Top 10 Best Mega Man Video Games

I never owned an NES. I mean, right now I have an emulator, but that doesn't count. I knew all about the original NES games when I was little and occasionally got to play them at some friends' houses. But Mega Man X was MY Mega Man game that made me fall in love with the series.

I got an emulator and checked out all the old games because I loved X so much that I HAD to know what came before. Everything from the music to the graphics and some of the best gameplay and level design I've ever seen makes Mega Man X my no-brainer #1.

Amazing play controls, beautiful sprite animations and backgrounds, great soundtrack and story, best Maverick bosses in the series, and you can play as Zero. A must-play for Mega Man fans. This game is a masterpiece.

The first in the series where Zero is playable, and he is so cool. Also, X4 is where the Mega Man series becomes epic.

I agree. Best weapons in the series, the storyline was very original and interesting at the time. The music is not the best in the series but still top-notch. The Robot Masters and bosses are by far the most unique in the series too.

Best weapon arsenal before 9, best castle bosses, two castles, and lots of platform elements!

Beautiful game, and the OST, bosses, and plot define this game. Almost as good as 3.

Pick your difficulty: For normal difficulty, play the game with no guide whatsoever. For a slightly easier game, play the levels in this order: Metal Man, Wood Man, Bubble Man, Crash Man, Air Man, Flash Man, Heat Man, and Quick Man. If you want the hardest difficulty setting, select "difficult" on the main menu.

I have never managed to complete it, but it's easily one of the best games in the series so far!

People hate it just because it's old, which is a stupid reason to do so! Old doesn't mean bad! In fact, there are a lot of great old games: This, Mega Man X, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, EarthBound, etc.!

One of the first decent stories in the series, with some of the better Robot Masters and pretty decent weapons. Plus, you can also take on the Mega Man 2 Robot Masters (albeit in an exoskeleton) in revamped versions of the earlier stages.

The slide ability makes movement smoother, it introduced Rush, and it has the best version of the Rush Jet. But when it becomes a jetpack, that's also cool. The music isn't quite as good as 2, but still, there's Snake Man, Spark Man, Shadow Man, and Proto Man's themes, and they are pretty awesome.

Add it all up, and it's overall my favorite game in the series.

My favorite of the classic series, just a bit ahead of MM2. It was horribly rare in our area, with only copies of MMX3 to be found at the store, so it always had a bit of a mythical quality about it. The only way to play it was from one of the two rental stores in town if it was available.

My dad ended up trying to phone order it through one of the rental's distributors, who referred him to someone else. Eventually, I ended up with a Latin American copy (still in English, just a different product code) from whoever he talked to. We still don't know where we actually called.

I really enjoy X2's level design and bosses over X1 or X3. X1, in my opinion, overused many enemies to the point where it was a lot more combat-based than the classic series. That's not a bad thing, but I prefer the more platforming challenges of the classic series.

X2 seems to fuse together X1's and the classic series's level design into something that's really nice. Every boss is beatable without their weakness, which is something I can't say for very many Mega Man games. The music is also pretty great as well (though not as awesome as X1's soundtrack).

I'd say this is better than Mega Man 2, but I might change my mind on that eventually. Who knows.

Why is it so low? It's definitely as great as the first two picks. It's an expansion of the X series that takes out simplicity.

Whether you prefer simplicity or complexity determines whether you prefer the highlights of the X series or the Zero series, but it still has to be right before or after for sure. I also think Zero 2 is as good as Zero 3.

Amazing level design, great weapons, amazing boss fights, perfect controls, and an amazing story make this the best Mega Man game.

This is just my opinion, but this is the best Mega Man game, especially the music.

I thought this was a great attempt to recreate the feel of the old games but inject something new with the improved graphics and the double gear system. It doesn't quite match the level of the best of the X series, but it's a hell of a first try.

I think if they take what they learned from making this game and attempt sequels, they could REALLY have a chance at making something that could contend for the #1 spot.

A super cool Mega Man game! Great action and gameplay. The soundtrack is awesome. Everything is great about Mega Man ZX Advent.

This game is perfect! I wish I had this game! Ah, the graphics, the music, etc.

Such a fun game! I loved it. It was the first Mega Man game I played, and it taught me that Mega Man was a hard game.

How could this game be so low on the list? It's a masterpiece! I love the graphics and the music! Everything! I want this game so bad.

I feel like one of the only ones who really likes 5.

I love this game as much as Powered Up!

The only this to dislike was the utter difficulty. Great bosses, awesome weapons, challenging level design, and awesome music (I'm a sucker for Dynamo Man's theme).

At least it's easier than Mega Man 3.