Mega Man - Wily's Fortress : Stage 1

Gods this game is short... Aaaaanyways, it is time to start the Wily stages! There is not much to say here... This is before the time of fortress maps and dramatic Wily entries... but he still gets the eye-brow waggle in... THAT has been around since the very beginning! XD The first fortress stage is kind of bleh... It starts off with some Big Eyes... lovely... then followed up with a gauntlet of various places where you will finding yourself needing to make use of the various powers you have collected. This stage gets a lot of hate from me for one specific reason though... the foot holders. At least in Ice Man's stage they were optional, but this time around, they are MANDATORY! If you use the Magnet Beam to skip them, you will not be able to get past the next room, and thus, will need to go commit suicide. Sounds lovely, does it not? That is it for this stage, though... it is very short... all that is left is the boss.
The boss here is the infamous Yellow Devil. Stop using the pause trick, people, the boss is not even all that difficult. The key to perfecting any devil fight is memorizing the pattern in which it breaks apart. Dodging everything is always most difficult the very first time the devil appears as you cannot see each block separating from the body like you can for the rest of the fight. While I still never want to fight this thing buster only, that is simply due to the raw tedium this causes. I mean really... you are looking at at least 20 times of this pattern looping before scoring a kill with the buster. Probably more since the eye can appear up higher than where the buster can hit! Yeeeah... I shall just stick to the Thunder Beam. XD For those wondering about the pause trick... you just press Select to toggle the game between pause and unpause. If timed right, the Thunder Beam will hit multiple times, quickly getting rid of the boss. This works on several bosses in the game, but it is most definitely cheating. XD
Enjoy!~

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

There was always something special about the first title in the series. Maybe it was it's simplicity, or the clear love put into it. Or maybe it was the atmosphere, the First Megaman game has this really grimorse atmosphere for some reason. It really felt like you were alone fighting an army of robots. No one to help you out along the way, just you and the enemies. Megaman 9 I feel like brought this feeling back, but if the shop was removed that would have completely brought back the grimorse atmosphere.

[@TomboyGamerGal]

Sadly, I used the pause glitch on the Yellow Devil, some of the Robot Masters, and the final boss itself. It was my first time playing Megaman 1 though. In the future, I'll try really hard to observe enemies in this game without using the pause glitch. Megaman games are pretty tough.

[@GBRyker61]

It's actually not a glitch. I had a Megaman strategy guide back in the day and it refered to it as the Pause Technique.

[@TomboyGamerGal]

Imagine replying to an 8-9 year old comment.. Just because a guide told you about it =/= mean it's not a glitch. That author found out about that by himself or by someone else and decided to share that glitch to other readers playing this game. That exploit was removed in The Wily Wars, so therefore it *was* a glitch.

[@PhilLeotardosGhost]

The pause technique is FAIR game. It's in the game? It's FAIR. Using exterior technology like Game Genie is cheating. MM1 had NO energy tanks to stay alive longer so the pause technique is FAIR GAME. It balances out the difficulty.

[@PhilLeotardosGhost]

No different than using the Magnet Beam to bypass the long pit trap in Ice Man's stage. It's allowed.

[@TomboyGamerGal]

Dumbest comment I've ever read. No, it's not a fair game as it was a programming error overlooked by the game developers you moron. When you exploit a glitch and use it as an advantage, it's still cheating like using a cheating device nonetheless. But I don't care if people do it as it has nothing to do with me. Cheating is cheating. *No different than using the Magnet Beam to bypass the long pit trap in Ice Man's stage.* Another ignorant comment. Once you obtain that item, you're free to use that item whenever you please, so how tf is that cheating? In the sequels, the game also hands out platforming items, so it's not cheating if you want to skip the appearing/disappearing platforms or the fixed moving platforms.

[@PACMAN2182]

1:58 I got to this part without having the Magnet Beam and just couldn't continue the level. Damn it

[@icelevel2437]

i know these are old vids but thank you sooo much for these! I've been playing a lot of MM1 lately and the annotated tips really help.

[@UsaSatsui]

Hey, the Devil's eye appears in a different place each time. Never notice that before.

[@ms.yawhaw8831]

Blob

[@wd3185]

Look, I love Mega Man. I love the classic series, the X series, the Zero series, and the ZX games. I own every one except Mega Man 11. But this is just completely piss poor level design, specifically the segment with the Foot Holders. Making them move back and forth and putting spikes on the bottom would have been enough. But making them not only move in random patterns you can't predict, not only putting spikes _on the top_ limiting the space you have to jump from platform to platform, not only do they _fucking fire shots_ which can not only knock you off or cut your jump short in midair but can also damage you as you make contact with the next platform _causing you to fall through and hit the bottom spikes,_ but the way the platforms move means you might wait twenty minutes to finally be able to jump on the first platform, and it might move towards the ceiling close enough to kill you without jumping before ever getting a chance to jump to the next platform. Fuck. This. Stage.

