   _   _     _____    _____     __       _   _       __	    _     _
  / \_/ \   |  ___|  / ____\   /  \     / \_/ \     /  \   | \   | |
 / _   _ \  | |     / /       /    \   / _   _ \   /    \  |  \  | |
/ / \ / \ \ | |___  | |  __  /  /\  \ / / \ / \ \ /  /\  \ |   \ | |
| | | | | | |  ___| | | |  | | |__| | | | | | | | | |__| | | |\ \| |
| | | | | | | |     | |  | | |  __  | | | | | | | |  __  | | | \   |
| | | | | | | |___  \ \__| | | |  | | | | | | | | | |  | | | |  \  |
|_| |_| |_| |_____|  \_____/ |_|  |_| |_| |_| |_| |_|  |_| |_|   |_|

               A R M    C A N N O N    D U E L I N G              

	    Eric "The Shadow" Pietrocupo	Version 0.3.0

WARNING : This faq is not complete yet but I am now releasing it beacause
at least it covers the 3 first megaman and partialy the 4th one. Of course
I will complete it in the future.

	The goal of this FAQ is to learn how to beat all the bosses from
megaman without any weapons except the good old arm cannon. It is a
challenge I have successfully done and I am glad to share this challenge
with your in case you did not think about it. For my point of view, if you
did not battle all the bosses with your arm cannon, you cannot call your
self a megaman expert.

	This FAQ Will cover the original megaman. Another FAQ will be
released later for the Megaman X series. This FAQ will cover the games
ranging from "Megaman" to "Megaman 7". Mega man 8 will not be included
since I don't have any play station. Maybe I will cover "Rockman and
Forte" in a later version of my FAQ ( let me try to at least finish game). 

	Here is the structure of the FAQ :

- Copyright notice
- Introduction
- Boss Table
- How to do Arm Cannon Duelling 
- Conclusion

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| Copyright Notice                                                    |	
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	This FAQ is copyrighted by Eric Pietrocupo. It can be reproduced
and distributed freely. You cannot use this FAQ to make any kind of profit
with it. This FAQ has been made only for gamers who need help and
information on the game and who intend to make a personal use of it.

	Since you surely already heard this kind of song before, I won't
bother you anymore with it. So let's jump in the game.

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| Introduction                                                        |
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	For those who does not know, megaman is a side scroller game where
the goal in tro beat 8 bosses and the beat the last evil bad guy ( which
most of the time is Dr Willy or Sigma in the Mega man X ). For each bosse,
there is a stage and at the end of the stage you beat the boss. When you
beat the boss, you gain a weapon. This weapon will be the weak point of
many monster in the game and especialy the weak point of another boss. So
which mean that each boss has a weak point. The goal is to know in which
order you must beat the bosses.

	So where does the Arm Cannon Dueling challenge come from ? In the
era of megaman 2 ( the game I played most of the time ) even if the game
has a difficulty level, I want to find a way to have a challenge. I also
want to make sure that I never get stucked someday in the game. So I
figure out that the only way to get stucked is when you don't have the
right weapon at the right boss. So the solution is to try all the boss
sequence. The only problem is that there is over 40000 possibilities. So
then I think again and found that if I can beat all the bosses with the
arm cannon, I will be able to make any sequence of bosses since I do not
require a weapon to beat any bosses. 

	So from now on, each time I buyed a Mega Man Game, I first finish
the game and then try to beat them with the arm connon. I have also done
it in Mega man X, but in X it is more complex because you must also not
have any heart tank and body part which make it wery hard ( especialy in
Megaman X 1 where you do not start with the dash ). Of course, you only
beat the 8 basic bosses with the arm cannon. You can also beat the Dr
Willy boss with the arm cannon also if you wish but it is optional.

	In the following section you will have the list of the bosses and
all the properties related to them. Then I will explain one by one how to
beat each boss with the arm cannon.

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| Boss Table                                                          |
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	This is the boss table. Here is the fields of the table

Name : The name of the boss ( Da! )
Game : The name of the game where it appeared
Level : Difficulty level of the boss. How tough it is hard to beat it
   *	 Very Easy : You can beat un boss uncounsciously
   **	 Easy : If you know the way it is easy to beat it
   ***	 Medium : The boss is OK unless you are careless or make error
   ****  Hard : You need to concentrate on the boss to beat him.
   ***** Very Hard : Concentration and a lot of retries will be needed
Behavior : The type of behavior the boss use 
   Pattern : The boss does always the same thing what ever is the case
   Reation Pattern : The computer choose a patter according to what you do
   Random Pattern : The computer select randomly a pattern from its list

|-- Name -----|-- Game -------| Level |-- Behavior ------------|  

Cut Man		Megaman		****	Random Pattern
Bomb Man	Megaman		***	Random Pattern
Elec Man	Megaman		****	Reation/Random Pattern
Guts Man	Megaman		***	Random Pattern
Ice Man		Megaman		***	Pattern
Fire Man  	Megaman		**	Pattern
                     
