Metroid (NES) - Full Game
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- Опубликовано: 9 май 2012
- I recently watched Aliens 1-4 again (though 4 is utter crap and 3 is mediocre) and I suddenly had the urge to play Metroid. Then I thought why not play them all and make a little anthology like with the Wonder Boy and Super Star Wars series. So, here I go. the first Metroid game on NES! :)
You are Samus Aran, a bounty hunter, sent to planet Zebes to hunt down Mother Brain. There is not much story and it's pretty much known to anyone anyway so I'll spare you the details.
It's a classic action platformer that combines Mario's platforming with Zelda's item upgrades and adds lots of shooting action in a claustrophobic system of caverns. It's a large set of rooms and corridors, almost maze-like, and the area is divided by obstacles that often require specific items like high jump boots or bombs. You are not exactly forced to have them in many cases and can find either other ways to pass these obstacles. You are also not forced to do things in a specific order. Just explore and you will gradually progress. It's extremely well done and fairly complex for an 8-bit game. It's just a classic game.
I was quite amazed about the graphics. sure, they are just 8-bit, but still very detailed and not that repetitive. Same with the sound: some tunes are very memorable. The maze structure of the planet is well designed and makes exploration interesting. The upgrades are really upgrades and not a slight buff in your jumping or shooting ability. there is absolutely nothing to complain about except for some slowdowns, but it's not really annoying. The controls are perfect and it's fairly hard compared to later games in the series. I mean, the bosses are easy, but in some parts there's quite a lot of junk flying around that pushes you into lava or other hazardous pits.
The game also has a password system and you get a code after you die. You then restart at the beginning of the game with all the stuff you had. It's fairly short if you have mastered it and just rush through, but if you take your time to explore and play on your own without a walkthrough you're in for a few hours of great 8-bit gaming. highly recommended if you get a chance to play this!
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how did they expect anyone to navigate this as a kid? im 28 and i still had no clue where to go.
This is the kinda game that required Nintendo Power.
me too buddy
Metroid like many Nintendo games that were released in the NES and the first game boy had incredible and really good ideas but the consoles were so incredibly limited that things like the first Metroid were an awful mess that couldn't be fixed until the SNES came out with Super Metroid and etc
@@srlopez875 or they just wanted to sell more nintendo power magazines and make the game not beatable for blockbuster rental players.
Dedication. Apparently the Japanese version of video games are harder to beat than their American ( western) counterpart..
This game is the reason I now have high blood pressure as an adult
Me too , the game is too hard...
@@gangstababoon4487 it's really not. it's just perfect. Super Metroid is too easy.
@@gangstababoon4487 but the music to this game is soooo good! Too bad Metroid Dread is awful compared to it.
@@thebestofallworlds187 stop trolling
@@cokezero9254 just telling it like it is.
0:32 the most iconic introductory music for a video game character ever
This game was way ahead of it's time
This was a game people line up to get but later strongly dislike it. Thanks to my friends I never purchase this game they lend to me as if it was nothing...
It created Metroidvanias, right?
@@theultimateinksack5825 Super Metroid did (Actually).
Not really its aliens lol
I started playing this when I was 8 in 1989. I didn’t figure out how to win until 2002 . Never used a cheat or map. This is my favorite game to this day
I remember Nintendo Power had an issue with a center fold of the entire Metroid map...damned thing was like 6 or 8 folds! Lol! It was huge! Love this game...
I made my own map with notebook paper😂🤣.. nowhere near complete thou
Shout out to Nintendo Power
Incredible to think Nintendo wanted us to play this as kids without any explanation to what the hell is going on.
I dunno, I remember that being part of the experience - working through things with your friends, sharing intelligence, looking for hints in Nintendo Power . . . These days there's so much hand holding that a lot of the challenge has disappeared.
I wanted to scream
@@swholliday1 Yes, strategies and game intel were shared though word of mouth and working together with friends. A totally different experience than what we have with today's games and the internet to look anything up. Definitely takes some of the fun out of it.
The secret to this game is actually creating your own map. There's no way in hell to navigate this game without a map, much less as some 6 year old playing this. LOL
@@fmar.8311 That’s why I prefer playing Zero Mission because I ain’t gonna draw a map every time I move to a new area 😂
Wtf was I just supposed to know where those secret passages were when I was 6 years old?
