Damn the nostalgia. I used to play this game on my parents NES for hours. When I got lost, my dad told me to take notes. So I got a spiral notebook, a pencil, a pencil sharpener, and an eraser and jotted down everything I came across. Still have the NoteBook today!
Fun fact: the Japanese version is slightly more difficult by complete accident. When they ported the game from the Famicom Disk System to a NES cartridge they unintentionally broke one of the AI behavior randomizers. For example in the Famicom version Ridley spits his fireballs in completely random arcs instead of all the same arc as seen in this video.
Metroid was one of the first NES games I had.. I'm 31 now and this game STILL somehow gives me goosebumps when I play it. Some of the lower levels & music just give me the creeps to this day. JUSTIN BAILEY ______ ______
+wysoft i am 31 also and my dad bought me this game when i was a kid.. i hated it tho as i was never able to figure out how to progress.. it was like a huge confusing maze
Cloud Air back in the day Metroid really required a subscription to Nintendo Power. I remember our local library had Nintendo Power issues, and you could copy the maps on the copy machine.
Agreed. I remember playing NES games like Ice Climber, Super Mario Bros, Wrecking Crew - all very innocent and positive. When I started playing Metroid, I got a complete different feeling. The music gave me goosebumps. At the time I had just seen the movies "Alien" and "Aliens", and got some of the same feeling with this game. When watching this video I caught myself getting goosebumps again.
They had a map in the Nintendo players guide book, it came out years before the SNES. Nintendo put out mags years before the SNES. There was the Nintendo Fun club magazine, that morphed into Nintendo Power about the time SMB II came out.
+Andrew Smith Am I the only one who always knew that Samus was a female character? I mean, her sprite in the very first game is very distinctively female to me, everything from the way she stands to the way she runs.
Great Vid, thx. Metroid is one of my all time favorites. I had one complete go through saved on VHS for many years. Would play it in the background while doing other things. Fun to do it again.
This game is an 8-bit masterpiece. The music, the graphics, the play control, the story, the exploration, the power ups, the characters, the surprise at the end... 10/10. ;-)
Hardest game or not, it's definitely advanced for the time. When you consider how many sprites Samus has for movement alone, whether it's somersaulting, firing straight up while walking, or whatever else, and then compare it to Mega Man...there IS no comparison. I love the Blue Bomber, but he can't fire straight up without armor, most of the time not even then. This is true even on the PS2, when he should be able to, yet Samus could do so from the beginning. Until I saw this clip, I didn't think that was possible on the NES. Mind blown.
This was the first game to really highlight the importance of game guides for me. It took my entire family playing this and keeping a notepad of continue codes to beat this back when it came out.
An interesting (but weird) thing is that, if anyone has a copy of the Official Nintendo Player's Guide (page 54 in my book) many of the lesser enemies actually have names! They actually took the time to give names to these little fidjuts scuttling, bouncing and flying about. They only named 18 critters (not counting the bosses), but it's still a nice touch! If I'm going to get exploded, I'd at least like to know by _what._
This game had a rather creepy atmosphere for such a great action shooter. The title screen music is cold and minimal, it gives me a feeling of loneliness. Just put yourself in Samus's boots... You're in deep space, all alone, and everything on this planet is trying to kill you. Thankfully the main theme kicks in when you descend.
The Metroid series was my favorite series in gaming of all time. AND IT STILL IS (Edit: If you saw my profile picture before it got... ech...ii??, it was Ridley. So sorry for anyone that got confused xD)
+Aggressive Attitude Era Holy shit, Zero Mission was AWESOME. It added so much to the original aka one of the best NES games, so therefore, makes Zero Mission. best GBA game. (Past Mother 3 but that's Japanese only so...)
I LOVE Metroid. Fusion and Zero Mission are so underrated and I remember seeing SA-X for the first time and Adam saying it’s you!!! The music and atmosphere for these games are perfect.
I remember when I was in elementary school, I told some boys that Samus is really a woman and they were really outraged about it. They didn't want to accept the fact that they were playing a female protagonist
I have nothing against female protagonists as long as they're done well. I do have a problem with them when they're done like Ghostbusters 2016 when it's obviously pandering to feminists and sexist against men.
