This is mine and Daniel Moura's project. We'd hoped to have the demo done this month but we are a little bit behind. All that empty space has to be filled with hazards and enemies. We want to have the final demo, before the KickStarter, to be well polished. I'll provide you with a demo before the kickstarter. In our game, the objective will be to find 20 lost survivers. We hope to have 4 (graphically unique) giant section along with a few some smaller graphically diverse sections. Some power ups will be influenced by the Metroid series while others will be unique to this game. The KickStart campaign is targeted for June or July with the completion of the game being the end next year. Our target for Kickstarter will be reasonable. We are looking to raise 20k to produce physical copies and so that Daniel Moura's can take a year off to program the game.
“Space Hunter” isn’t a particularly inspiring name imo. Sounds quite derivative I think. Marketing is very important for a successful game so I hope y’all choose something different by the time you start the KS.
@@The_SOB_II "Space Hunter" was the orignal name for Metroid in Japan before it was changed to Metroid. It's a way to signal to Metroid Fanboys that this is a Metroid game. We aren't worried about money. If we sell 100 copies, Awesome. If we sell 1000 copies, awesome. If we sell 10 copies, awesome!
@@Retro_Reloaded101 that's fairly esoteric trivia, I've played several Metroid games and never knew. I guess you've made up your minds though, good luck I guess Edit: Shit have you looked into copyright issues if that was the development name? It could still be trademarked
I’m a little concerned for the developers of this game, I hope that they do a little bit more to differentiate from Metroid. I would hate to see the big N shutdown this project.
Oh please, it seems it's on it's way to be more than "just a clone", which by today's standards there are tons of Mega Man style clones out there, entire franchises at this point, so Nintendon't have a leg to stand on here. It's clear it has a lot of inspirations from that series and this feels incredibly early in the development process. Personally I'd wait until it's completed and how they decide to release it. (If it becomes a Physical-only title, it'll fade into obscurity, so it's inevitable there will be a port/rom available at some point. Sad fact is, all older consoles tend to die eventually, and while there are ways around or to circumvent them, cartridges on the other hand don't last forever. Plus it'll have an incredibly limited release when it comes to physical, if I haven't already listed enough reasons why this will obviously get a digital release, then I don't know what to tell you.)
Zillion was my first game for Sega - I got that and hangon/safari hunt for xmas as a kid.... did you have nicknames to remember the codes? We always used like popsicle butterfly keyhole popsicle etc... ? 45 so I am og Zillian fan I still remember how awesome it was to get Apple
Not just the music but that person sitting at the computer is clearly supposed to be Amy from Zillion. I'm very much loving the direction this is all going ❤
Wow seriously, I grew up on Sega Genesis and original Nintendo and there is no way I would play those systems more than modern systems. There were a lot of great games on both those systems, especially Nintendo jn my opinion by again not enough to play over modern hardware
I am a HUGE Metroid fan. One of the first games I beat on my NES back in the day before the internet was even a thought back in 1986 when I was 12 years old on my black & white small RCA TV. That being said, I would still play this game.
Definitely shows some good potential. I hope they polish it up a bit and add some more enemy variety before they launch a Kickstarter though. If they could make a really polished small area with a few different enemies and put it up as a KS demo, they could probably do pretty well.
Mike, did you hear about the Mega Final Fight. Possibility to be back up by Capcom. If this is true and happen will be a game change literally for ever independent development on retro gaming scene. This game look good.... we still waiting for a review of Paprium never to late... great video like always...
@@TexasHollowEarth understand your wishes, but what make Paprium incredible is playing on the SEGA console. Every time I'm playing is hard to believe still playing on my beloved SEGA Megadrive...can wait to see even more new games on this 16bits beast...
This looks very promising. A Zero Mission port would have been awesome too but given how brutal Nintendo can axe fan projects, I take this one also. It's not too far off anyway and I actually think the new UI looks better on the MegaDrive.
I just noticed the theme for the game is Zillion's anime op cool, just got to the part of the video where they kidnapped Amy from Zillion lol, now we just need JJ and Champ.. ,maybe apple too.
@@niemand7811 Well you must have not looked very hard... I did 2 minutes of research and found it. Spacehunter was considered before deciding on Metroid.
Super Metroid is in my top 3 best games ever made for the SNES and nothing came close to its style until Symphony Of The Night was released years later on a much more powerful console.
As a fan of physical media, I find cover art to be almost as important as the game itself. I hope this will be the official cover art because if not, you've set a really high standard/expectation with the art you used for the thumbnail. It's really really good.
I'm a big Metroid fan and also a big Metroidvania fan. So naturally Space Hunter looks promising and a nice addition for my Mega Drive collection and an ace game to play too!
Im onboard!! I never played super metroid in my childhood. Didnt play it till i got a Super nintendo mini. It was fun but I mostly play Sega games even the newer sega games. I am fully onboard with this game whatever they do.
