MM1 - Quit stage and return to stage select ?

[Xello]

Trying to figure out how the game works.

I did cut man, then saved and did fire man. After fire man though, i was seemingly automatically put back into cut man's stage. Not wanting to lose any progress, i saved again. Now when i load my save i am at the start of cut man's stage which i have already completed. How to i return to the stage select screen? I can 'reset game' but this wipes my progress. When i load game, i am right in cut man's stage again.

[Djoemaalie]

Weird. Just die over and over till game over. MM1 doesn't have a 'exit stage' option.

[Zork Nemesis]

There was no exit stage feature until Mega Man 7/X, and you had to find/buy the ability to do so from 7-on. You'll have to replay the stage and finish it, or game over. If you game over, you won't lose progress, just your score which does nothing anyway.

[Xello]

thx i just ended up completing it again hopefully it wont happen again. Now i'll make sure to save when on the stage select screen itself.

[Leaf]

This is why they shouldnt have included the savestate feature, but instead, a PROPER save feature, that will keep progress of defeated bosses / etc. but not save inside a stage. -___-
I guess it can't be helped but the fans do have a point when they call "lazy developers."

[Soultin]

Actually when you die and it ask if you wish to contiune or select stage, you hit the tab key to move the arrow down to stage select