Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge

Time to beat

Main story

18.8 h10 reports

Main + extras

28.3 h6 reports

Completionist

47 h3 reports

Median of the hours reported by players who completed the game.

Synopsis

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, also known as Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge or in Japan as Rockman World is a platform game developed by Minakuchi Engineering and published by Capcom for the Game Boy. It is the first game in the handheld series of the Mega Man franchise. It was released in Japan on July 26, 1991, and was localized in North America that December and in Europe the following year. The game continues the adventures of the android hero Mega Man as he once again confronts the evil Dr. Wily, who has dispatched his revived "Robot Masters" and a new "Mega Man Killer" named Enker. Dr. Wily's Revenge is an action and platform game in the same vein as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Mega Man games. The player is tasked with completing a series of four stages in any order desired. Beating a stage's boss will earn the player a special weapon that can be selected at will and used throughout the rest of the game. Dr. Wily's Revenge specifically takes components of the original Mega Man and Mega Man 2, including their enemies, stage aesthetics, and Robot Masters. According to series artist Keiji Inafune, Dr. Wily's Revenge was the first Mega Man game to be outsourced to a developer separate from Capcom. Critical reception for the game has been favorable, and most sources have denoted it as a competent portable version of the popular NES series, though it was criticized for its high difficulty and lack of checkpoints. Dr. Wily's Revenge was a best-seller and spawned four sequels of its own on the Game Boy, many of which follow its trend of reusing elements from their home console counterparts.

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Details

Type

Game

Release date

July 26, 1991

Genres

action game

Platforms

Game Boy

Created by

Capcom

Countries

Japan