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Anybody else here play this game? Im playing now

I played a little of it on GBA, but after Zero Mission I never went back to that version.

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I love the Metroid series but I find the NES game to be unplayable garbage in modern times.

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Lokison posted...

I played a little of it on GBA, but after Zero Mission I never went back to that version.

Apples & Oranges

__aCEr__ posted...

I love the Metroid series but I find the NES game to be unplayable garbage in modern times.

I think thats how most people feel. I didnt get into the NES version until a few years ago.

I played it and beat it. Never liked it as a really young kid because I never knew where I was going. Played it and beat it in my 20s, but not having a built in map is rough.

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The Popo posted...

I played it and beat it. Never liked it as a really young kid because I never knew where I was going. Played it and beat it in my 20s, but not having a built in map is rough.

The way I see it is, if ((I)) cant get down on a few Atari or NES games...... then, you know??

So I went with Metroid because its not a bad game :)) I just sucked at it

Beat it, but feel no need to ever go back to it

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CE_gonna_CE posted...

Beat it, but feel no need to ever go back to it

I like the false faces in the environments & the faux spirals in the environments. They knew what they were doing............

Goeth to planeth Zebeth ~ Defeat the Mechanical Vein!!!

Why can you only release bombs when youre tucked into a circle?

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__aCEr__ posted...

I like the Metroid series but I find the NES game and most NES games to be unplayable garbage in modern times.

I played a bunch as a kid but never seriously tried to beat it until I got it for the GBA. Having beat it, I can't say I ever wanted to go back and try again. Zero Mission is great though.

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Your health defaulting to 30 every life is such a pain in the ass.

I think Zelda did the same thing by only giving you three hearts, but for some reason it felt more tolerable there >_>

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divot1338 posted...

Why can you only release bombs when youre tucked into a circle?

Its an auxiliary function of the beam cannon that uses the ball to manifest an explosive.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

I get that. I probably would have said the same thing. As a massive Metroid fan though, I gotta say. If there was one game I could do without, its not that one. Even from like a developer standpoint, its important to understand how they got from A to Z. Metroid could have become anything else & it wouldnt have been as good.

ssjevot posted...

I played a bunch as a kid but never seriously tried to beat it until I got it for the GBA. Having beat it, I can't say I ever wanted to go back and try again. Zero Mission is great though.

Im playing on PC. I cant imagine doing this on a handheld.... or an NES controller for that matter XD

AlisLandale posted...

Your health defaulting to 30 every life is such a pain in the ass.

I think Zelda did the same thing by only giving you three hearts, but for some reason it felt more tolerable there >_>

Yes yes the original Dark Souls: Metroid

Xethuminra posted...

Its an auxiliary function of the beam cannon that uses the ball to manifest an explosive.

They've never said that, where'd you get that idea?


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Lokison posted...

They've never said that, where'd you get that idea?

Its the only thing that makes sense.

Xethuminra posted...

Its the only thing that makes sense.

Is that like how Mega Man's arm cannon magically produces whatever weapon he took from a robot master?

It's aged terribly

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I just accept it as an ability in the game and dont over think it. Like Link and how he stores 40 bombs the size if his head, 60 arrows, and multiple other items on his person; just dont over think it.

Samus is a Human that was injected giant bird alien DNA and given a power suit that let's her contort her body better than any Cirque performer; just accept it happens and move on.

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Why would I do something like that?

Some of yall need to learn to let things happen sometimes. No risk, no reward

My brains gonna rationalize. Those rationalizations turn into posts. Period.

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Xethuminra posted...

Why would I do something like that?

Some of yall need to learn to let things happen sometimes. No risk, no reward

My brains gonna rationalize. Those rationalizations turn into posts. Period.

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Okay. I say live and let live. You do you tho.

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To be honest, what I said is the equivalent of Lightsabers have crystals inside them

still doesnt explain anything. But it makes the audience THINK I did. Haha

The original Metroid sucked and was absurdly difficult.

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I've played it all the way through once, and that was enough for me. :-P

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Do you have a beam cannon?

Can you turn into a ball?

Are you a woman?

I beat it with a map.

Would not have had the patience otherwise.

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Xethuminra posted...

Do you have a beam cannon?

Can you turn into a ball?

Are you a woman?

What is this post even supposed to mean?

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How does Bill Rizer fire his gun straight while doing a spinning jump?

I just won, now Im going for the Bikini. Time me!

Played it. Conquered it. Thats what you said as a kid in the 80s. You didnt finish a game. You conquered it.

I actually think Metroid has aged pretty well. Why? Because most of you guys are emulating this game on your two monitor setup. No in game map? Bro, just open the Nintendo Power map on your second monitor. Hate farming energy? Dude, who are you kidding? We know youre using save states.