I always laughed a little hearing Samus get hurt in this game because it sounded like a fart of varying lengths and tones. They still do make me chuckle to this day. 1:02:42 I always had troubles getting out of this long drop as well.
It's the Varia Suit, it reduces damage form lava and heat, in later games it reduces all forms of damage by a little bit, but it mainly negates heat damage down to nothing except for when your directly in lava.
Too many comments, so I don't know if this has already been mentioned. Ms Pacman is a female lead, that is previous to this game (1983 if I'm not mistaken).
This game brings back memories. I remember having a guide book that Nintendo Power sold to help get me through a few parts in this game when I was a kid. It had a black cover if I remember correctly. It's a shame that I no longer have that book. I'm sure it'd be worth something to someone seeing that I had the only copy among my friends. I've never seen that book again. Still happily have my NES and Metroid though. ^_^
Along with Xband Soundtrack, The Adventures of Batman and Robin for Sega Genesis, Metroid has my favorite music ever in any game. Super Metroid is my favorite. Amazing soundtrack.
this and kid icarus came out the same day. i played this game for the first week and got kid the next. and still love them both almost a quarter century later.
@CAWGregoryBlack I remember the Justin bailey code, i called her the princess, from the captain nintendo cartoon. Back in the days. Also started with some upgrades like wave beam.
Okay, so I was reading the discription of this long play, and it says memorable for having the first female lead. Well, not quite true: Metroid (and Samus with it) was released in 1986, while Ms. Pac-Man, Lady Bug, Kangaroo, Papri from Girl's Garden, Lady Master from Lady Master Of Kung Fu, and the title character from Ninja Princess all came before Samus. And due to sales, Alis from Phantasy Star is considered more memorable.
@phlyersphan25 Did you watch the whole video? He went through basically the entire ridley level first then went to kraids or is it vice versa, either way thats why he got the ice shot then went back. The short answer is you need it to kill the metroids at the end without it your completely doomed the moment you go into the last stage he even had all the energy tanks and still barely made it.
The one BIG thing I disliked about this game, enemies hitting you while going through doors, and no way to hit them back due to the door transition. Take some really cheap hits that way, and if your health is low, a guarantee to die even faster. Otherwise from my experience, the first game with an immersive environment to get lost in.
Kids will never know the sheer joy, and challenge of these old games. I hope there are some parents out there introducing their kids to these absolute classics.
As a kid, i couldn't beat this game until i found the justin baily code or whatever it was, but what i remember was how awesome all the power ups were, like the missles and jump boots.
May I ask. In which order did you get the upgrades? I couldn't quite make it out which is which except for the 2 first ones (morph ball and long beam). Also, why did the game not register that 7th energy tank you took at 1:21:33? You had 6 before, yet it still shows 6 blue squares after you picked it up.
Metroid. Once of the best classic games ever. I always wonder why they never made a Metroid 2 for the NES. They made Metroid 2 for the gameboy which I played that one. It was frustration has heck.
Marcus Devine yea, Return of Samus was frustrating, but I thought it was awesome Even for a GB game And when I heard that one of my favorite GB games was getting a remake this September? I almost shat myself
This game is easy as fuck! There are 3 problems tho: 1) Map a maze, so you have to use graph-paper and draw a map as you go along, 2) You have to shoot & bomb all sides of the room to uncover secrets to progress, 3) When you die game restarts you with little energy & missiles, so you CANNOT DIE even once and you ensure that by constantly farming before you progress into the next room. Took me 5 hours to complete it on emulator playing for the first time at age 35. Made in 1986?? Game ahead of its time and slept-on in the 80's & 90's! Game deserved wayyy more hype! I think the problem was that it was too hard for those casual gamers that didn't think of or wanted to draw a map, thus it didnt sell as well as it should have or got the media attention it deserved. This is now on my list as one of the greatest games made in history!
