Video Game-A-Day #17: Metroid (NES)

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METROID
RELEASE: 08.06.86 (Japan) | 08.86 (US)

Space pirates have attacked a deep-space research spaceship and seized a capsule containing an unknown life-form that had just been discovered on planet SR388. This life-form is in a state of suspended animation, but can be reactivated and will multiply when exposed to beta rays for 24 hours. There is a strong possibility that the life-form just discovered was the cause of the planet's destruction. The Federation researchers had named it "Metroid" and were bringing it back to Earth when it was stolen by space pirates!

If Metroid is multiplied by the space pirates and then used as a weapon, the entire galactic civilization will be destroyed. After a desperate search, the Federation Police have at last found the pirates' headquarters, the fortress planet Zebes, and launched a general attack. As a last resort, the Federation Police have decided on this strategy: to send a space hunter to penetrate the center of the fortress and destroy the Mother Brain. The space hunter chosen for this mission is Samus Aran. He is the greatest of all the space bounty hunters and has successfully completed numerous missions that everybody thought were absolutely impossible. He is a cyborg: his entire body has been surgically strengthened with robotics, giving him superpowers. Even the space pirates fear his space suit, which can absorb any enemies power. But his true form is shrouded in mystery.

The planet Zebes is a natural fortress. Its sides are covered with a special kind of stone, and its interior is a complicated maze. On top of that, the pirates have planted devices and booby traps in the maze, and the pirates' eerie followers lie in wait around every corner. Samus has now succeeded in penetrating Zebes. But time is running out. Will he be able to destroy the Metroid and save the galaxy?


I figured I'd start off my week with one of the classics in gaming. The original in free roam gaming and one of (if not the) first game to have the main hero be female.

One of the old school classics that I still play every now and again. I still remember trying to play this without trying a guide and getting lost repeatedly.

Of course if you wanted to make life easy for yourself, you could have just use the Justin Bailey password. I also found out that if you messed around with different passwords that you could get some interesting results (ie. combo weapons)

Still a fun game to this day
 

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I thought this game was unrealistic. At the end of the game, when I found out the main character was a chick.....I totally couldn't believe it. Doesn't have the body of a woman, at all.
 

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Classic, CLASSIC game, I read that the world record for beating this game is something like 8 or 9 MINUTES! It took me that long to figure out how to get the rollball!
 

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9 minutes to beat this game? Thats gotta be impossible.

This is one of the all time classics, still playable.
 

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bratwurst said:
9 minutes to beat this game? Thats gotta be impossible.

This is one of the all time classics, still playable.


I thought the same thing. There is an actual museum that houses these world records, sorta like a Guiness world records museum and they verified it.

Amazing.
 

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