Metroid

An action-adventure game released by Nintendo for the Famicom Disk System in 1986. Players control Samus Aran as she explores the planet Zebes. It was produced by Gunpei Yokoi, with music by Hirokazu Tanaka.

Developed by Nintendo R&D1 with Intelligent Systems; composer Hirokazu Tanaka described a very free working environment, and a team member's suggestion to make the protagonist a woman was adopted.

Developer

Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems

Publisher

Nintendo

Players explore interconnected 2D areas, collecting power-ups such as the Morph Ball that open access to previously unreachable places.

Platform

Famicom Disk System

Media

Disk Card (Quick Disk-based, 112 KB double-sided)

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

6 Aug 1986[1]

Europe — NES

15 Jan 1988[1]

Director

Satoru Okada

Producer

Gunpei Yokoi

Composer

Hirokazu Tanaka

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1985

  

  Family Computer

  Super Mario Bros.

  スーパーマリオブラザーズ

  Release

  JP 1985.09.13

  Dev

  Nintendo R&D4

  Genre

  Platformer / Action

• GAME1986

  Family Computer

  Dragon Quest

  ドラゴンクエスト

  Release

  JP 1986.05.27

  Dev

  Chunsoft

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

• GAME1986

  Famicom Disk System

  The Legend of Zelda

  ゼルダの伝説

  Release

  JP 1986.02.21

  Dev

  Nintendo R&D4

  Genre

  Action-adventure

As of 2004, Metroid had sold 2.73 million units worldwide; that year it was also remade as Metroid: Zero Mission for Game Boy Advance.

Series: Metroid

This page uses no box art or screenshots, because their rights cannot be individually verified. The background artwork is an abstract pattern generated from the title's data. Credits for the platform photograph are on the console page.