Mega Man, known as Rockman[a] in Japan, is a 1987 action-platform game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The first installment in the Mega Man franchise and the original video game series, Mega Man was produced by a small team specifically for the home console market, a first for Capcom, which up until that point focused on arcade video games. It was directed by Akira Kitamura, with Nobuyuki Matsushima as lead programmer.
