- == SA |
| == SASASA |
------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
Dr. Wily Stage Four
-------------------
Map:
Key:
*----------------------*
| WT - Watcher |
| ST - Screw Turret |
| BM - Bombman |
| FM - Fireman |
| IM - Iceman |
| GM - Gutsman |
| SA - Super Arm Block |
| YC - Yashichi |
| TL - Teleporter |
| = - Lifts - Solid |
| - - Lifts - Drop |
*----------------------*
About the Watchers: There are always six and they always start off-screen. As
such, I'm just going to write them as if they were halfway
through their movement.
About the teleporters: With the exception of the first one, you can only enter
them after the boss is defeated.
*******************************************************************************
===
=A=
===
TO B FROM B
||-| |
||-| WT |
||-| WT WT |
||-| -- |
||-| WT WT |
||-| -- WT --|
||-| |
| -- |
| |
| ------------ |
|SSSSSSSSSS| |SSSSSSSSSSS|
-----------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=B=
===
TO C
||-|---------------------------
||-| |
||-| WT |
||-| WT |
||-| WT |
||-| |
||-| |
||-| |
||-| |
||-| |
||-| |
||-| |
||-| WT |
||-| WT |
||-| |
||-| WT |
||-| |
FROM A TO A
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=C=
===
---------------------
| |
| EC ------------------------------------| |----------
| SA | |--| |--| |--| |--| | -- | |ST| |ST| |
| SA -- -- ST -- -- ST ---- -- -- --
| SA TO D
| SA --------------------------
||-||-------------------------- -- -- -- |
||-|| |--| |--| |--| |--
FROM B
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=D=
===
----------
|
FROM |
C ||-|--------
----| |--| |--| |--| |--| ||-| |
-- -- ST -- -- ST --- ||-| |
| |-------|-|| TO E
------------ |-||
---- |-||
|-- -- ST -- -- ----------------------------
|--| |--| |--| |--|
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=E=
===
| |
--------- -----------------------------------------------------
FROM D TO F|
--------- |T||
| -- |-|-------------------|
| |-| |
| -- 0==============-----------------=========================
| 1up YC |
| -- -- |
| |
|SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS|
----------------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=G=
===
----------------------------------
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
-- BOSS |
| TO H |
| T BM |
-------------------------------------
FROM F
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=H=
===
----------------------------------
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
-- BOSS |
| TO I |
| T FM |
-------------------------------------
FROM G
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=I=
===
----------------------------------
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
-- BOSS |
| TO J |
| T IM |
-------------------------------------
FROM H
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=J=
===
----------------------------------
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
-- BOSS |
| TO K |
| T GM |
-------------------------------------
FROM I
*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************
===
=K=
===
------------------------------------ --------------------------------
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| ----| BOSS |
| = |
| = GOAL |
-- = |
|T FROM J WEC = |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************************
===================
= 2.03.08: Ending =
===================
Once you've destroyed the machine, Wily falls out and begs for mercy. While
you're getting your 200,000 clear points, he disappears. The game cuts to a
mountain backdrop with the opening song from Megaman 2 playing. The text,
now legendary, goes thusly:
"Megaman has ended the evil domination of Dr. Wily and restored the world to
peace. However, the never ending battle continues until all destructive forces
are defeated. Fight, Megaman! For everlasting peace!"
Megaman starts running left towards the city. The day goes by as the credits
roll under you. When it's nighttime in the city, Megaman turns back into
Rock. When he reaches the lab, Dr. Light and Roll are waiting for him. Rock
jumps higher than he does when he has to (during the game when robots are
firing at him) and you get the "Thank you for playing!" message.
==================================
= 2.03.09: SPECIAL: Points Guide =
==================================
With every fiber of my being, I believe this to be the first points guide for
this game. Megaman lost its point system in the second game. It's very
underrated. I always enjoyed it. Alright, a few notes.
-You know the old saying, "Only shoot for one goal at a time?" You shouldn't
have. I just made it up. Anyway, don't go for, say, beating the game.
without taking a hit when trying to rack up a lot of points. I'm cautious
when I beat the game without taking a hit. I don't hit all of the enemies
that I could.
-That said, don't get a game over. Game overs reset your score.
-Collect as many point pellets as you can.
-The clear points, with the exception of Dr. Wily's stage's clear points, are
random. Hope for high numbers!
-There are no time bonuses. Check the chart below. Defeat a high-point enemy,
scroll away, and then come back to destroy it again. If you want to be
cheap.
-Set goals. I try to get 1,000,000 points per game. I can get more. Another
old cliché: "If you shoot for the moon, you will land among the stars."
-Ignore the Floridian contradicting himself.
-Use the master weapons to your advantage.
-Each Dr. Wily stage (with the exception of the final one) will give you
100,000 clear points. The final one will give you 200,000.
-Grab the Yashichi! It's worth a whopping 100,000 points!
