Mega Man 2: Puzzle Attack - 🦀 Carcinized

About

Created in 2004, Mega Man 2: Puzzle Attack is Mega Man 2 mashed up  with Tetris where you defeat robots by completing lines — acquiring their powers, and using them to deal bonus damage and clearing all the stages in record time!

 Created with Python and Pygame.

Github: https://github.com/markpulver/mega-man-2-puzzle-attack

"Mega Man 2: Puzzle Attack - 🦀 Carcinized" edition is a port of Mega Man 2: Puzzle Attack to the Rust programming language by Isaac Wyatt.

How to Play

⚠️ As of v0.1 on 2025-06-21, touch screen controls have not been implemented so your device must have a keyboard to play.

⌨️ Controls

Primary Controls use Arrow Keys, WASD-style keys, or the Number Pad

• Arrow keys:  Move Left/Right: ⬆️/⬇️, Move Down: ⬇️, Rotate Clockwise: ⬆️

• WASD keys:  Move Left/Right: A / D, Move Down: X or S, Rotate Anti-/Clockwise: Q / E

• Number Pad: Move Left/Right: 4 / 6, Move Down: 2 or 5, Rotate Anti-/Clockwise: 8 or 9 / 7

Secondary Controls:

• Instant Drop: SpaceBar or Numpad 0 

• Switch Active Power: F1 - F9 or the number row: 1 - 9

• Pause Game: Enter or NumPad Enter

• Quit Game:  Escape key

🥇 Tips

• Complete Tetris lines to do damage against robots

• Acquire power-ups after defeating robots

• Activate power-ups to do bonus damage against robots

• Each Robot has different weaknesses to each of the different power-ups

• Some robots have immunity against certain power-ups

• Defeat the 8 robots to enable Dr. Wily's stage

• The Game Timer tracks how long it takes to defeat robots. Go fast to earn your place on the Best Times list