100% Fact. I was late to it, I didn't even play Super Metroid until 2021!!! Probably the best video game I've ever played, I put in 30 hours plus on my SNES mini. Looking to play Fusion, Zero Mission and the Prime series next before Samus returns and Dread.
The original Metroid is my all time favorite video game. Have memories of watching my best frieind Chris playing and helping him figure it out. I was spending the night over at his house as I often did back then and we always stayed up all night watching music videos or horror movies.
This video strikes me in my nostalgic core... Metroid carries the most potent feelings of childhood innocence for me. It was the 3rd game I got after the SMB pack-in and Zelda. and Super Metroid happens to be my absolute all-time favorite game. I can't even count how many times I've played it to completion. Thanks guys for bringing back those memories.
Holy crap! I've been trying to think of a favorite game I played when I was little on my TRS-80 for years now. It was Shamus! Shamus was also on the TRS-80. Holy crap. Thank you for this video. :)
Metroid and Zelda are my co-favorite games of all time. I remember beating Metroid with the original square controller and being so happy with myself! God such memories... I remember during the run-up to the Mother Brain, how those Zeebetite (?) tube things would keep regenerating and growing back and those little random fire rings that would bump you off the platforms... at the end... so frustrating.. When I finally finally got it done, it was such an awesome feeling. Metroid was the first real game I purchased. I had the original set that had the gray gun, ROB the robot, Duck Hunt and Gyromite. No Super Mario Bros! So after killing all the ducks I could and getting fed up instantly with Gyromite, I picked up Metroid. I played the HELL out of this game. It was so good. This was a great nostalgic episode, guys. Thank you so much for the memories!
LoL your past childhoods mirror mine so well. I remember the xmas morning with the nes, and metroid was one of the games we got. My brother was older and played d&d with his friends, and it was metroid that broke the age difference. Ah the sleepovers and sleeping bags, mutant turtles, listening to you guys talk about this makes me feel like I'm listening to my own memories hehe.
I remember playing Metroid at my cousins and not knowing what I was doing either and thinking the game was ok, but not for me, just like you did. I do love the game now that im older and better at games, but super Metroid...oh...my....GOD!!! That game blew me away. I just randomly picked it up without knowing anything about it and wow it is in my top 5 favorite games of all time. I love that game and actually just beat it for like the 100th time about a week ago. Still love it
oh man i remember i was 5 and i was playing this game i always liked to play the first level and just seeing the title screen made me fall in love with the game i will nvr forget that game :)
The Metroid and Mega Man series are till this day my favorite series if all time. Metroid 2 was the most underrated of the Metroid series. Absolutely loved it and the original was the second game I ever owned on the NES when I got it as a kid. You guys are great and keep up the great work.
Super Metroid passed me by in the 90s, but now years after buying a SNES Classic, I've finally got round to it this past 2 weeks and finished it. Amazing game, crazy how it's taken me so long to experience it. It's got that similar sense of adventure that Zelda has, but in a completely different setting and style.
I played through Metroid for the first time on the NES Classic a couple of years ago and I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever died as much in a video game as I did trying to beat Mother Brain in that final room with shit flying at you knocking you off the platform non stop. If it wasn’t for save states I would’nt of ever finished the game
I wuz born the year 1988 n when I got my snes wit mario like 93 94 n my dad use to play the snes non stop then on day he came home wit super metriod n I use to watch nonstop n its 2014 n I still have that snes n games n super metroid is my fav no doubts about that ..kool video guys gald to see there's more fans of this like me
No matter how many times I watch these episodes, I can't fault the enthusiasm of John and Rob, they keep my own enthusiasm for gaming going when I think it's running out
LOVE the Metroid series, it was kinda forgotten by Nintendo for a while during the N64 era, but every game in the series (NES-GB-SNES-GBA-Gamecube-Wii) has been great... thanks for sharing your memories guys
Great video guys, very nostalgic. I never had Metroid when it was new, but I did get it years later and loved it. Me and a friend sat down a cold, dark winter weekend just a few years ago and played through it, and it was amazing.
Metroid is my favorite game series. It's nice to see some people talking about it. Seems like a lot of reviewers (that I watch anyway) don't talk in depth about Metroid. It's always in passing and in reference to the games being good but no one really elaborates or makes videos dedicated to it. Cool stuff, guys.
Really dig the focus you guys always put on the social aspects of the video game culture back then, and not dwelling too much on nerdy stuff like tech specs, etc.
love it! metroid is one of my all time favorite series. metriod and super metriod blew my teenage mind. metriod prime blew my adult mind and is one of the games that got me back into gaming after a 10-15 year break. i really like how you guys can reminisce. one of my best friends back then became my "friend" solely because he had a sms. i did end up like him for him but at first it was only because of the sms. he knew it but understood because he had phantasy star! we bonded playing that game!