[@DullBones]

It's not that the Yellow Devil is hard, it just that it takes TOO F$*#&#* LONG to kill! Even with the Thunder Beam it took you over one minute. Going buster-only, it could take up to FOUR MINUTES!! And that if the eye doesn't pop up where it can't be reached!

[@MR-nl8rg]

your walkthroughs are so great! your tips in text are awesome. TY!

[@Luigithehomie91]

Yea, the Shadow Devil uses this song in X5 in one of the final stages I believe

[@kingdedede5570]

Actually it's at least fourteen times, mercifully Yellow Devil takes 2 damage from each Buster shot.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

You make it look so easy. And hooray for not using the pause glitch!

[@temmay]

MetalSmasherGaming 8

[@guedesbrawl]

Funny that you said those big eyes are the hardest part of the stage. You could have just frozen them with the Ice Slasher (which you mocked soon afterwards)

[@npc_blob1609]

But you'd have to freeze them during their jump for a no hit run, otherwise you'd just be waiting for them to thaw.

[@theganon111]

I feel so weak, when i played this i couldnt get past the 2nd barrage of the yellow devil's attacks :P

[@unrveldegenerate3165]

I call the Yellow Devil Hitmonchan as a Kid

[@TheOnlyGBeast]

Oh yeah I forgot something, if you use the Magnet Beam to get past the footholders you CAN, in fact, still get past the next room... you just need to get the energy at the end, go into the next room, and when you back into the room with the footholders the energy will be back

[@SwordHMX]

Totally agree. I guess I'm weird because the only time the Yellow Devil gave me a serious run for my money was when I had not played the game eight years. Figure that one out and you have more insight than I do.

[@emmcee476]

I used to use the Pause trick on the end boss lol. Now many years later, I see how easy it is to memorize its pattern

[@SUPERMATT5546]

While the Genesis version doesn't have the pause trick, the game slows down when Yellow Devil moves from one side to the other. This may or may not make it easier to get into the groove of hoping over his parts.

[@TheRenaissanceGamer]

I think (I could be wrong on this) that the weapon energy respawns when you climb the ladder so that you can use magnet beam as much as you want.

[@robhill9336]

Not sure why you didn't use the magnet beam at 1:36.....?

[@KayDizzelVids]

I find the music of the first Wily stage beautiful....It's so magnificent, and awesome, I almost shed manly tears

[@TheHulk2008]

The music is definitely much more somber more emotional.

[@Spikeman750]

Aww, but Ilike using the pause trick! D: Also, the footholder section can be skipped with the Magnet Beam/Plaform Gun, you just need to make short hops when jumping from one magnet platform to the other.

[@MatthiaGryffine]

3:20 To be honest, I am still waiting for someone to actually attempt such a challenge on KZbin. Will no one step up to the plate?

[@RedRanger2001]

The pause trick is only good for speedrunners, though... Oh, and if you're low on health when you fight Yellow Devil, you can use the pause trick if you're careful dodging the cells...

[@Dashen_]

I usually like when some games recicle enemies from past games, but i really hated how many times the yellow devil and similar versions of it appeared in other megaman games, including Megana & Bass and Megaman X5, i remember i so mad that i had to fight him so many times in so many games, that when i reached his level in megaman x5, as soon i saw him i ragequitted. I didnt even try. >.>

[@TheCastellan]

@Outshinedsg He comes back in Megaman 3, so he/she/it had to have been a popular one.

[@TheStorytime7]

Well, the footholders in this level aren't technically mandatory...once you get to the room where you need the magnet beam, you could just keep going back to the the room with the footholders, and the ammunition cells should keep reappearing each time.

[@Bowserslave]

@KDavisJr86 i no i love that stage music true and its a wily stage that came BEFORE MM2 wily stage 1 that everyone loves

[@MatthiaGryffine]

... and wouldn't you know it? It was Roahm, the most unlikely person out there who attempted it. We are proud of Roahm for swallowing his pride and finally becoming the dragon we always hoped he would be.

[@8bitpianist]

Why, yes. I WOULD like to watch the yellow devil materialize 28 times, thanks ;)

[@dacalala]

Don't they remake the Wily Fortress boss theme in X5? It sounds oddly familiar from an X game.

[@rhysbrady8534]

Ik this is late but yes they do in x5 the shadow devil theme is a remix of the mega man 1 wily boss theme

[@davidgusquiloor2665]

My biggest shame is that i have never beaten Yellow Devil without pause glitch or Death with no Holly Water. Really impressive.

[@jakemealey489]

Freezing the big eyes at the highest height of their jump makes them pretty easy to deal with

[@Actionfan19]

So like if you freeze it after it assembles itself you can thunder beam it into submission?

[@sir.meridian1122]

How the Hell do you Get the magnet Beam.

