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All Your History: Metroid Part 1: Power Ups

submitted by ant

1 decade 2 years 11 months 1 week ago

"... The Metroid series is both one of the most beloved and one of the most financially troubled series in gaming history. In this first episode in our retrospective, watch and see how it came to be when a couple of guys wanted to make a game scarier than Mario.

This video will show you...
HOW TO make a game
HOW TO come up with silly names
HOW TO then screw up your launch"

2 Comments

berticus

says...

Countless hours playing the original Metroid as a kid. I'm glad they mentioned the sense of isolation -- you really felt it. This game was creepy as hell. And when you first encounter the Metroids? Fucking terrifying!

But I think the best thing about the entire game is one piece of music -- Kraid's lair.

I quote: "Listen again to this song. For the ENTIRE track, there are only TWO lines of notes playing. Two. That's 2. And it sucks you in and holds you there."

It's right up there with Diablo's Tristram, for me.