MASTER POINTS CHART:
----------------------------
| Enemy/Item | Points |
|-------------------|--------|
| Blader | 500 |
| Bullet Bill | 800 |
| Crazy Razy (head) | 1000 |
| Crazy Razy (body) | 500 |
| Fire Tackle | 200 |
| Flying Metool | 800 |
| Flyin' Penguin | 500 |
| Hopper | 9000 |
| Metool | 500 |
| Met Miner | 1500 |
| Pea Shooter | 200 |
| Screw | 300 |
| Screw Turret | 500 |
| Sniper Joe | 1000 |
| Spike Bot | 200 |
| Suzy | 300 |
| Watcher | 400 |
| Yashichi | 100000 |
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=============================
= 2.03.10: No-Hit Game Tips =
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This section is designed to help you get through the game without taking a hit.
While this is not -- at the moment -- a full walkthrough for such a feat, it
does give you tips on how to pull 'er off.
Megaman is one of the harder games in the series to beat without taking a hit.
This is due in part to Hoppers and Bladers. This is because the Hoppers are
unpredictable in their jumping patterns. Bladers come in such patterns as to
screw you up. First thing is first, though. I spent a lot of time thinking
about a good order in which to do this (I personally use the regular order but
there are better ways). I thought about this in the shower -- a good place to
think. And that's life lesson number two from this FAQ. See? I teach! I
taught about genocide in Chrono Trigger!
As for the boss order, I capitalize the names of the bosses for those who do
not want to see my long-winded explanations. Each stage will have some tips
involved. General tips will follow. There is something that I must emphasize,
however:
WHATEVER CRAZY STUNTS YOU ATTEMPT TO PULL, DO _NOT_ ATTEMPT TO DO THIS UNLESS
YOU ARE SKILLED AT THIS GAME. AND BY SKILLED, I MEAN BEING ABLE TO FIGHT
ELECMAN WITHOUT CRY- I mean WITHOUT TAKING A HIT. THAT IS AS HARD AS IT WILL
GET. IF YOU TRY THIS WITHOUT SKILL, I CLAIM NO RESPONSIBILTY FOR ANY INJURIES
(such as death, which really makes life hard) INCURRED DURING YOUR ADVENTURE.
Start with ICEMAN. There are few dangers in this level that cannot be taken
out by the Arm Cannon quickly. The only trouble spots that you'll run into are
the vanishing blocks (due to the Spike Bots awaiting you) and the eyeball
platforms. It is always best to avoid the Spike Bots in the water. This is
easy. When dealing with the vanihing blocks, however, there is a GOOD chance
(credit goes to Murphy's Law) that you'll land on the Spike Bot. Make sure you
know where the blocks will be. When fighting Iceman, just hit him with the
Arm Cannon. When he is running towards you (to get too close for comfort),
jump over him and run to the other side of the room. This is the easiest
level.
You'll want to continue your trek with GUTSMAN. I held off on Gutsman due to
the Hopper awaiting you at the end of the stage as well as a few Bladers.
I'll reiterate this later, but USE THE ICE SLASHER! When a Met Miner lowers
his shield, fire away. Switch to your Arm Cannon and have some easy pickin's.
Remember that, since you are not taking any hits -- and therefore not dying --
wasting time getting powerups is unnecesary. As such, speed through the chasms
near the end to avoid a fight with Bladers. Freeze the Hopper while he is in
midair and run under him. When fighting the Metools, try and get them before
they shoot. If all else fails, make a tiny hop over their shots. Dealing with
Gutman is very tricky. For the most part, stand on the Super Arm Blocks on the
left side of the room. When he nears those blocks (this is tricky), get a
running start, wait for him to have just hopped, and jump over him, running to
the other side of the room. Jump when he chucks a block at you and continue
your assualt. Hopefully you will not have to jump again. If you do, it's
very difficult to pull off. Jump over him once he lands. Get a running start
and don't jump until you are very close. If you had to jump over him here, you
should not have to jump over him again. Even if you do, you can just repeat
the process.
At this point, you can pretty much go straight. CUTMAN is your next target.
At the start, grab the Super Arm Block and toss it at the oncoming Bladers.
As always, ignore the powerups. Use the Super Arm Blocks to your advantage!
The Flying Mets might also present a problem in that they fire in so many
directions. While it could prove to be harder inasmuch as you have to deal
with the Flying Mets for so long, it is imperative that you take the long path
when you've got the choice. Taking the easy path relies on your getting hit by
a Flying Met as a failsafe in case you miss the platform and hit the spikes.
You will almost certainly hit this Flying Met so don't risk it. When you reach
the Hopper at the end, freeze him with the Ice Slasher and then pick up the
Super Arm Blocks. Chuck three Super Arm Blocks at the Hopper to destroy him.
As for the gate, fire three shots and run towards the first Screw Turret. The
shots should hit it as soon as it comes up (at least one anyway). Jump over
the Screw Turrets shots and wait for it to come up again. To screw it over
forever (or until you go offscreen), attack a few more times to destroy it. As
soon as the second Screw Turret appears, jump and fire at it. When it's
destroyed, repeat the process used for the first Screw Turret on the third and
enter the gate to fight Cutman. This fight isn't as easy as if you were just
trying to beat the game. As soon as the fight starts, grab a Super Arm Block
and hightail it to the other end of the room. Turn around, jump over the
Rolling Cutter that Cutman probably shot at you, and wait for Cutman to jump.