I got Metroid and a NES for Christmas in 87 and I do have to say that was one of my favorite Christmases and Metroid is solely responsible for my video game addiction to this day lol. My parents wouldn't let me hook it up until after we were all done opening presents so once I did I played it from about 2 in the afternoon until 6 the next morning. I love that game and always wished they would of made a few more for the NES and would of loved one or two on the N64. My next favorite Christmas would be 91 when we got a SNES and I got Final Fantasy II which became one of my all time favorite games. Great memories!!
You should check out the "Metroid Deluxe" ROM hack. It's the original Metroid, but with a whole new map and different item locations. It's very well designed, and very challenging.
Duke Jaywalker I'm so old school still, how would I play that? Is that a Rom that I would need to download an emulator? I would love to check it out but I am technically challenged mostly because I've never tried to keep up with all that over the years lol
*****: Zero Mission is a remake of the original Metroid, with improved graphics and extended story; it is Samus re-telling the story of her first ever mission and how she went from having a relatively nice suit of armour to an awesome power suit that turned her into the one woman army she is today. I wish they would re-make Metroid 2 and 3 as well :(
I love this video you can tell how much you guys (especially rob) enjoys this series. Somthing that always urks me is when people say that video games are a waste of time but when you watch videos like this and you hear about all the great memories with certain games ect with your friends and family how can people still say its a waste of time!?? Its definitly worth it for the memories in my opinion.
The first Metroid is the pinnacle of gaming in my eyes. That game was so totally revolutionary in many ways. One of the best parts about the Metroid series is the phenomenal music. The first time I experienced Metroid was at a friends house and I was immediately transfixed by the haunting music and atmosphere. The original Metroid would have to be my favorite game of all time and I'm an old 37 so I've played A LOT of games.
This episode is a perfect example of why I love this channel so much because the video game stories are so original and so inspirational. i can totally relate to the fact that the game was a very endearing experience for me as well because the music and atmosphere was borderline scary and tense. It is a game I have beaten but I still need to complete all the same.
One of the most impressive moments of Metroid - for me personally - was the closing credits sequence displayed at the end of the game. It was like I had just finished watching a good movie. I know it sounds ridiculous, but this totally amazed me back in the day. I was graduating from the likes of the Atari 2600 at the time, and it was the first time I'd seen such a thing in a video game.
I think there's just something about Super Metroid that makes you play it all through the night the first time you try it! Seriously, such a good game. I always remember playing that game so fondly, it's just an experience in gaming that I don't know if I'll ever feel again! Good video!
I really enjoyed seeing you guys get all misty-eyed and nostalgic in this video, thanks for sharing! Ridiculously, I have neglected the Metroid franchise throughout my gaming life, something I really need to rectify. I love Fusion on the GBA, so Super Metroid is a shoo-in. Metroid Prime was nice too, but I didn't get on with the DS game.
Super Metroid is most definitely #1 SNES game. It's the bomb diggity. Absurd pixel art & animation, atmosphere, replayability, controls & even glitches. Edit: I'm with you, Johnny! I never understood Metroid / back-tracking games (Zelda included, although I liked playing the original, I would aimlessly wander) until a friend played Super Metroid in its entirety & it clicked! Same story with Ocarina, my friend took a deku branch, lit it in the fire & approached the web to open a path -- it all suddenly made sense! Growing up on hardcore platformers/fighting games/brawlers, left to right progression, it was a different world. I remember thinking "what's up with these blue/pink squares? Why can't I continue right? Door's locked? Hahaha.
AAHHHHH! OMFG! Super Metroid was my child hood! this is more than nostalgia for me. my child hood was Super Metroid from morning to night and 2 hours of SimFarm and back to Metroid. and when i accidentally found about the super Bomb/charge beam trick and when i finally learned the wall jump. i remember when i finally beat the game(no manual, no friend advice) in 2006 i got up and my leg went numb. that moment when beating mother brain till the ship was enough to give anyone a heart attack!!!!!!
Great review gus. I love watching ur dudes vids. I can tell u guys get the same feeling when talking about games as i do. That good ol nastalgic feeling.
YES METROID! My favourite franchise of all time! So many memories and the series is the best Nintendo has come out with! IMO that is. Love the series and hope it never dies.
This is an epic episode! Sharing each others memories of a game that is truly a masterpiece that didnt need any patches or updates. These were definitely the good ol days.
awesome job guys i got goosebumps listening to you cause i have a lot of memories tied to these games as well especially super metroid which is the greatest game ever made IMO and im addicted to doing speed runs of it so far best time is 1hr exactly while getting 100% items.
Another fantastic episode, i remembered playing the first Metroid back in the day just slightly but now thanks to this ive downloaded this game again and gonna play it.
I freaking love Metroid! I sometimes wish Nintendo would not focus so much on Mario and Zelda, and make a really good Metroid game for god's sake. I think prime hunters was the last game I played and it was awesome but I'd like to see something on the Wii U or whatever the next console will be.
Nic B. I have been saying the same thing for 20 years , Metroid was Nintendo's Halo but no one at Nintendo ever came to the same conclusion , even tho it was blatantly obvious
nuketowncity I agree! Honestly Metroid has potential to be greater than Halo if they make it a little more mature. Star Fox can be the Sci-Fi character for kids and Metroid for the adults. But Nintendo's head is still stuck in the past so it might be awhile before we get something like that.
