Game Start - Mega Man

Game Start

Composer Manami Matsumae Programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi Released 1988-12-24 Title Origin Official Loops No

This page is for the Mega Man song, for more titles see Game Start.

Game Start is a fanfare that plays when a boss robot is introduced after choosing them. It was used in the first, second and fourth Mega Man games before it was replaced in the NES games, but other games in the Mega Man series have used it as well.

Games

Mega Man (NES)

Mega Man (NES)

Arranger Manami Matsumae Programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi Released 1987-12-17 Length 0:07 Format NSF

This is the original version of Game Start. The song appears on the official soundtrack album, from which the title is derived. It is track 2 in the NSF file.

Mega Man II (NES)

Mega Man II (NES)

Arranger Takashi Tateishi Programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi Released 1988-12-24 Length 0:06.42 Format NSF

Takashi Tateishi remixed Matsumae's theme for the second Mega Man. More attention was given to the base line and the theme sounds more polished over all. This version of the track also appears on the official soundtrack album. It is track 16 in the NSF file.

Mega Man 4 (NES)

Mega Man 4 (NES)

Arranger Minae Saito Programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi Released 1991-12-06 Format NSF

Mega Man III (GB)

Mega Man III (GB)

Arranger Kouji Murata Programmer Kouji Murata Released 1992-12-11 Format GBS

Mega Man X (SNES)

Mega Man X (SNES)

Arranger Setsuo Yamamoto Released 1993-12-17 Format SPC

Setsuo Yamamoto took advantage of the SNES's greater sound capabilities when rearranging the song, adding a rapidly-paced percussion line to the original melody. Official soundtrack albums consistently name this version "Stage Start."

This song is track 12 in the game's sound test.

Mega Man: The Wily Wars (GEN)

Mega Man: The Wily Wars (GEN)

Arranger Kinuyo Yamashita Programmer Tokuhiko Uwabo, Kouji Murata Released 1994-10-21 Format UNK

Mega Man 7 (SNES)

Mega Man 7 (SNES)

Arranger Toshihiko Horiyama Programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yasushi Ikeda Released 1995-03-24 Format SPC

Mega Man 8 (PS1)

Mega Man 8 (PS1)

Arranger Shusaku Uchiyama Programmer Tomoyuki Kawakami Released 1996-12-17 Format PSF

Mega Man & Bass (SNES)

Mega Man & Bass (SNES)

Arranger Naoshi Mizuta Programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yasushi Ikeda Released 1998-04-24 Format SPC

Mega Man & Bass (GBA)

Mega Man & Bass (GBA)

Arranger Chihiro Arisaka Released 2002-08-10 Format GSF

Mega Man Powered Up (PSP)

Mega Man Powered Up (PSP)

Arranger Toshihiko Horiyama Programmer Hiroaki Kondo Released 2006-03-02 Format UNK

Mega Man 9 (WII)

Mega Man 9 (WII)

Arranger Ippo Yamada Released 2008-09-22 Format UNK

Mega Man 10 (WII)

Mega Man 10 (WII)

Arranger Ippo Yamada Released 2010-03-01 Format UNK

Mega Man 11 (PS4)

Mega Man 11 (PS4)

Arranger Marika Suzuki Programmer Ryo Yoshii Released 2018-10-02 Format UNK