Thats why its called a " secret passage " you had to find it.
It felt damn near impossible to beat this game without assistance. You needed a map! These games were so FRUSTRATING back in the day! 😁
Simon's Quest was like this too. I liked it and hated it at the same time.
Bro what about original earthbound? Not the super Nintendo one... The one on NES! That one was crazy man I beat it but it was hard and I already had learned about that item that blocks the one hit kill attack pk Beam otherwise I would of never beat it but dam that factory dungeon was rediculous to fully explore without a map
@@robmalcolm8042 I never played nor heard of that game.
@@djeanpierre its beacause the nes was alredy being about to be replaced by the snes so the game was only released at japan
It looks so realistic certainly
This games theme, music, still gives me chills.
Why are you using turbo fire 🔥 lame
I love the beginning the start up theme when samus appears
HOW
One could say, it fills one with Dread.
not only that, the original jump sounds
Metroid NES creeped me out as a kid. Unlike later games in the franchise, this game was bizarre, weird, and scary. The level layout and music were extremely glaring. These super long shafts and areas that seem to go on forever disturbed me as a child.
I agree. The black background & weird music gave game a creepy atmosphere. Adding to that was how the areas are like labyrinths, long never ending.
I finally made it through the game playing along with you, it was always on my bucket list to beat this game. THANK YOU.
My childhood 😭, I remember playing this as a little girl. I downloaded it from the eshop on my 3ds, I sucked so bad due to not having played this game in over 30 years.
Lara Croft:I'm the very first female video game character everyone has ever seen!
Samus:Hold my pet Metroid.
@Carry the Lucumber hope its not pac man with a bow
Playing this back when I was 14, I remember the excitement of passing to the next level, such as at 28:00, hearing different music, seeing different looking creatures, such as the things that circle around the surface of the platforms, now take laying bombs twice to kill them, where before you only needed to do that once. Seeing the bugs that fly out of those pipes twice as fast and close together in the more difficult levels. I've always liked the accomplishments of learning how to conquer the new more difficult lairs, making it to the next one, then making it to the next, etc. It was all fun when I was 14
Omg thank you for the timestamp! Been looking for this for decades. I thought I imagined this level.
wow I wonder why I had a hard time finishing it? Those secret passages seem soooooo obvious! [sarcastic eye roll]
This comment deserves more praise lol.
This game lays the groundwork for Super Metroid, which realizes this game's awesomeness in perfection.
i actually think the original is better but super metroid is a worthy successor. i can understand people thinking it's better
It was a three step process Metroid 2 improved upon a lot of the gameplay. Impressive for game boy game.
Joe Johnson super Metroid is the 3rd game
Yup, and Zero Mission proved that with flying colors. It's damn near as good as Super.
@@williamkoscielniak820 I know i am in the minority here but personally for me when comparing zero mission to the first three Metroid games i really feel like like zero mission is the worst one. I know people love zero mission but for me its one of my least favourite Metroid games
Damn the nostalgia. Was 11 when this came out. Wow. Thank you for posting this.
Me 2
marqevo I was 11 too
Wow you’re old 🤣🤣🤣
@True Roman, I already am, lol. I remember playing this game in 1989/90 when I was 14/15, the nostalgia of seeing this for the first time in 3 freakin decades
@True Roman LMAO
The color scheme in this game is so pleasing
kingn8link it’s better in super Metroid, I think it’s the superior Metroid game but opinions are opinions
@@absolutelyshmooie7086 yup, super metroid is the best metroid game according to me.
Hari V same I still play super Metroid. I still know where everything is. Metroid prime games are dope too
my neighbor had a xmas light around hiz front home door that wuz purple blue and i think green....reminded me so much of this game....i wuz jealous....but jealous iz about some deseaze....
On Nintendo it’s pink for Samus suit
As an only child I spent many days playing this when it came out. I still remember it like yesterday. I passed the game too. The good old days.
