Metroid (Nintendo, 1987)

Wow...Super Mario Bros. opened the door to adventure games on the NES. Metroid blew that door off its hinges with a Missile. The ability to wander around a planet gathering weapon upgrades and other items while defeating the Space Pirate leaders and delving deeper into the planet. A game like this was never witnessed before on the NES and many gamers loved its easy control and in depth gameply. Today not many people appreciate the influence these great old games had now that games like Resident Evil 4 and Metroid Prime have taken us to great places and the Wii is on the horizon but I believe we should look at Metroid and Kid Icarus and Super Mario Bros and remember where New Super Mario Bros, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl originally come from.