When he does so, take a little hop and throw the block. Run over to the second
Super Arm Block and repeat the process.
ELECMAN's stage goes in a completely different direction. USE THE ROLLING
CUTTER ON ANY SPIKE BOTS THAT YOU SEE. This is important. The Watchers should
be dealt with as usual. When you reach the second path split (the first being
on the vanishing blocks where the alternate path yields a few weapon energy
pellets), take the left way instead of the right way that was used in the
walkthrough. This is easier because you don't worry about Elec Beams; just
Spike Bots who can be destroyed with Rolling Cutter. When you reach the second
Super Arm Block (to go to the other side), be sure to cut over to the right.
It is very important that you have the Magnet Beam for the next stage so get
it. The only other important thing here is the Hopper. As soon as you reach
the final screen before the gate, climb to the top of the ladder and freeze
the Hopper regardless of where he is. Now switch to your Arm Cannon and blast
him. If he unfreezes before you destroy him, freeze him again. The battle
with Elecman is a battle where the following formula that I just mad- I mean,
the following TIME TESTED, FULLY LEGIT, and MATHMATICALLY PROVED formula can
apply here:
If x = your damage taken and t = the amount of time for which the battle as
raged:
x = 0.1t
So you want to get it over with quickly. As soon as you enter, jump onto a
Super Arm Block. Jump over his Thunder Beam and then hop off and fire a
Rolling Cutter. Avoid his other attacks and nail him two more times.
Now that we've got the Magnet Beam, let's proceed to FIREMAN's stage. Be sure
to use the Ice Slasher when dealing with fire pillars. Take your time. This
is important in a stage that rains fire. When you get to the > fire section,
use the Magnet Beam to skip over it.
Finally let's hit BOMBMAN's stage. The Red Screws are your main problem here.
Have Fire Storm equipped during this stage. When you deal with Screw Turrets,
blast 'em with the Thunder Beam. Be sure that, when possible, you refill Fire
Storm. When you get to the Flying Met, let him fire once. Jump onto the
platform and then blast him once with Thunder Beam. The major problem in this
stage is, of course, Sniper Joe. Your best bet lies in the Ice Slasher.
Freeze him when he drops his shield, switch to the Arm Cannon, and fire away!
Bombman himself is easy if you don't let him trap you in a corner. Use Fire
Storm and fire at him when he lands. If he traps you in a corner, jump over
the bomb while Bombman is in the air above you and activate the Fire Storm.
The shield around you should hit Bombman. That's your best bet if you're
cornered.
Now we proceed to the Dr. Wily stages. Since they are, for the most part,
new versions of enemies whom you've fought in the past, I won't go in to too
much detail. The walkthrough can help you with the new bosses.
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After the ending credits, the game will restart. Once again, go to Game Start
and select Megaman 2!
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III. Walkthrough - Megaman 2
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= 3.01.01: Story =
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From the opening of the game:
In the year 200X, a super robot named Megaman was created. Dr. Light created
Megaman to stop the evil desires of Dr. Wily. However, after his defeat, Dr.
Wily created eight of his own robots to counter Megaman.
In other words, this game changes Dr. Wily's wish from wanting to have world
domination to wanting to destroy Megaman.
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= 3.01.02: Boss Order =
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Once again, for those who want a skeleton order.
AIRMAN -> Use Arm Cannon -> Go to Crashman
CRASHMAN -> Use Air Shooter -> Go to Flashman
FLASHMAN -> Use Arm Cannon -> Go to Quickman
QUICKMAN -> Use Time Stopper -> Go to Metalman
METALMAN -> Use Quick Boomerang -> Go to Bubbleman
BUBBLEMAN -> Use Metal Blades -> Go to Heatman
HEATMAN -> Use Bubble Lead -> Go to Woodman
WOODMAN -> Use Atomic Fire/Crash Bomber -> Go to Skull Castle
I spent a great deal of time working on this order and thanks go to Brian
Sulpher for listening to me ramble on about this. The order I've always used
(it seemed logical to me since I'm decent and don't need 10,000 extra lives)
was:
Metalman -> Flashman -> Quickman -> Woodman -> Airman -> Crashman ->
Bubbleman -> Heatman
This makes the game a little harder but you've always got the robot master's
weakness. A few flaws in this are:
1.) You don't get the most useful (arguably) (but underrated) weapon in the
game anytime soon.
2.) You miss a lot of powerups.
There are many other orders that can be used that are logical. I've started
with Flashman before and gone from there to Quickman and then to Metalman.
I always had the Woodman -> Airman -> Crashman combo. I never thought to
break that up. I've played through this game a whole one time with this order
so this as good as it's gonna get. The order is logical, though, because:
1.) You get Air Shooter and Quick Boomerang at decent times.
