MEGA MAN IV

After escaping from Mega Man during his previous plot for world domination, Dr. Wily has rebuilt eight of his Robot Masters Mega Man's crushed before and sent them around the world. Mega Man must now head out to stop Wily's new plans, but along the way he'll be aided once again by his trusty partner Rush and Beat, the flying robot bird. Dr. Light's invented a new machine to create special items for Mega Man, giving him stronger abilities while taking on Wily's robots. You'll also find Eddie in certain stages waiting to give Mega Man powerups.

Intro Scene...
Dr. Light: Mega Man, Dr. Wily has sent his most powerful robots across the world. To combat them, I have invented a new machine to make power items for you. But to make the items, we need to use special energy items called P Chips. Collect as many P Chips as you can and bring them back to the lab. The more chips you collect, the better the item I can make for you.

Bosses

Name	Use this weapon	Receive this weapon
Toad Man	Mega Buster/Ring Boomerang	Rain Flush
Bright Man	Rain Flush	Flash Stopper
Pharaoh Man	Flash Stopper	Pharaoh Shot
Ring Man	Pharaoh Shot	Ring Boomerang
Cannon	Any Weapon	Nothing
Ballade	Any Weapon	Nothing
Crystal Man	Mega Buster/Charge Kick	Crystal Eye
Napalm Man	Crystal Eye	Napalm Bomb
Stone Man	Napalm Bomb	Power Stone
Charge Man	Power Stone	Charge Kick
Ballade	Power Stone	Ballade Cracker
Large Cannon	Any Weapon	Nothing
Eye 1	Mega Buster/Rain Flush	Nothing
Eye 2	Any Weapon	Nothing
Dr. Wily Core	Power Stone	Nothing
Dr. Wily Head	Ballade Cracker	Nothing
Dr. Wily	Ballade Cracker/Pharaoh Shot	Nothing

Weapons

	Mega Buster The Mega Buster is Mega Man's primary weapon. Starting off with this trusty energy cannon, the Mega Buster can fire off several energy shots at a time. You can also charge up the weapon by holding fire to shoot a stronger shot.
	Rain Flush This weapon allows Mega Man to fire a small canister up into the sky. Once it disappears, it'll begin raining all over the screen inflicting damage on any enemies caught in the deluge.
	Flash Stopper This weapon freezes all enemies on screen. Once an enemy's frozen, Mega Man can fire his Mega Buster as normal.
	Pharaoh Shot This weapon fires a small burst of energy straight forward. You'll also be able to fire upward and downward directional shots, as well as a charge-up blast.
	Ring Boomerang Mega Man shoots out a spinning ring projectile which returns to him if it strikes a wall or misses an enemy target.
	Crystal Eye This weapon shoots a large round crystal, which breaks up into smaller crystals if it strikes something. The smaller crystals bounce around for a while before disappearing.
	Napalm Bomb This weapon shoots out a cylindrical-shaped bomb which bounces along the floor before exploding after a few seconds. The bomb can also bounce off walls.
	Power Stone This weapon creates three charged stones around Mega Man which fly outward and off the screen. Anything caught by the stones takes severe damage.
	Charge Kick You'll have to slide along the ground to use this weapon. When Mega Man slides, he can damage enemies that touch him.

Rush abilities

	Rush Coil You'll receive the Rush Coil once Toad Man's finished. When you use this item, Rush will appear in front of Mega Man to spring him up to larger heights.
	Rush Jet You receive this when you defeat Charge Man. This causes Rush to appear and transform into a flying sled. Jump on to fly straight ahead over dangerous areas. Rush'll disappear once he runs out of energy or collides with something.

Dr. Light's Lab items

Press Select on the stage select screen to visit Dr. Light in his lab. Here you'll be able to create items with P-Chips, but you'll have to first go out and gather them from defeated enemies in stages.
	Small Energy Tank Cost: 20 chips Four of these will create an Energy Tank.
	Energy Tank Cost: 60 chips Use this to fully refill your life energy once at any time.
	W-Tank Cost: 30 chips This tank fully refills one of your special weapons.
	S-Tank Cost: 120 chips This tank refills your life energy, as well as all your special weapons.
	1-Up Cost: 50 chips Gives you an extra life.
	Energy Balancer Cost: 150 chips This allows you to recharge the weapon with the lowest energy whenever you pick up a weapon refill capsule.
	Full Charger Cost: 100 chips All of your special weapons are refilled fully.

Beat symbols

Once you find all four icons spelling out Beat's name in the first four stages, you can use Beat as a special item. He'll fly around Mega Man and attack any enemy you come across.
B	In Toad Man's stage, you'll find it up on a ledge just after beating the giant snail.
E	In Bright Man's stage, you'll spot it in the area with the platforms that move in half-circle paths.
A	In Pharaoh Man's stage, you should see it clearly above the area with falling platforms. You'll need the Rush Jet to reach it.
T	In Ring Man's stage you'll spot it up on a platform where an enemy's rolling about.

Wily symbols

The four Wily icons can be found in the second four stages. You'll need to find all of these before gaining access to Dr. Wily's Castle.
W	In Crystal Man's stage, when you see an open leading off right below one of the enemies that fires an ice drill, go through the opening to find the W.
I	In Napalm Man's stage, you'll eventually spot the I above a platform covered in fire. Use the Rain Flush to dowse the fire.
L	In Stone Man's stage, when you reach a point where you can slide left under a low platform or go right, head right to eventually find the L.
Y	In Charge Man's stage, you should easily spot this one later in the stage.

Ballade Cracker

Once you defeat Ballade the second time, you'll receive this special weapon. The Ballade Cracker allows Mega Man to fire out a bomb in any direction. Once the bomb strikes something it'll explode.

Final password

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1			R	R	B
2		E		R	E
3	B				E
4		B	R			B

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