The History of Metroidvania: Decade One--1980-1990
$74.48
- Hardcover
232 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2026
Summary
A chronological journey through gaming’s least linear format: the action RPG.
The metroidvania genre has become a staple of video gaming. From solo indie development operations to big-budget creations by the industry’s top studios, these exploratory action games with heavy role-playing influences are everywhere.
But where did they come from in the first place? Although the genre’s name might appear to hold the answer—a combination of Nintendo’s sci-fi adventure Metroid
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781506754543 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1506754546 |
| Author: | Jeremy Parish |
| Publisher: | Dark Horse Comics,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Dark Horse Comics,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 312mm |
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Jeremy Parish
Jeremy Parish has been writing about video game history for so long that his earliest efforts have long since been lost to the dustbin of history themselves. After a decade and a half of attempting to engage with gaming’s present at various gaming journalism sites, he now spends all his creative energy recounting the medium’s origins as Media Curator at Limited Run Games, the producer of the “Video Works” YouTube series, and occasional host of the Retronauts classic gaming podcast. He currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife Cat and an absolute five-alarm fire hazard of a retrogaming capture setup.
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