Nic B. The problem is it doesn't exactly have a fanbase over in Japan, and they inexplicably base their decisions to make and port games off to the west based on the sales in Japan. Not to mention that sadly Metoid's creator and the director of the games before Prime passed away in a car accident... At least there's the fan remake of Metroid 2 Return of Samus that was for the Gameboy. It's coming along well and looks fucking amazing so far. Based on the demo it's going to be the best 2D sidescrolling game to come out in years.
And one of my best memories is watching this game being played, it was like being in that universe. This had to have been soon after the game was released.Nintendo was just such a huge part of my childhood as it first came out was I was about ten or eleven and those first couple of years I did nothing but play nintendo in my free time.
man as you guys talk i get the feeling you forget you're doing a video and just have a genuine conversation. Good stuff fellas!! hey i hope you guys make an appearance on AllGenGamers for episode 100 :-D
I'm only 23, and where I'm from, games were a huge luxury growing up. The first Metroid I tried was Super Metroid. A friend of my mothers' kid was having a birthday, and for whatever reasons, her mother decided to invite me too. As soon as I stepped into her room, I noticed two things: 1) I was the only guy there; 2) There were games. Since they had no interest in the games, I popped that sucker in and played Super Metroid the entire day/evening. Mesmerized, is the word.
Yeah me too i played it back in 94 and i just play it religiously and pass it with my cousin and now im 25 and i just get so frustrated and bored for no reason but at the young age of 8 this was so awesome
I remember watching a friend play it a long time ago and we would switch it out with strider. When super metroid came out it was game over for me and I was a loyal metroid fan. Beat all the gameboy version and most of the gamecube ones as well.
One of my favorite things about Super Metroid today is watching all of the amazing speed runs by all these skillful players. My favorite metroid however is Metroid Fusion (Metroid 4), mainly because I have the best memories from middle school because of that game.
Inside the boxes of some Nintendo games was a card that you could fill out and send in. I remember getting some posters and what turned out to be a subscription to the Nintendo Fun Club. All that was free but eventually Fun Club became Nintendo Power and they started to charge money. They gave us the first issue for free and maybe some others but I quickly subscribed to the whole magazine. Every year when it was time to renew your subscription the’d give us a free gift. One year I got a Dragon Quest game with a poster, map and strategy guide. That “gift” was probably worth more than the whole magazine subscription. If you didn’t have Nintendo Power, I have to wonder why not? It wasn’t all that expensive. Cheaper than a new game and basically mandatory if you wanted to be up to date on Nintendo.
One of my greatest gaming memories ever: Going over to my buddies house after getting my NGC component cables in the mail from Nintendo with my copy of Prime, and playing on his new HDTV.
Super metroid is one of those games where it goes beyond anything i can explain about why i love it so much. It's just so fucking cool. Just so.... just ....fucking COOL! Blew me away as a kid and it still blows me away that they released such a thing in 1994! That's just crazy.
Sadly I didn't get around to play Super Metroid til around 2002.... But awesome enough my friend and I both beat our files within the same week. That phone call I got from my friend after he beat it. Classic.
Remember those timed demo displays they used to have at department stores? I had a friend who was so obsessed with this game that he managed to beat the entire game despite the time limit. He had his time managed so well that he could run back to the save point SECONDS before the time was up. After the reset, he'd load it up and keep playing until the game was finished. If it wasn't for this video, I would have forgotten about that story! One of the many reasons why I love this show. =)
I remember first playing Metroid sometime in elementary school. We got a used copy from the Valley Trader. Super Metroid I remember renting during the summer of '94.
OMG!!! I got the NES and Metroid for my 11th birthday back in August '88. And if it weren't for the Official Nintendo Player's Guide, I would've given up on it. Thank god I didn't, I have sooooo many fond early gaming memories from Metroid 1.
Maybe I didn't tell you Johnny, but I've started my own Metroid experience last month or so and damned I am really loving it. The only thing stopping me from playing all day is pressing that damned fire button all the time. Wrecks my wrist.
I know what you mean about not understanding how to approach the original game upon first being introduced. There's a significant "maze" component that was a new concept at the time. I didn't have any published maps or guidebooks, so I drew my own simple maps on graph paper as I went through the game. Beating the game became like an obsessive project for me!
what he said about tackling it as an action game is something I relate to. I didn't think about it at the time but I just kept pushing forward, and fast. So the going up and not really having a destination, and not having dialogue or anything, it was all so discouraging or dispiriting. BUT SUPER METROID WAS AWESOME. Maybe it was how visually cool it was or the music but I just loved playing it. Maybe cause it was easier to tell the sections too. Metroid is a franchise I feel I love only because of Super Metroid. Fusion was kinda just average, and I didn't play zero. I can tell that Prime is visually impressive, and usually the intro track is interesting but after that I usually can't remmeber the music or pay attention. I mean here and there I do. But I couldn't get all that used to it or excited after I bought it. Even with all the script from the descriptions. It's cool for the animals but for all the file reading, it's overdone. I thought I wanted something slightly like Other M but everything about that seems wrong I didn't even bother. Y'know there were a lot of hard sci fi anime around that time so I don't get why it's been difficult to give Metroid slightly more story. Not in terms of plot but in terms of being less objective and moving the player.
