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  2. Metroid (video game) - Wikipedia

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    In Metroid, however, items are permanent fixtures that lasted until the end. In particular, missiles and the ice beam are required to finish the game. [7] After defeating Mother Brain, the game presents one of five ending screens based on the time to completion. Metroid is one of the first games to contain multiple endings. In the third, fourth ...

  3. Nodes of Yesod - Wikipedia

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    According to Stuart Fotheringham, one of the artists and game designers on Nodes of Yesod, an earlier finished version of the map and screen layouts was created but was lost in a Microdrive crash and the maps and screens had to be recreated from scratch. He claims that the second, published, version was slightly inferior to the lost original. [8]

  4. Metroid - Wikipedia

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    Metroid differed in its atmosphere of solitude and foreboding. [3] Metroid was also one of the first video games to feature an exploration to the left as well as the right, and backtracking to already explored areas to search for secret items and paths. [5] Since the late 1990s, the term "Metroidvania" has been applied to this format.

  5. List of Metroid media - Wikipedia

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    It debuted in Japan with Metroid [a] on August 6, 1986, and was later released in North America (August 1987) and PAL regions (January 15, 1988). All Metroid video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds, dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles ...

  6. 1986 in video games - Wikipedia

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    The Lost Levels as the sequel to the Super Mario Bros.. The game was not released in North America, partially because it was deemed too difficult. August 6 – Nintendo releases Metroid by Makoto Kano, the first in the Metroid series. September 12 – Hudson Soft releases Adventure Island.

  7. Category:Metroidvania games - Wikipedia

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    This category describes games that have been classified as falling into the Metroidvania genre of gameplay, a specific type of action-adventure game (as well as platform game, generally) that features a large interconnected game world that progressively becomes more accessible as the player collects power-ups.

  8. The best video game released the year you graduated high school

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    The Lost Levels While Nintendo established a foothold in platforming with "Super Mario Bros.," "The Legend of Zelda" on NES took the company to new territories in the adventure genre.

  9. Kid Icarus (series) - Wikipedia

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    The Kid Icarus franchise is known as a cult classic and a sibling series to the Metroid franchise. The first installment, Kid Icarus , was released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and was received to critical acclaim despite poor sales.