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Metroid

1986Nintendo R&D1NES · GBA · 3DS · Wii U · Switch
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About the game

Bounty hunter Samus Aran explores the alien planet Zebes, gathering upgrades that open new paths. It founded half of the 'Metroidvania' genre and its ending was a landmark moment for women in games.

Kit's verdict · 7.6/10A brave, lonely, groundbreaking game that is genuinely hard to enjoy today without a map. Kit · Sadkitty Games

Loved

  • Atmosphere that still feels eerie
  • Upgrades that change how you explore
  • Brilliant, moody soundtrack

Not so much

  • No in-game map and lots of identical rooms
  • Restarting with only 30 energy is brutal

Play it if patient explorers and anyone who wants to see the roots of Super Metroid and Hollow Knight.

Skip it if players who hate grinding health back or getting lost.

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Cheats & codes

Every Metroid cheat we know

Starts you with lots of items and missiles, and Samus without her power suit.NES · Enter on the password screen; the dashes are spaces.
Infinite energy and missiles plus most upgrades.NES · Enter it on the password screen.

Single-player only. Cheats can turn off achievements and some saves; use them on a spare save.

Tips

Play it better

  1. Go left from the start to grab the Morph Ball right away; most players miss it.
  2. Freeze enemies with the Ice Beam and use them as platforms to reach high ledges.
  3. Fire bombs or shots at walls and floors constantly, since many paths are hidden behind destructible blocks.
  4. Find the Varia Suit early in Brinstar; it halves damage and makes Norfair survivable.
  5. Metroids can only be killed by freezing them with the Ice Beam and hitting them with five missiles.
  6. Farm the respawning enemies from pipes near doorways to refill energy after a continue.
Secrets & unlockables

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Trivia

  • The film Alien was a major influence on its look and mood.
  • The reveal that Samus was a woman surprised players who'd assumed the hero was male.
  • It first came out on the Famicom Disk System in Japan, where it had saving instead of passwords.
  • The NARPAS SWORD password was a leftover developer debug code.
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