Mega Man 2/Password Mechanics

This page will help you understand how to create your own passwords to go as you please through this game.

System explanation

You can use passwords to access any point in the game up to the moment that you access Wily Fortress 1. There are no passwords that will allow you to continue from any point further along in Wily's Fortress.

There are five rows and five columns used to make up the password screen. The columns are lettered from A to E and the rows are numbered from 1 to 5 making the password screen a 5x5 grid totaling 25 empty spaces. The passwords themselves are input like a coordinates on a map via dots.

There are nine dots used to make up a password - eight dots for each of the eight Robot Masters and one for the number of E-tanks. The eight dots that indicate whether a Robot Master is still alive or defeated can be found on rows 2-5. The top row is used to indicate how many E-Tanks you have.

Place a dot in the following location along row A to indicate the number of E-Tanks in your possession:
A1 : No E-tanks
A2 : One E-tank
A3 : Two E-tanks
A4 : Three E-tanks
A5 : Four E-tanks

You can put a dot into any of the positions on the top row. However, the position of the dot in the top row dictates the meaning of the remaining eight dots. Determine how many E-Tanks you want and then use the corresponding list below to fill in a password. If you just want to begin the game from Wily Fortress 1, fill in all of the correct dot locations as listed under the "Dead" column for the amount of E-Tanks you want.

Password Table

Name	No E-Tanks		One E-Tank		Two E-Tanks		Three E-Tanks		Four E-Tanks
	Alive	Defeated	Alive	Defeated	Alive	Defeated	Alive	Defeated	Alive	Defeated
Air Man	D2	E3	D3	E4	D4	E5	D5	B1	E1	B2
Bubble Man	C3	D1	C4	D2	C5	D3	D1	D4	D2	D5
Crash Man	E2	C5	E3	D1	E4	D2	E5	D3	B1	D4
Flash Man	E4	C1	E5	C2	B1	C3	B2	C4	B3	C5
Heat Man	D5	B2	E1	B3	E2	B4	E3	B5	E4	C1
Metal Man	E1	E5	E2	B1	E3	B2	E4	B3	E5	B4
Quick Man	C4	B4	C5	B5	D1	C1	D2	C2	D3	C3
Wood Man	B5	D3	C1	D4	C2	D5	C3	E1	C4	E2

Example

Wood Man, Air Man, Quick Man, Flash Man, and Crash Man defeated with 1 E-Tank

	1	2	3	4	5
A		•
B					•
C		•		•
D	•			•
E	•	•		•