I was never big on Metroid. Not sure why, I like the idea of a cryptic open map, that learn as you go. Regardless, I like what these devs have done so far. Let’s all cross our fingers and hope this one comes to completion
@@RetroGamerBoy - It was never used as the release name, but remnants can be found in the NES _Metroid_ manual, where bounty hunters are called Space Hunters.
You got me hooked from the start! This sounds really great so far, I really like the way it looks and the colors. Hopefully this gets a proper release from one of the usual distributors.
Run was slow outside, because they've got vsync on but aren't locking the framerate. You were at 30fps outside (probably more going on) and 60fps inside.
@@RetroGamerBoyit might be updating 60fps, but that running slowly and all seems classic of a vsync to 60 but dropping out of 60. Remember how Gradius would play? People called it "the Konami slow-down", because the game designer said he'd rather draw every frame than to let the update start skipping.
He said "it's kinda empty" twice, when he'd only been through 5 rooms.. the two that WERE empty were literally transitioning rooms. The latter of which is one you'd only go to after unlocking an upgrade. Now, granted, sure, you could maybe put ONE enemy there, should you want to. But typically, if those rooms HAD actually been filled with enemies, then the complaint from everyone would've been "ugh why are these enemies here. It's just a hindrance to get to where I need to go." I can already see somebody responding snarkily like "Well that could be said about every enemy in every room" no.. there are literally things that are solely used for transitioning. Notice the rooms that DO have enemies tend to have certain layouts ideal for combat.
SEGA was always the best for me, Love the hell out of the Mega-Drive it felt more like the arcade, as i was a massive arcade gamer back in the day, so happy the Mega-Drive is still getting love.
This looks like a great start, but the potential here is promising. They could take some elements of "Alien Soldier" and "Turrican" to utilize what was pushing the hardware already and improve on that? Those were two Metroid-like games of the era when the Genesis was current.
the player character sprite is zero suit samus sprite from metroid zero mission with some changes also theres a japanese released nes game called space hunter either way i'd still play this new metroidvania type game.
Looks great I’m liking it and they can definitely count me in too to back it this will look great in my Mega Drive personal collection and thanks Mike for the video
I noticed you forgot all about the diagonal shooting once you actually started to fight enemies.😂 This could be cool, though I personally never get too excited over games at such an early rough stage of development.
Looks cool Mike and hopefully when fully developed it will be awesome, just one thing for me…..the music they have to sort that out needs more of a atmospheric touch.
He's trying really hard to not say anything bad at all. But you can see a couple instances of discomfort on his face. And saying that she runs at different speeds due to the environment to make it sound like a feature, but in actuality it was just slow down. I sure hope they add diagonal shooting. And back drops.
There was no slow down. It's a game in early development. As a game dev for Sony, Xbox, 2K I know what this stage of development is like. constructive feedback is probably the most useful, but even at this stage many of the things on screen will change or be replaced.
Ah I see the pink Enforcer gun back there ... looking everywhere for one.... cool video ,miss the old days so much I'm turning my sitting room into an arcade ...but damn I need that gun !
@RetroGamerBoy hey cool ,thanks for the reply ....so if you got 2 pink guns n I cnt find one, but can find another blue- would 2 blue guns work on it aswell ? Much peace
2:28 The first BGM. Heh. Somebody totally grew up with _Zillion_ on the Sega Master System / Mark III. For the curious: ruclips.net/video/tKhwO571-1U/видео.html I'll also observe that this cover of the SMS BGM is in the same key (C minor) and follows the same chord progression, so the SMS BGM, as opposed to the original anime OP, was clearly used as the base. The anime song, _Pure Stone,_ from which the SMS BGM was developed, was in A minor and used a slightly different progression: ruclips.net/video/JO9G1dCzSK0/видео.html I personally never owned a SMS but I did manage to play _Zillion_ on it back in the day and I was obsessed with it, partly because of the BGM and partly because of the anime look, the latter of which was, I assure you, brand spanking new in the American market. I'm pretty confident that _Zillion_ was the first incontrovertible example of the manga style to appear on console in the US, and by extension, in pretty much any form of media.
I dread Nintendo policies about copyrights nowadays but this is quite different from SM...btw a 1986 KEMCO action game for the Nintendo Famicom, was called SPACE HUNTER too...and got annihilated by the 1st Metroid game, that same year xD
This is pretty dope! And teeeeechnically the anniversary is March 19th, and that was the Japanese release, with the NA version on April 18th, and PAL not until July 28. 😃 But yes, march is the anniversary month
Looks awesome Mike definitely a game I will want to play, don't know if your heading to the LGM this weekend would love to say Hi if you do Great video fella 👍
Yup, first thing I noticed too. But if you think back to the first Zillion game, this is basically a reboot of that. Sure it’s inspired by Metroid, but it’s totally Zillion (with a blonde character)
The running animation looks like it is not fluid so it looks choppier than it should and as it is the main thing most players will see I would spend more time on that if I was the dev, the game also runs at a low framerate at the start but other than that it looks really good.