Bubble Man	Megaman 2	**	Pattern
Air Man		Megaman 2	**	Pattern
Quick Man	Megaman 2	****	Random Pattern
Heat Man	Megaman 2	**	Pattern
Wood man	Megaman 2	**	Pattern
Metal Man	Megaman 2	***	Random/Reation Pattern
Flash Man	Megaman 2	**	Pattern
Crash Man	Megaman 2	**	Reation Pattern

Spark Man	Megaman 3	***	Pattern
Snake Man	Megaman 3	**	Pattern
Needle Man	Megaman 3	****	Random Pattern
Hard Man	Megaman 3	**	Pattern
Top Man		Megaman 3	***	Pattern
Gemini Man	Megaman 3	****	Reaction Pattern
Magnet Man	Megaman 3	***	Random Pattern
Shadow Man	Megaman 3	*****	Random Pattern

Ring Man	Megaman 4	***	Pattern
Dive Man	Megaman 4	***	Pattern/Reaction Partern
Skull Man	Megaman 4	***	Pattern
Pharaoh Man	Megaman 4	****	Random Pattern
Bright Man	Meagman 4	***	Pattern
Toad Man	Megaman 4	*	Pattern
Drill Man	Megaman 4	****	Random Pattern
Dust Man	Megaman 4	***	Random Pattern

Stone Man	Megaman 5	**	Random Pattern
Gravity Man	Megaman 5	**	Pattern
Star Man	Megaman 5	*	Pattern
Napalm Man	Megaman 5	***	Pattern
Crystal Man	Megaman 5	****	Pattern
Gyro Man	Megaman 5	***	pattern
Charge Man	Megaman 5	***	Pattern
Wave Man	Megaman 5	***	Pattern

Blizzard man	Megaman 6	***	Pattern/Random Pattern
Wind Man	Megaman 6	***	Random Pattern
Flame Man	Megaman 6	***	Random Pattern
Plant Man	Megaman 6	**	Pattern
Tomahawk Man	Megaman 6	****	Random Pattern
Yamato Man	Megaman 6	***	Pattern
Knight Man	Megaman 6	**	Random Pattern
Centaur Man	Megaman 6	***	Random Pattern

Freeze Man	Megaman 7	***	Pattern
Junk Man	Megaman 7	***	Pattern
Burst Man	Megaman 7	***	Pattern/Reation Pattern
Cloud Man	Megaman 7	**	Pattern
Shade Man	Megaman 7	***	Random Pattern
Turbo Man	Megaman 7	****	Pattern
Slash Man	Megaman 7	*****	Random Pattern
Spring Man	Megaman 7	***	Random Pattern

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------------------------------- Megaman -------------------------------

-| Cut Man	[ Level ****  ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

	Cut man ca be tough. Most of his pattern is random but it should
not be that hard to beat him. You jumt have to pay a good attention.

Behavior : Cut amn can jump or throw his boomerang cutter. He can throw
his cutter while he is in the air to. Don't forget that they have
bommerang capabilities. Im not sur if cut man jump when you shoot.

Howto : The room has 2 different height. The left side of the room is 2
tile higher. Avoid staying on higher ground because his cutter will be a
little harder to evade. Try to stay on the groud. If you are luck, you can
trap him in pattern. Here is the pattern : stay in front of him while
shhoting, when he throw his cutter jump over it and then he will
automaticly jump above you. You wont be hit when the cutter return because
cut man will be in the air when it get's back. When cut man land, turn
around and shoot, then repeat the process. If you manage to be on higher
ground, shoot when he jump and you will be able to hit him but if he his
on higher ground too, then you are trapped and will surely be hit in the
time to come. Practice a few time and you will beat.

-| Bomb Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

	Bomb man will not give you much trouble if you can anticipate his
movement.

Behavior : Bomb man can multiple or single jump. When he stops, he will
start throwing bombs. He can throw from 1 to 3 bomb in a row. He will then
start to jump again. The bombs have a range blast, so even if the bomb
does not directly hit you you can be hit by it's blast so watch out.

How to : Shoot him when he is on the ground. When he jumps in the air, try
to evade his actions. When he start throwing bomb, evade them. If he is in
a corner, get close to him and when he start to throw bombs, walk in the
opposite direction. If you do this, all the bombs will fall behind you
which will make it them easy to evade.

