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Metroid from the past

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Here is where it all started. Who thought Metroid would become such a Huge game? The storyline was pretty good. The gameplay was sloppy. But who cares we expect this from the old nes games. this game was actualy pretty hard But loads of fun.

ONE OF THE BEST EVER.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THERE ARE ONLY A FEW GAMES IN THE HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES THAT HAVE BE OWNED OR AT LEAST PLAYED. IF YOU HAVE AN OLD SCHOOL NINTENDO THERE ARE FEW GAMES THAT ARE ABSOLUTE CLASSICS THAT PUT ALL OTHERS TO SHAME. AND METROID IS ONE OF THEM. IT'S A LONG AND HARD GAME, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THEY WERE BACK IN THE DAY, AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY. IT TOOK US THREE YEARS TO BEAT THEM AND WE WERE OVER JOYED WHEN WE FINALLY DID THAT WE PLAYED IT AGAIN. THE ORIGINAL IS STILL THE BEST.

well

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: January 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I cant realy say much since I havent played it but I await to do so. I have Metroid Prime ready,GBA link ready, just cant beat Metroid Fusion.

Metroid

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Metroid is one of the best adventure games out there. Its almost impossible to explore everything it is so big. There are also alot of great powerups and items to find and use. This game is a landmark. I think that it is the best and most original adventure game ever to come out second to The Legend of Zelda. Super Metroid is much more refined (which is why most people prefer it), but I prefer this game because I remember how amazing it was when it first came out. Super Metroid is just more of the same.

Oldschool bigtime

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My favorite on the old Nintendo. Maybe it won't compare to new fancy games, but for the basic Nintendo games, this rules. Building power, exploring cool areas of a planet, beating up big bosses and facing the legendary Metroid creatures. This game is five-star for Nintendo

100% pure classic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the most eerie games I have ever played to this day. The thought of exploring an unknown alien world completely alone. As I have done in previous reviews of games I will once again turn to the MUSIC in this game. Sure it was 8bit MIDI [junk], but it added very much to the games creepiness. Also this game was very challenging and had such a HUGE world of mazes and tunnels to explore. I can still sit down and play this game and find new rooms. I would recommend this game to ANYONE who wants to know what true gaming is all about.

Another necessary NES classic game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Metroid rocked! There's really nothing else to say than that because Metroid was that good. It was a constant challenge, made you think strategy and of course definately made you work for it. Like all of the early NES games, it was about strategy rather, slaughter, kill kill and demolish everything and that's why I love games like Metroid and Castlevania and Kid Icarus.

If you don;'t have Metroid get it now because I hear that Metrod Gamecube is coming out soon and you don't want to be left behind.

Good game, hard to beat...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A friend of mine forked this game over to me not wanting it. I cannot seem to get through the Brinstar the traditional way because I am a ... Metroid player! I couldn't find the secrets for beans! But if you get in a stalemate like this just find some online guides.
This is the best NES game ever; next to The Legend of Zelda!!! It is a Sci-fi action game where you don't just stay in one world and get to the next but you must go back and forth from place to place. You don't start at the first world, you start at the Brinstar! It's not your typical game, it is fun and uniqe!!!

love this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

love playing this game, i had it years ago.. thanks amazon for having it

Frustration and Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is definitely no walk in the park. First of all its very unintuitive. When I rented this game as a kid, I had no freaking idea how to get past a red door. In fact, I never even found any missles to blast the door down with, because the game's just so darn big, and many of the rooms you go through look exactly the same. Its tough to find your way around. I wouldn't even attempt to play this game without a map of some sort now.

If you have any intention of progressing through certain points in the game, you absolutely have to go through secret passageways using bombs. This is another thing that makes the game very unintuitive. And for this reason, I wouldn't attempt to play the game without a walkthrough in addition to a map.

And what's worse, even if you have your walkthrough and your map, there are areas in the game where you can get stuck indefinitely. I tried to access a secret room by doing a bomb jump over a statue, and sure enough, I got stuck in a nook behind the statue and couldn't get out. No matter what I did, I was stuck. Talk about frustrating. I shouldn't have to reset the game when I make a mistake like that. At least give me a suicide option or something.

Then there was another time I got an energy pack in a secret room, and when I tried to roll and explode my way back out of the secret room, I couldn't get out. The last rock in my way refused to explode, and freaking bees kept flying at me while I was trying to escape. Dog gone, why have a secret room at all if I can't get out of the darn thing?

But despite all this, Metroid is a pretty good game. Sure, there are times when you're swarmed by enemies that'll beat on you until you're forced to run away, but you've got to take the bad with the good sometimes. Its fun to just run around, get all the special items, and shoot stuff. When you have that jumping attack and the wave beam, man, you can plow through enemies like you're the Terminator. Nothing can stand in your way. Except those jelly fish things. You can't screw around with those guys.

I'm glad I gave this game another shot 20 years later. It was a lot of fun. It still seems so futuristic even though it's a blast from the past. I'm just glad modern games for the most part don't let you get yourself into situations where you can't escape without hitting the reset button.

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