2.) You do not miss any powerups (although some take some skill to get)
3.) The levels are a lot easier.
So here we go!
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= 3.01.03: Differences =
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-One of the most obvious is that there is no difficulty setting; it's always
on Difficult.
-During the introduction, the game waits to start going up the building until
all of the text is gone.
-Bosses' names appear next to them instead of below them.
-On Skull Castle Stage Three, there is a point where you have to use Item-3 to
ascend a ledge. At the top of this ledge is a Metal Masher. On the NES
version, the Metal Masher was right at the edge of the ledge so that, if you
were to jump off when the Metal Masher was down, you'd get hurt. Now there
is a small distance in between the edge of the ledge and the Metal Masher.
-For Skull Castle's map, the music doesn't start until you've got the points
all lined up (as opposed to before).
-On Quickman's level, the red tint that appears on the wall when you fight the
Fire Tossers is gone.
-Maybe it's just me, but it seems like you can move ahead of the Mecha Dragon
in Skull Castle Stage One (or he could fall behind intentionally)
-In the Living Room of Death fight, the blocks that are about to form a robot
are discolored for a second before they leave the wall (like in a cartoon).
-You can no longer make birds appear on the boss selected screen.
-Enemies are now on the foremost part of the screen. This is only a big deal
on Airman's stage with the Bird Bombers that drop the eggs. It used to be
that they'd fly behind the clouds. They do not now.
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There's actually an Airman walkthrough in the instruction manual to Megaman 2.
My goal is to be more detailed. It isn't that hard. So we start off with a
copyright notice and then we cut to some text (see: section 3.01.01). After
the text goes away, the screen starts to go up until we see Megaman standing
atop a building, surveying the city. Press start and he'll put on his helmet
and leave. Now it's time for the stage select! Go up one to Airman and let's
get this thing started!
Before we begin, I want to take responsibility for something. For those
familiar with my work, I am terrible at making up names. Protobubbleman and
all the enemies in the next three games (with the exceptions of the Lighting
Lords and Fan Fiends -- those are Capcom's, as per the Megaman 2 manual) are
mine.
Let's pity my baby.
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= 3.02.01: Airman =
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Enemies: Hornette, Fan Fiend, Lighting Lord, Wormer, Bird Bomber, Hatchling,
Airman
You teleport in onto a platform high up in the sky. Go right to meet a Horn
Head. Horn Head's have two attacks. They've got the horn on their head (if
you didn't figure that out) and they shoot out Hornettes, miniature version of
the Horn Heads that fly around like a slower version of the Blader from
Megaman. Let the Horn Head put its horns up. When it retracts its horns, jump
onto its head. This is the only way to cross this expanse. Run to the right
side of the Horn Head and jump to the grey platform above you. Wait for the
Horn Head below you to drop its horns before you jump over to it. During this
time, Hornettes will be flying at you. During this stretch, just ignore them.
When this Horn Head drops its horns, go right and jump onto the small grey
platform in front of you. Now you see a Horn Head above you. Wait for it to
drop its horns (get the point?) and then jump to it. Run to the right and
jump over to the next gray platform. Jump to the Horn Head to your right.
Wait for it to lower its horns and then jump to the gray platform to the
right. Jump over to the next Horn Head. Wait for it to lower its horns and
then jump to the long gray platform to the right. Wait for a second. A
Lightning Lord will come towards you. Lightning Lords travel in counter-
clockwise circles. When he gets to you, blast him a few times with your Arm
Cannon and then jump to his cloud. When the "Thunder Chariot" takes you to the
right side of its cycle, you'll encouner another Lightning Lord. As soon as
you think he's in range, start jumping and shooting. When he is destroyed (if
the Thunder Chariot hasn't moved too far away), jump over to it. If it has
moved too far away, it's better to be safe than sorry. Wait for it to come
around again, dispose of the Lightning Lord, and jump to it.
When this Thunder Chariot gets to the right side of its cycle, wait for the
Lightning Lord to be level with you and then blast it to bits. When it is
destroyed, jump to its cloud. This Thunder Chariot will circle behind a cloud.
Wait for it to fully emerge and then start the jumping and firing combination
to destroy the oncoming Lightning Lord. Claim its Thunder Chariot. When this
final Thunder Chariot reaches the right side of the screen, jump onto the
ledge. Solid ground! Finally! Yeah! This victory is shortlived, sadly. A
steady stream of Bird Bombers will begin to assault you now. Bird Bombers are
birds with eggs clutched in their talons. The Bird Bombers themselves aren't
a danger -- the Hatchlings are. The Bird Bomber will drop its egg payload to
the ground (if it misses the ground and falls down a pit, the Hatchlings will
not emergey). When the egg comes in contact with the ground, a swarm of
Hatchlings will Hatchling (oh boy!). You'll have to hit them very fast. The
best way to deal with these guys is to blast the egg before it reaches the
ground. So go right, jumping and hitting the eggs as they fall. When you
reach the far right side of the ledge (about four or five Bird Bombers later),
you'll see that the screen ends abruptly. A cloud covers the platform at the
end. When you've played video games for as long as I have, you learn to never
trust a covered platform. Sure enough -- walk forward and fall down the hole
that was covered by the cloud.
