Let's Play 14: 8Bit Mega Man 04: Mega Man 3 Quiz

Answer: Rush Power Adapter

Coil, Marine, and Jet became staples of the NES series. The Rush Power Adapter was introduced in "Mega Man VI". "Mega Man VI" also introduced the Rush Jet Pack, which is too sad, as us gamers could have definitely used the Rush Jet Pack in earlier titles in this series.

Answer: Three

You fight Proto Man in Magnet Man's stage, Hard Man's stage, and Shadow Man's stage. At one point in Gemini Man's stage you hear his famous whistle, though there is no battle and he never appears.

Answer: Breakman

Originally appearing as "Breakman", Proto Man plays a highly ambiguous role in "Mega Man 3". It is not until the end of "Mega Man 3" that we learn he is Mega Man's brother. Also, though less famously, "Mega Man 3" for the first time reveals the identity of Roll, who previously is only seen but never named in the ending of the original "Mega Man".

Answer: 30

There are eight Robot Master battles. In the Doc Robot stages, you fight the eight Robot Masters from "Mega Man 2", bring the total to sixteen. You then fight "Protoman". After fighting Protoman, you are taken to Dr. Wily's castle, where you fight three more bosses, then the eight Robot Masters, and finally Dr. Wily.

After fighting Dr. Wily, you then must fight Gamma, the peace keeping robot Dr. Light and Dr. Wily are working on.

Answer: 2nd Robot Master, Needle Man Stage

Crash Man's primary weakness in "Mega Man II" is the Air Tornadoes. Though not as effective, four Hard Knuckles will bring Crash Man down.

Answer: False

Roll first appears in the ending of the original "Mega Man". However, she is neither named nor referred too in anyway, shape, or form, and only appears as a sprite at the very end of the game, leaving the gamer no clear indication who the girl is or what she is doing with Dr. Light. However, "Mega Man 3" is the first game that names Roll in the classic NES series.

Answer: 24

The Yellow Devil fires twenty four shots at you to get across the room. Sometimes , unlike his incarnation in "Mega Man", whole rows of his body collapse into one large fragment. This second attack features five large blocks you must avoid.

Answer: Dr. Wily and Dr. Light

Of the six NES titles, "Mega Man 3" has the most complex story line, although also the most poorly implemented. Dr. Wily and Dr. Light have teamed up to create Gamma, a giant peace keeping robot. Eight Robot Masters steal eight power crystals. You must recover the power crystals and return them to Dr. Light and Dr. Wily's lab. Like "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link", much of the story is not actually in the game, only the instruction manual. 8-bit games didn't have much to memory so gameplay was always the primary focus, not story like today's games.

Answer: Red A6

Red A6 gives you nine energy tanks. Red D2, F2, and C3 gives you eight, seven, and six tanks respectively. In "Mega Man 4" you can no longer keep your energy tanks through your password feature. Of the six NES titles, "Mega Man 3" is the one that you can have the most energy tanks at one time, with an astonishing nine tanks. "Mega Man 2", in comparison, only allows you have to have four tanks.

Answer: January 1991

"Mega Man" III appeared on the twentieth issue of "Nintendo Power". It was the second time a "Mega Man" game graced the cover of the magazine, with the first game being "Mega Man II". "Nintendo Power" reused the Dr. Wily UFO from the "Mega Man II" cover, albeit it much smaller, in the "Mega Man III" cover.