The Force Beams in Quick Man's Stage from Mega Man 2.
Force Beams are the deadly fast lasers found in Quick Man's stage in Mega Man 2 and Mega Man: The Wily Wars. They fly in from the sides 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. Also, for some reason, they change color depending on which weapon Mega Man has equipped.
In Mega Man 7, there are similar fire-elemental beams in Turbo Man's stage.
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.
Other media
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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Notes
- The name Force Beam is from the seventh issue of Nintendo Power.
| Mega Man (Game Gear) | |
|---|---|
| Bosses | |
| Bright Man • Stone Man • Star Man • Napalm Man • Wave Man • Toad Man • Dr. Wily | |
| Mega Man's Weapons | |
| Mega Buster • Flash Stopper • Power Stone • Star Crash • Napalm Bomb • Water Wave • Rain Flush | |
| Enemies | |
| 100 Watton • Apache Joe • Asteroid • B Bitter • Baby Metall • 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 | |
| Items | |
| Extra Life • Life Energy • Weapon Energy • Energy Tank • Mystery Tank | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Battan • Bottomless Pit • Force Beam • Spikes • Mega Man (Game Gear) Damage Data Chart | |