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Last Updated: 11/3/01.




Extra lives
How do you defeat the first Dr. Wily?
Get the Rush Jet or Rush Merine
Shadow Man's stage tip
Invincible
Boss damage chart
Slow-motion
Freeze the boss
Hints
Weird stuff
Jump very high
Passwords
Game Genie codes


Extra lives
Sent in by Justin Morgan

For quick extra lives, go to Gemini Man's stage and travel until you 
find a robotic duck that releases small penguins. Stand in front of 
it, leaving a little space, and keep blasting the never-ending supply 
of penguins, only stopping to grab lives and needed power-ups left by them.


How do you defeat the first Dr. Wily?
Sent in by Viper-X27

When you first see Dr. Wily, he's in a machine with 2 pin-like legs. To 
defeat the first part use the Hard Knuckle on the gun on the bottom of 
the "Pinbot". You'll have to jump and shoot at just the right time. His 
shots are easy to avoid. When you destroy the gun, Wily appears in 
the machine. To easily beat him, use the Rush Jet. Fly up to his level 
and shoot rapidly. You can avoid his shots easily with the Rush Jet. 
Follow these tips and he'll be defeated. When you fight Gamma, first 
stand under him and attack with the Shadow Blade, after the first head 
is gone, attack the second head by climbing to the highest platform and 
jump at his Wily's face with the Top Spin and he'll be history.


Get the Rush Jet or Rush Merine
Sent in by Greg Roberts at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

I discovered a glitch that lets you get either the Rush Jet or Rush 
Merine before you defeat the appropriate bosses. To get the Rush Merine 
you have to defeat Spark man and be quick, just move your icon to 
where the RM would be and press start. You'll have the Rush Merine, but 
it will be empty, so you need to fill it up and use it. Repeat the 
procedure after you defeat Shadow man to get the Rush Jet.


Shadow Man's stage tip
Sent in by Craig Davis

In ShadowMan's stage, the lights sometimes go out and you must fight in 
the dark. To turn the lights back on, either run until the darkness-generating 
machine is off-screen or use Rush as a trampoline to jump up and destroy it.


Invincible
Sent in by Jean-Philippe Larivire

If you lose all your life while in a hole (by getting hit by a falling 
enemy or enemies weapon), you'll be invincible (however, you won't be
able to shoot mega blaster beams and won't beprotected against 
the things on the walls that make you lose a life in one hit). 
Warning! If you regain energy, you'll lose your invincibility.


Boss damage chart
Sent in by Jean-Philippe Larivire at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

Number of shots to kill _______ with the: 

Abbreviations: 
AC : Arm Cannon
SSH: Spark Shock
SSN: Search Snake
NC : Needle Cannon
HK : Hard Knuckle
TS : Top Spin
MM : Magnet Missile
GB : Gemini Beam
SB : Shadow Blade

X : No damage

AC SSH SSN NC HK TS MM GB SB

28   7   X 14 14 28  X 28  7     Spark Man
28  28   7  7 14 14  X 28 14     Snake Man
28   X  28  7  X 28 28  4 14     Needle Man
28   X   X  X  7  X  7 28  X     Hard Man
14  28  28 14  4  7 28  X 28     Top Man
14   4  28 28 14 28  7 14  4     Magnet Man
28  28   6 28 14 14 14  7 14     Gemini Man
28  28  28 28 14  4 28 28  7     Shadow Man
28  14   X  X  7  X  7 28 14     Metal Man
14   7  28 28 14  X  7 14  X     Air Man
28  28   7  7 14  X  X 28 14     Wood Man
28   X  14  7  X  X 28  7 14     Flash Man
28  28   7 28 28  X 14  7 14     Quick Man
14  28  28 14  4  X 28  X 28     Crash Man
28  28  28 14 14  7 28 28  7     Heat Man
28  7   X  14 14  X  X 28  7     Bubble Man

Use AC           Turtle
Use HK           Rock Man
Use AC           Mega Clone
Use AC           Dr. Wily 1-1
Use Rush Jet     Dr. Wily 1-2
Use SB           Dr. Wily 2-1
Use TS           Dr. Wily 2-2


Slow-motion
Sent in by Clinton Bartlett

Holding up on Controller 2 will cause all animation to go into 
"slow-motion." Movement will continue at the same rate, but 
the animation will be slowed. This may present a problem, 
as enemies will advance at the same speed as before, but 
Mega Man will not move until he stops the "leaning forward" 
animation and begins to run. This can be used along with the 
super-jump by holding up and right.


Freeze the boss
Sent in by Clinton Bartlett

Just as a boss fight begins, hold up and press A on Controller 2. 
This will freeze everything. You will be able to shoot and jump 
up. Kill the boss while he is frozen.


Hints
Sent in by Clinton Bartlett at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

While doing the super-jump trick, you cannot die in pits. Also, 
if an enemy moves across the top of the screen while Mega Man 
is hiding in a pit, Mega Man will take damage. If his energy meter 
runs out, he will be completely impervious to damage. He cannot 
fire his Arm Cannon, though, and it ends if he picks up any energy 
pellets.