Yes. This is do to various controls that were made tight in super metroid. Also, the final battle is a lot tougher in my opinion. Another thing to point out, is the complete lack of a map. With all that said, this is a superb game that got me hooked when I bought it when it came out and made me want to play every metroid after.
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Damn the nostalgia. I used to play this game on my parents NES for hours. When I got lost, my dad told me to take notes. So I got a spiral notebook, a pencil, a pencil sharpener, and an eraser and jotted down everything I came across. Still have the NoteBook today!
Thats awesome
Nice!
Woah
Would you consider sharing a photo? I love to see other people’s maps and notes for games like this
❤
Fun fact: the Japanese version is slightly more difficult by complete accident. When they ported the game from the Famicom Disk System to a NES cartridge they unintentionally broke one of the AI behavior randomizers. For example in the Famicom version Ridley spits his fireballs in completely random arcs instead of all the same arc as seen in this video.
thanks for that, I did find Ridley's fight alot easier than Kraid's
The metroid start screen music is one of my favorite pieces of music in gaming.
It's even better on the FDS.
Mine is the power up sound
And one of the most impressive.
Agreed. It has an Alien vibe to it.
Couldn't agree more
Metroid was one of the first NES games I had.. I'm 31 now and this game STILL somehow gives me goosebumps when I play it. Some of the lower levels & music just give me the creeps to this day.
JUSTIN BAILEY
______ ______
+wysoft i am 31 also and my dad bought me this game when i was a kid.. i hated it tho as i was never able to figure out how to progress.. it was like a huge confusing maze
Cloud Air back in the day Metroid really required a subscription to Nintendo Power. I remember our local library had Nintendo Power issues, and you could copy the maps on the copy machine.
Agreed. I remember playing NES games like Ice Climber, Super Mario Bros, Wrecking Crew - all very innocent and positive. When I started playing Metroid, I got a complete different feeling. The music gave me goosebumps. At the time I had just seen the movies "Alien" and "Aliens", and got some of the same feeling with this game. When watching this video I caught myself getting goosebumps again.
fast forward to 59:15
ughhhhhhhh
it didn't help that I was never too great at it.. this guy just tears the game up.
I remember my buddy at the time having this. We'd stay up all night on the weekends for weeks trying to beat this...
They had a map in the Nintendo players guide book, it came out years before the SNES. Nintendo put out mags years before the SNES. There was the Nintendo Fun club magazine, that morphed into Nintendo Power about the time SMB II came out.
even that one forgot one energy tank...
Such an iconic soundtrack. Kraid is my personal favorite. So unique. It has a weirdly dreamy, hypnotic sound, kind of like the Song of Storms.
Samus Aran: the first female protagonist.
And the most RESPECTED female protagonist
not even in the same decade as first
Ms. Pacman
Jack M. She's not a protagonist. Mr. Pacman. And she does nothing that makes her worthy of a protagonist.
No Objections
A protagonist just means the leading character. Ms Pacman is obviously the lead character of Ms Pacman..
+Andrew Smith
Am I the only one who always knew that Samus was a female character?
I mean, her sprite in the very first game is very distinctively female to me, everything from the way she stands to the way she runs.
I've always enjoyed that theme when Samus is spawning in the game such as on 0:47
The music truly makes this game. It adds to the creepiness and mystery.
This game was easy ahead of its time! Easily one of the all time greatest NES classics! Most powerful weapon in the game......SCREW ATTACK !
Which would inspire the original channel behind death battle of the same name
@o i think so
Great Vid, thx. Metroid is one of my all time favorites. I had one complete go through saved on VHS for many years. Would play it in the background while doing other things. Fun to do it again.
This game is an 8-bit masterpiece. The music, the graphics, the play control, the story, the exploration, the power ups, the characters, the surprise at the end... 10/10. ;-)
Hardest game or not, it's definitely advanced for the time. When you consider how many sprites Samus has for movement alone, whether it's somersaulting, firing straight up while walking, or whatever else, and then compare it to Mega Man...there IS no comparison.
