Mega Man 4
"Invitation to Doom!"

"200X : Household robots Rock and Roll were created by master robot designer, Dr.Light, and were enjoying their peaceful days. Then one day, the industrial robots all over the world went on a rampage and the world fell into total chaos. Dr.Light quickly realized that mad scientist, Dr.Wily, was behind the nefarious deed but he didn't know what to do. Rock, having a strong sense of justice, volunteered to be converted into a fighting robot. Thus the super robot MegaMan was born. MegaMan shattered Dr.Wily's plans three times and world peace has been maintained so far.... but history repeats itself. Dr.Cossack, a mysterious scientist, has invented eight powerful robots and sent them after MegaMan. MegaMan starts for the battle again, this time equipped with the powerful new mega buster!!" story from the game-intro
Some shots of the intro : here, here and here.

"A year after destruction of Gamma, a mysterious message arrives at Dr. Light's lab...
Good evening, Dr. Light. Allow me to introduce myself - I am Dr. Cossack. You may not have heard of me, but soon the world will know my name. Over the years, you have been hailed as the greatest robot designer in the world, while my robotic creations have been totally ignored. I cannot allow this to continue. The world must be made aware of my genius! From my Siberian citadel, I've sent eight of my most powerful robots to destroy that titanium troublemaker, Mega Man. Once they have obliterated him, I will place his broken body on display for the entire world to see. Only then will I be allowed to take my place as the greatest robot designer of all time! Dr. Cossack" story from the Game Manual

Very nice one, this MM4... as the intro says, you now have a new mega-buster (the longer you press the fire-button, the more powerful the shot)

1991

The 8 Main Robots		Saved games (for use with NESticle) 1st robot - 2nd robot 3rd robot - 4th robot 5th robot - 6th robot 7th robot - 8th robot To use a saved game rename it to ROM-name.st1-9 and put it in the 'saves' directory of NESticle Passwords 1 killed : A3 A5 A6 B1 D1 E3 2 killed : A3 A5 B1 B2 E3 F2 3 killed : A1 A3 A5 B3 E3 F2 4 killed : A1 A5 B4 C1 E3 F2 5 killed : A1 B4 C4 C5 E3 F2 6 killed : A1 B4 C5 D2 D4 E2 7 killed : A1 A4 C5 D4 E2 E4 8 killed : A1 A4 B5 D4 E2 E6 A1 means put a red dot in row A, column 1.
	Ringman I hate this guy.. grmbl hard one for me Use Pharaoh-shot to beat him. weapon : ring-boomerang
	Diveman Heavy guy... he tries to "swim through" MegaMan Use Skull-barrier to beat him. weapon : dive-missile (during level, you'll find the useful Wire-tool)
	Skullman Little (stupid ?) guy: he protects himself with his skull-barrier Use Dust-crusher to beat him. weapon : Skull-barrier
	Pharaohman Well... nice ancient Egypt style Use Flash-stopper (Brightman) to beat him. weapon : pharaoh-shot (hold fire-button for bigger shot) (during level, you'll find the Balloon-tool)
	Brightman Similar to Flashman or Sparkman. He shoots energy balls. Use Rain-flush (Toadman) to beat him. weapon : flash-stopper
	Toadman Heavy and very stupid guy, he keeps jumping over your head... Use Drill-bomb (or normal fire, really easy) to beat him. weapon : rain-flush (also gives you Rush-marine)
	Drillman He "dives" in the floor and tries to "surface" just under your feet Use Dive-missile to beat him. weapon : drill-bomb (also gives you Rush-jet)
	Dustman Fires small exploding rocks, also tries to "suck" you Use Ring-boomerang to beat him. weapon : dust-crusher
Tips'n'tricks Because of the weapons needed to kill each of the robots, I recommend playing the levels in this order : 1) Toadman, 2) Brightman, 3) Pharaohman, 4) Ringman, 5) Dustman, 6) Skullman, 7) Diveman, 8) Drillman Don't miss the cool Wire-tool in Diveman's level, you must fall out of the screen to get it : screenshot Don't miss the Balloon-tool in Pharaohman's level, you must Rush-Coil-jump over a hole to get it : screenshot