[Halfway point]
This next area is tiny. There are two Wormers (yeah, if you've got a better
name that's got nothing to do with toothpaste, snakes, or boomerangs, let me
know; I couldn't think of anything else) on this screen. You don't have to
worry about these guys for this level. To Wormer (it's a long guide, folks)
your way out, jump to the left to the first small grey platform. Fall off to
the left and then jump over the grey block column. Upon landing to the left of
the column, run left to fall down through the platform (crazy cloud).
You land on yet another long ledge that is covered in clouds. There's nothing
hidden on this ledge so you're safe. Run to the right to find a Horn Head.
It starts again. Wait for the Horn Head to lower its horns and then jump to
it. Stand in the middle while fending off the Hornettes. When the Horn Head
that you're standing on drops its horns, run right and jump to the next Horn
Head. Wait for it to lower its horns and then jump right to the grey platform.
Run to the right of the platform and jump to the next one. Jump from here to
the next one. Whatever you do upon landing, _KEEP PUSHING RIGHT_. You'll
encounter a Fan Fiend. He is trying to (there are a lot of sick jokes but I
will not use them) blow you away. So as you're running right, jump and fire at
the Fan Fiend. When he is destroyed, hop onto his ledge and jump from that
ledge to the ledge above you. Drop down to the right and jump over to the
grey platform to your right. The Bird Bombers will return at this point,
dropping their birdy fury upon you! Deal with them in the same manner as
before -- destroy the eggs before they hit the ground. Never hit the Bird
Bombers themselves; they'll drop the eggs. So jump to the next platform and
then to the next small one. Wait here for a Bird Bomber to fly above the
platform to your right and drop its egg. Destroy the egg and then claim that
platform. Upon landing here, you'll feel the effects of another Fan Fiend. He
is a platform away and you don't want to risk the gap, so start hopping and
firing on your current platform. The Bird Bombers are your top priority,
though, so keep an eye on them. Once you've destroyed this Fan Fiend, hop over
to the next platform and jump from there to the one above you. The platform
above this is home to yet another Fan Fiend so jump up there and charge him.
Be sure to watch out for the Bird Bombers as you go! Jump to the right to
depart from this platform. You might even want to fire a shot or two in
midair. Run right and jump up the next two platforms. Jump across to the
next grey platform and drop off to the right to land on yet another grey
ledge. Run to the right to encounter the boss gate. Unlike Megaman 1, the
boss gates in Megaman 2 are tiny little passages that function as a halfway
point. So go through to encounter...
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BOSS: AIRMAN
Airman is a tough robot to defeat without taking a hit if you've got no
master weapons. Since this is just to get you through the game, Airman makes
a good starting 'bot for our purposes.
Airman has two attacks. His main one is to shoot out five or six tornadoes
using his Air Shooter. You cannot shoot through these tornadoes. After a
second or so, he'll blow the tornadoes at you. He'll repeat this two more
times. At this point, he'll jump over you, turn around, and repeat the process
from the other side of the room. The jumping thing is his second attack.
So the easiest way to defeat him is to jump over his tornadoes. When he shoots
the tornadoes out, jump over any that are you in your way. Once you have a
clear shot, fire away at Airman. While firing, you'll be blown back to the
other side of the room. NOT THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TOO MUCH DIFFERENT (i.e. a
tea party) FROM A GUY WITH A LARGE FAN IN HIS MIDSECTION OR ANYTHING. Repeat
this process until he jumps over you. When he jumps, he hops once and then
does the huge jump. This is when he is the most vunerable as there are no
tornadoes. He pauses for a second upon landing so be sure to take advantage of
this. This battle is mostly about finesse.
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While I'm thinking about it...
[Note to self: mini-boss in Topman's stage = Top Cat]
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V. Walkthrough - Wily Tower
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Alright, I decided to skip ahead to this section. I now bring you what is,
at the time of this writing, the most complete source of information for the
Wily Tower!
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= 5.01.01: Story =
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There's really no story. After suffering three more crippling defeats at the
hands of Megaman (I've read one version where this game takes place following
Megaman II while Wily is still on a roll with the time machine), Wily takes
refuge in his new tower with his three new robots guarding the tower: Buster
Rod-G, Mega Water-S, and Hyper Storm-H! I've also read that those three robots
were inspired by "Journey to the West" or "The Monkey King," two Chinese
fables.
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It really doesn't matter since the bosses give you nothing. You start with
all of the weapons...but I'll get into that prior to the walkthrough. The
order I'll be using for this guide is top to bottom:
BUSTER ROD-G -> Use Gemini Laser -> Go to Mega Water-S
MEGA WATER-S -> Use Hyper Bomb -> Go to Hyper Storm-H
HYPER STORM-H -> Use Crash Bomber -> Go to Wily Tower
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Alright, here we go. When you choose a stage, you get to pick between 22
weapons and seven items. Of those, you can bring eight weapons and three items
to each stage. I will list the weapons and items that will be useful to bring.