I love the Blue Bomber, but he can't fire straight up without armor, most of the time not even then. This is true even on the PS2, when he should be able to, yet Samus could do so from the beginning. Until I saw this clip, I didn't think that was possible on the NES. Mind blown.
I know this comment is 8 years old but MegaMan has aged far better than nestroid
@@olsonbryce777 They both aged well in my opinion
1:01:10 some dope video game music
This was the first game to really highlight the importance of game guides for me. It took my entire family playing this and keeping a notepad of continue codes to beat this back when it came out.
59:48 best Metroid level theme 🎵
When I played this game years ago, my strategy was totally different. That's why I love this game. It's great seeing how others play it differently.
1:39:00 Tourian music reminds me of sections of "Gnomus" from Mussorgski's "Pictures at an Exhibition"...
The title screen still makes me shiver
An interesting (but weird) thing is that, if anyone has a copy of the Official Nintendo Player's Guide (page 54 in my book) many of the lesser enemies actually have names! They actually took the time to give names to these little fidjuts scuttling, bouncing and flying about.
They only named 18 critters (not counting the bosses), but it's still a nice touch! If I'm going to get exploded, I'd at least like to know by _what._
no way you were beating this shit as a kid without the book holy moly
This game had a rather creepy atmosphere for such a great action shooter.
The title screen music is cold and minimal, it gives me a feeling of loneliness. Just put yourself in Samus's boots... You're in deep space, all alone, and everything on this planet is trying to kill you.
Thankfully the main theme kicks in when you descend.
That evacuation was so hard to watch....
💩
@@westmcgee9320 bruh
Some plays also!!!
The whole gameplay was painful...
No need to be perfect but nah...
One of my favorite games of all time
Damn 1986 this must’ve blown people away at the time
Kraid, protecting himself with chest-high walls before it was cool.
I remember this game as a kid, and while I thought the gameplay was good, I mostly remember being very, very lost.
The Metroid series was my favorite series in gaming of all time. AND IT STILL IS
(Edit: If you saw my profile picture before it got... ech...ii??, it was Ridley. So sorry for anyone that got confused xD)
Ridley SURE got cute all of a sudden.
+Aggressive Attitude Era SORRY, I changed it. xD
Animu.
Neophyte Omega LOL Obviously. But seriously, I played 1 through 3 and Zero Mission for the GBA. MAN, were they FUN!!!!
+Aggressive Attitude Era Holy shit, Zero Mission was AWESOME. It added so much to the original aka one of the best NES games, so therefore, makes Zero Mission. best GBA game.
(Past Mother 3 but that's Japanese only so...)
This and Blaster Master were some of the hardest games that I eventually came to be able to curb stomp.
The screw attack is the true salvation of this game.
I love how morphball bomb sound when they explode sound really destructive
Honestly: out of all of the Metroid games ever made, this is one of them.
What?
@@44bigfreeze well--- uhh... technically he's not wrong.
This comment was ahead of it's time
@shiftymerchant That power up is the Varia Suit, which essentially reduces damage taken
I can’t believe it takes until 1:38:19 for the titular character to appear
It's amazing how this game has so many secrets. Leave no single stone unturned.
What's with the glitch at 1:29:00? Door in the wrong place? Don't ever remember that.
How did people figure out where to go back when this first came out?
The Nintendo book had a map for this game.
+Jsidhu762 Let's just say we had a lot of time in our hands lol
Exploration. Lots of exploration and memorization
You just went, trial and error. Some people would make maps.
Just take a piece of graphpaper with squares on it, mark it as you go along. 2nd playthrough easy as fuck!
Anyone looking forward to Metroid Dread in the future?
@DarkToasty07 Not only the music, Screw Attack is a term from the game aswell (Samus' spinning jump attack).
Oh by the way, when I was little and first beat this game, MIND BLOWN when you got all rockets and energy tanks found at the ending!
Came back after completing Zero Mission remake. Even in original state this game is awesome
I LOVE Metroid. Fusion and Zero Mission are so underrated and I remember seeing SA-X for the first time and Adam saying it’s you!!! The music and atmosphere for these games are perfect.
What an incredibly difficult game. I couldnt IMAGINE trying to beat this is a kid without a guide or the internet.