You can move faster horizontally when you jump. They gotta speed up the run speed to match the jump speed, otherwise it's gonna end up where speedrunners gonna do nothing but jump everywhere and it looks silly.
Great video... the game seems like they really wanted to make a Sega MegaDrive super version of the NES Metroid game, not the Super Nintendo Super Metroid but they probably talked too much about it and feared possible legal action from Nintendo. Nintendo is in their rights to protect their IPs because most of the "fan game developers" have a tendency of putting up Patreons and ASKING for money which is the crucial slippery slope that creates the problem here as it could be seen as they are stealing the IP to make a profit off of it and that's before the cartridges show up being sold using original artwork created by the original designers and creators and programmers and sound designers in Japan so it becomes kinda unknown how much "profits" are made because you have pirates making cartridges too and SS Cartridge makers also profiting from those sales so it is a slippery slope. I never really got to play the first Metroid which is my fault but it was kinda stupid cause I watched a friend play it and later I got Super Metroid which was just a blast to play... and it is ironic because Nintendo could have EASILY made a Super Nintendo Remaster of the original Metroid and Gameboy Metroid 2 as well as the first two Zelda games on their respective cartridges back then in the 90s (if they could have found the schedule to fit it in) and have made millions of copies sold... Naturally Sega's original games are Sega's and I get it that they made this Metroid rom hack clone (rip off) so we can play on the Sega "Genesis" and MegaDrive so note I'm not hating, just calling it what it really is. That said I couldn't get the sense for the music... it sounded too much like "wannabe 16 bit" or something and the colors seemed a bit off... so maybe they're new at doing this but the original MegaDrive hardware is obviously more than capable of rendering colorful screens and amazing music and sound so I hope they can improve their effort... I still play Sega Master System, MegaDrive and Sega Saturn games... still play Super Nintendo and Nintendo games as well as N64. It's not even nostalgia for me cause the games were and still are fun af and I play PS3, PS2, PS1, PS4 and PS5 with Xbox One on the side but the idea of fan developed "ports" is a good idea, it's just that they can imo make a fully MegaDrive enhanced NES Metroid (graphics and sound obviously) but if they do then they cannot ask for money or profit from it cause years ago iirc in early 2010s some stores caught some heat from selling repros in the U.S.A. and then you had some people (not Nintendo) complaining and they probably called Nintendo which is why lawsuits happened in the first place. If they can Master making this on MegaDrive, maybe they should port an enhanced version for the SNK NeoGeo AES... more colors, larger graphics, etc... that would be wild.
I know it's an early build, but if the developers intend to go ahead and release a physical copy and do a Kickstarter I would love to pull them aside and tell them and tell them don't, as it's always going to pale in comparison to Super Metroid given what they have showed so far.
I loved the Sega Genesis, and still do, but what Nintendo ‘did’ that Genesis didn’t was excel with game design, a lot of which was timeless. A game like Super Metroid that was technically possible on the Genesis, and has gone on to inspire an entire sub-genre, was nowhere to be seen on the Sega. I wonder what would’ve happened had Sega pushed the envelope beyond speedy platformers and sidescrollers. Hope this gets released for PC/PS5 as well.
Not really, yes Nintendo did stuff Sega just didn't but you need to understand that Nintendo of America in the 80s and 90s was NOT like Sega of America staff in the 80s and 90s... that is the huge reason why Nintendo was able to succeed... In Europe Sega got a bit of a late start due to the whole difference of NTSC/J/U vs PAL/SECAM which comes down to having to optimize the games for each... Had Sega somehow managed to establish themselves in the U.K. and Europe officially at least since 1987 the history would have been way different and we'd have seen how awful Sega of America's 90s staff really was.
Super Metroid was a very special game and was unique among its SNES counterparts too. By the way, Wonder Boy/Monster World games can be considered proto "metroidvanias." Monster World IV, released at around the same time as Super Metroid, is also a very special game. It blows my mind that it wasn't released outside of Japan, at least not until decades later. There are plenty of Sega games with timeless designs, including in the JRPG, SRPG and ARPG genres.
This is mine and Daniel Moura's project. We'd hoped to have the demo done this month but we are a little bit behind. All that empty space has to be filled with hazards and enemies. We want to have the final demo, before the KickStarter, to be well polished. I'll provide you with a demo before the kickstarter.
In our game, the objective will be to find 20 lost survivers. We hope to have 4 (graphically unique) giant section along with a few some smaller graphically diverse sections. Some power ups will be influenced by the Metroid series while others will be unique to this game. The KickStart campaign is targeted for June or July with the completion of the game being the end next year. Our target for Kickstarter will be reasonable. We are looking to raise 20k to produce physical copies and so that Daniel Moura's can take a year off to program the game.
It's a great start. Let me know if I can support you guys in any way. 🤘😝🤘
Are yuou on "X"? Where can I follow and keep up to date on your progress?