I remember playing Metroid on the NES and man oh man... that game was hard. The first Metroid game I beat was Metroid II: Return of Samus on the Gameboy. But my favorite Metroid game in the series has to be Super Metroid on the SNES. Loved every part of the game and the final boss battle and getting back to your ship... I was on the edge of my seat.
My first experience playing metroid was Two on the gameboy. The music for that game was so awesome for the gameboy age. I was about eleven years old when I beat that game. It was my first game I had ever finished and I did it without even looking up any guide and no help.
I actually started with Super Metroid, being that we didn't have a huge library for our NES. I remeber being blown away by the atmosphere of this game alone, and then being totally enveloped by the gameplay. I'd barrowed it from a friend and was constently calling him and asking him where the hell I was supposed to go, haha.
Super Metroid was the 2nd game i ever owned,and it was an awesome experience.i spent days playing this as a kid! the music is quite simply among the best there is on the SNES.oh,and it was also my first metroid game.i never played the original myself,but did see others play it. the world map in the guide book looks awesome too! the music that plays when you land on Zebes(crateria overworld) is my favorite if not 2nd fave.the sound effects just add to the experience so much(thunder etc).
I remember being a kid back when Metroid came out, the only way i knew about Justin Bailey was word of mouth, a friend told me. Actually it was my friend who had EVERY Nintendo Power and nearly ever game you could think of. He was the equiv of Andrew but his name was J.J, Justin Hancock. I remember in 2nd grade he'd bring 5 snacks to school... i had to chew on my pencil.
Wow Rob Never seen or heard of NES and METROID was one of the first games? I bet your mind was blown! I had a friend staying over and I came home form the video store I had rented Metroid for NES, MAN I WAS HOOKED right form the start! So much so, my friend and I took turns but eventually he fell asleep, I kept playing and finished the entire game, I could not stop until it was completed lol!
I have never played the original Metroid. The first one I played was Metroid 2 on the Game Boy back when it first came out. I have a lot of good memories from childhood playing Super Metroid and am finally getting around to beating it this day in age.Fucking classic game series! Great video.
Nice throwback here guys! I also didn't feel the flow of NES Metroid at first... However Super Metroid was so damned addictive to me right from the get go!
My fondest memories were always finding hidden upgrades n what not. Always felt like the coolest motherfucker when i got one lol Just a fantastic series, really looking forward to Nintendo making one for the Wii U
I never really got Metroid on the original Nintendo either. The first versions I played were on the GBA. After that I finally got my hands on a Super Famicon. I then got Prime Trilogy! What an amazing adventure.
I met my Friends also because of Video Games.. its funny coz almost all kids back then was crazy of video game and it's fun making friends that like or love video games also.. ahhhh memories..
Super Metroid is one of the best games ever made bar none. The graphics, sound, story and gameplay were phenomenal
MetalmaT Very true.
100% Fact. I was late to it, I didn't even play Super Metroid until 2021!!! Probably the best video game I've ever played, I put in 30 hours plus on my SNES mini. Looking to play Fusion, Zero Mission and the Prime series next before Samus returns and Dread.
Okay? Quit twisting my arm l😅 guess I’ll be trying it on Nintendo online.
Fun video! My favorite Metroid games are Zero Mission and Fusion on the GBA. Excellent games!
MetalJesusRocks me too \m/
Zero Mission: my ultimate favorite.
This is my favourite episode, I've watched it over so many times. HCG & Robman are so amazing at getting my nostalgia flowing.
Robs face when Johnny says he was going through a bad breakup is priceless😂
The original Metroid is my all time favorite video game. Have memories of watching my best frieind Chris playing and helping him figure it out. I was spending the night over at his house as I often did back then and we always stayed up all night watching music videos or horror movies.
I seriously have a man crush on you two. I think my wife is jealous lol!
Awesome stories! They always trigger gaming memories I haven't though of in too many years! I could listen to you guys for days!
These videos are the ones i most yearn for, even though im too young (97) i love these videos. Keep em up Johnny!
Love this series of videos, so well meaning and the nostalgia factor is so damn high. Great stuff!
This video strikes me in my nostalgic core... Metroid carries the most potent feelings of childhood innocence for me. It was the 3rd game I got after the SMB pack-in and Zelda. and Super Metroid happens to be my absolute all-time favorite game. I can't even count how many times I've played it to completion. Thanks guys for bringing back those memories.
Holy crap! I've been trying to think of a favorite game I played when I was little on my TRS-80 for years now. It was Shamus! Shamus was also on the TRS-80. Holy crap. Thank you for this video. :)
Metroid and Zelda are my co-favorite games of all time. I remember beating Metroid with the original square controller and being so happy with myself! God such memories... I remember during the run-up to the Mother Brain, how those Zeebetite (?) tube things would keep regenerating and growing back and those little random fire rings that would bump you off the platforms... at the end... so frustrating.. When I finally finally got it done, it was such an awesome feeling.
