Best Mega Man Games, Ranked From Worst to Best
7) Mega Man
The game that started a legacy, Mega Man is a worthwhile relic of the NES game era. Dripping with 8-bit charm from its art to its soundtrack, it exemplified the action platformers of the time while introducing something new to the world.
Its introduction of the Blue Bomber and his quest to stop the mad scientist Dr. Wily would become well known enough to warrant a sequel, and spawn one of the most iconic franchises in the industry.
Of course, this reliance on staples of its time has also kept it from aging gracefully.
Common conventions that made platformers more tolerable, from clearer level design to fairer difficulty curves, are absent from the first entry, and it can be rough to slog through even for experienced veterans of the series.
Likewise, it can feel a bit bare bones compared to the later entries in the series, with levels and bosses that can feel too similar in their designs.
All the same, it’s the game that started it all, and even three decades later the magic it held can still be found by those willing to look.
