Metroid
Released in 1986 on NES, action adventure.
- Year: 1986
- Platform: NES
- Genre: Action Adventure
- Developer: Nintendo
Overview
Samus Aran maze planet exploration rewarded backtracking with new abilities, and the ending reveal that the armored hunter was a woman shocked 1986 players. It laid half the DNA of every exploration platformer since.
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