Metroid was the first real game I purchased. I had the original set that had the gray gun, ROB the robot, Duck Hunt and Gyromite. No Super Mario Bros! So after killing all the ducks I could and getting fed up instantly with Gyromite, I picked up Metroid. I played the HELL out of this game. It was so good.
This was a great nostalgic episode, guys. Thank you so much for the memories!
Super Metroid is in my Top 5 games ever. Gorgeous game.
LoL your past childhoods mirror mine so well. I remember the xmas morning with the nes, and metroid was one of the games we got. My brother was older and played d&d with his friends, and it was metroid that broke the age difference. Ah the sleepovers and sleeping bags, mutant turtles, listening to you guys talk about this makes me feel like I'm listening to my own memories hehe.
I remember playing Metroid at my cousins and not knowing what I was doing either and thinking the game was ok, but not for me, just like you did. I do love the game now that im older and better at games, but super Metroid...oh...my....GOD!!! That game blew me away. I just randomly picked it up without knowing anything about it and wow it is in my top 5 favorite games of all time. I love that game and actually just beat it for like the 100th time about a week ago. Still love it
oh man i remember i was 5 and i was playing this game i always liked to play the first level and just seeing the title screen made me fall in love with the game i will nvr forget that game :)
The Metroid and Mega Man series are till this day my favorite series if all time. Metroid 2 was the most underrated of the Metroid series. Absolutely loved it and the original was the second game I ever owned on the NES when I got it as a kid. You guys are great and keep up the great work.
Super Metroid passed me by in the 90s, but now years after buying a SNES Classic, I've finally got round to it this past 2 weeks and finished it. Amazing game, crazy how it's taken me so long to experience it. It's got that similar sense of adventure that Zelda has, but in a completely different setting and style.
I played through Metroid for the first time on the NES Classic a couple of years ago and I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever died as much in a video game as I did trying to beat Mother Brain in that final room with shit flying at you knocking you off the platform non stop. If it wasn’t for save states I would’nt of ever finished the game
I wuz born the year 1988 n when I got my snes wit mario like 93 94 n my dad use to play the snes non stop then on day he came home wit super metriod n I use to watch nonstop n its 2014 n I still have that snes n games n super metroid is my fav no doubts about that ..kool video guys gald to see there's more fans of this like me
No matter how many times I watch these episodes, I can't fault the enthusiasm of John and Rob, they keep my own enthusiasm for gaming going when I think it's running out
LOVE the Metroid series, it was kinda forgotten by Nintendo for a while during the N64 era, but every game in the series (NES-GB-SNES-GBA-Gamecube-Wii) has been great... thanks for sharing your memories guys
Great video guys, very nostalgic. I never had Metroid when it was new, but I did get it years later and loved it. Me and a friend sat down a cold, dark winter weekend just a few years ago and played through it, and it was amazing.
Crazy awesome story guys! The nostalgia and memories you guys bring to me is just plain fantastic!
Metroid is my favorite game series. It's nice to see some people talking about it. Seems like a lot of reviewers (that I watch anyway) don't talk in depth about Metroid. It's always in passing and in reference to the games being good but no one really elaborates or makes videos dedicated to it. Cool stuff, guys.
Really dig the focus you guys always put on the social aspects of the video game culture back then, and not dwelling too much on nerdy stuff like tech specs, etc.
love it! metroid is one of my all time favorite series. metriod and super metriod blew my teenage mind. metriod prime blew my adult mind and is one of the games that got me back into gaming after a 10-15 year break. i really like how you guys can reminisce. one of my best friends back then became my "friend" solely because he had a sms. i did end up like him for him but at first it was only because of the sms. he knew it but understood because he had phantasy star! we bonded playing that game!
I got Metroid and a NES for Christmas in 87 and I do have to say that was one of my favorite Christmases and Metroid is solely responsible for my video game addiction to this day lol. My parents wouldn't let me hook it up until after we were all done opening presents so once I did I played it from about 2 in the afternoon until 6 the next morning. I love that game and always wished they would of made a few more for the NES and would of loved one or two on the N64. My next favorite Christmas would be 91 when we got a SNES and I got Final Fantasy II which became one of my all time favorite games. Great memories!!
You should check out the "Metroid Deluxe" ROM hack. It's the original Metroid, but with a whole new map and different item locations. It's very well designed, and very challenging.
Duke Jaywalker
I'm so old school still, how would I play that? Is that a Rom that I would need to download an emulator? I would love to check it out but I am technically challenged mostly because I've never tried to keep up with all that over the years lol
*****: Zero Mission is a remake of the original Metroid, with improved graphics and extended story; it is Samus re-telling the story of her first ever mission and how she went from having a relatively nice suit of armour to an awesome power suit that turned her into the one woman army she is today. I wish they would re-make Metroid 2 and 3 as well :(
super metroid is the pinnacle of video games period
The nostalgia and love you guys have for games...can't explain how awesome.
