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Samus Aran's first adventure was also one of the first games to utilize a password system to save your progress.

Genre: Sci-Fi Action Adventure
Release Date: August 1987

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Posted Jan 22, 2003 2:49 pm PT
History of Metroid
Trace Samus Aran's legacy in our History of Metroid feature.
Posted Jun 26, 2001 1:37 pm PT
Gunpei Yokoi honored with lifetime achievement
The creator of the Game Boy will be honored at the Game Developers Conference.
Posted Feb 20, 2003 3:57 pm PT

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1,709 of 47,750
Rank on NES:
6 of 1,330
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Samus Aran

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This is the legendary bounty hunter, Samus Aran

Posted Nov 28, 2007 by xMeHRuNeSDaGoNx | 1,072 Views

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  • 10 perfect

    NirdBerd

    Metroid mark the beginning of one of the best series of gaming, and one of the best games on the Nintendo. continue »

  • 10 perfect

    Jeff917

    First woman character I know of. Either way it's a great game. continue »

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