August 6, 1986 · Game
Metroid (1986)
Japan release. North America in August 1987.
Released on the Famicom Disk System in Japan on August 6, 1986 and on cartridge for the NES in North America in August 1987.
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Facts
- Date
- August 6, 1986
- Kind
- Game
- Maker or publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems
- Genre
- Action-adventure
- Platform
- Famicom Disk System / NES
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