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Mega Man 2 Instruction Booklet (NES, North America)

U.S.A., Capcom. 1989. “Mega Man 2 Instruction Booklet (NES, North America).” Capcom U.S.A.

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Mega Man 2 NES manual
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https://archive.org/details/NESManuals
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https://archive.org/download/NESManuals/Mega%20Man%202%20%28USA%29_text.pdf
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2026-10-22
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© Capcom U.S.A., Inc.; licensed by Nintendo of America
Credit
Capcom U.S.A. (game and booklet). Scan in the Internet Archive's "NES Manuals" collection, uploaded by job.steinbusch.
Notes
North American instruction booklet for the NES release; the booklet prints no year, so the date is the North American release year. The pinned copy is the item's text PDF (10 two-page spreads with an OCR text layer). PDF page 2 is printed p. 2 (stage select), PDF page 4 is printed pp. 6-7 (energy crystal), PDF page 5 is printed pp. 8-9 (special items and passwords), and PDF page 8 is printed pp. 14-15 (the eight Robot Masters and their weapons).

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Mega Man 2 opens on a stage-select screen with eight Robot Masters around a space for Dr. Wily, and the player picks which to fight.printed p. 2 (PDF 2), Getting Startedprinted p. 2 (PDF 2), Getting StartedManual
Each Robot Master Mega Man beats gives him its weapon, and each weapon works better on some bosses than on others.printed pp. 14-15 (PDF 8), Weaponsprinted pp. 14-15 (PDF 8), WeaponsManual
Beating Heat Man, Air Man, and Flash Man also gives Mega Man three items for getting around, a hovering platform, a jet sled, and a platform that climbs a wall.printed p. 8 (PDF 5), Special Itemsprinted p. 8 (PDF 5), Special Itemsprinted p. 8 (PDF 5), Special Itemsprinted p. 8 (PDF 5), Special ItemsManual
Mega Man can carry a full refill of energy to use when he chooses, which the manual calls an energy crystal and the developers an Energy Tank; the team's leader doubted it was needed.printed p. 6 (PDF 4), EnergyManual
After each Robot Master the player can take a password and use it later to return to the same point in the game.printed p. 9 (PDF 5), Passwordsprinted p. 9 (PDF 5), PasswordsManual