Mega Man Battle & Chase

Mega Man: Battle & Chase, known as Rockman: Battle & Chase (ロックマン バトル＆チェイス) in Japan, is a race game released in 1997 for PlayStation in Japan and Europe, and was released in North America in 2006 as part of the Mega Man X Collection for PlayStation 2 and Game Cube.

Story
A new-hit show called Battle & Chase has been released. It is an extreme racing show, that pays off a large amount of money. Soon, word reaches out to everyone and many robots decide to enter for their own gain, and it becomes a challenge where the stakes are high, and the reward is higher. When word reaches Mega Man, he decides to enter to use the prize money to fix Doctor Light's computer. Doctor Wily enters at the end and plans to steal the prize money for his own evil purposes.

Playable racers


* Dr. Wily is unlocked after completing the game. Only playable in Versus and Time Attack modes. ** In the Japanese version Duo is unlocked only by loading a special save from a Dengeki PlayStation magazine CD or using a cheat device. When starting the game with the save, a cutscene will introduce Duo, he replaces Bass in the opening race, and the message "デューオ登場" ("Duo Appears") appears in the title screen. In other versions he is unlocked after obtaining all four hidden parts that appear after defeating the Black Troop members. Only playable in Versus mode.

Non-playable racers

 * 4 Roader
 * Truck Joe
 * Yellow Devil
 * Black 4 Roader
 * Black Joe
 * Black Yellow Devil

Other characters

 * Chest, Plum and Repot
 * Minor appearances: Dr. Light, Auto, Rush, Eddie, Beat, Treble, Turbo Man

Trivia

 * Most of the voice-overs and the appearances of the characters Plum, Chest and Repot were removed from the non-Japanese versions.
 * The two loading screens can be interacted. Each player can accelerate Auto (Player 1) or Eddie (Player 2) by pressing the X button, and the Baccone eyes can be moved.
 * The secret Extra Parts have resemblance to four Robot Masters. The Hammer Body is similar to Knight Man and attacks with a spiked ball, Retro Engine ("Retro Turbo Engine" in Japan) resembles Turbo Man's engine, Sky High Wing resembles Gyro Man's propeller, and the Blade Tires resembles Slash Man's legs.
 * The cars of Mega Man and Proto Man, Rush Roadstar and Red Striker, appears as toys in the game Mega Man ZX. They also appear in the racing sidequest in the Highway area of Mega Man ZX Advent, where the player can ride on them.
 * There is also a Mega Man race game for cellphone called Rockman GP. It was released in 2004 in Japan and only has three racers.