“Space Hunter” isn’t a particularly inspiring name imo. Sounds quite derivative I think. Marketing is very important for a successful game so I hope y’all choose something different by the time you start the KS.
@@The_SOB_II "Space Hunter" was the orignal name for Metroid in Japan before it was changed to Metroid. It's a way to signal to Metroid Fanboys that this is a Metroid game. We aren't worried about money. If we sell 100 copies, Awesome. If we sell 1000 copies, awesome. If we sell 10 copies, awesome!
@@Retro_Reloaded101 that's fairly esoteric trivia, I've played several Metroid games and never knew. I guess you've made up your minds though, good luck I guess
Edit: Shit have you looked into copyright issues if that was the development name? It could still be trademarked
I’m a little concerned for the developers of this game, I hope that they do a little bit more to differentiate from Metroid. I would hate to see the big N shutdown this project.
Oh please, it seems it's on it's way to be more than "just a clone", which by today's standards there are tons of Mega Man style clones out there, entire franchises at this point, so Nintendon't have a leg to stand on here. It's clear it has a lot of inspirations from that series and this feels incredibly early in the development process. Personally I'd wait until it's completed and how they decide to release it.
(If it becomes a Physical-only title, it'll fade into obscurity, so it's inevitable there will be a port/rom available at some point. Sad fact is, all older consoles tend to die eventually, and while there are ways around or to circumvent them, cartridges on the other hand don't last forever. Plus it'll have an incredibly limited release when it comes to physical, if I haven't already listed enough reasons why this will obviously get a digital release, then I don't know what to tell you.)
We are going to add elements that will make it unique.
What the fuck is Nintendo going to do?
Sega has lawyers to counter sue 😂
I'm sure they know the risks 👍
That Zillion music though... Now there's an anime and game framchise that deserves more love.
Zillion was my first game for Sega - I got that and hangon/safari hunt for xmas as a kid.... did you have nicknames to remember the codes? We always used like popsicle butterfly keyhole popsicle etc... ? 45 so I am og Zillian fan I still remember how awesome it was to get Apple
Not just the music but that person sitting at the computer is clearly supposed to be Amy from Zillion. I'm very much loving the direction this is all going ❤
ZILLION forever!!!
@@NoSuRReNDeR001 Oh man, I remember keyholes and helicopters and the "M" And finding bread in the walls, sometimes unobtainable and sometimes not.
It's a great 16bit conversation as well.
100% all over this!! Fingers crossed it comes to full fruition with a physical release!!
I agree. Definitely looking like a must buy.
A physical release will be awesome.
The colors look OK but it aint no SNES for sure
Let's just call the Genesis/MD a modern fully supported console at this point.
Agreed
We got Life on Mars and now this!?!
Boy life is good for a Genesis fanboy!
Life on earth too
Soon , the Cursed Legacy by GGS Studios , a new Metroid like action game !
@@gnagnaa wha wha whaaat? I didn't hear about this game! I'm going to check this out right away!
@@rustymixer2886 I didn't mention Life on earth as it's more of an action game... But you're right!
@kinorai all good bro us genesis owners blessed lately
It is amazing even still today these systems can still make true gems with the right minds behind it😊
Yup, we stand on the shoulders of giants.
Love all the new things coming to the old Sega. Have a PS5 but still use my Sega 16bit more. It's just more fun
But have you tried 'A Robot Named Fight'? It's on PS5 + Switch 👍😎👍
Wow seriously, I grew up on Sega Genesis and original Nintendo and there is no way I would play those systems more than modern systems. There were a lot of great games on both those systems, especially Nintendo jn my opinion by again not enough to play over modern hardware
Modern games are too generic and Hollywood
Like anything is good anymore. I hardly play my Xbox or my PS5. I mostly play my switch with classic games.
Modern games are junk.
@@TexasHollowEarth no I'll have to give it a look 😊
I am a HUGE Metroid fan. One of the first games I beat on my NES back in the day before the internet was even a thought back in 1986 when I was 12 years old on my black & white small RCA TV. That being said, I would still play this game.
It's still early days, but hopefully it turns into a great game.
Actually TCP/IP was invented in 1983. World wide web was '90 if that's what you meant.
Definitely shows some good potential. I hope they polish it up a bit and add some more enemy variety before they launch a Kickstarter though. If they could make a really polished small area with a few different enemies and put it up as a KS demo, they could probably do pretty well.
Agreed, there is some real potential here.
This game and Life on Mars
Fact and science
Mike, did you hear about the Mega Final Fight. Possibility to be back up by Capcom. If this is true and happen will be a game change literally for ever independent development on retro gaming scene. This game look good.... we still waiting for a review of Paprium never to late... great video like always...
I just want Paprium for PS4/PS5 + Switch 🤷♂️
@@TexasHollowEarth understand your wishes, but what make Paprium incredible is playing on the SEGA console. Every time I'm playing is hard to believe still playing on my beloved SEGA Megadrive...can wait to see even more new games on this 16bits beast...
