/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1485578]

Does anyone have a clear (without any notes) map of Metroid? I wanna play through the game and discover shit and make notes, but I'm too lazy to draw the whole map layout by myself.

[Anonymous No.1485581]

Metroid Database has a bunch of maps available. However I can't recall if there are any ones without notes pointing-out what item is what. Once you've played the game hundreds of times knowing where stuff is just comes naturally.

[Anonymous No.1485609]

>>1485578
There's a LUA script that adds a mini map to the game.

[Anonymous No.1485617]

>>1485609
http://www.neillcorlett.com/metroidlua/

It's here. I think it's great, and it's a shame I didn't get to play the game at first while using it, so do that since you have the chance.

[Anonymous No.1485631]

Well, nevermind, I just snagged a map that I liked and deleted every note on it. Good enough. Time to finally play through this game.

>1485617
> Maximum energy tanks raised from 6 to 7
Start out with full health and missiles
Minimap and large map on pause screen, with mouse interaction (tooltips / click elevators to navigate between areas)

Looks pretty cool, but I'm not up to romhacks, this one seems like basically a cheat.

[Anonymous No.1485672]

>>1485631

I honestly don't think you'll get a good Metroid experience playing with a map like that. Half of what makes it good (and especially the original Metroid) is navigating these endless tunnels and just as you thin you've finally hit the bottom of the game world you bomb another hole in the ground that takes you down a equally long hole with a seemingly infinite amount of doors going every which way out of it. I mean, with a map like that you'll never find yourself questioning just how long this tunnel of bugs will take you, if it will attach to this other shaft that according to your notes it LOGICALLY SHOULD, if this corridor that looks identical to the one you just came from is another limitation of the NES' memory or if you'rr somehow going in circles and... well you get the picture. Really, THIS map is all you really need.

If that's too old-school for you then play the Zero Mission remake. It's a good remake.

Also play the FDS version if you still plan to play the original version for better sound, music and enemies. You can fast-forward the loading screens in emulators

[Anonymous No.1485721]

>>1485672
I suppose that sounds interesting if I imagine playing it years ago with no other game choices, but now I just wanna have some fun and not get stuck for hours. Thanks though.

[Anonymous No.1485725]

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1186/

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/504/

here you go op, use these

[Anonymous No.1485805]

>>1485721

But that's the thing. What I just said is more then half the fun of the original Metroid even dare I say ALL the fun. Otherwise its controls are clunky, forces you to grind whenever you die, becomes a cake walk most of the time when you find the screw attack and is an exercise in almost pure luck others (mostly for the bosses).

It's honestly completely pointless to play it when you already have the complete map sitting in front of you.

[Anonymous No.1485919]

The remake is better.

[Anonymous No.1485948]

>>1485919
>some unmemorable minibosses thrown in
>post-game ruins the climax of the original story
>mechanics is just an imitation of SM like fusion
great game but no

[Anonymous No.1485954]

>>1485919
Take your shit remake back to /v/.

[Anonymous No.1486415]

>>1485954
I liked the mechanics. Then again I liked Metroid Fusion.

>>1485954
Calm down. I'm not making play the remake.

[Anonymous No.1486419]

>>1485954
I liked the mechanics. Then again I liked Metroid Fusion.

>>1485954
Calm down. I'm not making you play the remake.

[Anonymous No.1486432]

>>1485954

Remakes are allowed on /vr/. Take your shitposting and get off this site altogether.

[Anonymous No.1487204]

So I found out why "Justin Bailey" Samus has never been acknowledged by Nintendo in any way shape or form.
You know, the purple leotard and green hair combo?
That was added later when Metroid was ported to the NES.
Which means the Japs never got to actually play as suitless Samus.
Oh, and another thing, DONT play the FDS version of Metroid, sure some of the music is better but the beam and door sound effects are grating, and Metroids sound like phones going off.

[Anonymous No.1487210]

>>1487204
>DONT play the FDS version of Metroid

most fds games w/ fm synthesis sound better, including metroid

only one that's actually worse is kid icarus

hate the load screens though, dumb that apparently no emulator can hardware accel. through those quickly

[Anonymous No.1487215]

>>1486432
>Remakes are allowed on /vr/

Zero Mission isn't just a remake, it's a completely different game, you fucking mongoloid

[Anonymous No.1487223]

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/332/

cool hack for zero mission, upgrades can be toggled off like super metroid

[Anonymous No.1487527]

>>1487215

Remakes are not always the exact same game they're based off of with prettier graphics you dense shitposter. Everyone but you stuck up tryhards considers Zero Mission a remake. Deal with it or move on.

[Anonymous No.1488440]

>>1487210
>hate the load screens though, dumb that apparently no emulator can hardware accel. through those quickly

Nestopia can. You want to increase the fast forwarding speed to max in the settings though. And yes, FDS Metroid is definitely the best OG Metroid.

[Anonymous No.1488494]

>>1487527
Zero Mission ruined Metroid anyway. Part of the fun was in exploration. But Zero Mission tells you precisely where you need to go and what you should be looking for each step of the way.

[Anonymous No.1488503]

>>1488494
>exploration
>most of the hallways look identical and half of the game is spent grinding to fill up your health bar after death

[Anonymous No.1488504]

>>1488494
>Zero Mission ruined Metroid anyway.
lol

[Anonymous No.1488509]

>>1488503
>>1488504
It's Metroid on easy mode. The fun of the original is in the exploration. This guy explained it better than me.>>1485672

[Anonymous No.1488529]

>>1487204
Why do people call it "Justin Bailey Samus" when she has green hair?

The green hair is just how you look after you get the Varia suit. You don't need any code for that.

[Anonymous No.1488531]

does anyone have that pic where it says metroid nes is for men and on the other side it says that metroid zero is for casual babies?

[Anonymous No.1488559]

>>1488531

[Anonymous No.1488668]

>>1488529

There is a rather famous password that allows you to start the game as suitless Samus with most of your powerups.
This password became so well known that, until the zero suit came along, "suitless Samus" became synonymous with "Justin Bailey Samus"

[Anonymous No.1488853]

>>1488529
because it's iconic.

[Anonymous No.1489221]

>>1488668
Looks like a dude, dude.

[Anonymous No.1489238]

>>1489221

[Anonymous No.1489283]

>>1488503
Indeed. I'm glad the remake has better level design.

[Anonymous No.1489301]

>>1485631
Now this won't do. Greetings from /hr/

>>>/hr/1995881

[Anonymous No.1490723]

I really don't have much of a problem with Zero Mission. It's just that in the process of making it Super Metroid Fusion (which in itself is not a bad thing) most of what makes the original interesting to play to this day got lost in the process leaving us with a fun little ambitious rom hack but not much else. It's really a lot better then it should me considering just how much they changed it compared to the original.