I love this video you can tell how much you guys (especially rob) enjoys this series. Somthing that always urks me is when people say that video games are a waste of time but when you watch videos like this and you hear about all the great memories with certain games ect with your friends and family how can people still say its a waste of time!?? Its definitly worth it for the memories in my opinion.
The first Metroid is the pinnacle of gaming in my eyes. That game was so totally revolutionary in many ways. One of the best parts about the Metroid series is the phenomenal music. The first time I experienced Metroid was at a friends house and I was immediately transfixed by the haunting music and atmosphere. The original Metroid would have to be my favorite game of all time and I'm an old 37 so I've played A LOT of games.
Love these memory videos. Great video and get well Johnny!
This episode is a perfect example of why I love this channel so much because the video game stories are so original and so inspirational. i can totally relate to the fact that the game was a very endearing experience for me as well because the music and atmosphere was borderline scary and tense. It is a game I have beaten but I still need to complete all the same.
4:01, lol. Johnny rubbing his hands and grinning. I know the feeling!
When i watch videos of Johnny & Rob Man together i feel like im hanging out with them .. well done!
Metroid will always be the ****. From the minute you popped the game in and listened to the title screen you knew you it would be legendary.
One of the most impressive moments of Metroid - for me personally - was the closing credits sequence displayed at the end of the game. It was like I had just finished watching a good movie.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but this totally amazed me back in the day. I was graduating from the likes of the Atari 2600 at the time, and it was the first time I'd seen such a thing in a video game.
I think there's just something about Super Metroid that makes you play it all through the night the first time you try it! Seriously, such a good game. I always remember playing that game so fondly, it's just an experience in gaming that I don't know if I'll ever feel again! Good video!
I always find myself with a giant smile watching these memory episodes especially Rob's reactions.
I really enjoyed seeing you guys get all misty-eyed and nostalgic in this video, thanks for sharing! Ridiculously, I have neglected the Metroid franchise throughout my gaming life, something I really need to rectify. I love Fusion on the GBA, so Super Metroid is a shoo-in. Metroid Prime was nice too, but I didn't get on with the DS game.
i luv u guys episodes sooo much they rock. keep the awesome vids comin, i tell er1 i meet to chk out this channel.
take care Rob & Johnny
"Metroid to the next level?" Dare you say... Super... Metroid?
Love you guys. Keep it up.
Super Metroid is most definitely #1 SNES game. It's the bomb diggity. Absurd pixel art & animation, atmosphere, replayability, controls & even glitches.
Edit: I'm with you, Johnny! I never understood Metroid / back-tracking games (Zelda included, although I liked playing the original, I would aimlessly wander) until a friend played Super Metroid in its entirety & it clicked! Same story with Ocarina, my friend took a deku branch, lit it in the fire & approached the web to open a path -- it all suddenly made sense! Growing up on hardcore platformers/fighting games/brawlers, left to right progression, it was a different world. I remember thinking "what's up with these blue/pink squares? Why can't I continue right? Door's locked? Hahaha.
AAHHHHH! OMFG! Super Metroid was my child hood! this is more than nostalgia for me.
my child hood was Super Metroid from morning to night and 2 hours of SimFarm and back to Metroid.
and when i accidentally found about the super Bomb/charge beam trick and when i finally learned the wall jump.
i remember when i finally beat the game(no manual, no friend advice) in 2006 i got up and my leg went numb. that moment when beating mother brain till the ship was enough to give anyone a heart attack!!!!!!
Great review gus. I love watching ur dudes vids. I can tell u guys get the same feeling when talking about games as i do. That good ol nastalgic feeling.
Super Metroid is the best game of history, too bad i don´t have my SNES anymore. I'm glad you guys took the time to talk about this game.
YEEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!
FREAKING METROID! My favorite Nintendo franchise! I never EVER expected you to do this episode! THANK YOU HCG!
Rob talks like a little kid when talking about the first Metroid, really shows how much he loves that game. Great video guys :)
YES METROID! My favourite franchise of all time! So many memories and the series is the best Nintendo has come out with! IMO that is. Love the series and hope it never dies.
This is an epic episode! Sharing each others memories of a game that is truly a masterpiece that didnt need any patches or updates. These were definitely the good ol days.
awesome job guys i got goosebumps listening to you cause i have a lot of memories tied to these games as well especially super metroid which is the greatest game ever made IMO and im addicted to doing speed runs of it so far best time is 1hr exactly while getting 100% items.
Another fantastic episode, i remembered playing the first Metroid back in the day just slightly but now thanks to this ive downloaded this game again and gonna play it.
I was also a C64 gamer before the NES. Adventure games were my favorite so I took to Zelda and Metroid like a fish to water. LOVED those games.
I freaking love Metroid! I sometimes wish Nintendo would not focus so much on Mario and Zelda, and make a really good Metroid game for god's sake. I think prime hunters was the last game I played and it was awesome but I'd like to see something on the Wii U or whatever the next console will be.
