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Metroid
Console icon NES/Famicom

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Developer

Intelligent Systems, Nintendo

Publisher

Nintendo

Genre

2D Platforming, Metroidvania

Released

August 6, 1986

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Achievements

Author: dude1286 (25)

There are 25 achievements worth 353 (903) points.

This set has 4 missable achievements.

Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title - Type 
  • Ballin'

    (2) (2)

    Obtain the Morph Ball.

    9,769 (5,171) of 9,986 – 97.83%

    51.78% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    97.83% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Obtain the Long Beam.

    3,242 (2,237) of 9,986 – 32.47%

    22.40% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    32.47% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Acquire the Morph Ball Bomb.

    3,209 (2,199) of 9,986 – 32.13%

    22.02% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    32.13% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Little Extra

    (10) (20)

    Obtain the Varia Suit.

    2,033 (1,427) of 9,986 – 20.36%

    14.29% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    20.36% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Obtain the Ice Beam.

    2,688 (1,861) of 9,986 – 26.92%

    18.64% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    26.92% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Wavy

    (10) (23)

    Obtain the Wave Beam.

    1,614 (1,166) of 9,986 – 16.16%

    11.68% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    16.16% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Obtain the Screw Attack.

    1,897 (1,343) of 9,986 – 19.00%

    13.45% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    19.00% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • I'm Mario!

    (10) (20)

    Obtain the High Jump Boots.

    2,088 (1,478) of 9,986 – 20.91%

    14.80% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    20.91% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Obtain your first set of missiles.

    4,609 (2,968) of 9,986 – 46.15%

    29.72% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    46.15% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • More Punch

    (10) (22)

    Increase your missile capacity to 125 or more.

    1,839 (1,292) of 9,986 – 18.42%

    12.94% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    18.42% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Increase your missile capacity to 255.

    1,107 (857) of 9,986 – 11.09%

    8.58% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    11.09% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Obtain your first energy tank.

    4,138 (2,643) of 9,986 – 41.44%

    26.47% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    41.44% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Obtain all six energy tanks.

    1,667 (1,205) of 9,986 – 16.69%

    12.07% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    16.69% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Gain access to Hideout I.

    2,584 (1,781) of 9,986 – 25.88%

    17.83% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    25.88% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Gain access to Norfair.

    3,819 (2,398) of 9,986 – 38.24%

    24.01% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    38.24% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Alienation

    (10) (22)

    Gain access to Hideout II.

    1,862 (1,296) of 9,986 – 18.65%

    12.98% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    18.65% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Gain access to Tourian.

    1,745 (1,210) of 9,986 – 17.47%

    12.12% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    17.47% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Defeat Kraid in Hideout I.

    1,849 (1,304) of 9,986 – 18.52%

    13.06% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    18.52% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Great Scott!

    (25) (56)

    Defeat Ridley in Hideout II.

    1,794 (1,262) of 9,986 – 17.97%

    12.64% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    17.97% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Brain Damage

    (25) (62)

    Defeat Mother Brain in Tourian.

    1,640 (1,109) of 9,986 – 16.42%

    11.11% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    16.42% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete the game.

    1,601 (1,103) of 9,986 – 16.03%

    11.05% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    16.03% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete the game's first loop fast enough for Samus to not turn their back on you in the ending. (Roughly 10 hours, 2 minutes, 18 seconds or faster)

    1,389 (972) of 9,986 – 13.91%

    9.73% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    13.91% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • It's a Girl!