So the stage select screen has three enemies on it. Start with the one on
top: Buster Rod-G!
By the way, here is how you work the weapon select screen. Start by going left
and choosing a blank space under "WEAPON." You will now go to the top menu.
The default is Megaman 1. Press right to go to Megaman 2 and right again to
reach Megaman 3. Here are the weapons in order from top to bottom and left to
right (I give their two letter initial followed by the weapon name):
<- Megaman 1 ->
- Weapon -
CU: Rolling Cutter
GU: Super Arm
IC: Ice Slasher
BO: Hyper Bomb
FI: Fire Storm
EL: Thunder Beam
<- Megaman 2 ->
- Weapon -
BU: Bubble Lead
AI: Air Shooter
QU: Quick Boomerang
WO: Leaf Shield
CR: Crash Bomber*
FL: Time Stopper
ME: Metal Blade
HE: Atomic Fire
<- Megaman 3 ->
- Weapon -
SP: Spark Shock
SN: Search Snake
NE: Needle Cannon
TO: Top Spin
SH: Shadow Blade
MA: Magnet Missile
GE: Gemini Laser
HA: Hard Knuckle
*During the game, its initial is CL. This is because the Japanese language has
no difference between R and L. Some games call Crashman Clashman. It's still
the Crash Bomber.
Once you choose one, go to the next blank and pick another weapon. Repeat this
until you have eight weapons. Now go to "ITEM." Choose a blank space and
pick between these:
Megaman 123
- Item -
MB: Magnet Beam
I1: Item-1
I2: Item-2
I3: Item-3
RC: Rush Coil
RM: Rush Marine
RJ: Rush Jet
We may not always use everything but they're there to help you. This game is
very fun for playing around in so I use the master weapons a lot. The
weapon select screen actually has logos of each of these weapons. It looks
awesome.
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= 5.02.01: Buster Rod-G =
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Weapons:
1.) Fire Storm
2.) Thunder Beam
3.) Hyper Bomb
4.) Crash Bomber
5.) Quick Boomerang
6.) Metal Blade
7.) Air Shooter
8.) Hard Knuckle
Items:
1.) Rush Jet
2.) Magnet Beam
3.) Item-3
Alright, let's get started!
You're in a jungle. You start at the bottom of a ledge. On top of the ledge
is a Hammer Joe. Above the Hammer Joe are two Pea Shooters. Equip Fire Storm
and make small hops. When the Hammer Joe's eye is open, fire a Fire Storm shot
at it. Three of these Fire Storms will destroy it. Now equip the Thunder
Beam. Jump onto the edge of the ledge and wait for both of the Pea Shooters
above you to open up. Fire the Thunder Beam to destroy them both. Now run to
the right side of the screen, hop on the ladder, and ascend it.
Equip the Quick Boomerang and jump to the ledge to your left (be careful of
the spikes below!). When you land, fire a Quick Boomerang to take care of the
Helimet before it can do anything. Jump left to the ledge where it was and
fire yet another Quick Boomerang to destroy the Helimet here. Jump to the
ledge to your left and climb up.
When you enter this screen, two Cloud Bills from Snakeman's stage will be
coming at you. They'll be above you, though, so equip the Air Shooter and
take them both out from the ladder. Once they've been unclouded and sailed
past, finish ascending the ladder. Jump across the three small ledges here
and then jump to the brown tube below you. This is a cloud generator from
Snakeman's stage. Wait for the cloud to start rising. At about this time,
another Cloud Bill will be on an intercept course above you. Jump and fire an
Air Shooter blast to take care of it. When the cloud platform reaches the top
of the screen, jump right and land on another cloud generator. Jump down and
to the right from here to land on yet another cloud generator. Wait for the
cloud to come up. Let the cloud reach the height of the generator to your left
and then jump off to the wooden pillar to the right. Equip Fire Storm again.
Atop the pillar to your right is a Hammer Joe. Wait for it to open its eyes
and then fire a Fire Storm shot at it. Repeat this two more times to destroy
it. Jump over to the platform on which the Hammer Joe was standing. Time to
fire the next Hammer Joe! Let it open its eye and then blast it the way you've
blasted the previous two Hammer Joes. If you feel like playing around, let it
release its hammer and then blast it with Air Shooter. Anyway, jump to the
platform to your right and drop off it to the right. Equip the Quick Boomerang
and head right. When the Helimet starts to take off, jump and fire a Quick
Boomerang at it real quick. Jump to its ledge and repeat the process for the
next Helimet. Jump to the final ledge, go right, and descend the ladder.
