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{{Infobox VG
{{Infobox VG
|image    = [[File:Metroid.jpg|300px]]
|image    = [[File:Metroid.jpg|300px]]
|developer = Nintendo Research and Development 1, Intelligent Systems
|developer = Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems
|publisher = Nintendo
|publisher = Nintendo
|released  = '''NES'''<br />{{vgrelease|JP=August 6, 1986|NA=August 1987|EU=January 15, 1988}}'''Virtual Console'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU=July 20, 2007}}{{vgrelease|NA=August 13, 2007}}{{vgrelease|JP=March 4, 2008}}
|series    = Metroid
|series    = ''Metroid''
|released  = '''NES'''<br />{{vgrelease|JP=August 6, 1986|NA=August, 1987|EU=January 15, 1988}}'''Virtual Console'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU=July 20, 2007|NA|August 13, 2007}}{{vgrelease|JP=March 4, 2008}}
|genre    = Action-adventure
|genre    = Action-adventure
|modes    = Single-player
|modes    = Single-player
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finding power ups, battling enemies, and slowly progressing forward. It was one of the first open-world non-linear games ever released on this scale, and was so influential it even has a subgenre named after it and Castlevania: ''Metroidvania''. It was not without growing pains however; its lack of a map system and password only saving give Metroid a notoriously brutal difficulty level. The Virtual Console re-release does not address any of those issues, for better or worse.
finding power ups, battling enemies, and slowly progressing forward. It was one of the first open-world non-linear games ever released on this scale, and was so influential it even has a subgenre named after it and Castlevania: ''Metroidvania''. It was not without growing pains however; its lack of a map system and password only saving give Metroid a notoriously brutal difficulty level. The Virtual Console re-release does not address any of those issues, for better or worse.


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{{GlobalProblems}}
{{GlobalProblems|NES}}


== Problems ==
== Problems ==
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== Configuration ==
== Configuration ==
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== Version Compatibility ==
== Version Compatibility ==
{{VersionCompatibility}}
{{VersionCompatibility}}
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{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|3.0|***|Black Screen (NES VC Global Problem)}}
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|3.0|***|Black Screen (NES VC Global Problem)}}
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|5.0|*****|}}
{{VersionCompatibilityClose}}
{{VersionCompatibilityClose}}


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{{testing/start}}
{{testing/start}}
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{{testing/entry|revision=3.0|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Core i5-3570K @ 4.7GHz|GPU=nVidia GeForce GTX 275|result=Game runs, but no video: only a black screen or distortions. Runs at double speed (120fps). Shows tons of errors when loading. It's an NES global problem, so this was expected.|tester=MaJoR}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.0|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.7GHz|GPU=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275|result=Game runs, but no video: only a black screen or distortions. Runs at double speed (120FPS). Shows tons of errors when loading. It's an NES global problem, so this was expected.|tester=MayImilae}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.5-268|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Core i5-3570K @ 4.7GHz|GPU=nVidia GeForce GTX 275|result=Same as before: runs, but nothing on the screen. OpenGL showed... something, but it was heavily distorted. All other backends are jet black. Runs at double speed (120 FPS). No errors during loading.|tester=MaJoR}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.5-268|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.7GHz|GPU=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275|result=Same as before: runs, but nothing on the screen. OpenGL showed... something, but it was heavily distorted. All other backends are jet black. Runs at double speed (120FPS). No errors during loading.|tester=MayImilae}}
{{testing/entry|revision=4.0.2|OS=Windows 7|CPU=AMD FX 4130 @ 3.80GHz|GPU=AMD Radeon HD 6670|result= can't see anything |tester=skittyz321}}
{{testing/entry|revision=4.0-8445|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8GHz|GPU=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760|result=Works OK. Requires EFB2RAM.|tester=JMC47}}
{{testing/end}}
{{testing/end}}
== Gameplay Screenshots ==


== Gameplay Videos ==
== Gameplay Videos ==
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{{VideoGallery
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{{Navigation Metroid}}
{{Navigation/Metroid}}


[[Category:Virtual Console games]]
[[Category:Virtual Console games]]
[[Category:NES games]]
[[Category:NES games]]

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