# Metroid Prime

> Retro Studios' first-person take on Metroid: Samus Aran explores the planet Tallon IV and fights the Space Pirates and their Phazon experiments.

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Page updated: 2026-10-02

- Console: Nintendo GameCube
- Released: 2002
- Developer: Retro Studios

Metroid Prime is an action adventure developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2002. It moved the Metroid series into 3D with a first-person view, while keeping its exploration and gradual collection of new abilities.

Samus Aran answers a distress call and follows the Space Pirates to the planet Tallon IV, where they are experimenting with a mutagen called Phazon. She scans creatures and objects for clues and lore, switches between visors, and rolls up into the Morph Ball to reach hidden areas. It was very well received and was followed by two sequels and a remaster on the Switch in 2023.

Native ports: Metroid Prime Port, a decompilation-based port for Windows, Linux and Android.

## Metroid Prime PC Ports

- [Metroid Prime Port](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/metroidprime/ports/metroidprimeport/index.md): Metroid Prime Port is a native port of Metroid Prime built from the PrimeDecomp decompilation, for Windows, Linux and Android, with widescreen and mouse aim.

## Metroid Prime Texture Packs

- [Venomalia's Metroid Prime Texture Pack](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/metroidprime/texturepacks/venomalia/index.md): An AI upscale of Metroid Prime made with Venomalia's HDCube ESRGAN model, aiming for detail without the softness or artefacts of earlier packs.