Am sure he'll review paprium the day he gets his copy 3yrs and still waiting like many other backers!
The price right now on eBay is just out of this world...
I hope Capcom says yes. I've worked with Capcom before and they are not easy. I would love to review Paprium if my copy ever turns ups🤬
It surprised that saga has not made something like this already.😊
Same here. I guess they were always arcade focused.
@@RetroGamerBoy E-swat could be so much more. The gameplay and character design was cool but the level design was very dull.
Just recently discovered your channel. I'm enjoying what I see and keep up the good work.
Thanks 👍
Looks interesting. Keep us updated on the project.
I always do. 👍
Call me crazy but I'm pretty sure the video game music is inspired by Zillion on the Sega Master System, overall game looks greats.
It is. I doubt it will be in the final game.
The 8-bit NES version has never been surpassed, but I applaud the effort
It all depends on how much original content they add.
This looks awesome already, and being a fan of Super Metroid, I can't wait to see what it's like when it's finished.
Same here. It has a lot of promise.
Nice, the Mega Drive needs more games like this. Life on Mars was a great addition to the genre. Looking forward to this.
Ya I think LOM showed that there is an appetite for this type of game.
This looks very promising.
A Zero Mission port would have been awesome too but given how brutal Nintendo can axe fan projects, I take this one also.
It's not too far off anyway and I actually think the new UI looks better on the MegaDrive.
@MegaManNeo I definitely agree with you
The game has some real potential.
I just noticed the theme for the game is Zillion's anime op cool, just got to the part of the video where they kidnapped Amy from Zillion lol, now we just need JJ and Champ.. ,maybe apple too.
Yup, it's quite a nice 16bit version of it.
To be honest, I'm more excited about new games coming out for the Sega Mega Drive than new games for the PS5.
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Anybody else notice that the song playing is a remix of “pure stone” from the Zillion games from the master system. Makes me think its a place holder.
I think that's safe to say that 👍
Im pretty sure Space Hunter what's what Metroid was originally going to be called.
There is nothing to it, really. I researched that stuff for years. No such rumor exists.
@@niemand7811 Well you must have not looked very hard... I did 2 minutes of research and found it. Spacehunter was considered before deciding on Metroid.
A nice little Easter egg for the game then.
This is actually based on Metroid Zero Mission for the GBA, and not Super Metroid. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out!
Interesting, thanks for the info.
Super Metroid is in my top 3 best games ever made for the SNES and nothing came close to its style until Symphony Of The Night was released years later on a much more powerful console.
SotN is stunning. I love that game.
I Love the game already. This is Samus sister. ❤
😅 yes it is.
As a fan of physical media, I find cover art to be almost as important as the game itself. I hope this will be the official cover art because if not, you've set a really high standard/expectation with the art you used for the thumbnail. It's really really good.
This is something I drew for the video. I don't know what the team will use for the final artwork.
Game looks promising. Main character needs to move faster. The jump looks like it's on turbo mode.
Yup there are some improvements needed. But nothing insurmountable.
I'm a big Metroid fan and also a big Metroidvania fan. So naturally Space Hunter looks promising and a nice addition for my Mega Drive collection and an ace game to play too!
Yup, I'm hopeful they can deliver on their early progress.
Been following this one for a while, and looking forward to what comes next. Nice to see it being featured here.
It will be great to get a physical copy.
I dont know how to explain it but the graphics look very "pc engine". I mean that in a good way! It looks very promising.
The animation on the character is awesome.
Samus Thumbnail almost poked my eyes out with them honkers 😂
sis they give her an armour upgrade
I drew a custom image, felt like the logical place to put lights....
Is no one going to say this is really a Zillion remake? I mean… listen to that music. Totally Red Photon Zillion theme.
Guessing it's either licensed or a placeholder.
@@thenerderrant4293 I’m thinking it was place holder. They obviously see similarities between Zillion and Metroid as well
Ya I think it's a place holder.
@@RetroGamerBoy I just love that they did it. Huge fan of Zillion. Wish Sega would revive it.
Lovely project! Thanks Mike for this delightful news! 👍
It's great to see these games come to light.
It has Zillion 1 or 2 music
Which is essentially from the Zillion Anime soundtrack ^_^
@@dtester surprised he or others didn't know it
I think that's a place holder.
@RetroGamerBoy indeed I just wanted to feel like a know it all 😆
Im onboard!! I never played super metroid in my childhood. Didnt play it till i got a Super nintendo mini. It was fun but I mostly play Sega games even the newer sega games. I am fully onboard with this game whatever they do.
Same here. I love seeing these new games.
Its cool that there are still people out there making games for old consoles
It's brilliant.
I was never big on Metroid. Not sure why, I like the idea of a cryptic open map, that learn as you go. Regardless, I like what these devs have done so far. Let’s all cross our fingers and hope this one comes to completion
I believe they are all in on it.