There's a Fan Fiend from Airman's stage here. He's got a lot better range it
seems like. Your best bet is to equip the Hard Knuckle and go right. Drop
off the ledge that you're on to land on a long wooden platform. Jump, fire
a Hard Knuckle, land, run right, and repeat three times to destroy the Fan
Fiend. Jump onto its platform and equip Air Shooter. Jump to the left and
turn to the right as you begin to fall.
As soon as you land on the ground, fire one Air Shooter shot to take care of
the three Bladers on this screen. Now you're free to jump up the three ledges
here and fall off to the right.
Down here you encounter a Topper. Send a few Crash Bombs his way to knock him
out. Destroy any tops that he released and then go left, jump onto the ledge,
and fall down.
Now you're in an area that resembles Woodman's stage, complete with the Mecha
Rabbits. Pull out the Fire Storm and wait for a Bird Bomber enemy to drop its
egg. When it does, fire the Fire Storm at the Hatchlings. Once they've been
taken care of, destroy the Mecha Rabbit using whatever weapon you prefer. Jump
up these ledges and then descend them to the right. As you go, use the Air
Shooter to destroy any Bird Bombers that you encounter. At the bottom of this
pyramid-like ledge, fire a Hard Knuckle at the oncoming Mecha Rabbit. Go right
and dispose of the next Mecha Rabbit in the same manner. Jump up the three
ledges here and fall off to the right. Go right, over to the next screen.
[Halfway point]
Here you'll encounter some Small Snakes from Snakeman's stage. Go right so
that you're standing on the part of the ground where the texture changes to
match that of Snakeman's stage. Pull out the Air Shooter and fire it once to
take out all three Small Snakes. Hop up the ledges and jump left. Use the
weapon energy pellets to refill your Air Shooter and then climb up the ladder.
Up here you will encounter a Super Snake. Pull out your Hard Knuckle. Wait
for the Super Snake to fire two shots. Jump up in between the two shots and
fire a Hard Knuckle. When you land, jump again and fire yet another Hard
Knuckle to destroy the Super Snake. Navigate across its coils (they're in
different positions depending upon where they were when you defeated the
Super Snake) and go right.
Now we've got some Met Miners from Gutsman's stage. Pull out the Hard Knuckle
and wait for them to drop their shields to throw picks at you. Jump and fire
one Hard Knuckle at each Met Miner to destroy them both. Jump right to the
first ledge and from there to the second. Drop off to the right.
Jump left over the spike pit. Walk left and fall off the cliff. Hold right to
land on a small platform. Jump across the next two spike pits and pull out
your Crash Bombs. There is a wall in front of you that can be destroyed by
a Crash Bomb (because those walls are such a common sight in the jungle,
right?). Toss a Crash Bomb at it, grab the energy capsule, and proceed through
the new "door" that was made from your bomb. There is a Flamethrower from
Heatman's stage in here. Go right and pull out your Air Shooter. Fire Air
Shooter to destroy the Flamethrower. Jump on to the Flamethrower's platform
and from there to the ledge to your right to grab and energy tank. Jump left
to the previous ledge and from there to the ground. Now go left to the
previous screen. Jump across the spike pits (be sure to be at the edge of
your ledge before you jump) and fall off the cliff to your left.
This is the final stretch. Pull out the Hard Knuckle weapon and move forward
to see a Metdozer from Shadowman's stage in your path. Fire a Hard Knuckle
at itss head to destroy it. Drop off your ledge and into the gap where the
Metdozer used to be. Go right to find another ledge and another Metdozer.
Wait for the Metdozer to go to the right side of the ledge. Jump onto the
ledge, jump again, and fire a Hard Knuckle at the Metdozer. Move to the right
side of the ledge to encounter a Bubble Bat. Fire two Arm Cannon shots at it
to destroy it. Drop off the ledge and move right to encounter two more Bubble
Bats. Throw a Metal Blade at each one. Continue right to encounter two ledges
and two Metools as well as another Bubble Bat. Throw a Metal Blade at the
Bubble Bat when he comes out. Move right to awaken the first Metool. As soon
as he peeks out, fire a Metal Blade at it. Jump onto its ledge. While you're
in mid-air, fire another Metal Blade at the second Metool. It should hit right
when the Metool peeks out. Once this final Metool is destroyed, hop down and
over to the boss gate. Go through the boss gate to reach the first boss in the
Genesis unit...
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BOSS: BUSTER ROD-G
Buster Rod-G is very easy with the Gemini Laser and/or the Hyper Bombs. For
the sake of this, let's use Hyper Bomb. Stand on the far left side of the
room. He cannot hit you if you are here. Run right, jump, and toss a Hyper
Bomb. As soon as you've tossed it, run left again to the left side of the
room. Repeat this strategy until he starts to spin his rod around. During
this time, you cannot hit him. He'll stand still for a minute after he is
done. Fire an Arm Cannon shot at him now. He'll jump up into the middle of
the room. At this point, pull out your Air Shooter and hit him until he has
one bar of life left, at which point he'll take off.
He goes down quickly with this strategy. If you were to use a different
strategy -- a slower one -- this is what would happen. From the middle of the
room (he's in mid-air), he can hit you regardless of where you are in the room.
