Mega Man (Game Gear)

Mega Man is a Mega Man game, that was developed by Freestyle and released exclusively in North America by U.S. Gold for the Sega Game Gear in 1994. Despite the title, it is not a remake of the original Mega Man game, but an original title that uses elements from both Mega Man 4 and 5. It is also the only Mega Man game released for the Game Gear handheld system.

Mega Man (Game Gear): Final Stage and Credits
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Trivia

 * Even though it's shown to be Wily Castle from Mega Man 4 before the final stage, its Dr. Cossack's Citadel that's seen exploding at the end of the game.
 * Dr. Cossack himself is also never mentioned.
 * In the stage select screen, Star Man's icon is miscolored green.
 * Given the smaller screen size of the Game Gear, players often must do a leap-of-faith, hoping to land on another platform, as they often cannot see what is below. However, if the player holds the Jump button for a few seconds, they can move the camera position with the directional pad, allowing them to see any platform or trap that's otherwise offscreen.
 * Unlike most other Mega Man games, Mega Man can only have two buster shots on-screen at once, instead of three.
 * Also, a fully-charged buster shot does 4 units of damage instead of 3 in this game.
 * The Robot Masters act and move considerably faster and more aggressively than their NES counterparts.
 * The styling, but not the color palettes, of the Robot Masters and level tiles in this game is similar to that of Mega Man: The Wily Wars.
 * Most of the weaponry in this game is simplified to "(One word of the weapon's name) Weapon" when you gain it; for instance, the Napalm Bomb and Rain Flush are called "Bomb Weapon" and "Rain Weapon," respectively.
 * A Robot Master's weakness does 4 units of damage.
 * Wave Man's theme was changed to Gravity Man's theme for this game.
 * Wave Man also has no weakness outside of the Mega Buster.
 * Oddly enough, Wave Man's actual theme can be heard during the Game Over.
 * Wily Castle consists of Quick Man's stage and a hallway which leads to the final battle with Dr. Wily, as well as a small final Wily stage that was taken from Mega Man 5.
 * When Mega Man defeats Dr. Wily, he does a final move like he is getting a weapon, which is unnecessary.
 * Oddly enough, Mega Man's artwork on the box is a truncated version of him with the Salt Water weapon, despite it not appearing in this game.
 * Instead of Dr. Wily jumping out of his capsule at the end of the game's final boss, he instead explodes with the capsule itself. However, he does appear in the closing screen following the credits, panicing before Mega Man.
 * Mega Man's helmet on the title screen is taken from Mega Man 4.
 * This is one of the few games in the Classic series that can be played from start to finish with the Mega Buster only, the other being Mega Man 10.
 * There are no continues if the player loses all of their lives. Therefore, if the player gets a Game Over in the final stages, they'll have to restart over from Wave Man's stage again providing they remember the password.