-| Elec Man	[ Level ****  ] [ Reaction/Random Pattern ] |-

	Aaarrrghh! Tough. One of the toughtest. He is fast, he does not
take much damage and he does a lot of damage to you ( the perfect megaman
killer ).

Behavior : He cans do only 2 things in life, jump and throw his elec
beam. His elec beam hurts a lot ( 3 hit and you are history ). He can
thrown his beam while jumping to. Most of his movement are random but you
can force him to jump if you start shooting. even if you don't shoot
directly at him, it can force him to jump ( which is very usefull and you
should take advantage of it ). If you stand on higher groud, you can still
be hit when he throw his elect beam at the groud level, so watch out. If
you shoot while in higher groud, he will be jump and you will hit him but
at the same moment he cans throw another beam too, so watch out. In you
are on the ground, jump over his beam and shoot him when you have some
time. Watch out when he jumps because he can rapidly jump foward and land
on you. If he stand on higher ground, you can jump and shoot him but watch
out for his beam. When he is on higher ground, you can take cover beside
the 2 highground block. If he walks toward you and he is bout to fall on
you, shoot in the void to force him to jump above you, then before he
lands, jump on the higher grounds. ( See Figure 1 )

Figure 1
|           | 1 = Safe position from higher ground
|           | 2 = Elec man path if you shoot when he is going to fall. 
|    /-\    |     from the higher grounds
|->-/   \   |
|____   |   |
|____|1_2___|

-| Guts Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

	Guts man can be tough but if you can manage to evade his
earthquake, you can beat him easily.

Behavior : Guts man can also to 2 thing in life (1) jump foward/backward
and make an earthquake when he land (2) jump where he stand to make a
block fall from the sky and then throw this block at you while creating
again it's famous earthquake.

Howto : The goal is to avoid his earthquake and shoot while he jumps. Stay
on higher ground all the time since guts man rarely reach the higher
ground. First, practice you self to evade his earthquake, because if you
stnd on the ground while it's earthquake start, you will be paralised and
you will not be able to evade the rocks he is throwing at you. You must
start to jump when he start to fall if you wnat to evade his earth
quake. When he jumps, shoot him, since you are on higher ground you will
hit. Then when he fall, jump. If he throw a rock, jump again. Repeat this
process. 

-| Ice Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Ice man has an easy pattern, you must just avoid being hit becaus
in take 5 or 6 shot to kill you.

Behavior : Iceman can walk from left to right and then he can jump and
throw ice beam while he is in the air. The ice beam has a patter shown on
figure 1.

Figure 1 - Ice man's ice beam pattern.

<<                <<
   <<          <<
      <<    <<
1  2  3     4  5  6

Howto : The tactic is to evade his icebeam and shoot him while doing
so. You must just avoid making errors. Stay on the left side of the battle
ground since ice man will never reach you. According to figure 1 above,
the only icebeam which can hit you when you strand on the ground is
icebeam 3 and 4. You must jump over these beam to evade them. The only
menage is that you get hit by ice beam 5 when you jump over ice beam 4. So
you mustjump earlier to make sure that you will fall between ice beam 4
and 5 ( see figure 2 ). Do not walk foward whiel evading his beam, let the
beam come at you and jump when necessary. Of course, while you are stading
and jumping you also shoot at the same time. The more you shoot, less
evade you will need to do.

Figure 2 path to evade ice man's beam

<<    __    __    <<
   <</  \  /  \<<
->--- << -- << -->---
1  2  3     4  5  6

-| Fire Man  	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Fire man look tough, but when you know the trick you will laugh at
him.

Behavior : Fireman throw a series of fire shield directly at you. They are
hard to evade because he thrown them very fast.

Howto : Move on the 4th tile from the left side of the battle field. When
you are there, presse the jump and fire button at the same time. At the
beginning, you will get some hit. after a few second, each time you jump,
you will automaticly shoot a bullet on the ground that will hit fireman
and you will automaticly jump over his fire shield. Since you will hit him
with a bullet, it will stun him enough time to let you land, after your
jump, and jump again without being hit. Which mean that if you use the "2
button press" technique, you will jump over all his shield and you will
shoot him at the same time. ( it's magik ) 

-------------------------------- Megaman 2 ----------------------------
                     
-| Bubble Man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Bubble man is not so hard because you can make not effort to
hevade his shot and it won't matter, you will still beat him.