The game has flaws but those flaws only really exist if youre playing on vintage hardware, which 99% of you aint.

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Beat it without drawing a map or looking at a guide except for two missile expansions.

It's actually my most favorite NES game along with Zelda 1.

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Metroid as a series is one of the best underdog stories in gaming. The improvements from Metroid to Super are astounding, and despite consistently selling like shit, it still struggles and sticks around somehow.

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45 minutes!!!

Yeah!!!! Thats my personal record :)

BeyondWalls posted...

Played it. Conquered it. Thats what you said as a kid in the 80s. You didnt finish a game. You conquered it.

I actually think Metroid has aged pretty well. Why? Because most of you guys are emulating this game on your two monitor setup. No in game map? Bro, just open the Nintendo Power map on your second monitor. Hate farming energy? Dude, who are you kidding? We know youre using save states.

The game has flaws but those flaws only really exist if youre playing on vintage hardware, which 99% of you aint.

Farming energy without the Screw Attack is a pain. You should only be farming Energy if you happen to die in a bad place. Other than that, the trick is actually to let Samus die after beating a boss..... then go pick up an E-Tank & kill the next boss. Checkpoints

I used to wonder why Metroid never reached the heights of Mario or Zelda.

Then I played Metroid (NES) and understood why perfectly.

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Do you think Super Mario Bros has better gameplay than Metroid?

Baraduke was better.

Frizzurd posted...

Baraduke was better.

**starts throwing kudos at you**

Xethuminra posted...

Do you think Super Mario Bros has better gameplay than Metroid?

Yes. The grindiness and lack of a map in an environment that is too similar looking makes Metroid very tedious.


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PiOverlord posted...

Yes. The grindiness and lack of a map in an environment that is too similar looking makes Metroid very tedious.

Your opinion has been noted. Metroid was designed as an answer to how simple & flowery Super Mario Brothers was, no? Kraid is basically the hammer bros & Ridley is basically bowser. Have you ever fought Mother Brain? Its insane. The escape at the end is fun too. I think thats where they got Nightmares face from but whatever.

The layout of the platforms I mean

I've played some of it, and I feel it hasn't aged the best of the early NES games, but it's not unplayable. I can definitely see where the series, and other games of its genre branch off, and take the idea laid out in this game further, but to me it's fun for what it is.

That being said you do have to grab a few power ups for it to become enjoyable (the ball perhaps with the bombs, blaster range increase, and maybe missiles or freeze beam), and until then it kind of sucks to go through. It also isn't self-explanatory at all, and is really from a time where you were expected to figure things out through the investment of time sunk into trial and error, or what to do was just outright kind of vague.

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I appreciate Metroid 1's influence on gaming and all that, but its a really hard game to go back to, especially when Zero Mission exists.

I just started Metroid II (GB) :)

you start with the Power Ball, Longshot, & 30 Missiles. Everything is black & white. Adventure music is playing. The biggest change is being able to shoot downward, which is the first puzzle of the game to enter the Metroid lair proper. No grind this time. Everything is much more streamlined. Cant wait for the Jumpball boss. Thats my favorite.

oh yeah, and you can crouch and shoot

Does anyone have any tips for this game???? Its the one I know the least about

Metroid 2 is a much more functioning game than the original, just needs a map

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Any tips would be appreciated ^.^

I found 2 secret tunnels. One leading out of the Spiderball room (on the right), and another leading down to the 2nd area (that first long shaft after the first boss) , so you can skip some enemies. Didnt know they existed. Cool!!

I can still draw the map from memory.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Actually exists already, but weirdly. You just get an ice beam with the wave beam sprite.

Xethuminra posted...

Your opinion has been noted. Metroid was designed as an answer to how simple & flowery Super Mario Brothers was, no? Kraid is basically the hammer bros & Ridley is basically bowser. Have you ever fought Mother Brain? Its insane. The escape at the end is fun too. I think thats where they got Nightmares face from but whatever.

The layout of the platforms I mean

I beat it. Very unenjoyable for me the whole way through.

Mother Brain herself is an experience I like to go through when I feel like torturing myself with lag.

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ImAMarvel posted...

Oh shit, I should go ahead and finally beat that game before Dread comes out.

use the LUA script. It adds a minimap, and ability to toggle found powerups including switching between ice and wave beam and I think supports saves or starts you at full energy at least

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Xethuminra posted...

Does anyone have any tips for this game???? Its the one I know the least about

Spiderball everywhere you can. There's a lot of reused structures, so someplace a missile is hiding is likely to be quite a few places a missile is hiding.

Also the map isn't "flat", so you'll intuitively end up in places you didn't expect to be at the distance traveled. Some rooms are closer together than they should be, some farther, and others somehow stacked together.