Man your channel deserves more views! I’m so confused as to why the algorithm is not friendly to you
I don't mind, I just do it as a hobby
Pray for the kickstarter !
It would be great to see it come out.
Amazing video! So lucky the algorithm brought me here. Instantly subbed. Great work I can't wait to see more from you. ♡
😅 well I'm taking a break at the moment while my studio gets out game ready for PS5. The crunch is real.
Gotta love the Samus expy in the box art.
Thanks
Oh wow, SEGA Genesis/Megadrive aftermarket games are getting even more interesting
I guess devs are getting the hang of the tools.
Check out Earthion you be pleased who is creating it.
Clever use of the original name for _Metroid,_ which was actually called _Space Hunter._
I did not know that.
@@RetroGamerBoy - It was never used as the release name, but remnants can be found in the NES _Metroid_ manual, where bounty hunters are called Space Hunters.
You got me hooked from the start!
This sounds really great so far, I really like the way it looks and the colors. Hopefully this gets a proper release from one of the usual distributors.
I'm hoping so too.
Run was slow outside, because they've got vsync on but aren't locking the framerate. You were at 30fps outside (probably more going on) and 60fps inside.
My HUD on the emulator was showing constant 60 fps.🤔
@@RetroGamerBoyit might be updating 60fps, but that running slowly and all seems classic of a vsync to 60 but dropping out of 60. Remember how Gradius would play? People called it "the Konami slow-down", because the game designer said he'd rather draw every frame than to let the update start skipping.
He said "it's kinda empty" twice, when he'd only been through 5 rooms.. the two that WERE empty were literally transitioning rooms. The latter of which is one you'd only go to after unlocking an upgrade. Now, granted, sure, you could maybe put ONE enemy there, should you want to.
But typically, if those rooms HAD actually been filled with enemies, then the complaint from everyone would've been "ugh why are these enemies here. It's just a hindrance to get to where I need to go."
I can already see somebody responding snarkily like "Well that could be said about every enemy in every room" no.. there are literally things that are solely used for transitioning. Notice the rooms that DO have enemies tend to have certain layouts ideal for combat.
Interesting
SEGA was always the best for me, Love the hell out of the Mega-Drive it felt more like the arcade, as i was a massive arcade gamer back in the day, so happy the Mega-Drive is still getting love.
I missed out gen two because I was in the arcades playing Sega games.
Loved Golden Axe in the arcade, still one of my fav games ever
looks great. can't wait for the final polished version.
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Yeah I dunno yo. It’s okay
It's early dev. Let's see what they end up with.
This looks like a great start, but the potential here is promising.
They could take some elements of "Alien Soldier" and "Turrican" to utilize what was pushing the hardware already and improve on that?
Those were two Metroid-like games of the era when the Genesis was current.
That would be very cool.
I like the Space Hunter title. Is this going to be a Cyborg Hunter sequel? It would be cool to get Cyborg hunter type armour.
That would be cool.
Space Hunter is already the name of a Famicom game that has been around for more than 35 years.
So what?!
Yes jajaja
It's a homage to that. And I guess it's only a problem if they release in Japan.
the player character sprite is zero suit samus sprite from metroid zero mission with some changes
also theres a japanese released nes game called space hunter
either way i'd still play this new metroidvania type game.
Same here
Finally! Mega Metroid!
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Damn! This looks like a must buy for me. Game looks great. I hope it can live up to the legacy of super metroid.
Its got a huge amount of potential.
Loving the Red Photon Zillion music remix! Man, I loved that game back on the Sega Master System.
Its a great 16-bit remake of the tune.
Looks great I’m liking it and they can definitely count me in too to back it this will look great in my Mega Drive personal collection and thanks Mike for the video
No problem. It's great to see these games in development.
I noticed you forgot all about the diagonal shooting once you actually started to fight enemies.😂
This could be cool, though I personally never get too excited over games at such an early rough stage of development.
I guess I got lost in exploring the demo.
This does look good. Nothing will beat Metroid Fusion though!
The GBA was a powerful console.
Very good news, it will be next to my super metroid on my shelf. Thanks for the vidéo.
Nice 👍
Always good to see new stuff being worked on for these classic machines.
The indie scene is so active for the Mega Drive / Genesis
Looks cool Mike and hopefully when fully developed it will be awesome, just one thing for me…..the music they have to sort that out needs more of a atmospheric touch.
I know what you mean. But I think this is just place holder for now.
This looks very promising!
It's a great start. I would love to see what they do with it.
He's trying really hard to not say anything bad at all. But you can see a couple instances of discomfort on his face. And saying that she runs at different speeds due to the environment to make it sound like a feature, but in actuality it was just slow down. I sure hope they add diagonal shooting. And back drops.