After that, he'll clone himself like Geminiman and send the clone after you.
This makes things difficult.
Anyway, we haven't seen the last of him!
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= 5.02.02: Mega Water-S =
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Weapons:
1.) Hyper Bomb
2.) Thunder Beam
3.) Ice Slasher
4.)
Items:
1.) Rush Marine
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VI. Last Words
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| 6.01: Copyright Information |
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Megaman and all characters, stages, items, and other related things are
copyright Capcom, 1986-2004. This guide/FAQ/walkthrough is copyrighted (c)
2001-2004 to Trace Jackson, and is the intellectual property of Trace Jackson.
This guide/FAQ/walkthrough is protected under International Copyright Laws.
Please feel free to put this anywhere you like, as long as I get credit for it.
After all, this is to help the readers! It should be spread around! I WOULD
like it if you emailed me asking for permission, but it's not necesary. Just
realize that the latest updates to this guide can and will always be found at
IGN FAQs (faqs.ign.com), GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com), and Meowthnum1.com
(www.meowthnum1.com).
The following are sites that can not use my work. If you see these sites using
any of my FAQs, please e-mail me ASAP. Each of these websites are sites that
have plagiarized myself or others in the past, or simply taken our works
without our prior permission. Since they do not have enough respect for the
authors (or an ignorance of the law), I am expressly forbidding them from using
my work. I will not condone such sites that partake in these actions.
911 Codes http://911codes.com
9 Lives http://www.9lives.ru/eng/
Bean's PSX Dimension http://www.bean.dk/psx/index.htm
Cheat Code Central http://www.cheatcc.com
Cheat Index http://cheatindex.com
Cheat Matrix http://cheatmatrix.com
Cheat Search http://cheatsearch.com
Cheatstop http://www.panstudio.com/cheatstop/
CNET Gamecenter http://games.netscape.com/Faqs/
Console Domain http://www.consoledomain.co.uk
Dirty Little Helper http://dlh.net
Dark Station http://www.darkstation.com/
Dreamland http://kirby.pokep.net
Games Domain http://www.gamesdomain.com
Game Express http://www.gameexpress.com
Games Over http://www.gamesover.com/
Mega Games http://www.megagames.com
Square Haven http://www.square-haven.net
Ultimate System http://www.flatbedexpress.com
VideoGaming.net http://www.videogaming.net/
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| 6.02: Revision History |
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Version 0.25 (2/16/04): Initial version. This contains the walkthrough for
Megaman 1. About 263 KB.
Version 0.30 (2/29/04): Second version. Due to indecisiveness, this contains
a correction for Megaman, the walkthrough up to
Airman's stage in Megaman 2, and a walkthrough for
Buster Rod-G's stage in Wily Tower. About 316 KB.
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| 6.03: Contact Me |
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***READ THIS FIRST***
Please only contact me about the game if you've read the entire walkthrough and
are sure that the question cannot be answered in the walkthrough. I've got
other things to do than check my own walkthrough. If you want a response that
is not mocking and sarcastic, please specify that you need help on Wily Wars.
Saying, "PLEASE HELP ME ON LEVEL 1" or "PLEASE HELP ME WITH ELECMAN" isn't
good enough (I've written more than guide and Elecman has appeared in a few of
them). That said...
AIM : TracesWritingAIM
Email: meowthnum1@meowthnum1.com
Now for a note about the AIM. This new AIM allows for me to be on two
screennames at once. If you need an answer "RIGHT NOW PLEASE HELP!!" that
isn't too farfetched and complex, then please send me an IM there. I enjoy
receiving a good email as much as the next writer though. Especially if it
is a praise email. I tend to keep those.
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| 6.04: Credits |
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-Those in the dedication - Motivation, caring, etc.
-Ryan Ammerman - Calling my crazy when talking about the maps.
-MMHP - I couldn't have done this without MMHP's aid. I got
(http://mmhp.net) some enemy names and differences between the Genesis
and NES versions from MMHP.
-Whoever bought... - For the REM CD that I listened to while doing this.
-LizAnn Nealing - For the Simon and Garfunkel CD that I listened to
while writing and for just being awesome.
-Cool 96.9 - For more music. I like the music for this game but
(http://cool969.com) while I wasn't playing... (Oldies)
-102.9: The Point - For even more music that I listened to. Lots of
(http://1029i.com) music, right? (80s)
-David Ware - Encouragement. He gave me something to shoot for.
-REM - Awesome band.
-Mrs. O - Proper comma usage.
-Rich Arnett - Suggestions
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| 6.05: Thank You for Playing! |
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I've enjoyed writing this. I really have. Even though it's driven everyone
crazy (by "everyone," I mean my dog, cats, and me), they were still fun. I
did this game for two reasons. The first was to give me an excuse to re-write
those lousy excuses for guides for Megaman 1-3. The second was to give me a
warmup for what's coming in May: the two Megaman Anniversary Collection games.
See you then!
--Trace Jackson