This is hard mode, 100% completion all items speedrun :) ruclips.net/video/SljWU10-jsU/видео.html
40:52 - Ridley (Norfair)
58:01 - Kraid (Brinstar)
1:12:40 Mother Brain (Tourian)
(This game only had 3 Bosses)
Only?! I'm so surprised they managed to fit this game on a cartridge
Kraid's lair in this metroid is brinstar? I thought it was maridia
@@rafagamer4718 this game doesn't have maridia
@@maggot42069it’s kinda weird for me, in super Metroid Kraid’s lair is Maridia
Isn't there a fake kraid, or did the player not fight it?
I remember when I beat this game I was mind blown when I found out samus was a girl! it was one of the coolest thing ever!!
36:30 when the music changes damn..
What an incredibly deep and original game for the mid 80s.
It was made in Japan, the most advanced and creative technology was made there in the 1980s. It's no worse now of course, America has now advanced alot too
said no one ever, Castlevania and Zelda are way better than this shitpost and they came out at the same year
@@youtubeeee6682 haters gonna hate
@@youtubeeee6682 No one asked for your opinion
@@maggot42069 :)
I was 11 years old when I played Metroid Oh the endless days and night playing this game my parents got me NES back in Christmas 1986 1987 Fighting tooth and nail to get me a NES :) Metroid was top favorite Thank you Naswinger for the Video and the Memory of both my parents
The 3 All-Stars of Nintendo
Mario, Zelda, Metroid
Sorry Metroid is strongly dislike by alot of people.
@@mechanicaltypewriteroperat9885 That's not true at all, disliked? Most of the games are masterpieces and Metroid Prime has one of the highest Metacritic scores, which is a 97.
Dont forget their cousin MegaMan
Samus*
@mechanicaltypewriteroperat9885 youone of those DKC weirdos aren't you
10:10 lmao that's me playing
Erik7Link yeah and I’m like OH COME ON!
Erik7Link 😂 me too
You suck
@@JohnSmith-eq2tf Nah. The jumps don't work well in this game.
@@legrandliseurtri7495 I guess they kept it that way intentionally, simulating gravity of that metroid
I was born in '83. I have so many memories of Metroid through the years. Specially this one for the NES; this takes me back.
This is hard mode, 100% completion all items speedrun :) ruclips.net/video/SljWU10-jsU/видео.html
It makes me happy that this game still remains as the first in the timeline.
I feel like I just watched a sci-fi action movie lol! Great gameplay, I could never have the patience to complete that game - not as a kid and not now. Hats off to this legend!
Speedruns are impressive, but nothing says nostalgia like a good old playthrough.
One of my all time favorite games. I remember having to write down the codes. Then you're like what the hell when you realize it was a girl inside the suit.
That surprised me too the first time I finished the game back in the late 80s
Right? 😂I was shocked but some girl in elementary assured me she was. That was such a let down for me at the time being this was an athletic and admirable character that saves the world from aliens. Those muscles at the front angle tho! I forgot how stacked she was. 🤣Overall this is a one-of-a-kind game that has a special place in my heart. The 80's seems so vibrant and rich in colour; TV, cars, neon clothing, etc. Retro stuff is the coolest. On another note, I guess 80's women were depicted very strong (such as She-ra, 1985). or Heavy Metal (1981)... great stuff.
Like many millennials, I tend to have a feeling of longing for things from earlier days... roller derbies, arcades, drive-ins, waitresses on roller skates, pool halls, smoking planes (lol), etc. What a time!
Thanks to your guide, I've completed the game in one session AND seen the famous ending of the Metroid with my own eyes! No way I would have done it on my own. You've really helped me out so much in preparation for Metroid Dread!!! Thank you so much! 😄😁😊
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Everything about this game is wonderful. A true rockstar of a game.
Got this game on Christmas day 1986 - spent whole xmas break playing this game . Good times
I like that who ever uploaded this was like, yeah, i'm not not great at this, so what?
Man you are my idol. I just recently got this game again, been playing it for half a day so far. To me this game was always my White Wale. This is the one game from back in the day that I could not finish. I tried making a map, but would run out of room on the paper. You have an amazing memory or sense of direction to be able to navigate through this as easily as you do. You are the Metroid Master.