There was no slow down. It's a game in early development. As a game dev for Sony, Xbox, 2K I know what this stage of development is like. constructive feedback is probably the most useful, but even at this stage many of the things on screen will change or be replaced.
Ah I see the pink Enforcer gun back there ... looking everywhere for one.... cool video ,miss the old days so much I'm turning my sitting room into an arcade ...but damn I need that gun !
I have both pink guns. The Leather enforcers, and gun fighters variant.
@RetroGamerBoy hey cool ,thanks for the reply ....so if you got 2 pink guns n I cnt find one, but can find another blue- would 2 blue guns work on it aswell ? Much peace
@sonoflamech777 no, the second gun uses the RJ45 connector that plugs into the bottom of the blue gun.
@RetroGamerBoy . Good to know,saved me going to buy to of em lol. Keep happy mate ,subscribed
As a super metroid fan since the snes era, this game looks very interesting, except for the slow running of outside, which needs to be fixed.
It's early days. I'm sure they will make major improvements.
Pure Stone playing as the bgm is wonderful.
It's really well done
Love all Retro Gamer Boy videos.
Awesome, thanks.
2:28 The first BGM. Heh. Somebody totally grew up with _Zillion_ on the Sega Master System / Mark III. For the curious: ruclips.net/video/tKhwO571-1U/видео.html I'll also observe that this cover of the SMS BGM is in the same key (C minor) and follows the same chord progression, so the SMS BGM, as opposed to the original anime OP, was clearly used as the base. The anime song, _Pure Stone,_ from which the SMS BGM was developed, was in A minor and used a slightly different progression: ruclips.net/video/JO9G1dCzSK0/видео.html
I personally never owned a SMS but I did manage to play _Zillion_ on it back in the day and I was obsessed with it, partly because of the BGM and partly because of the anime look, the latter of which was, I assure you, brand spanking new in the American market. I'm pretty confident that _Zillion_ was the first incontrovertible example of the manga style to appear on console in the US, and by extension, in pretty much any form of media.
Yup. It's a nice 16-bit rework though.
Let's see a atari jaguar do something like this😊
That would be cool. I would love to see other consoles get some new AAA games.
I dread Nintendo policies about copyrights nowadays but this is quite different from SM...btw a 1986 KEMCO action game for the Nintendo Famicom, was called SPACE HUNTER too...and got annihilated by the 1st Metroid game, that same year xD
That's interesting 🤔
This is great news but I can't see how a Mega Drive controller has enough buttons to do the game justice
Sounds like he's using a 6-button controller, which is just about on par with a SNES one.
@@TrollDecker Even if it wasn't six buttons, 3 button can still work here. I think Contra had 3 buttons support.
The 6 button is capable.
This game should have been made 29 years earlier. I could have played it had it been made at that time.
So many of these new games would have been hits back in the day.
Hello Mike. Can tell us what happened to London Studios and The getaway after the notice of Sony reduction of staff please
From what I hear is closed for good. I understand it won't be the last either.
I imagine Nintendo's lawyers are already popping the champagne
No. You can't sue for derivative works.
Now i wish there was a 16bit Zillion game after hearing the theme music playing in this demo.
Awesome
Yes it is.
This is pretty dope!
And teeeeechnically the anniversary is March 19th, and that was the Japanese release, with the NA version on April 18th, and PAL not until July 28. 😃 But yes, march is the anniversary month
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Metroid Mega Mission was inspired by zero mission.... or am i mistaken and you were talking about something else?
Correct
Looks awesome Mike definitely a game I will want to play, don't know if your heading to the LGM this weekend would love to say Hi if you do
Great video fella 👍
No, I missed out on the early bird ticket. So I will be watching on jealousy.
It looks good but the background music sounds a bit like Zillion the Master System game
I think it's a Zillion 16bit remake.
If I'm not mistaken, Space Hunter by GameDevBoos with its Hamoopig engine. Could you show some Real Bout Fatal Fury Sega Genesis by Rheogamer
yeah I would love Mike to do a video of GameDevBoss Hamoopig engine Real Bout Fatal Fury he really did great work looks and plays amazing
I've tried to contact them, but I get no response.
It's the zillion music 😊
Yup, first thing I noticed too. But if you think back to the first Zillion game, this is basically a reboot of that. Sure it’s inspired by Metroid, but it’s totally Zillion (with a blonde character)
Yup, an awesome rework.
Not evening trying to hide it's a lass this time rofl
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The running animation looks like it is not fluid so it looks choppier than it should and as it is the main thing most players will see I would spend more time on that if I was the dev, the game also runs at a low framerate at the start but other than that it looks really good.
I guess it's still early days.
You can move faster horizontally when you jump. They gotta speed up the run speed to match the jump speed, otherwise it's gonna end up where speedrunners gonna do nothing but jump everywhere and it looks silly.
Agreed
The sound is from Zillion??? Yeaahhh!!!!
It's a 16bit version of the track.
Hello! This thumbnail was perfect!
Thanks.