    (10) (28)

    Complete the game's first loop fast enough to reveal Samus's identity. (Roughly 5 hours, 25 minutes, 20 seconds or faster)

    1,321 (923) of 9,986 – 13.23%

    9.24% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    13.23% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete the game's first loop fast enough to reveal Samus's without the power suit on. (Roughly 2 hours, 27 minutes, 50 seconds or faster)

    944 (716) of 9,986 – 9.45%

    7.17% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    9.45% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete the game's first loop fast enough to witness the fastest ending sequence without using passwords. (Roughly 59 Minutes or faster)

    742 (605) of 9,986 – 7.43%

    6.06% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    7.43% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

Recent Players

whichwizard whichwizard

17 Apr 2025, 3:53pm

Playing Metroid

Branpg Branpg

17 Apr 2025, 3:52pm

Samus is exploring Brinstar armed with the Long Ice Beam • 1 Energy Tanks • 0/5 Missiles • 34:54.93 Mission Time

Mizuki96 Mizuki96

17 Apr 2025, 3:52pm

Samus is exploring Norfair armed with the Long Ice Beam • 3 Energy Tanks • 21/45 Missiles • 30:13.33 Mission Time

AdrianoDevastador AdrianoDevastador

17 Apr 2025, 3:28pm

Samus has been defeated exploring Brinstar armed with the Long Power Beam • 1 Energy Tanks • 10/10 Missiles • 3h02:02.66 Mission Time

aguycalledjulian aguycalledjulian

17 Apr 2025, 2:32pm

Samus is exploring Tourian armed with the Long Ice Beam • 6 Energy Tanks • 239/255 Missiles • 10:27.20 Mission Time

5derek91 5derek91

17 Apr 2025, 2:18pm

Samus is exploring Brinstar armed with the Power Beam • 1 Energy Tanks • 5/5 Missiles • 6:49.60 Mission Time

Tom9876543211 Tom9876543211

17 Apr 2025, 1:14pm

Samus has been defeated exploring Brinstar armed with the Power Beam • 0 Energy Tanks • 0/0 Missiles • 7:23.73 Mission Time

Marcvs21 Marcvs21

17 Apr 2025, 12:50pm

Samus is exploring Brinstar armed with the Power Beam • 0 Energy Tanks • 0/0 Missiles • 2:08.00 Mission Time

Zaarien Zaarien

17 Apr 2025, 12:37pm

Samus is exploring Brinstar armed with the Power Beam • 0 Energy Tanks • 0/0 Missiles • 0:00.00 Mission Time

sk1llblack sk1llblack

17 Apr 2025, 12:30pm

Samus is exploring Brinstar armed with the Long Power Beam • 1 Energy Tanks • 0/5 Missiles • 18:08.00 Mission Time

Recent comments

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TheMysticalOne 14 Nov 2024 00:11
Ahhhhh. I added first loop check at the end and it flips the 'zero suit' bit at the same time as the 'ending type' state. this was a last second change when I updated things. I should have done my due diligence and re-tested. Should be fixed now.
CassetteCobra 20 Dec 2024 13:18
Mastery number 189! An incredibly easy set for an otherwise an old relic of a game if going in with a walkthrough at hand. I refuse to play this game without a guide but more power to people who do it the old fashioned way. This game is a total maze as many of the rooms look identical to one another which causes you to get confused on where you area, this happened to me often in Norfair as both times I walked to the energy tank located in it instead of going for the missiles. Some rooms are also poorly designed as you can get stuck in them and have to die in order to get out, even with the high jump some rooms are impossible to get out of if your stuck.

Biggest problem with this game however is the difficulty of even regaining health. It takes way too long to go from low health all the way to max with grinding enemies. Death is too consequential in this game.
The only way to reliably heal yourself is by getting the limited number of energy tanks scattered about, and some of them are really well hidden you wouldn't know without a guide.

