Honestly as far as first entries in popular video game franchises go, you could certainly do worse. Even with the glaring problems the original Mega Man has, I enjoyed my time with it, it's a solid first entry. I didn't really feel frustrated other than certain sections in Ice Man's stage and the Wily Castle stages. Now of course, I also ended up beating the Yellow Devil, the Copy Robot, and Wily Machine No. 1 with the infamous pause glitch, because I'm going to be real with you I really did not want to replay Wily Stage 4 in any capacity, but that isn't to say I at least didn't give it a fair shot first before resorting to using that glitch. All in all, though, this game is pretty fun despite later entries heavily improving upon it in almost every way imaginable. I specifically love the Magnet Beam in this game and I find it a bit of a shame that it doesn't make any sort of meaningful return in the future, although I understand why that is the case considering Rush would later be introduced, which serves pretty much the same purpose as the Magnet Beam does. Solid 6/10 here, nothing awful, but nothing amazing either, just a solid first entry in a long running series.