Metal Storm Collector's Edition (NES)

They finally translated the Japanese version of Metal Storm into English, and they put it on a chrome NES cartridge. If that sentence doesn't do something to you, we can't help. The Metal Storm Collector's Edition brings the definitive version of this NES classic to a limited run of just 3,000 copies on a metallic chrome 8-bit cartridge compatible with original NES and Retro-Bit consoles.

Metal Storm has been a holy grail for NES collectors since 1991. The gravity-flipping mech action was ahead of its time, the pixel art still holds up, and the original cartridge commands serious respect in any collection. This edition goes further, delivering the Japanese version's white mech, the cinematic plot introduction, and higher difficulty options that Western players never got to experience. For the first time, it's all in English.

The Collector's Edition packaging matches the ambition. You get a hard embossed collector's box housing original art prints, a double-sided poster, a Retro-Bit limited edition enamel pin, a numbered certificate of authenticity, a full-color instruction manual, and a collectible retail box to keep that chrome cartridge in pristine condition. Then there's the M-308 Gunner figurine, your mech, standing on your shelf like it just reversed gravity one more time.

This is what collecting NES games should feel like. Not just preserving a cartridge, but getting the version of the game we were always supposed to have. Three thousand copies for one of the most underappreciated action games on the NES. The chrome catches the light. The mech catches your eye. Your allowance money would've never covered this, but you're not a kid anymore.