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 |image = Mega Man X SNES box art USA.jpg
 |developer = Capcom
 |publisher = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''Capcom'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">Capcom<br>{{Flag-EU}} Nintendo</div></div>
 |platforms = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''SNES (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">SNES • PC • Mobile phones (i-mode/FOMA) • Android (twice) • iOS</div></div>
 |date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''December 17, 1993 (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">'''SNES'''<br>{{Flag-JP}} December 17, 1993<br>{{Flag-US}} January 1994<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080920223937/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/snes_games.pdf Nintendo's official site once hosted a list of American SNES games and their release months], including ''Mega Man X''.</ref><br>{{Flag-UK}} April 1994<ref>[https://archive.org/details/total-27-march-1994/page/26/mode/1up ''Total!'' (UK magazine; issue 27, dated March 1994)]</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} May 1994<ref>[[:File:Mega Man X SNES German review in Total May 1994.pdf|''Total!'' (German magazine; May 1994)]]</ref><br>'''PC'''<br>{{Flag-US}} 1995<br>{{Flag-JP}} May 25, 1996<br>'''Mobile phones'''<br>{{Flag-JP}} March 1, 2007<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110930044836/http://www.gpara.com/article/cms_show.php?c_id=2243&c_num=14 "シグマの野望を打ち砕け！iアプリ『ロックマンX』配信開始" ("Smash Sigma's ambitions! 'Rockman X' is now available on i-mode")] (gpara.com; published March 1, 2007; archived via Wayback Machine)</ref><br>'''Android'''<br>{{Flag-JP}} November 18, 2011<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111124064859/http://android.journal.mycom.co.jp/apps/jp.co.capcom.cp_rockmanx/ロックマンＸ%20(月額%20カプコンパーティー) AndroWire listing] (in Japanese; archived via Wayback Machine on November 24, 2011)</ref><br>'''iOS'''<br>{{Flag-US}} {{Flag-EU}} {{Flag-NZ}} December 20, 2011<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120607072211/https://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Mega+Man+X/news.asp?c=36321 "Capcom classic Mega Man X blasts onto the App Store in New Zealand"] (''Pocket Gamer''; November 20, 2011; archived via Wayback Machine)</ref><br>{{Flag-JP}} December 2011<ref>[http://app.famitsu.com/20111208_11636 "『ロックマン X』超名作アクションゲーム ロックマンがスマホデビュー！" ("'Rockman X,' the super masterpiece Rockman action game, debuts on smartphones!")] (''Famitsu''; December 8, 2011)</ref><br>'''Android (remake)'''<br>February 2023<ref>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.capcom.rockmanx The game's listing on Google Play] says it was released on February 2, but [https://twitter.com/CapcomAsia/status/1622779314608676865 it was first announced] on February 6.</ref></div></div>
 |wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_X_(video_game)
 |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/mega-man-x
 |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Mega_Man_X
}}

'''Mega Man X''' (known as '''Rockman X''' in Japan) is an action-platformer and the debut installment in the series of the same name, a spin-off & distant sequel to the original ''Mega Man'' series.

== SNES version (original) ==
=== Previews ===
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|file=Mega Man X SNES CES preview blurb in GamePro issue 45.jpg
|title=GamePro
|date=April 1993
|country=US
|description=Blurb from the issue's coverage of CES 1993, calling the game ''Super Mega Man''
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Mega Man X SNES preview in GamePro issue 50.jpg
|title=GamePro
|date=September 1993
|country=US
|description=Contains early screenshots and references to unused ideas
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{{GalleryEnd}}

=== Magazine covers ===
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Super NES Buyers Guide volume 4 issue 1 cover.jpg
|title=Super NES Buyers' Guide
|date=January 1994
|country=US
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=== Features ===
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Mega Man X SNES guide in Super NES Buyers Guide volume 4 issue 1.pdf
|title=Super NES Buyers' Guide
|date=January 1994
|country=US
|description=Guide to the basics, Maverick stages, and bosses
}}
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* [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-power-issue-099-august-1997/page/n42/mode/1up ''Nintendo Power'' explains how to obtain the secret Hadoken upgrade] (dated August 1997)

=== Reader submissions ===
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|file=Mega Man X SNES reader hint in Game Players issue 58.png
|title=Game Players
|date=April 1994
|country=US
|description=A reader explains how to get the Heart Tank in Chill Penguin's stage
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|file=Mega Man X SNES reader question in Game Players issue 61.jpg
|title=Game Players
|date=July 1994
|country=US
|description=A reader needs help obtaining two upgrades
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Mega Man X SNES reader question in Game Players issue 62.jpg
|title=Game Players
|date=August 1994
|country=US
|description=A reader asks for help on the final boss
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Mega Man X SNES reader question in Super Play issue 24.jpg
|title=Super Play
|date=October 1994
|country=UK
|description=A reader asks for tips and receives an easy method for farming extra lives
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Mega Man X SNES Action Replay codes in Super Play issue 24.jpg
|title=Super Play
|date=October 1994
|country=UK
|description=Reader-submitted Action Replay codes
}}
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=== Reviews ===
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Mega Man X SNES review in Diehard GameFan issue 13.pdf
|title=Diehard GameFan
|date=December 1993
|country=US
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Mega Man X SNES review in Game Players issue 55.jpg
|title=Game Players
|date=January 1994
|country=US
}}
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|file=Mega Man X SNES German review in Total May 1994.pdf
|title=Total! (Germany)
|date=May 1994
|country=DE
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* [https://archive.org/details/total-27-march-1994/page/24/mode/2up ''Total!'' (UK) review] (3 pages, dated March 1994; contains several factual inaccuracies)
* [https://postimg.cc/9RghnhMB ''Nintendo Power'' review of re-release] (dated June 1997)

== PC version ==
=== Advertising ===
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|file=Mega Man X PC print ad from PC Gamer issue 16.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=1995
|country=US
|description=Taken from issue 16 of ''PC Gamer'' (dated September 1995)
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=== Features ===
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|file=Mega Man X PC demo feature in PC Gamer issue 16.jpg
|title=PC Gamer
|date=September 1995
|country=US
|description=Description of the demo included on that issue's cover disc
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== References ==
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