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The 2D Metroid Series offer a perfect mix of platformer action, adventure and intelligent puzzles. While preceded by Metroid (1986) on the NES and Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991) on the GameBoy, this is the game that gave the series its distinct look and identity. While Metrovania is a thing and inspired many great games for decades to come, it is Metroid and not Castlevania the game that immerses the played in an eerie, dreadful, inmense and most of all lonely universe. It’s close to the atmoshere created on Ridley Scotts’s Alien, a clear inspiration for the developers. ...

This game returns to the top-down perspective of the first Zelda while making the game graphically stunning (the NES graphics ages less well compared to the SNES/GBA sequels). Even today, more than 30 years later, it’s pretty much the pattern to follow for pixel-art games. This game is long and hard, but at the same time extremely rewarding. It’s a must-play classic. Have a look at “How to play retrogames?” if you don’t know how to play retrogames. ...