Dr.Cossack's Castle		Saved games (for use with NESticle) Select Screen Dig-Machine - Moving Room Robo-Spiders - Dr.Cossack To use a saved game rename it to ROM-name.st1-9. Passwords Castle Access : A1 A4 B5 D4 E2 E6
	So here is this mysterious Dr.Cossack who thinks he can defeat Mega Man (mouhaha... he's dreamin' ;-)
	Dig-Machine Big flying robot which digs the floor (it can become pretty tricky not to fall down). Use Ring-boomerangs to destroy it.
	Moving Room Strange "boss"... you must jump in the room and hit the "eye" with Dust-crusher.
	Robo-Spiders 2 robo-spiders here, one walking on the ceiling, the other one on the floor (must hurt to walk on these pikes :-). Use Ring-boomerang to destroy them.	End Sequence when you defeat Dr.Cossack, you see a little animated sequence : Protoman (who still seems to work for Dr.Wily) brings back Dr.Cossack's daughter (Kalinka) : -K: Please MegaMan don't!! My father is not really evil. Dr.Wily took me hostage and forced my father to fight you. Please MegaMan, don't hurt my father any more. -Dr.C: oh, Kalinka -K: father. . . . . -Dr.C: MegaMan, forgive me! -Dr.W: You betrayed me, ProtoMan!! I'm gonna break you MegaMan!! screen 1 - screen 2 - screen 3
	Dr.Cossack He controls a "Wily-style" machine and tries to grab you with his claw. Use Dust-crusher to beat him.

Dr.Wily's Castle

Saved games
(for use with NESticle)

Helmet - Fire-Tank
Teleporter Room - Dr.Wily
Dr.Wily again
To use a saved game put it in the 'saves' dir.

Passwords

-no password-

Giant Helmet

Jumps and "spits" small helmets, use Dust-crusher to destroy this guy.

Fire-Tank

Huge vehicle, firing big flames, but don't get impressed : he's easy to destroy. Jump on the moving steps and use Ring-boomerangs (hit the green crystal).

Robots Revenge

Classic teleporter room, you must kill all 8 robots again.
Here is who's where :

Drill			Pharao
Bright			Ring
Skull	Dive	Toad	Dust

Dr.Wily

Dr.Wily ! He controls a (strange, as always) flying robot.

Use Ring-boomerangs to destroy the protective-skull
You must now hit the green/blue crystal : I used the Wire-tool (works well, and Wily can't hit you, but you don't have enough "ammo" to finish him) + MegaBuster

Wily again !

Dr.Wily in his "UFO", the room is dark and you can only see him when he fires at you, use Pharao-shot quickly when you see Wily.
Dr.Wily surrenders ? ... see "The End" for more

The End

When you defeat Dr.Wily, he jumps on the floor and surrenders, but he gets away (by jumping real high, so high he gets out of the screen ;-)

Next, Dr.Wily's castle explodes (and the little "Wily-UFO" escapes - not on picture), making a nice Skull-shaped pink cloud.

We then reach the classic "MegaMan walks home" sequence (well, here he just stands on a train, must be tired of walking). Rock (he removed his helmet, that's why I name him 'Rock') finally arrives home where his girlfriend (Roll) and the dog (Rush) await him (how can Rush be there ? he's supposed to be with MegaMan, isn't he ??)

End screen, notice the little red guy ? his name is Flip-Top :-)

Tools / Items

5 tools (3 Rush-robot-dog "tools" + 2 real tool) in Mega Man 4. You get the Rush-tools after completing specific levels:
Tool #1 : already have it, tool #2 : Toadman, tool #3 : Drillman. The two other tools are hidden in Diveman's level and in Pharaohman's level.

Tool #1 : RC Rush Coil : jump on his back to get propulsed high in the air
Tool #2 : RM Rush Marine : used as a submarine
Tool #3 : RJ Rush Jet : can only fly FORWARD (unlike MM3's jet)
Tool #4 : Wire : used to grab the ceiling and go up
Tool #5 : Balloon : used to create floating balloons (steps)
Small life upgrade :
Big life upgrade :
Extra life :
Portable life tank :
Small weapon energy tank :
Big weapon energy tank :
Random item (Flip-Top):