Metroid

Metroid (メトロイド, Metoroido) is an action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo Research and Development 1 and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It is the first installment in the Metroid series. It was originally released on the Family Computer Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986 and 1987 respectively. It later spawned ports for the Game Boy Advance in 2004, the Wii's Virtual Console in 2007 and was included as a bonus mode after completing Metroid: Zero Mission, its Game Boy Advance remake.
== Plot ==
In the famed Metroid universe, an evil group known as the Space Pirates raid a Galactic Federation-owned warehouse in order to harness the power of Metroids, life-draining parasites that were to be kept in research facilities. The Space Pirates exposed these monsters to beta rays, which would brainwash them to do their bidding and attack any opposers. The Galactic Federation attempted to find the stolen Metroids, and eventually reached Planet Zebes, the base of the Space Pirates, but quickly fled after being resisted by the bandits. In a last-ditch effort, the police send Samus Aran, the supposed best bounty hunter in the galaxy to attack the base and collect the Metroids. 
== Gameplay ==
The player controls Samus as she travels through a 2D landscape, filled with caverns, heights, and teeming with various enemies. Samus can only attack with a peashooter energy gun, but can receive upgrades after defeating bosses or exploring certain passageways; such upgrades are the Wave Beam and Ice Beam, and can improve Samus' firepower and abilities. Other upgrades such as the Screw Attack and Morph Ball can be obtained through means of exploration and observation. Enemies can be destroyed using the gun and upgrades, but bosses must be defeating mandatorily, or else the player will not complete the game without the experience or upgrades the bosses give. Due to the lack of the save feature in the international release, the player can enter a code that can warp the player to a certain area in the game, or instantly endows the player power-ups.
Category:Games released on the Nintendo Entertainment System
Category:Games released in 1987