History VideoGame / MegaMan1

** The Wily Machine is the FinalBoss rather than being a penultimate boss in the other games (at least the ones not on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy).

The game would later receive a [[UpdatedRerelease 16-bit upgrade]] in the [[NoExportForYou Europe and Japan exclusive]] ''VideoGame/MegaManTheWilyWars''/''Rockman Megaworld'' cartridge for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis (aside from a brief American release as a downloadable Sega Channel exclusive, and an eventual local release as a bundle with other Sega games in the ''Sega Genesis Mini''). It would later be ported to the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] as ''Rockman: Complete Works'', and then to the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} as part of ''Anniversary Collection''. It has also seen a release on UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, as well as on the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, [=PlayStation=] 4, and Xbox One PC as part of the ''Mega Man Legacy Collection''. This game also received a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]], called ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''.

This game would later receive a companion title for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, called ''VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge''.

''Mega Man'' (''Rockman'' in Japanese) is a 1987 UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem video game by Creator/{{Capcom}}, and is the first game in the eponymous [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic series]] of the same name, as well as its many, many spinoffs.

At the time, Mega Man was a revolutionary title in the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] library; first, you could choose to tackle any stage you wished in any order you desired, second, to add a layer of strategy, the game allowed you to not only [[VictorGainsLosersPowers keep the weapon of whatever boss you killed]], but also allow you to use the weapon in question against [[TacticalRockPaperScissors another boss that was particularly weak to it.]] The game's cartoony graphics and catchy music, not to mention its [[NintendoHard grueling difficulty]], established many hallmarks that we've grown to love about the series.

[[caption-width-right:350: The game that started it all. [[note]] From left to right; [[CartoonBomb Bomb Man]], [[BattleBoomerang Cut Man]], [[SuperStrength Guts Man]], [[AnIcePerson Ice Man]], [[ShockAndAwe Elec Man]] and [[PlayingWithFire Fire Man.]] [[/note]]]]

* TemporaryPlatform: The Magnet Beam allows Mega Man to fire a blue beam out of his Buster that he can stand on after releasing the fire button. The longer the player holds the fire button before releasing, the longer the beam will be, but it disappears a few seconds after being released, and holding the button longer doesn't make it stick around any longer.

The game would later receive a [[UpdatedRerelease 16-bit upgrade]] in the [[NoExportForYou Europe and Japan exclusive]] ''VideoGame/MegaManTheWilyWars''/''Rockman Megaworld'' cartridge for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis (aside from a brief American release as a downloadable Sega Channel exclusive, and an eventual local release as a bundle with other Sega games in the ''Sega Genesis Mini''). It would later be ported to the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] as ''Rockman: Complete Works'', and then to the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} as part of ''Anniversary Collection''. It has also seen a release on UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, as well as on the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, {{PlayStation}} 4, and Xbox One PC as part of the ''Mega Man Legacy Collection''. This game also received a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]], called ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''.

** MercyInvincibility won't protect you from SpikesOfDoom. VideoGame/MegaManX7 is the only game to bring this back.

* RockPaperScissors: As with all of the games, each of the robot masters is weak to one other robot master's weapon. Thus, after beating one boss, you can exploit their weapon to beat the next boss who is vulnerable to them, and so on.

The game would later receive a [[UpdatedRerelease 16-bit upgrade]] in the [[NoExportForYou Europe and Japan exclusive]] ''VideoGame/MegaManTheWilyWars''/''Rockman Megaworld'' cartridge for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis (aside from a brief American release as a downloadable Sega Channel exclusive, and an eventual local release as a bundle with other Sega games in the ''Sega Genesis Mini''). It would later be ported to the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] as ''Rockman: Complete Works'', and then to the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} as part of ''Anniversary Collection''. It has also seen a release on UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, as well as on the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One PC as part of the ''Mega Man Legacy Collection''. This game also received a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]], called ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''.

The game would later receive a [[UpdatedRerelease 16-bit upgrade]] in the [[NoExportForYou Europe and Japan exclusive]] ''VideoGame/MegaManTheWilyWars''/''Rockman Megaworld'' cartridge for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis (aside from a brief American release as a downloadable Sega Channel exclusive, and an eventual local release as a bundle with other Sega games in the ''Sega Genesis Mini''). It would later be ported to the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] as ''Rockman: Complete Works'', and then to the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} as part of ''Anniversary Collection''. It has also seen a release on UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, and on PC as part of the ''Mega Man Legacy Collection''. This game also received a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]], called ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''.

The game was ultimately a modest hit in Japan, but performed rather poorly in sales internationally, which made Capcom reluctant to make another sequel, but they ultimately [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 greenlighted one anyway...]]

** MercyInvincibility won't protect you from SpikesOfDoom.

* BossRush: Played quite differently than the later games (aside from ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'', both of which brought it back). Instead of all the Robot Masters being fought in a contained room, they're fought separately across levels.

* ElementalBaggage: Guts Man and his Super Arm play this straight; Mega Man, however, [[RequiredSecondaryPowers does not]].
* EternalEngine: Elec Man's stage.

* FireIceLightning: Fire Man, Ice Man, and Elec Man, respectively. Naturally, Mega Man will wield all three of their weapons after you defeat them.

* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: Elec Man's stage, and part of Cut Man and Bomb Man's stages. The final Wily stage also goes upwards as the BossRush is progressed.

* AbilityRequiredToProceed: Didn't pick up the Magnet Beam in Elec Man's level? You won't reach the end of the first Wily stage without it, so get a GameOver to get back to the stage selection screen and go get it!

* AscendedGlitch: The "Pause Trick" is so well known that in the ''Anniversary Collection'' port, the glitch was deliberately left intact. Even moreso in the ''Legacy Collection'' where not only is it intact, but the expected way to get a gold medal on the time trial for Yellow Devil is to Pause Trick him.

* BlobMonster: The Yellow Devil.

* CartoonBomb: The Hyper Bomb, both for you and Bomb Man.

** Only six Robot Masters are present, all with small, sparse stages -- the {{Boss Corridor}}s of which are longer and contain enemies.

** Weapon and energy items look different than they do in later games.

* AnIcePerson: Ice Man.

* KaizoTrap: Just about any boss in the game can cause this. Unlike other games in the series, the boss' projectiles do not disappear when they're defeated, and can still hit you. This is especially problematic because Mega Man is frozen briefly when the boss explodes. It is entirely possible as a result to die after beating the boss, which of course means having to fight them all over again.

* LuckBasedMission: Taking out CWU-01P's last three forms [[NoDamageRun without getting hit]] depends on them all emerging from the left or right hatches. If any of them emerge from the center shaft, Mega Man will have a very difficult time (if not an impossible time) dodging them.

* PlayingWithFire: Fire Man.