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Mega Man 2

Tightened the eight-boss structure and added energy tanks, becoming the series' reference template.

Released 1988 Developer Capcom Platform NES Genre Platformer Era 8- and 16-bit

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Mega Man 2 inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Lives and Continues 1978Continuous Scrolling Playfield 1980Momentum-Based Platform Control 1985Password Continuation 1986

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