Metroid passwords: JUSTIN BAILEY and other NES codes
Famous NES Metroid passwords, exactly as they are entered, and what each one does.
Original 1986 Metroid as adapted for the international NES release in 1987. These guides use the NES password system and original Zebes areas. The Famicom Disk System save menu, Zero Mission remake, later Metroid movement abilities and sequence-breaking glitches are excluded.
How to enter a password
Choose CONTINUE on the title screen and enter the 24-character password. A dash in the codes below means the blank space character, not a minus sign.
JUSTIN BAILEY
Enter JUSTIN BAILEY followed by twelve blanks (JUSTIN BAILEY ------ ------). Samus starts in Norfair without her suit, with 255 missiles, Energy Tanks and several major upgrades. It is a valid password that happens to spell a name, not a planned cheat.
NARPAS SWORD
Enter NARPAS SWORD0 000000 000000. Samus becomes invincible and has unlimited missiles. It is a developer debug password.
Use passwords for practice
A password records items, bosses beaten and the starting area. Write down your own password before trying Tourian so you can return with the same equipment.
More Metroid quick answers
Where to find every major item in Metroid (NES)How to unlock every Metroid ending and suitless SamusPasswords are case-sensitive, and 0 and O are different characters. Recheck each block of six if a password is rejected.
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