NES Metroid - NAR PASSWORD Code

This is the God Mode cheat code for the original Metroid. You don't need any Game Genie or other devices to use it either. You just need a PAL or NTSC version of the game. It's believed that this code was used during the production of the game and was never taken out when the final version was released.

NARPAS SWORD0
000000 000000

This is sort of a montage of what you get when you play with this code.

Update:
There is a lot of speculation over what NARPASSWORD actually means. Some think NAR is an abbreviation of "Not A Real," however NARPASSWORD is most likely "North American Release Password" abbreviated since the American version and later were the only games that were cart based. The Japanese version was actually on the disc system and had saves rather than a password system.

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[MegaDog111]

You do not need the bottom row of zeros...also FYI I was the one who published this code since I found it when doing my Metroid hack.

[DAportfolio]

@MegaDog111 no way? how long ago was that?

[crouchingturbo]

Clearly the password was created by a narwhal.

[AweXomeDudeMan]

No guys, this is what it meant:

N(orth)A(merican)R(elease)PASS­WORD0

000000000000

The zero's are just filler. :3

[MegamanX20100]

@DatGuyOwesMeBaconNow Oh, that makes sense. I'm very oblivious to the stuff anyways, even mitzi for this since I've never had the game (only the Zero Mission one and 3DS Virtual Console; not the NES. I wasn't even born then!). As for the JAR I mentioned... I just wasn't thinking. Besides, they speak a different language regardless. And also why are we still taking about this? The Famicom doesn't even have passwords anyways!

[DAportfolio]

@DatGuyOwesMeBaconNow I have always done it with the zeros. I haven't tried it any other way. And what spaces? are you talking about the separation after the first six characters on the top and bottom? You will find that it every Metroid code.

[DatGuyOwesMeBaconNow]

@animegamingdude

I tried it on the emulator, and I did not need the 0s. Are you actually filling the blanks in with spaces? That will not work. That's not the same as leaving them blank.

[DatGuyOwesMeBaconNow]

@MegamanX20100

No, "Nar Password" is just based on the name of the creator of the password system, T. Narihiro. His name appears in the game's end credits "Converted by T. Narihiro". It has nothing to do with "Narpas Sword" or "North American Release".

What would "JAR" stand for anyway? "Japanese American Release"?

[DatGuyOwesMeBaconNow]

@AweXomeDudeMan

I think you're wrong.

I think it means it's Narihiro's Password, as in T. Narihiro, the dude who created the password system. His name appears in the game's end credits as "Converted by T.Narihiro". And yes, the 0's are filler because the 0 symbol and the blank (lack of symbol, not the same as a space) are both considered the same value. The hyphen '-' symbol is also the same value as the space; they are interchangeable in the same way.

[guiltyhalo]

i thought it was some guy called Narpa's sword.

[MegaDog111]

@DAportfolio Many years ago, I think I did my Metroid M hack in like 2000 something...

[TheRedLink823]

Mother Brain is FUCKIN' IMPOSSIBLE