Force Beams,[1] also known as Laser Beams,[2] or simply lasers (レーザー),[3] or beams (ビーム),[4] are the deadly lasers found in Quick Man's stage in Mega Man 2 and Mega Man: The Wily Wars. They fly in from the sides at high speed and instantly kill Mega Man on contact. They are more easily dodged with Time Stopper, and there are Weapon Energy items throughout the section in which they are active, suggesting that Capcom had intended for the player to use it.
The same laser beams appear with a blue color in the last stage from the Mega Man game for Game Gear, which is a reduced reproduction of Quick Man's stage. In this game, a direct hit from a Force Beam will cause damage to Mega Man rather than killing him instantly, however hitting the beam after it has finished moving is still deadly. They also change color depending on which weapon Mega Man has equipped, likely due to certain sprite coloring.
In Mega Man 7, there are flamethrowers in one area from Turbo Man's stage that function like the beams, instantly killing on contact. These flames are easier to avoid as Mega Man can now slide, and a flame is visible where each will be fired.
Similar lasers appear in the first Zero Space stage of Mega Man X5. They have the same effect and can be avoided with Dark Hold (which has the same effect as Time Stopper). The lasers are green and at certain parts are fired from the ground and ceiling.
Lasers also appear in the bank computer, QuickMan.EXE's stage, in Mega Man Network Transmission. During this segment, the checkerboard pattern on the floor indicates which platforms are safe from a direct hit, though the player still has to be careful not to be trapped by a beam blocking the way forward. There is no time stopper method in this game, but a Barrier chip can render MegaMan.EXE immune to a single hit each.
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The force beams appear in issue 11 of the Mega Man comic book series from Archie Comics and in Rockman: Dr. Wily no Inbou.
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Trivia[]
- The Mega Man 2 guide from the NES Game Atlas mistakenly informed that the Force Beams also appear in Wily Stage 2.
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References[]
- ↑ Nintendo Power #7 and NES Game Atlas.
- ↑ Mega Man (Game Gear) instruction manual.
- ↑ Rockman 1 2 3 Official Guidebook page 40.
- ↑ Rockman Complete Works Navi Mode and Mega Man Anniversary Collection.
| Mega Man 2 | |
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| Bosses | |
| Metal Man • Air Man • Bubble Man • Quick Man • Crash Man • Flash Man • Heat Man • Wood Man Mecha Dragon • Picopico-kun • Guts Tank • Boobeam Trap • Wily Machine 2 • Alien | |
| Mega Man's Special Weapons | |
| Metal Blade • Air Shooter • Bubble Lead • Quick Boomerang • Crash Bomber • Time Stopper • Atomic Fire • Leaf Shield | |
| Mega Man's Support Items | |
| Item-1 • Item-2 • Item-3 | |
| List of enemies | |
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| - Mid-bosses - | |
| Friender | |
| Locations | |
| Metal Man Stage • Air Man Stage • Bubble Man Stage • Quick Man Stage Crash Man Stage • Flash Man Stage • Heat Man Stage • Wood Man Stage • Wily Castle | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Script • List of enemies • Damage data chart • Miscellaneous data | |
| Mega Man (Game Gear) | |
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| Robot Masters | |
| Bright Man • Stone Man • Star Man • Napalm Man • Wave Man • Toad Man | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Wily Capsule II | |
| Mega Man's Special Weapons | |
| Mega Buster • Flash Stopper • Power Stone • Star Crash • Napalm Bomb • Water Wave • Rain Flush | |
| List of Enemies | |
| 100 Watton • Apache Joe • Asteroid • B Bitter • Baby Metall • Battan • Bomb Thrown • Bounder • Changkey Maker • Dachone • Daidine • Dompan • Gas • Giree • Gyotot • Hirarian 427 • Irucan • Jet Bomb • Lyric • Metall Cannon • Metall Mommy • Minoan • Mizzile • Mousubeil Power Muscler • Puyoyon • Rackaser • Ratton • Rider Joe • Rock Thrown • Rolling Drill • Scworm • Sniper Armor • Space Metall Springer • Swallown • Subeil • Sumatran • Taban • Tatepakkan • Teckyun • Tondeall • Toss Machine • Totem Polen Twin Cannon • Yudon • V | |
| - Sub-Bosses - | |
| Escaroo • Octoper OA | |
| Locations | |
| Bright Man Stage • Stone Man Stage • Star Man Stage • Napalm Man Stage • Wave Man Stage • Toad Man Stage | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Mega Man (Game Gear) Damage Data Chart | |