[@7fishy871]

go to Elecman's stage

[@toasted_butter1882]

@@7fishy871 you can destroy the blocks with thunder bean or super arm

[@PACMAN2182]

​​@@toasted_butter1882 at this part 1:58 there are no destructible blocks, so unfortunately you need Magnet Beam

[@TheCastellan]

Anyone else besides me called the Boss "The Rock Monster"?

[@rileygronlund8233]

3:18 Not if you charge the shots! Then it will last only 10 loops Mega Buster-only, assuming you can hit the Devil's eye every time!

[@techmark3665]

This is the first game. Charge shots were not introduced until Mega Man 4.

[@Kakashiruata]

Kid this day does not know what is a hard game

[@SuperParkourio]

You can freeze the Big Eyes in place with the Ice power.

[@ms.yawhaw8831]

I just findout where that yellow guy on smash bros willy castle came from. This game impossible for me to even finish the 1st stages : (

[@frikiranger4788]

My left ear is lonely

[@chrisd8458]

Where do you get the energy magnet? I swear I beat all the bosses. I should have it. But its not in my inventory

[@daniloferreirac7939]

it doesn't drop from a boss. you find it at elecman's stage, after climbing a few stairs. you have to use gutsman's weapon to move bricks, it is behind them (watch this channel's video on elecman)

[@hrh5]

Is it just me or is Yellow Devil a little bit glitched in Mega man 3 (Wii version). It also looks like that the Wii version is harder then the orginal for the Nes.

[@Shermanre1]

I never could beat that orange guy

[@captainmac1614]

The enemies at 1:31 look like bullet bills from the mario universe :o And what?? Where do you get that ability to do that at 1:58 At that part i didn't know what to do, and that's the answer?? I buyed this game in the nintendo e shop, but I don't have that ability..

[@LaluzdelaLunaEsp]

Go te elecman he has a scattered weapon blocked in guts blocks find it and you got it

[@captainmac1614]

Jack Wasserman Yes, I know I've already beated Megaman after this time ^^

[@KayDizzelVids]

@Bowserslave Proof that Megaman had awesome music for ages

[@lillith7257]

Ya know I don't have magnet on mine Odd Thats why I can't get through this stage lmao

[@JohnVo423]

Same! WTF

[@burnum]

Not really true, Pink. You can freeze the big eyes in place with the Ice Shot and walk underneath them.

[@GUGAMINECRAFT]

in the android version after the foot holders you don´t need the magnet beam

[@QuiGonZel]

What emulator, if any, do you use for these vids, Pink? Other than that question, good run... Wily's first stage just seems like the kind where you're just staring at the screen waiting for something fun to happen. Thankfully it's short, eh?

[@Titan0l]

i just realized. the yellow devil MK II is way easier than this guy (if you dont use the elec beam trick) and the shadow devil is way harder. reasons: yellow devil MK II's second attack style (for the blob attack) is simple to dodge and his original blob attack is easier with the slide. but the shadow devil's blob attack is randomized, he shoots bigger spheres, he has more attacks, and just like the original, the eye appears in different spots. Even the foot.

[@Studiogu-xj4ym]

It’s same I am reading old cartoon book👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽

[@edwardgaines6561]

Boring? Please, the music makes it riveting! 😳

[@CapcomFanBoy]

Better theme than Wily Stage 1 MM2. Fricking fight me, MM2 fanboys.

[@enforcerbitil]

all right im pretty much stuck here. i've done this numerous amounts of times and even die before i get to this part. im not sure how the pause trick works out. PINKKITTYROSE HELP ME PLEASE!!!! if this doesnt go welll im planning to sell my anniversary collection

[@SwordHMX]

Bumomomomo!

[@rotcivmik]

@rotcivmik BUMO BUMO BUMO BUMO BUMO BUMO ! By leaving the screen it would come back

[@emmanuelibus]

What's the boss' pattern?

[@Outshinedsg]

Yellow Devil has got to be the most boring boss ever. It takes forever to kill, because you can't even hurt it most of the time. Meanwhile, it's not even all that threatening, so you just sit around and be bored.

[@BLSoldier00]

The pause trick is for scr00bs. Good job for not using it once.

[@MegaKnuckles777]

You know that you can freeze the Big Eyes in midair with the Ice Slasher, right?

[@Sekiria23]

BUMO!!

[@mmavideos4287]

Watch spootin45's megaman 1 walkthrough video and compare to see which is better

[@indigitalarts9209]

so hard

[@aaronmoney1134]

What do I do? I don't have the energy magent.

[@beastmonsterthing3]

you gotta go back and get it!

[@Just_D4nny]

I HATE ALL LEVEL

[@FortressMT]

EVERY video you have of this game you call everything annoying, boring, and bad...WHY THE HELL ARE YOU PLAYING IT?! Your Commentary is ANNOYING and so discouraging...let people enjoy it for God’s sake. These are the best games from our childhood.

[@DLN_0.5]

Fortress Combat oc