Strange i had them all but never got to play em full till i endet metroid prime on cube.after that ive seen the games diffrent amd enjoid em really
I remember when I was in elementary school, I told some boys that Samus is really a woman and they were really outraged about it. They didn't want to accept the fact that they were playing a female protagonist
I have nothing against female protagonists as long as they're done well. I do have a problem with them when they're done like Ghostbusters 2016 when it's obviously pandering to feminists and sexist against men.
The cover art of Samus in her space suit was misleading at best. Wouldn't have never guessed that a slender woman was inside that beefed up suit!
I always laughed a little hearing Samus get hurt in this game because it sounded like a fart of varying lengths and tones. They still do make me chuckle to this day.
1:02:42 I always had troubles getting out of this long drop as well.
I grew up with the gameboy advanced so it was hard trying to play an old game like metroid. Your comment has encouraged me to try to get back into it.
Anyone who's played this game, what exactly does the item at 51:42 do?
It's the Varia Suit, it reduces damage form lava and heat, in later games it reduces all forms of damage by a little bit, but it mainly negates heat damage down to nothing except for when your directly in lava.
Too many comments, so I don't know if this has already been mentioned. Ms Pacman is a female lead, that is previous to this game (1983 if I'm not mistaken).
This game brings back memories. I remember having a guide book that Nintendo Power sold to help get me through a few parts in this game when I was a kid. It had a black cover if I remember correctly. It's a shame that I no longer have that book. I'm sure it'd be worth something to someone seeing that I had the only copy among my friends. I've never seen that book again. Still happily have my NES and Metroid though. ^_^
Im so glad prime was my introduction to the metroid series cuz this just looks fucking Hard! Great game though
how the heck do you not get lost in that game?
I wonder how come at 1:26:38 Samus doesn't get the extra box for the energy tank when she lands on it.
Along with Xband Soundtrack, The Adventures of Batman and Robin for Sega Genesis, Metroid has my favorite music ever in any game. Super Metroid is my favorite. Amazing soundtrack.
1:13:20 bookmark
Why in the minute 12:12 i can't get the ice gun? :(
this and kid icarus came out the same day. i played this game for the first week and got kid the next. and still love them both almost a quarter century later.
Can not forget that vintage 80's music.
I went directly left and got stuck
It was 16 years ago....
Im really impressed with both the gameplay from the player and also the Brinstar Depths (As I know it from Smash Bros.) theme. Its so good
That part where you were trying to escape the time bomb and keep failing the jumps gave me anxiety
@CAWGregoryBlack I remember the Justin bailey code, i called her the princess, from the captain nintendo cartoon. Back in the days. Also started with some upgrades like wave beam.
Metroid Dread hype train!!!
Okay, so I was reading the discription of this long play, and it says memorable for having the first female lead. Well, not quite true: Metroid (and Samus with it) was released in 1986, while Ms. Pac-Man, Lady Bug, Kangaroo, Papri from Girl's Garden, Lady Master from Lady Master Of Kung Fu, and the title character from Ninja Princess all came before Samus. And due to sales, Alis from Phantasy Star is considered more memorable.
Sales =/= memorable
My number 1 video game
I loved when the system couldn't handle the load and slowed everything down completely...it was like Max Payne but 15 years prior 😂
"Max Payne?..!!" "It's Payne!" (starts shooting)
When I was a kid, I thought Samus was a man. What a shock it was to find out at the end that Samus was actually a woman.
@phlyersphan25 Did you watch the whole video? He went through basically the entire ridley level first then went to kraids or is it vice versa, either way thats why he got the ice shot then went back. The short answer is you need it to kill the metroids at the end without it your completely doomed the moment you go into the last stage he even had all the energy tanks and still barely made it.
Truly, this was a long play.
28:50 - Gumdrop candies!!
The one BIG thing I disliked about this game, enemies hitting you while going through doors, and no way to hit them back due to the door transition. Take some really cheap hits that way, and if your health is low, a guarantee to die even faster. Otherwise from my experience, the first game with an immersive environment to get lost in.
