Cain finds X and mimics his design to create a race of such robots called reploids. Collect various part upgrades and health boosts in your quest to defeat all eight Mavericks and their powerful leader, Sigma. In addition to blasting foes left and right, X can climb walls and perform a high-speed dash. Defeating each Maverick allows Mega Man X to acquire its distinctive weapon, from a boomerang blade to a whirling tornado, which can be used to improve his chances on subsequent stages. Yet the core gameplay is virtually unchanged from earlier titles, with themed stages serving as home bases for colorful and quirky boss characters. The Blade Runner-style storyline finds a sentient Mega Man hunting down 'Mavericks,' robots gone rogue. Set 100 years after the events chronicled in Capcom's 8-bit Mega Man games, Mega Man X makes its PC debut as a port of the Super NES cartridge.