Nic B. I have been saying the same thing for 20 years , Metroid was Nintendo's Halo but no one at Nintendo ever came to the same conclusion , even tho it was blatantly obvious
nuketowncity I agree! Honestly Metroid has potential to be greater than Halo if they make it a little more mature. Star Fox can be the Sci-Fi character for kids and Metroid for the adults. But Nintendo's head is still stuck in the past so it might be awhile before we get something like that.
Nic B. The problem is it doesn't exactly have a fanbase over in Japan, and they inexplicably base their decisions to make and port games off to the west based on the sales in Japan. Not to mention that sadly Metoid's creator and the director of the games before Prime passed away in a car accident...
At least there's the fan remake of Metroid 2 Return of Samus that was for the Gameboy. It's coming along well and looks fucking amazing so far. Based on the demo it's going to be the best 2D sidescrolling game to come out in years.
Do you know about Metroid: Other M?
BTW: they're making a new Metroid: Prime-game for 3DS.
My first metroid experience was Super Metroid. Blew my existence away. I still replay it to this day. It never gets boring.
And one of my best memories is watching this game being played, it was like being in that universe. This had to have been soon after the game was released.Nintendo was just such a huge part of my childhood as it first came out was I was about ten or eleven and those first couple of years I did nothing but play nintendo in my free time.
beating super metroid and metroid fusion was two of the most rewarding games I'd ever played. I made my own boxe out of empty ds box for fusion
man as you guys talk i get the feeling you forget you're doing a video and just have a genuine conversation. Good stuff fellas!! hey i hope you guys make an appearance on AllGenGamers for episode 100 :-D
Just hearing you guys talk about Super Metroid I popped it in and I'm getting into the story.
I'm only 23, and where I'm from, games were a huge luxury growing up. The first Metroid I tried was Super Metroid. A friend of my mothers' kid was having a birthday, and for whatever reasons, her mother decided to invite me too.
As soon as I stepped into her room, I noticed two things: 1) I was the only guy there; 2) There were games.
Since they had no interest in the games, I popped that sucker in and played Super Metroid the entire day/evening.
Mesmerized, is the word.
but really though you did capture the feeling and emotion of getting these games to the fullest extent, seriously awesome vid!
Yeah me too i played it back in 94 and i just play it religiously and pass it with my cousin and now im 25 and i just get so frustrated and bored for no reason but at the young age of 8 this was so awesome
I didnt understand MEtroid either until many years later. Now I love the series. I use to draw Samus all the time as a kid.
i've heard rob's nintendo story so many times. But it never gets old.
What can I say? I loveeee that Box art! :D
I remember watching a friend play it a long time ago and we would switch it out with strider. When super metroid came out it was game over for me and I was a loyal metroid fan. Beat all the gameboy version and most of the gamecube ones as well.
One of my favorite things about Super Metroid today is watching all of the amazing speed runs by all these skillful players. My favorite metroid however is Metroid Fusion (Metroid 4), mainly because I have the best memories from middle school because of that game.
Inside the boxes of some Nintendo games was a card that you could fill out and send in. I remember getting some posters and what turned out to be a subscription to the Nintendo Fun Club. All that was free but eventually Fun Club became Nintendo Power and they started to charge money. They gave us the first issue for free and maybe some others but I quickly subscribed to the whole magazine. Every year when it was time to renew your subscription the’d give us a free gift. One year I got a Dragon Quest game with a poster, map and strategy guide. That “gift” was probably worth more than the whole magazine subscription. If you didn’t have Nintendo Power, I have to wonder why not? It wasn’t all that expensive. Cheaper than a new game and basically mandatory if you wanted to be up to date on Nintendo.
One of my greatest gaming memories ever: Going over to my buddies house after getting my NGC component cables in the mail from Nintendo with my copy of Prime, and playing on his new HDTV.
Super metroid is one of those games where it goes beyond anything i can explain about why i love it so much. It's just so fucking cool. Just so.... just ....fucking COOL! Blew me away as a kid and it still blows me away that they released such a thing in 1994! That's just crazy.
Sadly I didn't get around to play Super Metroid til around 2002.... But awesome enough my friend and I both beat our files within the same week. That phone call I got from my friend after he beat it. Classic.
Remember those timed demo displays they used to have at department stores? I had a friend who was so obsessed with this game that he managed to beat the entire game despite the time limit.
He had his time managed so well that he could run back to the save point SECONDS before the time was up. After the reset, he'd load it up and keep playing until the game was finished. If it wasn't for this video, I would have forgotten about that story! One of the many reasons why I love this show. =)
I remember first playing Metroid sometime in elementary school. We got a used copy from the Valley Trader.
Super Metroid I remember renting during the summer of '94.
OMG!!! I got the NES and Metroid for my 11th birthday back in August '88. And if it weren't for the Official Nintendo Player's Guide, I would've given up on it. Thank god I didn't, I have sooooo many fond early gaming memories from Metroid 1.
Maybe I didn't tell you Johnny, but I've started my own Metroid experience last month or so and damned I am really loving it. The only thing stopping me from playing all day is pressing that damned fire button all the time. Wrecks my wrist.