It's pretty fun that Samus can have a lot of energy.
Destroy the Motherbrain at the end of this game to win!
If Samus Aran runs out of energy, the game is over.
After you destroyed the Motherbrain and then you planted the Time Bomb, escape within the time before the bomb explodes to win!
@LordNifty well, there's a legend of zelda, the original one longplay, it was posted some days ago.
Nintendo is das best. Myamoto is a genious.
27:05 What powerup do you call it?
It's the screwattack
AstonMartin fan Wow! Okay
And also this is in the top 3 hardest Nes games I have been trying to beat. Battletoads is up there of course but this game fucks me up early.
Kids will never know the sheer joy, and challenge of these old games. I hope there are some parents out there introducing their kids to these absolute classics.
Metroid: the worlds greatest 8 bit game
Clonekiller66 As much as I like the Zelda series more than the metroid series, that is true
Clonekiller66
IMO Super Mario Bros 3 is better....
+Clonekiller66 MEH..kid icarus and zelda were up there as well
T&C Surf, and Super Pitfall.
+Clonekiller66 If it's not the best, it's definitely one of the best
This game took me months to finish. Seeing someone do it in 2 hours makes me laugh.
As a kid, i couldn't beat this game until i found the justin baily code or whatever it was, but what i remember was how awesome all the power ups were, like the missles and jump boots.
May I ask. In which order did you get the upgrades? I couldn't quite make it out which is which except for the 2 first ones (morph ball and long beam). Also, why did the game not register that 7th energy tank you took at 1:21:33? You had 6 before, yet it still shows 6 blue squares after you picked it up.
What a wonderful game! Good old memories... Samus is a female???!!! Nintendo understood the concept of the twist ending before Hollywood
Metroid. Once of the best classic games ever. I always wonder why they never made a Metroid 2 for the NES. They made Metroid 2 for the gameboy which I played that one. It was frustration has heck.
Marcus Devine yea, Return of Samus was frustrating, but I thought it was awesome
Even for a GB game
And when I heard that one of my favorite GB games was getting a remake this September? I almost shat myself
That's going to be what's coming down the line, I've had requests from management to do Fusion next.
Other than that I actually liked Zero Mission.
Mother Brain is something else on this game.
This game is easy as fuck!
There are 3 problems tho: 1) Map a maze, so you have to use graph-paper and draw a map as you go along, 2) You have to shoot & bomb all sides of the room to uncover secrets to progress, 3) When you die game restarts you with little energy & missiles, so you CANNOT DIE even once and you ensure that by constantly farming before you progress into the next room. Took me 5 hours to complete it on emulator playing for the first time at age 35.
Made in 1986?? Game ahead of its time and slept-on in the 80's & 90's! Game deserved wayyy more hype! I think the problem was that it was too hard for those casual gamers that didn't think of or wanted to draw a map, thus it didnt sell as well as it should have or got the media attention it deserved.
This is now on my list as one of the greatest games made in history!
Anyone notice that when Samus is hit, it sounds like she's farting?
This game made you feel like a rat in a maze
Tourian still scares me to this day. :P
So confusing like seriously what were Nintendo thinking!!!
Love the run!
what did the power up do at around 50:00?it looked like an atom but I couldn't tell what it did.
Justin Bailey
Narpas Sword0
Yes. This is do to various controls that were made tight in super metroid. Also, the final battle is a lot tougher in my opinion. Another thing to point out, is the complete lack of a map. With all that said, this is a superb game that got me hooked when I bought it when it came out and made me want to play every metroid after.
The ONE thing that really killed this game for me as a kid....no map system. :< Same for Metroid 2, actually.
Finally one of the best Nintendo games ever
It looks so easy when others play
Then why does the guy get the bad ending when he completes in 1:48:42?
I think it depends on how fast you complete the game. How fast do you have to finish to get the bikini?
Less than an hour
Where did you get 150 missiles from?? Is that a bonus for killing Kraid?
i couldnt get into this metroid too hard too control, enjoyed Super Metroid on the SNES that was great