Mega Man 5
"Brother against brother!"

"In the year 20XX AD... a vicious army of robots is bent on destroying the world!! And behind this destruction is... ProtoMan!?" story from the game-intro
Some shots of the intro : here, here, here and here.

"Cossack to Mega Man! Cossack to Mega Man! Come in, Mega Man! Protoman has gone wild! City Hall and the spaceport have been totally destroyed and the city's power grid is in shambles. I've never seen destruction on this scale before. I know you're worried about Dr. Light, but your first duty is to free the city from the grip of Protoman's robots. I can modify your reactor to give the Mega Buster a little more power, but the rest is up to you. Dr. Light and I had been working on a special project, but it's not finished yet. Maybe if I can get it working, it might give you an edge. Remember to watch your back Mega Man. Protoman seems to have become more ruthless than we had thought possible. Good luck. Cossack out!"" story from the Game Manual

MM5 does introduce some modifications to the "classic" MegaMan style : no more Rush-Marine, but 2 new tools: the Arrows and the Mega Tank (refules EVERY weapon). Also first MegaMan to star Beat (the Robo-Bird built by Dr.Light to help MegaMan)

1992

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 : B1 B5 D3 B3 F1 F5 2 killed : B1 B5 F3 C3 F1 F5 3 killed : B1 C5 F3 B6 C3 F1 4 killed : A3 B1 C5 B6 C3 F1 5 killed : A3 B1 F6 A5 C3 F1 6 killed : B1 D4 F6 A5 B4 F1 7 killed : D2 D4 F6 A2 A5 B4 8 killed : C1 D4 F6 A5 B4 F1 A1 means put a red dot in row A, column 1. A2 means put a blue dot in row A, column 2.
	Stoneman He falls into pieces so that you can't hit him Use Napalm-bombs to beat him. weapon : power-stone
	Gravityman "Upside.. down.. ,you..." ;-) Use Star-crash to beat him. weapon : gravity-hold
	Crystalman Fires a big crystal that splits in 4 small ones, also fires "normal" bullets Use Gyro-attack to beat him. weapon : crystal-eye
	Chargeman Train-like guy, he shoots fire and tries to run over you. Use Power-stone to beat him. weapon : charge-kick (not really a weapon, "slide" to use it)
	Napalmman Throws napalm-bombs + shoots missiles. Use Crystal-eye to beat him. weapon : Napalm-bomb
	Waveman He must think your thursty :-) Use Charge-kick to beat him. weapon : water-wave
	Starman He is MM5's "I hide behind my shield" guy Use Water-wave to beat him. weapon : star-crash (also gives you Super-Arrows)
	Gyroman Transforms into some sort of propeller and flies around. Use Gravity-hold to beat him. weapon : gyro-attack (also gives you Rush-Jet)
Tips'n'tricks Because of the weapons needed to kill each of the robots, I recommend playing the levels in this order : 1) Stoneman, 2) Chargeman, 3) Waveman, 4) Starman, 5) Gravityman, 6) Gyroman, 7) Crystalman, 8) Napalmman Find all the letters to spell "MEGAMANV" and you can call Beat (the new robo-Bird) M (Gravity) E (Wave) G (Stone, hidden: screenshot) A (Charge) M (Star) A (Gyro) N (Napalm) V (Crystal)

Protoman's Castle		Saved games (for use with NESticle) Robot #1 - Robot #2 Robot #3 - Robot #4 To use a saved game rename it to ROM-name.st1-9. Passwords Castle Access : C1 D4 F6 A5 B4 F1
	ProtoMan, I'm coming to get you !
	Robot #1 Tank-bot. Use Water-wave to destroy it.
	Robot #2 Protected by his force-shield, jump over it and use Napalm-bombs to hit him.
	Robot #3 He fires normal bullets + special white rings that freeze you. Use regular weapon (Mega-Buster) to defeat him.	End Sequence when you defeat "ProtoMan", Dr.Wily comes and he is angry ;) "You've done well, Mega Man! I never expected you to defeat my powerfull Darkman robot!! Until now I have managed to frame ProtoMan for my crimes, but now the real ProtoMan has appeared and spoiled my plan!! Dr.Light is a captive in my lab. Come if you dare!! ha, ha, ha." screenshot
	ProtoMan ? hehe, no! it's a fake ProtoMan, the real one quicly comes to have a look just before you begin the fight (picture). Use Power-stone to kill the fake-ProtoMan.

Dr.Wily's Castle

Saved games
(for use with NESticle)

Tower-bot - Flying-Pinky
Teleporter Room - Dr.Wily
Wily again

To use a saved game put it in the 'saves' dir.

Passwords

-no password-

"Tower"-bot

Shoot the two lower parts to make them fly over. Jump on them to shoot in the head of the robot (use Crystal-eye).

Flying-Pinky

Floats from left to right, not firing too often. You must hit him in the eyes when the "side-doors" are open. Use Gyro-attack for best results.

Robots Revenge

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

Gravity		Charge
Wave	Gyro	Napalm
Stone	Star	Crystal

*not a true classic... see why ? Gyro should be next to Star, not above ;)

Dr.Wily

Dr.Wily ! He controls a (not so strange) aircraft.

Stay near to center of screen, when Wily comes down to crush you, quickly slide away and hit him using your Mega-Buster.

Wily again !

Nice tank...use Mega-Buster or Super-Arrows (yes, arrows, works pretty well)
Dr.Wily in his "UFO", the room is dark and you can only see him when he fires at you (like in MM4), use Mega-Buster or call Beat !
Dr.Wily surren.. well, seems he tries to run away... see "The End" for more

The End

When you defeat Dr.Wily, he runs away to his lab. You follow him and save Dr.Light.
Next, Dr.Wily escapes and you can't follow him because the ceiling crumbles down. MegaMan tries to hold it, but it seems pretty hard... but ProtoMan comes to help and everybody gets out. Next, and last, we see the castle explode and Dr.Wily get away in his "UFO"... notice ProtoMan watching on bottom right of screen.

End screen, notice the little bird ? It's Beat

Tools / Items

3 tools (2 Rush-robot-dog "tools" + 1 real tool) in Mega Man 5. You get the Rush-tools after completing specific levels:
Tool #1 : already have it, tool #2 : Gyroman. You get the last tool when beating Starman.

Tool #1 : RC Rush Coil : jump on his back to get propulsed high in the air
Tool #2 : RJ Rush Jet : can only fly FORWARD (unlike MM3's jet)
Tool #3 : Super Arrows : they stick to walls, use'em as steps
Jet Ski : only found in Waveman's level
Beat : new robo-Bird, kills all enemys on screen
Small life upgrade :
Big life upgrade :
Extra life :
Portable life tank :
Instant life tank : Given by ProtoMan when you reach fake-ProtoMan
Mega tank : refules all weapons to 100%
Small weapon energy tank :
Big weapon energy tank :
Random item (Flip-Top):