Looks very promising. When is the release date. Thanks
I'm not sure yet. I suspect sometime in 2025.
What is the song between 8:00-10:05? I checked soundcloud Kubbi Cascade but couldn't find it. Did I miss something?
So you mean Zillion
Great video... the game seems like they really wanted to make a Sega MegaDrive super version of the NES Metroid game, not the Super Nintendo Super Metroid but they probably talked too much about it and feared possible legal action from Nintendo.
Nintendo is in their rights to protect their IPs because most of the "fan game developers" have a tendency of putting up Patreons and ASKING for money which is the crucial slippery slope that creates the problem here as it could be seen as they are stealing the IP to make a profit off of it and that's before the cartridges show up being sold using original artwork created by the original designers and creators and programmers and sound designers in Japan so it becomes kinda unknown how much "profits" are made because you have pirates making cartridges too and SS Cartridge makers also profiting from those sales so it is a slippery slope.
I never really got to play the first Metroid which is my fault but it was kinda stupid cause I watched a friend play it and later I got Super Metroid which was just a blast to play... and it is ironic because Nintendo could have EASILY made a Super Nintendo Remaster of the original Metroid and Gameboy Metroid 2 as well as the first two Zelda games on their respective cartridges back then in the 90s (if they could have found the schedule to fit it in) and have made millions of copies sold...
Naturally Sega's original games are Sega's and I get it that they made this Metroid rom hack clone (rip off) so we can play on the Sega "Genesis" and MegaDrive so note I'm not hating, just calling it what it really is.
That said I couldn't get the sense for the music... it sounded too much like "wannabe 16 bit" or something and the colors seemed a bit off... so maybe they're new at doing this but the original MegaDrive hardware is obviously more than capable of rendering colorful screens and amazing music and sound so I hope they can improve their effort...
I still play Sega Master System, MegaDrive and Sega Saturn games... still play Super Nintendo and Nintendo games as well as N64. It's not even nostalgia for me cause the games were and still are fun af and I play PS3, PS2, PS1, PS4 and PS5 with Xbox One on the side but the idea of fan developed "ports" is a good idea, it's just that they can imo make a fully MegaDrive enhanced NES Metroid (graphics and sound obviously) but if they do then they cannot ask for money or profit from it cause years ago iirc in early 2010s some stores caught some heat from selling repros in the U.S.A. and then you had some people (not Nintendo) complaining and they probably called Nintendo which is why lawsuits happened in the first place.
If they can Master making this on MegaDrive, maybe they should port an enhanced version for the SNK NeoGeo AES... more colors, larger graphics, etc... that would be wild.
I guess we will have to see what the team do to differentiate this game from Metroid.
It looks like it would be faster to jump horizontally vs run...
It was. But it's still early days.
I know it's an early build, but if the developers intend to go ahead and release a physical copy and do a Kickstarter I would love to pull them aside and tell them and tell them don't, as it's always going to pale in comparison to Super Metroid given what they have showed so far.
I guess it depends if they can make this it's own game. I always want to see more games not less.
Now that looks pretty damn sweet!
Yes, yes it does. But let's see how it progresses.
Super Metroid was a excellent upgrade for the SNES, as was Zelda,Contra, Castlevania, too bad No Ninja Gaiden 4.
The SNES had some stunning sequels.
This looks amazing! Freaking Mike...why you gotta spend my money like this!?
I love spending your money Tom.
I loved the Sega Genesis, and still do, but what Nintendo ‘did’ that Genesis didn’t was excel with game design, a lot of which was timeless. A game like Super Metroid that was technically possible on the Genesis, and has gone on to inspire an entire sub-genre, was nowhere to be seen on the Sega. I wonder what would’ve happened had Sega pushed the envelope beyond speedy platformers and sidescrollers. Hope this gets released for PC/PS5 as well.
Not really, yes Nintendo did stuff Sega just didn't but you need to understand that Nintendo of America in the 80s and 90s was NOT like Sega of America staff in the 80s and 90s... that is the huge reason why Nintendo was able to succeed...
In Europe Sega got a bit of a late start due to the whole difference of NTSC/J/U vs PAL/SECAM which comes down to having to optimize the games for each...
Had Sega somehow managed to establish themselves in the U.K. and Europe officially at least since 1987 the history would have been way different and we'd have seen how awful Sega of America's 90s staff really was.
Super Metroid was a very special game and was unique among its SNES counterparts too. By the way, Wonder Boy/Monster World games can be considered proto "metroidvanias." Monster World IV, released at around the same time as Super Metroid, is also a very special game. It blows my mind that it wasn't released outside of Japan, at least not until decades later. There are plenty of Sega games with timeless designs, including in the JRPG, SRPG and ARPG genres.
I know what you mean. Sega we're all in on arcade experiences.
"you can see the Metroid influence"
Yeah it looks like they straight up ripped it off and changed the name to space hunter 😂 (and you're promoting it)
Yes I am.