Behavior : Bubble man start by throwing 3 bubble that will zig-zag toward
you. Then he swim up toward you and fall on the ground. Whil he is moving,
he will shoot you. Since the battle ground his underwater, the jumping
pricess is much more slower.

How to : The technique is to make him more damage than he can do to
you. Generaly, you shoot him when he is in your line of fire and you don't
try to much to evade his shot. Evading can be tough and it will not lead
you anywhere. The best way to make damage is to fall with him when he swim
up. Whn he jump, jump at the same height. Then you will both start falling
to the bottom. While you are falling shoot him as fast as you can.

-| Air Man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Airman is not so tough, even if you get hit, it won't matter so
much.

Bahavoir : Airman throw puzzles of air tornado in the screen. The he pump
up he fan and all the tornados will fly toward you. You will also be
pushed by his fan . After he have throwned 3 air tornado puzzle, he will
make 2 jumps to reach the opposite side of the screen. Then he will start
his pattern again. The air tornado puzzle selected is randomly one of the
3 puzzle draw in figure 1.

Figure 1 - Airman puzzle

Puzzle 1           Puzzle 2           Puzzle 3
|              |   |              |   |      V       |
|              |   |        V     |   |              |
|        V     |   |              |   |           V  |
|   V          |   |     V        |   |   V          |
|              |   |         V    |   |            V |
|        V     |   |    V         |   |         V    |
|          V   |   |  V    V      |   |              |   
|____V_________|   |______________|   |_____V________|

Howto : The technique to beat airman, is to first make sure you have a
line of fire. So you must jump through his puzzle until you can shoot
him. Whn you do have a line of fire, you shho as fast as you can. Even if
he use his fan, if does not matter because when you are being pulled back,
you can still continue to shoot him until he throw another puzzle
again. If he thrown the 1st puzzle, you jump over the first tornado and
strt shooting. When he use his fan, you gona be hit but it does not
matter. If he use puzzle 2, start shooting immediatly. You are going to be
hit since you cannot slide in Megaman 2. If he throw the 3rd puzzle, jump
over the first tornado and shoot. You wn't be hit in this puzzle.

-| Quick Man	[ Level ****  ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

	Quick man can bea realy tough the first time you beat him because
of the rough battle ground, when you beat him again in DR Willy's castle,
he will be a little bit easier on a flat battle ground.

Behavior : Quick man actions are totaly random. First he can jump very
high, he can also run. Since the battle ground is not flat, see figure 1
) running will generaly not lead him anywhere. Then he can throw his
boomerang while is is on the ground or in the air. He can throw 3 spreaded
bommerang or 3 grouped bommerang. 

Figure 1 - Quick man' battle ground

|              |
|              |
|              |
|              |
|              |
|    __  __    |
|  __||__||__  |
|__|        |__|
 1 2 3 4 3 2 1  : number associated to each platform

Howto : There is not rally an reapeating pattern to learn so this is why
you must what his move carefully and shoot him when you have a chance. I
can still give you a few tips. First, don't stand on platform 1 because he
he run or jump toward platfor 1, you will not be able to evade
him. Platform 3 is generaly optimal, and you will be trapped less
often. You can shoot him when he jumps but the optimal way is to shoot him
when he is trapped running on a platform. For example, if quickman is on
the left platform 2 and he runs to the right, he will run into a
wall. When he run in the wall, move on platfor 4 or on the right platform
2 and shoot him until he jumps or throw bommeran at you. So you can take
advantage of quick man's running due to the battle ground, then you only
have to go on the opposite platform of the same level and shoot him. When
you are battling him on flet ground, you will need to jump over him when
he runs toward you.

-| Heat Man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Heat man has an easy pattern. If you beat him correcly, you will
be hit at most 1 time. If you are good, you won't be hit at all. It only
takes a lot of time to beat him.

Behavior : Heat man start by throwing 3 flames at you. He will continue to
throw his flame until you shoot him. If you shoot him, he will raise his
flame shield and charge toward you. When he finished charging he would
generaly stop at the opposite section of the screen. Then he start the
pattern again flames and charge.

How to : When you enter the room, he will throw flames at you. If you
wish,
you can try to evade them. If you are hit is does not matter. When he
finished throwing his flame, he is vulnerable, so shoot him and will he
raise his flame shield. When he charges at you, wait
until he comes close and jump over his flame charge. Then continue running
to the opposite side of the screen. Heat man will pop up and thrown flames
but since you are running the flames will fall behind you. When you reach
the opposite side of the battle field, turn around and shoot, then he will
charges again. Reapeat this process until he dies. It is important that
each time you evade his charge you run to the extremities of the battle
field.  

