Mega Man (original series)

The Mega Man series, known as Rockman in Japan and often referred as "original Mega Man" or "classic Mega Man", is the first series of the Mega Man franchise of games. The first game, Mega Man, was released on December 17, 1987 on the Famicom (FC) in Japan and on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America and Europe.

Most of the main games in the series are referred to as "Mega Man" (or "Rockman") followed by a number (2, 3, etc.). However, the ninth game in the classic series (not counting the "side-stories") is called Mega Man & Bass. The tenth official game in the classic series is titled Mega Man 9, which has a retro look, having the 8-bit appearance of the NES Mega Man games.

Story
The basic story of the series revolves around the robot engineer Dr. Thomas Light, his robotic "children," Rock (a lab-assistant) and Roll (a housekeeper), and their struggle against Dr. Albert W. Wily. The series is set in the early-21st century.

Timeline
Below is a basic timeline of the Mega Man series. See the game pages for more details of the story.

Main timeline:
 * Mega Man
 * Mega Man 2
 * Mega Man 3
 * Mega Man 4
 * Mega Man 5
 * Mega Man 6
 * Mega Man 7
 * Mega Man 8
 * Mega Man & Bass (Shown in the ending of Mega Man 9)
 * Mega Man 9
 * Mega Man 10

Game Boy games:
 * Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (Sometime after Mega Man 2)
 * Mega Man II (Sometime after Mega Man 4)
 * Mega Man III (Sometime after Mega Man 4)
 * Mega Man IV (Sometime after Mega Man 5)
 * Mega Man V (Between Mega Man IV and Mega Man 6)

Other games:
 * Wily and Right's RockBoard: That's Paradise (Sometime after Mega Man 4)
 * Mega Man: The Wily Wars (Sometime after Mega Man 3)
 * Mega Man's Soccer (Sometime after Mega Man 5)
 * Super Adventure Rockman (Sometime after Mega Man 5)
 * Mega Man: The Power Battle (Sometime after Mega Man 7)
 * Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters (Sometime after Mega Man 8)
 * Mega Man: Battle & Chase (Sometime after Mega Man 8)

This series is followed by the Mega Man X series, which happens in the 22nd century.