Thanks for this upload ! Love seeing legit gaming instead of someone just plowing through the game. You made me feel as if I were playing! Two thumbs up 👍🏼 keep up the good work . Great video
You guys must all suck and play like it's your first time.
John Smith lmfao of course I suck at games 🙃😂 that’s what I’m known for chief 🤣
thank you for doing this video, had a small detail that went unnoticed, without the video I would not notice!
16:37 you've got everything you need to get your Varia suit. You can lay bombs, exit morph-ball, and use the bomb blast to jump from, essentially giving you high jump equivalency. All you need are bombs and missiles (and a bit of patience) to sequence break the Varia suit.
I played this so much when I was a kid. Does anyone else remember finding a second Kraid somewhere?
Yes, is fake kraid
Yes. The fake kraid was really weak lol
Also 7th life container to refill your life.
19:56 *THIS IS SO DIFFICULT!*
@500thou bs i pass this game when I was 11.
Misaki Tsukikage Dark Precure the guy at the top of that won’t spawn for me it sucks I might have to restart
@500thou, my friends all had Atari in 83, I didn't even have that. I remember playing Donkey Kong and Space Invaders when hanging at their places. That's cool that your dad brought Nintendo to you from China. I got Nintendo in the late 80s, the first game I got hooked on was Super Mario Bros of course (what American kid in the 80s didn't), then Legend of Zelda, then Super Mario 2 and Metroid
Try the very last segment, it looks near impossible, even the pro in this video had trouble and lost most of his energy before defeating that huge thing, whatever it is
Not when auto fire lame
Oh my good god! The MEMORIES!!
I love that the beginning area is re-created in Super Metroid. Just noticed that when playing today.
Great run ! had no idea about that energy tank after the second boss and also the one towards the beginning at 1:15:00 ! good stuff . back in 1994 my brothers friend had a poster map of this game . I looked at it for half a day. I had to leave my system on for over 3 days and turn off my t.v. for school hoping my MOM wouldn't see the red light on the front . this was b
after my system froze about 100 fucking times ! I beat it with a 3 day hot Nintendo ... I was in fourth grade . good shit ! thanks for the reminder !
MADPAN OVERVIEWED Don't get it. Why didn't you use password?
Oh my god! This was so funny! This mirrors my experience almost exactly! I had totally forgotten about the days past of leaving the system on overnight and sometimes into the day and praying to god that your mom doesn’t notice, because when she does, is power off without a second thought lol !
I remember leaving games on over night too! I didn't do it for Metroid because it had the password system, but for other games that didn't have a save feature, I did that too. I think about all of the hours I would leave the NES on overnight. Never had any problems with the console. Meanwhile, my PS2 overheats and shuts off sometimes.
@@nuraman00 the good old NES 😁 Problem, pull the ame out,blow in the console and gamecasette, the problem's gone.😁
this new generation don't know how hard it was without memory cards, hard drives, etc; you had to leave the game running because it took you hrs to get to that level and you wasn't sure if you would get there again anytime soon!
"I recently watched all the Alien movies again and it made me want to play the Metroid games."
there's a Xenomorph fight in AM2R
Pedro Sepulveda the games were inspired by the Alien series
No game on this planet can top this even still with the old graphics, i would still play this to the end while hookying school and still loving the music to all the boards lol 😆
Anthem may be the Closest
So true
Truth.
The music is really good too. Also, sidehoppers in this game are harder than the SNES version. You can't speed boost or space jump your way past them. In this game, you either have to freeze them or kill them. Same goes for a most enemies in this game.
this brings so many memories every year on thanks giving my brothers and sister would play this game every thankgiving its tradition
Although it had a smaller map, this game actually took me longer to complete than Super Metroid for a few reasons. No in-game map, no save points, no health replenishment upon death (so a lot of time is spent farming), limited firing angles so navigating rooms with enemies can get pretty tricky, rooms that look identical to one another, and no run button or speed boosts!!!! STILL LOVE IT THOUGH!!!
Despite so many rooms being identical, I had no trouble finding my way because I played zero mission before. I mostly was annoyed to fight/avoid the same ennemies over and over. I took the time to complete it 100%, but personnally, I didn't really have fun. It's the worst Metroid *I've played*.
Holy shit, never realized how long this game is. Emulated it very recently and played for the first time, thought I got far...
