---
title: "Metroid"
subtitle: "A faithful recreation of the NES classic, with touch controls for mobile."
date: 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2016/02/metroid
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Metroid

*A faithful recreation of the NES classic, with touch controls for mobile.*

![image](metroid1.png)

From the Phaser Forum developer nkholski posted: "The original Metroid for NES turns 30 years this year. To celebrate this and as an exercise I'm recreating the game with Phaser (although it will probably be just a partial remake).

![image](metroid2.png)

First version includes:

* Complete Brinstar map, but only populated with enemies in the path to the first missiles
* All items except varia and wave beam. Keep right to reach a special room containing all of them.
* All brinstar enemy types. They won’t behave exactly as in the original though. My aim was to add them all, and in some cases I just went ahead as I remember them without comparing with the original.
* Doors, destroyable blocks and lava.
* Touch controls on touch devices (and decent performance on at least my Nexus 5 mobile)."

[Play Game](http://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/20256-phaser-metroid/)

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