Ever since Megaman 2 hit the Nes I've been absolutely crazy about the Megaman series. As I am a huge retro game enthusiast I decided to focus on collecting 1 series of games rather than focusing on 1 games system and what better choice than my favorite series of games ever?

While I buy all my games to play, I simply love the presentation on each of the boxes and manuals which prompted me to exclusively collect complete copies of each game. This has proved to be a challenge in itself as many of the games are extremely hard (or next to impossible) to purchase with the box and manual intact (Megaman V and the Gamegear release took months each to locate and cost a pretty penny when I did find them). However I had been lucky in a few instances where I simply stumbled upon games I never even knew existed such as the Chinese only Rockman Strategy, the Megaman 3 Playchoice cart and the PAL release of Megaman 5.

While most of my purchases have come from eBay and the Yahoo Japan Auctions I have also had help from members of the retrogamer.net forum who helped set me up with complete copies of Wily Wars, Xtreme 2 as well as several of the rarer PAL Playstation releases.

So here is my collection!

 

One of my personal favourites, my 20th anniversary Rockman figure.

My other favourite, my Playchoice 10 cab, currently playing Megaman 3.

Me, just about to take on Shadow Man (Just for the record, he beat me 3 times in a row!)

Where it all began, my PAL (Euro) copies of Megaman 1-5. I didn't discover MM5 had even gotten a PAL release until a year ago!

Megaman 1-6 USA versions. Megaman 6 is my favourite since it never saw a release in PAL territories that I'm aware of.

 

My Megaman 9 press kit in all its glory. It is one of my favourite and most treasured Megaman collectables that I managed to aquire recently.

Megaman I-V for the Gameboy along with Megaman Xtreme. Megaman IV and V proved to be extremely difficult to track down complete. Megaman V is tied as my most expensive Megaman game at $200!

Rockman World 2-5 for the Gameboy, I still need to track down a copy of the first one. I especially like the artwork used in the Japanese versions when compared to the USA/Euro versions.

Megaman 7 as well as Megaman X 1-3 for the Snes.

Megaman Soccer for the Snes, despite Soccer being extremely popular in Europe this game never got a release there for some reason!

Rockman and Forte for the Super Famicom, Megaman and Bass for the GBA and Rockman and Forte for the Wonderswan. Despite sharing its title with the Super Famicom version the WOnderswan release is a completely original game with brand new bosses (such as the amazing Compass Man!)

Super Adventure Rockman, Rockman 8 and Rockman X4 Special Limited Pack for the Sega Saturn. X4 also comes with an exclusive Ultimate Armor X figure and is another favourite part of my collection.

Rockman X4 Special Limited Pack for the Playstation. This was even harder to track down than the Saturn version but I finally managed to find a copy on Yahoo Japan Auctions. Its essentially the same as the Saturn version save for the box colour and number of screenshots on the back of the box!

Megaman 8, X3 X5 and X6 for the Playstation

Megaman X4-6 PAL versions

Megaman Legends 1 and 2 and the Misadventures of Tron Bonne for the Playstation

Megaman Legends 2 (PAL version) along with the never released in America Megaman Battle and Chase for the Playstation.

Rockman Collection for the Playstation. This includes all 6 complete works versions of the original games as well as Rockman X7 for the PS2

A second picture of the collection box showing off all 7 games.

 

Megaman X7-8 and Command Mission for the PS2

Megaman Anniversary Collection, Megman X collection and Megaman Network Transmission for the Gamecube

Megaman Maverick Hunter X and Megaman Powered Up for the PSP along with Megaman ZX for the DS

Megaman the Wily Wars for the Mega Drive, Megaman for the Gamegear, Rockman Power Battle and Fighters for the Neo Geo Pocket Colour and Rockman EXE for the Wonderswan.

Megaman EXE 1-6 for the Gameboy Advance

Megaman Zero 1-4 for the Gameboy Advance

Megaman 2 and 3 Tiger LCD handheld games

Rockboard for the Famicom, a boardgame kind of like Monopoly featuring characters from the Megaman series

The Megaman 1 and 3 PC games, which were completely different from the Nes versions and featured all new levels and Robot Masters

Another game I accidently stumbled upon while searching on eBay, my boxed copy of Megaman X for the PC including the free Gamepad.

The Megaman animated series soundtrack and Megaman X4 for the PC, which were freebies that came with MMX for the PC.

The Rockman EXE 2 special edition which comes with a custom designed Gameboy Advance as well as a copy of Rockman EXE 2.

Rockman EXE 4 double pack, which includes both Blue Moon and Red Sun and an exclusive E Reader Card

 

Rockman EXE 4.5 with Battle Chip Gate

Rockman EXE 6 Deluxe editions each with a Battle Chip Gate

An inside look at what the collection includes. The game, Battle Chip Gate and Battle Chips.

Rockman Complete Works 1 and 2 guidebooks. Each have a walkthrough for the game as well as some really nice colour artwork. Each also comes with a copy of the game which is located in the back page.

Rockman 4 for the Famicom, I still need to track down the other 5!

The rare Rockman Strategy for PC which was only released in China. This game is a real time strategy game not to dissimilar to Final Fantasy Tactics and lets you control Megaman, Protoman, Duo, Beat, Fliptop and Rush among others. The bad guys this time are based on star signs (Cancer, Virgo etc.) along with many Robot Masters from Megaman 1-8 who also show up throughout the game. While nothing revolutionary the game itself is a blast to play and is fully beatable with little knowledge of the chinese language.

The back box to Rockman Strategy

A closer look at a few of the characters in the game. The character 3rd from the end is one of the main bad guys along with what can only be described as a crecent moon with legs! In grand Megaman tradition Dr Wily is still the final boss, this time his Flying Saucer boss fight looks like a Metroid!

 

Megaman Xtreme (again) along with Megaman Xtreme 2

Megaman ZX (again) along with Megaman ZX Advent for the DS

Not much to look at but a joy to play, Rockman the Power Battle CPS1 arcade board.

Rockman the Power Fighters CPS2 arcade board, one of my favourite arcade games of all time.

My collection of Megaman 4-8 and Megaman X1-3 capsule toys. Amongst them are complete sets of Megaman 4, 8 and X2 Robot Masters/Mavericks. For their size (approx 2") they are very detailed and are a great addition to my collection.