I'm at the 6 minute mark in the video.
And now Metroid Dreasd has arrive, and it's a Masterpiece!
Great game! Never saw the endding. Thanks for posting!!!
Never beat this game as a kid. had absolutely no idea where to go.
Ahhhhh! The nostalgia is kickin' in! Ahhhh!
I remember buying this back in the day ... One of the best games in my collection to this day. I think I was 8 or 9 at the time.
This brought back memories and feelings I've not felt since I was 10. So good!!!
I remember getting pissed off over this game. Hell, at times in this video I'm like C'mon That's bulllshit!. xD
i'm playing it on switch and bro fr sometimes this game pissed me off so bad how ppl could have enjoyed that before xD
So many fond memories of this game. Thanks for the upload.
Great job! Brought back so many memories. The same dragon fly kept getting him! Lol
I beat this game back in the late 80's. No map (except what I drew in a notebook). No guide. No saves. It was much easier to have that patience when you had 1-2 games a year at most.
Metroid taught me how to never get lost again.
I used to play this game and there's one level I could never get past I'm so excited to see how it's done.
Which level is it.
When I first played this game and beat it I swore to myself never to play it again cuz it was so hard. Then I was jonesing for it, picked it back up and had to play it and beat it again. I've never touched it ever since. That was well over 30 years ago.
Played it first time when I was 5 I think with ny older brother. Remember the ”infinite” labyrinths and scary music in the items room. The infinite loops of some areas and the codes we wrote down on paper. Have not played it since. Fun to see a full run as well as compoete maps online. Super Metroid Ive played again and again over the years.
Gotta give it to the devs though. Exploration and mystics are really great in the game
Yes. The item rooms were especially terrifying. And going thru the maze like areas of Norfair and Kraids Lair was brutal
54:33 my god the brinstar depths theme was sort of ahead of it's time I miss this old version of it though so nostalgic they should've added it to Smash Bros Ultimate
I agree. I think that the Lair 2, Ridley's lair is even more difficult than Kraid's lair 1, those balls of death, twice as many bat creatures from the ceiling, and how fast and close together those bugs fly out at you. Kraid's lair has that too, but it looked that they flew out even faster and closer together in Ridley's lair.
@@alvexok5523 I always liked going to Ridley's lair first. Better powerups. I had a harder time with Kraid's lair.
This might be the best music in the game. I've been playing SNES Metroid this week, but was missing this particular theme from the NES Metroid. Funny that I just found you linking to that music today.
What software are you using to record your game play? Also, what kind of set up do you have to run the game? (I'm curious because I have many game systems set up on my TV. My PC is also hooked up to the same TV. So I'd like to record game play from the game systems using my PC but not sure if it will work since it is on a different input.)
Great work. Keep uploading. :)
Hi Abetroll01. Sorry this is 2 years late but wanted to make sure you got your answer since SOMEONE (I won't name any names) didn't answer it for you. I record my gameplay on my channel with OBS Studio. It is free. Not sure if he is using the same thing or not but it works well with recording from the computer. I also use an emulator which makes it easier to record with a webcam. If you want to record from an actual system thats hooked up to your tv which is hooked up to the computer I would recommend looking into the Elgato on amazon or ebay. Its very helpful hardware that makes it possible to record from your PC & TV & Game System all at once without it overloading your computer! Hope this helps!
Thumbs up, watched the whole thing. Thanx for the upload..... 8 years ago.
The music for these original Nintendo games was absolutely amazing. All day long stuck in my head and never cared.
I was nine years old when my moms best friend BOUGHT this game for me that was 1988 at sears
The beginning of a legend!
58:59
I played this game a lot back in the years, but I didn't know this secret! This game keeps surprising me many years later.
This is one of the were-do-the-heck-i- go- games and you made it looks easy good video😊😂😂
Its been a while since last post but thanks for the gameplay. I played it along and just finished it but didnt get the good ending.
I started my game about an hour or so before. Second time through this one now!
0:32 love the music
7:33 Love the flying pickles!
Immersed in this world once again and thank you upload the great video... :)
The best video games are the ones that are fun to play.
Man I LOVED METROID, it was a blast, and my favorite game on NES!!