Weird stuff
Sent in by Clinton Bartlett

Using the Super-jump technique, before the Proto Man encounter 
in Gemini Man's stage, slide into the area where Proto Man will 
beam down and before the slide ends, super-jump through the 
platform he will stand on. You will hear the entire Proto Man 
intro music, but nothing after that. Also, a lot of weird
things will happen. Try it and see.


Jump very high
Sent in by Clinton Bartlett

If you hold Right, on Controller 2, and then press A on Controller 1, 
you will jump very high.


Passwords
Sent in by Paul

Blue: A3,B5,D3,F4 
Red: A6                   All items and weapons


Sent in by Jeremy Westerman

To go to Dr. Wily's stage and 9 energy tanks enter the code as follows

A1, A3, A6, B2, B5, D3, F4
A6 is red, the rest are blue.

  1 2 3 4 5 6
A X _ X _ _ X
B _ X _ _ X _
C _ _ _ _ _ _
D _ _ X _ _ _
E _ _ _ _ _ _
F _ _ _ X _ _


Sent in by Pierre at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

Top man completed: A3 red, C5 red
Shadow man completed: A3 red, C5 red, D6 red
Sparkman completed: A3 red, C5 red, F4 blue
Magnet man completed: A3 red, B5 red, F4 blue, F5 red
Hard man completed: A3 red, C5 red, C4 red, F4 Blue, F5 red
Gemini man completed: A3 red, B5 blue, C5 red, F4 blue, F5 red
Needle man completed: A3 red, B5 blue, D3 blue, E6 red, F4 blue
Snake man completed: A3 blue, B5 blue, C5 red , D3 blue , F4 blue
Gemini man revisited completed: A3 blue, B5 blue, B6 red, D3 blue, 
E6 red, F4 blue
Spark man Revisited completed: A1 red, A3 blue, B5 blue, B6 red,
D3 blue, F4 blue
Needle man revisited completed: A1 red, A3 blue, B2 blue, B5 blue,
C5 red, D3 blue, F4 blue
Shadow man revisited completed: A1 blue, A3 blue, B2 blue, B5 blue, 
C5 red, D3 blue, E1 red, F4 blue


Sent in by Jean-Philippe Larivire

Use this information to make you're own password.

Number of tanks: 
0: Red 5-C
1: Red 6-E
2: Red 4-E
3: Red 4-B
4: Red 5-A
5: Red 1-C
6: Red 2-D
7: Red 3-C
8: Red 2-F
9: Red 6-A

Enemies: Spark Man : Red 4-F
Shadow Man: Red 6-D
Top Man: Red 3-A
Snake Man : Red 6-F
Needle Man : Red 3-D
Magnet Man : Red 5-F
Gemini Man : Red 5-B
Hard Man: Red 4-C

Two-by-twos: Spark-Shadow Men : Blue 4-F 
Top-Snake Men: Blue 3-A
Needle-Magnet Men : Blue 3-D
Gemini-Hard Men: Blue 5-B

Worlds Revisited: Spark Man: Red 1-A
Shadow Man : Red 4-A
Needle Man : Red 2-B
Gemini Man : Red 6-B

Revisited Two-by-twos: Spark-Shadow Men: Blue 1-A 
Needle-Gemini Men: Blue 2-B


All weapons, All Items, 9 ETs, no Doc Robots
Blue: A3 B5 D3 F4           Red: A6

All weapons, All Items, 9ETs, Dr. Wily Stage 1
Blue: A1 A3 B2 B5 D3 F4     Red: A6 E1

Blue A3 B5 D3 F4      Four Robots
Red C5 E1

Blue A1 B2 D3 A3 B5 F4    Dr. Wily
Red C5 E1

Red A6     Nine energy tanks

Blue F4
Red A3 C4 C5     Hard Man is completed


Game Genie codes
Sent in by Tony Hedstrom at The Code Hut

You can only use one of these codes at a time.

VXTKGE     Infinite lives!
NXTKGE     Start with infinite energy tanks!!
XXTKGA     Infinite energy!! (Invincibility)
VOTKGE     No enemies!
VXTKGA     Start with infinite "Magnet Missile"
EXTKGE     Start with infinite "Snake Search"
SXTKGA     Start with infinite "Hard Knuckle"
KXTKGE     Start with infinite "Shadow Blade"
UXTKGE     Start with infinite "Rush Marine"
KXTKGA     Start with infinite "Needle Cannon"
NXTKGA     Start with infinite "Top Spin"
XXTKGE     Start with infinite "Spark Shock"
UXTKGA     Start with infinite "Gemini Laser"
SNTKGA     If you pause the game, the screen starts to scroll and doesn't stop.
SKTKGE     no music (sound effects only)
EXTKGA     Mega Man can't shoot, and he turns white if you pause, and 
unpause the game.
XUTKGA     you can't see how much energy you have


Sent in by Rick N. Bruns at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

XZXXZZ     Push Start to fill up your energy.  Note that this code
           messes up the subscreen and you can't select the
           gun you start off with.
YNXSTLGO   You can slide forever.
YAKGNIPA   Start with mega speed.

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