-| Wood man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Wood man has a relativly easy pattern. It is easy to learn and to
deal with it. The only problem is that you must kill him before he jumps
on you. When playing at the "normal" difficulty level, if should be a
problem but it might be at the "difficult" level.

Behavior : Wood man has 2 weapons : it's leaf shield and if's leaf
drop. He first start by raising his shield where he becomes
invincible. Then he throw 4 leaf in the air which will fall later. When he
is done, he throw his shield at you and jumps toward you. then the leaves
in the air starts to fall. When they falled, he raise his shield again and
continue this pattern. wood man always jumps toward you.

How To : Stay on the left side of the screen for the whole combat. When
his shield is up, wait. When he throws it, jump over it. Then start
shooting with the cannon since his defense is open. If you wish, you can
try to evade the leaf comming from the air but you better concentrate con
keeping firing since the leaf won't make so much damage. Second, if you
shoot very fast, you won't get hit more that 3 time until you finish wood
man. If wood man is to close to you, you can try to jump over him when is
shild is down and go to the other side of the wood. Unfortunaly, there is
no slide is Megaman 2 so you cannot slide under him when he jumps toward
you.	

-| Metal Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random/Reation Pattern ] |-

	Metal man is not to tough, you just have to make sure that you
don't get hit to often.

Bahavior : Basicly, metal man always stand on the opposite room side of
you. If you change side, he will change too. The battle room floor can
slide left or right. Generaly, it stand in the same direction for a few
seconds, and then the is a flas in the screen and the floor now slide on
the other side. If you don't do anything, metal man will wait and some
times he will jump and throw his metal blades. If you shoot, he will then
jump and thrown metal blades.

Howto : If you can, stand always on the same site off the battle
ground. According to the floor's movement, compensate by runnin on the
oposite site to make sure that you won't move in the middle on the
screen. Then you must jump and shoot while in the air and on the
ground. If you jump and shoot, it will force him to jump, so you will hit
him. Generaly, you start firering and while you evade his blades you
continue to shoot him. In this way , you will evade his attack and you
will also hit him. Just try to survive to everything he throws at you
while shooting.

-| Flash Man	[ Level **   ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Flash man is to too hard, espicialy at "normal" difficulty because
each shot make 4 damage. Which mean you need 7 shot to kill him. So if you
wish, you can focus on shooting and ignoring being hit.

Behavoir : Flash man will run and make small jumps until he reach you. If
you move, he will change his direction and run after you. After a certain
time, he will stop the time and shoot. He always stop the time at a
regular interval of seconds. Which mean that you can easily predict when
he will shoot by using the background busic as a timer.

How to : The technique is to shoot him while you ca, when he is close to
you, you jump over him and go to the opposite side of the screen. When you
know he is going to stop the time, you find a safe spot from is cannon
before he stop the time. Look at figure 1. For example, if flashman is
located on platform 3, well if you stay on platfor 4, you won't be hit. If
he stand on platform 1, 2, 4 , 5 well you can place yourself on platform 3
and jump in the air jump before he stop the time. This way, you will be
far too high in the sky to be hit. Use you judgement according to the
situation.

Figure 1 - Flash's Man battleground

|            |
|            |
|            |
|            |
|            | 
|    __    __|
|  __||  __|
|__|  |__|	
 1 2 3 4 5 6

-| Crash Man	[ Level **    ] [ Reation Pattern ] |-

	Crash man is realy a peace of cake if you know the trick, it is
possible to beat him without being hit.

Behavior : Basicly, crashman walk from left to right and tries to follow
you movement. Once a while, he will jump in the air and throw a crash bomb
at you. If you shoot, he will automaticly jump ant throw a crash bomb at
you.

How to : The technique his to force him to jump while shooting in the
air. At the beginning on combat walk a few tiles toward him, then jump and
shoot 1 bullet. Crash man will jump and get hit. You will when fall below
him, continue to run in the same direction and crash man will throw a bomb
behind you that won't hit you. When you reach the opposite side of the
screen, turn around, jump and shoo in the air. Again, crashman will jump
in the bullet and throw a crash bomb behind you while you are running on
the opposite side of the screen. Repeat the process.

----------------------------- Megaman 3 -------------------------------

-| Spark Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Spark man is a bit about luck, if he goes at the right place, you
won't have a problem. He can be a little tougher if he do not answer your
wishes.

Behavior : Spark man jumps in the room from platform to platform
from right to left and he goes back to right. Then he
he randomly stop to first shoot sparks in all directions and then to
charge up a big electricity ball and throw it at you. Then he jumps again
and repeat the pattern.