Not much else to say, its a game that worked for its time but now its sorely outdated to play. No hints or guides to help you along besides the manual. With Lost Mission existing and one that's highly regarded, why play this over that? RA fortunately provided a reason to playing this game again, this was the first Metroid game I've played and I did the exact same method of playing all those years ago!
Riverwind 16 Jan 2025 12:09
22th Mastery, very fun game honestly, you can pretty much do the speedrun and get every ending in one go then a second run for the hundo cheevos.
RuSsile 23 Jan 2025 09:01
How do you save
DesertWorms 23 Jan 2025 19:21
This game predates saves, Old school hard core.
KatoGalaxy 28 Jan 2025 17:09
gwahhhhh this game is cool and I really want to like it but getting reset to 30 hp every time you die is WAY too punishing wth,,,
korncola 2 Feb 2025 16:22
Mastered the game finally, I dont know why this was one of my favorite games in 1990... The slow downs are so annoying and in the best ending run I ran two times out of missiles at mother brain :-)
Milotic609 10 Feb 2025 15:23
Can I still get the speedrun achievements if I completed the game once or are they infinetly locked ?
renatounai 10 Feb 2025 15:24
@Milotic609 You can try as many times as you want. Just don't use the "new game plus"/second quest feature.
Milotic609 10 Feb 2025 15:26
Ok so I just start a new playtrough , I was worrued because I didnt see the icons in the bottom like the fist time
Thank you for your help!
LucarioWolf 13 Feb 2025 18:38
I learned several tricks, it was fun to master this game. Thanks for the set!
manwitAplan998 23 Feb 2025 14:10
Mastery #1! A great entryway for the Metroid Franchise.
kuwannu 27 Feb 2025 20:17
Mastered. I finally played Metroid and it was good. 80s Nintendo really was unstoppable, just popping out instant classics and inventing whole genres like it was nothing. It's not all there yet, though. The game feel could be a little better, the NES hardware really constrains how interesting the rooms can be, there's no map, and worst of all, it's easy to die and get stuck with 30 health with no good way to heal so you're just stuck farming enemies for however long for a chance to maybe make progress again. But the core of a beloved genre is here and I had a lot of fun. I'm sure I'll have more fun when I get around to literally any other Metroid game, but this was a great start.
Sylux8707 28 Feb 2025 01:46
Still a great game to go back and revisit!

For anyone trying to beat it within an hour, here's a map ( https://i.postimg.cc/43Zpq7JT/Metroid-map.png ) showing the route I took along with the items I collected to achieve that time. You can also use it to collect all 255 missiles for another achievement.

Quick tip: After beating Ridley (and later Kraid), you can pause on Controller 1, then press Up + A on Controller 2 to warp back to the start of the zone. However, one minor drawback is that using this trick will disqualify you from the leaderboard, which was fine for me since I was only aiming for mastery.

One thing to note: warping back this way resets your HP to 30 since the game treats it as a death. However, it's much faster than walking, and if you follow the pacing on my map, you’ll be able to grab an Energy Tank right after, refilling you back to full and allowing you to continue smoothly.

If anyone needs help or has any questions, feel free to ask—I’d be happy to assist!

Happy hunting, and I hope more people get to experience this great game!
Viniciusalc123 2 Mar 2025 18:33
https://youtu.be/zsBfOc19ZBI Algumas dicas em portugues para esse set
Viniciusalc123 2 Mar 2025 19:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82WKNEhkfK4 pra quem quiser tambem tutorial da conquista:Ready for the Magazine
Levus 14 Mar 2025 15:10
Mastered #4, this game's way more fun than I expected
M1lagre 26 Mar 2025 03:26
Mastered! (#31)
succo 4 Apr 2025 03:33
My sixth mastery....

Always had a shaky relationship with this game (mostly from playing it without a map) but I enjoyed my jaunt this time. It probably helps that the US version is slightly easier than the Japanese disk version which I used to own. The big issue with this game is that if you run out of health things can really slide out of control and become frustrating unless there's an E-tank to collect somewhere. But you can get the screw attack pretty early so things aren't bad after that.

Thanks @Sylux8708 for the route map, it really helped my hour run (FIRST TRY!!). I deviated a bit and got the wave beam to help with Ridley, then got the cache of 5 missile upgrades and second ice beam in Norfair. Still had plenty of time to spare. I recommend liberally using the up+A trick and routing your E-tank pickups accordingly. Also beat it with no long beam which was weird (could be a good hair-pulling achievement heheheh)

Thanks for the set!
ScissormanX 6 Apr 2025 15:26
My very first mastery! Thank you for such an awesome set!