Hey thanks for all your effort in turning out these amazing videos im hughly addicted to your videos.Thanks for another fix
gosh super metriod scared the shit out of me, so many amazing memories. i LOVE THIS GAME!
I know what you mean about not understanding how to approach the original game upon first being introduced. There's a significant "maze" component that was a new concept at the time. I didn't have any published maps or guidebooks, so I drew my own simple maps on graph paper as I went through the game. Beating the game became like an obsessive project for me!
what he said about tackling it as an action game is something I relate to. I didn't think about it at the time but I just kept pushing forward, and fast. So the going up and not really having a destination, and not having dialogue or anything, it was all so discouraging or dispiriting.
BUT SUPER METROID WAS AWESOME. Maybe it was how visually cool it was or the music but I just loved playing it. Maybe cause it was easier to tell the sections too.
Metroid is a franchise I feel I love only because of Super Metroid. Fusion was kinda just average, and I didn't play zero. I can tell that Prime is visually impressive, and usually the intro track is interesting but after that I usually can't remmeber the music or pay attention. I mean here and there I do. But I couldn't get all that used to it or excited after I bought it. Even with all the script from the descriptions. It's cool for the animals but for all the file reading, it's overdone.
I thought I wanted something slightly like Other M but everything about that seems wrong I didn't even bother. Y'know there were a lot of hard sci fi anime around that time so I don't get why it's been difficult to give Metroid slightly more story. Not in terms of plot but in terms of being less objective and moving the player.
You definatly need to do a Metroid Series review, the whole thing spin offs and remakes included.
I remember playing Metroid on the NES and man oh man... that game was hard. The first Metroid game I beat was Metroid II: Return of Samus on the Gameboy. But my favorite Metroid game in the series has to be Super Metroid on the SNES. Loved every part of the game and the final boss battle and getting back to your ship... I was on the edge of my seat.
My first experience playing metroid was Two on the gameboy. The music for that game was so awesome for the gameboy age. I was about eleven years old when I beat that game. It was my first game I had ever finished and I did it without even looking up any guide and no help.
One of my most favorite episodes. Rob had a great childhood.
I actually started with Super Metroid, being that we didn't have a huge library for our NES. I remeber being blown away by the atmosphere of this game alone, and then being totally enveloped by the gameplay. I'd barrowed it from a friend and was constently calling him and asking him where the hell I was supposed to go, haha.
Super Metroid was the 2nd game i ever owned,and it was an awesome experience.i spent days playing this as a kid! the music is quite simply among the best there is on the SNES.oh,and it was also my first metroid game.i never played the original myself,but did see others play it.
the world map in the guide book looks awesome too! the music that plays when you land on Zebes(crateria overworld) is my favorite if not 2nd fave.the sound effects just add to the experience so much(thunder etc).
Awesome video guys, as it happens I'm playing Metroid Prime for the first time, such a cool franchise really.
about time to do a metroid prime memories video, its my favorite gamecube game! Oh! phendrana drifts theme is amazing!
you guys are out of control, i love it
Metroid is my favorite Nintendo franchise, period. I have the "puzzle solved" sound bite from the Prime Trilogy for my text ringtone.
I remember being a kid back when Metroid came out, the only way i knew about Justin Bailey was word of mouth, a friend told me.
Actually it was my friend who had EVERY Nintendo Power and nearly ever game you could think of. He was the equiv of Andrew but his name was J.J, Justin Hancock. I remember in 2nd grade he'd bring 5 snacks to school... i had to chew on my pencil.
Great Memories there Guy's!!
Miss you on the Pod Cast Johnny!!
weird to hear about your past X3
great storys guys :D
makes me wanna go and play metroid now XD
Wow Rob Never seen or heard of NES and METROID was one of the first games? I bet your mind was blown! I had a friend staying over and I came home form the video store I had rented Metroid for NES, MAN I WAS HOOKED right form the start! So much so, my friend and I took turns but eventually he fell asleep, I kept playing and finished the entire game, I could not stop until it was completed lol!
I have never played the original Metroid. The first one I played was Metroid 2 on the Game Boy back when it first came out. I have a lot of good memories from childhood playing Super Metroid and am finally getting around to beating it this day in age.Fucking classic game series! Great video.
Metroid is my favourite game series of all time and Super Metroid is the best game ever!!!
Nice throwback here guys! I also didn't feel the flow of NES Metroid at first... However Super Metroid was so damned addictive to me right from the get go!
My fondest memories were always finding hidden upgrades n what not. Always felt like the coolest motherfucker when i got one lol
Just a fantastic series, really looking forward to Nintendo making one for the Wii U
Rip Wii U :(
I never really got Metroid on the original Nintendo either. The first versions I played were on the GBA. After that I finally got my hands on a Super Famicon. I then got Prime Trilogy! What an amazing adventure.
Johnny all in good fun my man, seriously keep up the awesome videos bro!
I met my Friends also because of Video Games.. its funny coz almost all kids back then was crazy of video game and it's fun making friends that like or love video games also.. ahhhh memories..