Figure 1 - Spark's man battleground
|              |
|              |
|              |
|      __      |
|      ||      |
|    __||__    |
|____|    |    |
|         |____|
  1  2 3 4  5

How to : Like I said before, the Idea is to wish he will stop on the right
platform. If he stop on platform 1, you can stand on platform 2 and 4 to
shoot him in rapid fire. If he stand on platform 2 or 4, you can stand on
platform 4 or 2 to shoot him. If he stand on platform 5, you can shoot him
from platform 1, but if he stand on platform 3, you can't shoot him
without jumping. This will make it more difficult to damage him. When he
trow his sparkles, try to find a safe spot or jump over them to evade
them. When he charge his buster, find a position where you will be able to
easily jump or evade the shot. Then start shooting until he jumps again.

-| Snake Man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Snake man is easy when you know his pattern. It is possible to
beat him without being hit.

Behavior : Snake man will move from right to left while jumping over the
obstacle. Then he will stop eaither on platform 1 or 3 ( look at figure1
) to jump and throw 2 search snake. The snake will folow the battle
ground. Then he start moving again.

Figure 1 Snake's man Battle ground
|              |
|              |
|              |
|              |
|      __      |
|      ||      |
|____  ||  ____|
|   |__||__|   |
  1  2 3 2  1
  
How to : You must make sure to stay near the middle of the screen for the
whole combat. If he moves from the right corner of the screen to the left
corner, stay on platform 3 and jump over him. You cxan also do it by
staying on platform 1 and jumping over him when he fall on platform 2. If
He thrown snake when on p^latform 1, wait on the top of platform 3 and
wait until he moves to jump over him. If he throw his snake on platfrom 3,
stand on platform 1 jump over the snake to fall on platform 2. Get back on
platform 1 and if he moves toward you, jump over him when he fall on
platform 2. Finaly, did I mention that while you are doing this , you must
randomly shoot him when you have a chance.

-| Needle Man	[ Level ****   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

	Needle man can be prety tough to to his random pattern. Keep an
eye on the combat and watch his moves carefully.

Behavior : Needle man can do many moves. First it can make an high jump in
the air and shoot needles while he fall back on the floor. He can make a
small jump and when he land, he use his needle chain. Or he can make small
or big jumps to move toward you.

Howto : The first thing to note is that you must make sure you do not get
trapped in a corner. When he is too close to you, slide under him when he
jumps toward you. If he is close to you and you need to evade his needle
chain, stay as far as you can from him and immediatly jump as soon as he
land on the floor. It will allow you to evade his needle chain by jumping
over it. When he jump high in the air and throw his needles ( 4 needles ),
try to evade them by bassing between the second and the third needle. You
can shoot him when he jumps or wehn you try to evade his needle. You can
also shoot him when he stand on the floor and prepare his next movement.

-| Hard Man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Hard man can be pretty tough. The technique I use is a bit suicide
and you need to be able to shot very fast. There might be a better
technique but this one works.

Behavior : Hard man first start by sending a few hard Knuckles toward
you. Those knuckle have boomerang capabilities which mean they return to
him after they are thrown. Then he jumps in the air, fly towards you and
smash you with his head. When he fall, the whole sreen will be paralysed
for a second and the combat will continue again. Then after he throw his
knuckles again and repeat the process.

Howto : The objective is to shoot him as fast as you can to make him lose
more health than he can make you lose with his knuckles. There might be a way
to evade his knucles, anyways. When you enter the room start shooting even
if you get hit. When he fly in the air, start running toward him. When you
pass under him he will smash you but he will fall behind you. so then turn
around and shoot. abosorb his knuckles and when he is in the air, slide
under him to make him fall behind you then turn around again and
shoot. Repeat this process until he is dead. You can make some excess
damage is you give him a shot just before he fall on the ground and
paralyse the screen. In this way, you will make 1 extra hit for each
landing he makes.

-| Top Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Top man's pattern is not really hard to evade, it's just taking
the time to hit him which is difficult.

Behavior : Top man start by throwing 3 top diagonaly in the air. These
tops will stand there for a few seconds and then home toward you. Then
top man spinn in himself and charge toward the opposite side of the
battlefield. When he reached his destination, he throws his top again and
restart his pattern which will always be the same.

How to : When you enter the room give him a few shot. Then when his top
start homing toward you, jump over them. Then he should start
spining. While he is spinning you cannot shoot him, so walk foward to the
middle of the screen and when he charges, jump over him. Then continue to
slide until you reach the opposite side of the screen, turn around and
shoot him, when he thrown his tops, jump over them, walk foward and jump
over his charge. Repeat the process.

