Megaman
The Mega Man Classic series is the
colloquial term referring to the original series of Mega Man games from
Capcom, which debuted 17 December 1987 on the NES with the release of
Mega Man. The main games in this series are simply titled Mega Man, so
the word "Classic" is added to disambiguate it from the later Mega Man
series.
Mega Man appeared in six platform shooters originally for
the Nintendo Entertainment System/Family Computer, two for the Super
Famicom/Super NES (one of them released only in Japan, but later
released on the GBA in all regions), one for the Game Gear, one on the
Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, and five for the Nintendo Game Boy.
(Capcom also released a compilation game for the Sega Genesis, titled
Mega Man: The Wily Wars. This game was released only in Europe and
Japan, but was later offered to Sega Channel users as an exclusive
game.)
In addition, there have been numerous side-story games,
such as the sports game Mega Man Soccer for the Super NES and the
racing game Mega Man: Battle and Chase on the PlayStation (Japan and
PAL territories only). Many of the games were ported to or remade for
newer consoles, most notably the six Famicom games being re-released in
Japan with remixed music and unlockable bonus features on the
PlayStation and the previously Japan-only Super Famicom game being
re-released worldwide for the Game Boy Advance.
In 2004, the Mega Man Anniversary Collection was released
for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2, containing Mega Man 1-8,
as well as Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power
Fighters, two arcade games rarely seen outside of Japan. A version for
the Xbox was released in March 2005. Mega Man: Powered Up (Rockman
Rockman in Japan), a remake of the first game, was released for the
PlayStation Portable in 2006.
Plans had also been announced to release a collection of all
five original Game Boy Mega Man titles in color for the Game Boy
Advance, also to be titled Mega Man Anniversary Collection (originally
announced as Mega Man Mania). Several projected and rumored release
dates came and went, and currently the project's future is unknown.
Rumors have surfaced that the game has been cancelled for a variety of
reasons (one interesting rumor suggests that the game's source code was
somehow lost, though this is entirely unsubstantiated at this time).
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