Kid Icarus is the title of a game for the
Nintendo Entertainment System game console. Kid Icarus was designed by
Gunpei Yokoi (
1941-
1997), famous for desiging
ROB[?] and
Metroid. The main character in Kid Icarus was a small boy with wings named Pit. The game was based on the
Metroid engine and contained both side and verticle scrolling action sequences. The music was composed by
Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka.