Mega Man 8

The current Original Release any% world record is 50:27 by orsa, played on a Playstation 2 with...

Any% The current any% route does Grenade Man first and Astro Man 5th.  This is the most consiste...

The quick weapon switch order is Mega Ball -> Flash Bomb -> Thunder Claw -> Tornado Hold -> Water...

You can see the damage tick intervals of the different weapons in the game here.  The main ta...

Rockman 8: Metal Heroes The original Japanese release  Mega Man 8 Anniversary Collector’s Editi...

Hold the jump button From the Compendium The primary movement tech in the run is Mega Ball jump...

The Playstation 2 has an option for Fast Disk Speed (FDS) with Playstation 1 games. This is usefu...

Mega Man moves ridiculously slow. Even small slides add up over the run. However, keep in mind t...

You can jump off Rush Bike by holding up. This includes a "Yoshi Ditch" double jump. Rush Bike l...

Trees have 6 HP. They take 6 lemons, or 2 lemons plus a Mega Ball. They cannot be easily hit at p...

Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. ...

These bolts are in the passage that appears after pushing the Ammoner (the snail) onto the switch...

There are two bolts in this half of the stage. Only 1 is collected in Any% Remember the Mega Bal...

HP: 32 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave ...

There are two bolts in this section. Neither are collected in any% and one requires a revisit aft...

HP: 40 Damage Chart M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave ...

There are 5 bolts in the stage. Only 4 are collectable on your first visit; the fifth requires Fl...

Remember that ball jumps are almost free on the sled. Simply hold jump and fire Mega Balls in fro...

Immediately* summon Rush Bike at the start of the stage. Besides generally moving fast, the bike ...

HP: 40 Damage Chart M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave...

There are 6 bolts in the stage. The two in the first half of the stage are collected in any%. On...

Mind the wind at your back. Going left against the wind is difficult. Ball jumping while facing l...

General Jet Tips With the exception of the mid boss, these are auto scroller sections. Nothing y...

This page lifted directly from the Mega Man 8 Compendium HP: 33 Damage Chart: ...

You stayed in the bottom right after getting the bolt before getting off rush jet, right? This ac...

From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

There are 4 bolts in Tengu Man's stage. Only 2 are collected in any% - the visible bolt after th...

The first half of Clown Man's stage has 1 bolt not collected in any%, and a mid boss. First Thre...

From the Compendium HP: 32 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

There are 4 bolts in part 2. One is collected in any% (and is harder to avoid collecting than to ...

There is one bolt in this section for 40 bolts. Map For a detailed tutorial video, look here ...

From the Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

Clown Man's stage has 5 bolts, one in the first half and 4 in the second half. The one bolt colle...

There's not much extra to explain about this stage - Ice Wave is a great weapon. After releasing...

From the Compendium HP: 15 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

From The Compendium Both bolts in Duo’s stage are up the first ladder.  To get to the right on...

From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

Screen One "Yoku Blocks" The critical thing is knowing the cycle, and recognizing when to bail o...

Screen 1 - Yoku Blocks Movement on this screen is very tight. Even missing a small slide (lookin...

From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

There are 4 bolts in Astro Man's stage, 2 in the first half and 2 in the second. They are only n...

Movement in Aqua is a little different due to swimming. You can mash Jump to swim, but there is ...

There are no bolts in the first half of this stage Screen 1 Note that some of the movement here...

From The Compendium HP: 20 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

For 40 Bolts, and intentional Game Over is used for optimal bolt gathering. There is a branching ...

From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

There are 2* bolts in the first half of Sword Man's stage, only needed for 40 bolts. ONE OF THES...

From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

There is 1 bolt in this section, near the end after riding the lava-boat down the waterfall Swor...

From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

There are 3 bolts in Sword Man's stage, 2 in the first half and 1 in the second. None are needed ...

There are 3 bolts in the first half of the stage. None are needed for any% Immediately summon Ru...

Wood Man is only present on the Saturn version of the game. (holder Page)

There is one bolt in this section, in the Thunder Claw grappling room over spikes. It is not need...

From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

There are no checkpoints on the sled, so be careful. Remember from Frost Man's stage - you can b...

You must have Thunder Claws for this section You want to have an extra life going into Wily 2. I...

From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold ...

Since this the rest of this stage is an autoscroller, this is your only chance to "go faster" in ...

This section features a death warp near the end that requires playing much of the stage on low he...

From The Compendium HP: 40 (20 per wing, 0 in tail) Damage Chart: M. Buster M...

First Screen Ice Wave Second Screen - Climb Ball jumping. Use the middle mine afte rthe first...

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As is tradition, you must fight all 8 Robot Masters again here. The teleporters are laid out the...

Wily Machine 8 Wily Capsule 8 This is the most likely place a runner will need to call upon Rus...

One of the bolts in Sword Man’s stage can be duplicated.  This is useful in 40 Bolts (which is es...

When you take damage while riding Rush Bike, there is a one frame window where you are grounded a...

Destroying a slime enemy with Flame Sword and getting grabbed on the same frame will spawn a perm...