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Metroid. 1986. 1980s. Famicom Disk System. NES. Game Boy Advance. Nintendo Research & Development 1. Nintendo. Metroidvania
CIB Metroid (1986) NES box

Metroid

1986 · NES · Nintendo Research & Development 1

Metroid is a 1986 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The first installment in the Metroid series, it was originally released in Japan for the Family Computer Disk System in August 1986. North America received a release in August 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System, with the European release following in January 1988. Set on the planet Zebes, the story follows Samus Aran as she attempts to retrieve the predatory Metroid organisms that were stolen by Space Pirates, who plan to replicate the Metroids by exposing them to beta rays and then use them as biological weapons to destroy Samus and all who oppose them. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

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