*First time in close to 30 years that I see Mtroid from beginning to end*
*After finishing it, that must be one of the first instances of game+ in video game history.*
*Anyway, thanks for full gameplay hookup!*
I just to play this game when I was 5... Never came out of my mind, I imagined many worlds and I thought every night about the universe. Thanks. This is great.
The Metroid Experience: Notebook paper maps. Communal exchanges between family, friends, and friends' parents who also gamed. Memory retention from nintendo power in the supermarket if it wasn't sealed up in the plastic sheath. Brutal trial and error. Getting bored of other games. Having this game work consistently when you put it into the console. Spirit of exploration. Watching older brother play. Using the systems glitches to give you a slight edge. Going in a room, seeing the green or red flying pods and immediately going back the other way. Hand blisters and wore out nes controller buttons. Rage quitting. Years later kissing super metroids feet.
The first time my brothers and I played Metroid, we got to the red door at the top of the first area and we didn't know what to do. Took some time but it was worth it.
I played a game like this about 15 years ago. I am not very sure that this was the game because when I was playing it back then, it had another sense. It was more realistic and scary and hard. What I only remember is that the character could become a rolling ball. Other than that I cant say this was the same game... Now I think of it, how can games change so much, I mean these games were looking more like... I cant find the word but it was surely giving me shivers down my spine!
@@100toonlink Zero mission is great but I don't think we can call it scary.
It was probably another metroid game
I just picked up this game today from the retro store. time to travel back in time.
Thank you for posting! I used to repetitively play this game along with Mario... this one I remember to get out you have to wall walk.. Samus, the Bodicea..
You can tell the games that they actually put care into. The pleasing graphics, the inspired music, the creative problem-solving. Metroid was second only to Zelda
Zelda? What's that game, again?
@@legrandliseurtri7495 The Legend Of Zelda, a singleplayer game that started on the NES featuring a boy who goes through too many dungeons with very vague clues and solutions with an overhead camera that has to collect the triforce pieces to put an end to evil.
In modern releases, also referred to as side quest simulator.
The most recent game was the legend of zelda breath of the wild, an open world game with tons of exploration to do.
@@aandric I was joking. It was a way of saying that Metroid is much better.
@@legrandliseurtri7495 F is for fucking idiots
A synonym for fucking idiots are:
"Dexuur"
@@aandric Having a different opinion=being an idiot?
That's a cool game and it's funny that I just finished my 5th grade year during summer vacation back in 1991
Even though this video game came out in 1986 I played this game in the early 90s🎮🎮💕
Great to educate myself on this original installment. My love for Metroid started with Metroid Prime for GCN and have never looked back. Fell in love with Metroid after beating Metroid Dread not once, but twice.
Thanks your guide helped me beat this game for the 1st time.
I loved this game, how I miss playing it, the music, the atmosphere, everything was just perfect
Wow! Memory lane. I got so lost playing this game. Remember dang near all the family crowded around when I beat the game :-)
Had to pause and yell, "this is it, hurry up!"
Thats epic! Bet ur palms weee sweaty lol
Norfair is by far the scariest part of the game simply because of the music
I'm pretty sure this was the first NES game I ever played. As a kid I visited family friends for a week and they had Metroid, Mario 2 & of course pack in Super Mario. That week as a kid in the 80s turned me into a life long gamer.
Yes
Edit: and an hour later, I’ve beaten Metroid. Thank you.
Super genial!!!! Tenía 20 años que no jugaba Metroid, y ahora ya estoy en lo final y no puedo pasar 😭😭😭, seguiré intentando.
Excellent playthrough!❤
When i FINALLY completed this Game in the summer of '88??? My entire Neighborhood labeled me, Mr. Nintendo! Later on that year...Rygar. Spring of '89...Karnov. 😎
Next Mission: Metroid Prime
CaptainBardiel 4!
John Cena: Are u sure about that?
Man that music when he came in was epic...I mean “she”
rocked my world on how original it was
The music was good on this one. The music that plays when you touch a powerup/kill a boss is very soothing
Thank you for bringing me back.
The brainstar theme has a good theme like if you agree
Good but not as good as the one in Super Metroid.
Love this track