"Mega Man first hit the home video game screen on the NES in 1987. He was created by Capcom, and the first game had 1 Meg of
memory. Mega Man in his latest creation (MMX2) has 12, plus a processing chip called the C4, just to show you how far he's come
since then.
The Story for the NES and GB Mega Man's run along these lines. One day Dr. Light and Dr. Wily were partners and they made incredible
creations and robots to simplify the lives of humans. But Dr. Wily had other ambitions (like taking over the world) so one day he reprogrammed
all the original 7 [8] robots (MM1 bosses + Mega Man) [+ProtoMan],
but Mega Man was able to resist that reprogramming and was left alone to fight against the
other 6. Later on we find out that Mega Man was originally a boy/cyborg named Rock (who had a sister Roll). When Dr. Wily became a threat, he
volunteered to have his body transformed into that of Mega Man, sometimes also known as the Blue Bomber. Through out each game, Dr. Light (also
known as Dr. Right sometimes [and Dr.Wright]) creates new pals and assistants for Mega Man, the most famous being Rush the dog.
In the SNES Mega Man X stories, we see a grim future time line of the NES Mega Man, in which Mega Man's technology has been put to use
in many places, but some robots, known as Mavericks, want to take over the world and use humans for slaves because they feel they are superior.
Mega Man (X) must go and stop these Mavericks (under the leadership of Sigma). Along the way he must find capcules that contain holographic
images of Dr. Light. The contain power ups that make Mega Man stronger, possibly the strongest robot the world has ever known. Mega Man is
considered a Robot Cop, and he has a fellow cop named Zero. Zero sacrifices himself in MMX1 to help Mega Man, and this becomes a sub
plot in MMX2.
The layouts stay fairly constant within each system. On the NES, you fight 8 (only 6 in MM1) robots and then go through the Dr.Wily stages
to beat the game. In the GB you fight 4 robots first, then another 4 again, then the Dr.Wily stages. (The GB carts tend to
be the hardest of all the versions. Ridiculous jumps and so forth). The SNES versions are more like the NES versions so far, 8 robots
then the Sigma stages."
from the "Guide to the basics FAQ - ver. 1.5 by Procyon Lotor", used with authorization (parts between [] added by me :-)
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