-| Gemini Man	[ Level ****   ] [ Reaction Pattern ] |-

	In theory, geminiman is easy, in practice, it can be a real pain
in the neck.

Behavior : Gemini man has 2 phases. In the first phase, he split in 2
gemini man and they both start jumping in the room in a counter clockwise
circular pattern. If you shoot during the process, one of the gemini will
shoot a bullet toward you. When you have made him lose half of his energy,
one of the 2 gemini will dissapear. Then he will walk from right to left
and sometime he will throw a gemini laser. If you shoot, he will
automaticly jump.

Figure 1 - Gemini Man's Jumping pattern
|              |
|    /--<-\    | 1 - 1st occurence of Gemini man
|   /      \   | 2 - 2nd Occurence of Gemini man
|  /        \  |
| /          2 |
| |          | |
| -1---->----| |
|______________|

How to : For the first phase, you must stay in the middle of the room and
jump over the gimini man as they pass. You shoot gemini man when the 1st
gemini stand on the ground and walk toward you and when the 2nd gemini is
in the air ( as shown on figure 1 ). If the second gemini is on the
ground, he might shoot you in the back when you shoot which can be hard to
evade. When you shoot the gemini on the front, he might shoot you too. the
solution is to try to evade his shot by jumping over him. Since gemini is
circling very fast, it is recommended that you shoot at each 2nd gemini
instead of all of them. In this way, it will let you catch your breath and
position yourself for the second gemini. In other word, you jump over the
1st one, you shoot and jump over the 2nd one. Then you repeat again.
When gemini man reach phase 2, you must shoot him as you can. Since he
will jump each time you shoot, you should jump while shooting. If he come
close toward you, shoot to force him to jump above you and slide under
him. If he use his gemini laser, try to evade the bam by jumping over it
and planing it's reflection.

-| Magnet Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

	Magnet man is relatively easy. When you know what to do a t the
right moment, it should not be a problem.

Behavior : Magnet man can be either on the left side or on the right side
of the screen. At the beginning, he stat on the right. He first start
to change side by making 2 jumps to the other side of the screen. When he
reach the other side, he can start his powerfull magnet or magnet himself
on the ceiling and throw 3 magnet missiles. When he finished, he will move
to the other side of the screen with 2 jumps and will make one of his 2
move ( missile or magnet ). He then continue to repeat this process.

How to : You must always make sure to stay on the opposite side of the 
screen from where he stand. You should change side if he does so.When he
change side, he make a small then an high jumps. You can
avade any of these jumps by sliding under him when he is in the air. If he
use his magnet, just start running on the opposite direction. If he throw
his missile, make sure you are in the opposite corner of the battle
field. When the Missile starts to fall on you, walk toward magnet man and
all the missile will pass behind you. You can shoot him after he finis a
move or when you finished sliding under him, you can turn around and
shoot. Or when he his jumping toward you, you can jump and shoot him
during his first jump and slide under his 2nd jump or shoot when he landed
after the first jump.

-| Shadow Man	[ Level ***** ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

	This guy is really tough, it took me hours to beat him ( there was
no emulators in the old times ) and I think I beat it once or twice in my
life. If you want to win, first you need skill and luck. Both is
neccessary.

Behavior : Basicly shadow man make a serie of small jumps in the air while
closing toward you. After each 3 small or large jump he can (1) throw 2 shadow
blades( diagonaly and horizontaly, look below at figure 1 ) (2) or slide until
he reach a wall. When he finish sliding he automaticly jump. Those 2
actions are selected randomly. This is what make Shadow man unpredictable.

Howto : First never stay at the extremities of the screen because if you
try to jump over him when he slide, you'll get hit by it's
"automatic-jump-when-finish-sliding". So it is a good idea to stay at
least on the 3rd floor tile from the wall. Then when he slide, you will be
able to jump over him without being hit. If he throw his shadow blades,
you can jump over the horizontal blade but if you are trapped in the
corner, you will be hit by the diagonal blade if your try to do so. The
best solution is to slide under it. But watch out because he can imediatly
slide too. If you are trapped in the corner, you can slide under him
while he is making high jump. Remember that it is always at his 3rd
jump that he will make an action. So count his jump and stay on your
guard after the 3rd one.Then, by the time you all do this, you must shoot
him in your free time.

Figure 1 - Shadow blades movement
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      \
       \
   <----+

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-| Ring Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

	Ring's man use a pattern that can be evaded without much trouved,
you just need to make shar movement to make sure you won't get hit.

