Metroid

Publisher: Nintendo
Year:
1987
Genre: Platformer

“Genre-defining” is not a term that should be thrown about lightly. Any game that truly defines a genre must have elements that, to date, were unique and special. Elements that made the game groundbreaking – that really stuck with players and made them excited to be playing the game.

Metroid has since become one of Nintendo’s most beloved franchises, with speedrun competitions still raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. But its humble beginnings were in this NES title, jam packed with exploration, frustration and… something else-ation.

SAMUS IS A WOMAN
BTW SAMUS IS A WOMAN!

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Mega Man

Publisher: Capcom
Year:
1987
Genre: Platformer

Never send a man to do a robot’s job. Sometimes you have to fight robots with robots. A robot a day keeps Doc Wily away. Today’s game is Mega Man – the game that kicked off one of the greatest game franchises in history.

An elegant, yet humble title screen.
An elegant, yet humble title screen.

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