Nintendo

Metroid

Game

Game details

First release year
1986

Platforms

Genres

  • Metroidvania
  • action-adventure game*
  • platform game*
  • shooter game*

Play modes

  • single-player video game

Players by platform

  • Famicom Disk System*
    Maximum players (mode unspecified)
    1*
  • Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Maximum players (mode unspecified)
    1*

Localized titles

  • Metroid

Studios & publishers

Developers

  • Nintendo Research & Development 1
  • Nintendo*
  • Nintendo R&D1*
  • Intelligent Systems*

Publishers

  • Nintendo

Release history

  • 1986-08
    Date precision
    Month
  • 1986-08-06
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Market
    Japan
  • 1986-08-06
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Market
    Japan
  • 1987-08
    Date precision
    Month
    Market
    North America
  • 1987-08-15
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Market
    North America
  • 1988-01-15
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Market
    PAL region
  • 1988-01-15
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Market
    Europe
  • 1986-08 · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA*
    Release date
    1986-08*
    Date precision
    Month*
    Platform
    Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Market
    USA*
  • 1986-08 · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe*
    Release date
    1986-08*
    Date precision
    Month*
    Platform
    Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Market
    Europe*
  • 1987-08-15 · Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Release date
    1987-08-15*
    Date precision
    Exact date*
    Platform
    Nintendo Entertainment System*
  • 1986-08-06 · Famicom Disk System*
    Release date
    1986-08-06*
    Date precision
    Exact date*
    Platform
    Famicom Disk System*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 12 fields
Release region · Nintendo Entertainment System
USA*
Release region · Nintendo Entertainment System
Europe*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
1986-08*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA
1986-08*
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA
Nintendo*
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
Nintendo*
Genres and style · Nintendo Entertainment System
Action Adventure,Sci-Fi*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA
1986-08 · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA
Release date
1986-08*
Date precision
month*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Market
USA*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
1986-08 · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
Release date
1986-08*
Date precision
month*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Market
Europe*
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
Nintendo
Nintendo*
Genres and style · Nintendo Entertainment System
action-adventure game
action-adventure game*
Specifications 2 · 12 fields
Developers · Famicom Disk System
Nintendo R&D1
Nintendo R&D1*
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System
Intelligent Systems
Intelligent Systems*
Genres · Famicom Disk System
platform game
platform game*
shooter game
shooter game*
Genres · Nintendo Entertainment System
platform game
platform game*
shooter game
shooter game*
Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Famicom Disk System
Famicom Disk System
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
1*
Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
1*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Platform
Famicom Disk System
Famicom Disk System*
Publishers · Famicom Disk System
Nintendo
Nintendo*
Publishers · Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo
Nintendo*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System
1987-08-15 · Nintendo Entertainment System
Release date
1987-08-15*
Date precision
day*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Release date · Famicom Disk System
1986-08-06 · Famicom Disk System
Release date
1986-08-06*
Date precision
day*
Platform
Famicom Disk System*

* Provisional data