Behavior : Ring man can jump, walk and throw ring boomerang. he always use
the same pattern this is why it make's him so easy. First he thrown a low
ring boomerang, then he jump in the air and throw a second ring
boomerang. When he falls back on the ground he will catch back his first
ring in mid air. Then he will run toward you and catch his second ring at
the same time.

Howto : First you must evade his 1 str ring, then you must change the side
of the screen wehn he runs toward you. When he throw his first ring toward
you, make a SMALL jump over the ring, and be prepared to jump back
immediatly when the ring comes back. If you are closer to ring man, it
will give you more time to react, this is why you should at least
stay 3 or 4 floor tiles from the side of the battleground. Then, when
ringman start running toward
you, jump over him BEFORE he catch his second ring boomerang. Since you
have a mega-buster in Megaman IV, it is best to charge your cannon while
he is walking toward you. When you jump over him, Slide to the opposite
side of
the screen ( keeping your 4 tile distance from the side ), turn around and
release your buster before he throw his ring again.

-| Dive Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern/Reaction Partern ] |-

	Dive man's patter can be easy, but if you lose control of the
combat, it can be impossible to restore his pattern and you will fail.

Behavior : Dive man ca (1) throw 3 torpedoes in a row (2) charge where you
are standing. Torpedoes are homing, and when he charge, he stop where you
stand. Generaly, he choose to shoot torpedo or charge. After he shoot
torpedo, he charge. When he finish charging, he repeat the process.

How to : The general idea, is to shoot him , jump over him when he charge
and move to the opposite side of the screen. When he throw torpedoes,
stand on the ground and shoot in rapid fire. In this case, the torpedoes
will go directly toward you which will make it easy to shoot them. If you
move, they will circle arounf in the battle field and they will be hard to
hunt. When you have destroyed the 3rd torpedo, the 4th is not a torpedo
but dive man's charge attack. When his charge comes near, make a SMALL
jump over him and slide until you reach the opposite side of the
screen. The trun around and shoot. If he charge, jump again, else shoot
his torpedo. If is always important to stay at the extremities of the
battlefield because dive man's charge stop where you are. If you are in
the center, he will stop in the center. This way, it will be hard to evade
his charge when he start at the middle of the screen.


-| Skull Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Pharaoh Man	[ Level ****  ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

-| Bright Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Toad Man	[ Level *     ] [ Pattern ] |-

	This is one of the easiest boss in the whole megaman series. You
usualy beat him without being touch.

Behavior : Toad man has 1 weapon, the toad rain. What does he do ? He
jumps slowly in the room and when he is tired he call his rain. If you
shoot him, he wont call it's rain.

How to : The goal is to keep him busy. if you do so, he will never start
his rain. You must use only rapid fire to keep him busy. When you enter
the room, start shooting. Then when he jumps, run under him and when he
land, turn around and shoot as fast has you can. Then when his jumps
again, run under him, turn around and shoot. Continue this process unti he
is dead.

-| Drill Man	[ Level ****  ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

-| Dust Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

----------------------------- Megaman 5 -------------------------------

-| Stone Man	[ Level **    ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

-| Gravity Man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Star Man	[ Level *     ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Napalm Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Crystal Man	[ Level ****  ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Gyro Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Charge Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Wave Man	[ level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

------------------------------- MegaMan 6 -----------------------------

-| Blizzard man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern/Random Pattern ] |-

-| Wind Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

-| Flame Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

-| Plant Man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Tomahawk Man	[ Level ****  ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

-| Yamato Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Knight Man	[ Level *     ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

	Knight man is easy to beat. The only way he can really make you
sick is if he traps you in a corner else it is a peace of cake.

Behavior : Knight man can jump, small and long jumps, and he can throw his
spike ball. His spike ball has boomerang properties, he throw it fast and
come back slowly. All these actions are selected randomly. He has also a
shield to protect him self. The shield only protect him from front attack
and his shield drop when he throw his ball.

How to : The technique is to shoot when his shield is open. When he jumps
in the battle field, evade his movement, slide under him when he is in the
air and try make sur that you won't be trapped in a corner when he send
his ball. While doing this, charge your buster. When he is ready to throw
his ball, jump foward over the ball and at the same time release the
buster. Then continue to shoot. When his ball comes back, jump backward
and shoot until his shield close. Continue the process.


-| Centaur Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

------------------------------ Megaman 7 -------------------------------

-| Freeze Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Junk Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Burst Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Pattern/Reation Pattern ] |-

-| Cloud Man	[ Level **    ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Shade Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

-| Turbo Man	[ Level ****  ] [ Pattern ] |-

-| Slash Man	[ Level ***** ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

-| Spring Man	[ Level ***   ] [ Random Pattern ] |-

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