VG Myths - Can You Beat the Metroid Minimalist Pacifist Challenge?

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  • čas přidán 24. 09. 2021
  • Tonight on VG Myths: a Minimalist Pacifist challenge of the original Metroid for the NES, Nintendo's first Metroidvania. Yes I chose this instead of Metroid Dread.
    If you'd like to support the channel and make possible shows like VG Myths, Every Change To, Region Freedom, Dumb Fun Gaming, and A Complete Review, please consider backing on Patreon~
    / gamechamp
    This run was streamed live on Twitch! I often stream VG Myths runs there, as well as casual playthroughs of whatever game I'm in the middle of.
    / gamechamp3k
    If you'd like to watch the stream archives, they're on the Let's Strem channel:
    / letsstrem
    Media Sources
    Metroid (Famicom Disk System, via Nintendo Switch Online)
    nesmaps.com; Map by Rick N. Bruns
    Longplay played by Tarosan, from World of Longplays: longplays.org
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
    TerrifyingBridge: / terrifyingbridge
    Ojamajo Doremi for some reason
    'Splosion Man
    Music from KHinsider
  • Hry

Komentáře • 1,8K

  • @benjamincooper358
    @benjamincooper358 Před 2 lety +5367

    Can’t wait for the Metroid Maximalist Genocide Challenge

    • @Knightgob
      @Knightgob Před 2 lety +37

      Me too

    • @WaluigiisthekingASmith
      @WaluigiisthekingASmith Před 2 lety +271

      Basically Metroid fusion.

    • @Eugene-pq3gg
      @Eugene-pq3gg Před 2 lety +133

      Isn't that just playing the game normally?

    • @LisaVGG
      @LisaVGG Před 2 lety +181

      @@Eugene-pq3gg no cause you’d have to make sure to never double back as enemies respawn which would the have to be killed all over again

    • @black97_0
      @black97_0 Před 2 lety +21

      You mean default gameplay?
      Or is that just me?

  • @pythox2948
    @pythox2948 Před 2 lety +2631

    I like how the Metroid programming joke devolves from “programmed on duct tape” to “programmed to hate you” to “wasn’t” programmed.

    • @mettatonex7221
      @mettatonex7221 Před 2 lety +221

      To "programmed while the devs were trying to escape a pool of duct tape"

    • @benhuang2773
      @benhuang2773 Před 2 lety +122

      @@mettatonex7221 To "deserves to burn like duct tape"

    • @ShOwOba
      @ShOwOba Před 2 lety +54

      Gamechamp humour is S tier

    • @raikaria3090
      @raikaria3090 Před 2 lety +67

      @@benhuang2773 To just screaming DUCT TAPE

    • @seijiren5115
      @seijiren5115 Před 2 lety +4

      So funny lmaooo

  • @smactork
    @smactork Před 2 lety +2431

    Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System:
    - was programmed on duct tape
    - was programmed on non-Euclidean duct tape
    - was programmed to hate you
    - wasn't programmed
    - was programmed while the devs were trying to escape a pool of duct tape
    - has several critical game design flaws
    - deserves to burn like duct tape
    Lava bubbles in Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System on the Nintendo Entertainment System:
    - are randomized on duct tape
    Movement in Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System:
    - is a glitch

    • @completely-normal-wolf
      @completely-normal-wolf Před 2 lety +243

      You forgot the fact that the Metriodvania genre was in its infancy, and the developers of Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System were testing the limits of new technology while experimenting with a lot of interesting ideas… such as programming on duct tape.

    • @nightmare3642
      @nightmare3642 Před 2 lety +78

      @@wilh3lmmusic That's programmed on normal tape.

    • @Laughing_Dragon
      @Laughing_Dragon Před 2 lety +28

      @@completely-normal-wolf should have done duct tape WITH super glue tbh, would have been a lot better smh...

    • @SuperPlaytendo
      @SuperPlaytendo Před 2 lety +15

      Duct tape!

    • @moron.mp4196
      @moron.mp4196 Před 2 lety +6

      seems like good game design to me

  • @IronsideComputers
    @IronsideComputers Před 2 lety +2919

    It's a good thing Nintendo programs games on Gorilla tape now. The duct tape days were dark ones for sure.

    • @goodsirbear-7579
      @goodsirbear-7579 Před 2 lety +123

      I love when sponsors interact with creators like this

    • @officialromanhours
      @officialromanhours Před 2 lety +28

      Grim days indeed...

    • @veryloudcat8839
      @veryloudcat8839 Před 2 lety +143

      I love the implication that a game's bugginess is determined by the strength of the tape on which the game was programmed.
      Sonic 06 was programmed on scotch tape.

    • @ZeldasSword
      @ZeldasSword Před 2 lety +73

      @@veryloudcat8839 Not even. Generic Walmart tape

    • @Q-gf8vb
      @Q-gf8vb Před 2 lety +12

      $1500 for a PC with a 2060 super lmao
      I feel bad for your consumers

  • @caimdavis3763
    @caimdavis3763 Před 2 lety +384

    Honestly at this point in time, I’d argue that “can you beat Metroid” is a genuine challenge in-and-of itself.

    • @rm_steele
      @rm_steele Před rokem +14

      the true challenge is to beat it in one sitting

    • @miahthorpatrick1013
      @miahthorpatrick1013 Před rokem +17

      Not even when I had the unflappable patience for games on the NES as a young lad, I still couldn’t make it through this game.

    • @lankymaccrazyhair264
      @lankymaccrazyhair264 Před rokem +7

      As someone who has beaten this game: yeah

    • @e-tean-son4146
      @e-tean-son4146 Před rokem +11

      I agree, why would you even play Metroid 1 if you want to have fun?

    • @harlanjames8398
      @harlanjames8398 Před rokem +4

      @@e-tean-son4146 I enjoyed it a lot was time consuming but it was fun

  • @titouanrobin874
    @titouanrobin874 Před 2 lety +2160

    "In Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System, MOVEMENT is a glitch!"
    We all know that using glitches is poor playing, as such I and many others that have not spoken yet demand a Metroid Minimalist Pacifist No Movement challenge.
    -Yours truly, CEO of Hatred

    • @bendrowned8506
      @bendrowned8506 Před 2 lety +7

      Right away sir/maam!

    • @tlozfreak888
      @tlozfreak888 Před 2 lety +32

      I mean, if you never move, you can't kill anything or collect anything...

    • @Sage_the_Turt
      @Sage_the_Turt Před 2 lety +6

      @@tlozfreak888 git gud /s

    • @agentclank8183
      @agentclank8183 Před 2 lety +12

      @@tlozfreak888 The true minimalist run

    • @junojun722
      @junojun722 Před 2 lety

      @@Sage_the_Turt Then do it yourself pro.

  • @Iristallite
    @Iristallite Před 2 lety +633

    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System for the Famicom Disk System" had me almost dying of laughter

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Před 10 měsíci +9

      Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System for the Famicom Disk System for Nintendo Switch Online for the Nintendo Switch.

  • @milesredgate4596
    @milesredgate4596 Před 2 lety +754

    As a developer, I can assure you, everything is coded on duct tape.

    • @Jono997
      @Jono997 Před 2 lety +56

      Except this. This was coded on glue sticks.

    • @Doublemonk0506
      @Doublemonk0506 Před 2 lety +21

      @@Jono997, and it was directly put on the San Andreas Fault

    • @lankymaccrazyhair264
      @lankymaccrazyhair264 Před 2 lety +23

      as another developer, I can confirm this

    • @helliagaming6255
      @helliagaming6255 Před 2 lety +26

      Duct tape, old elmers glue and sticky notes hold this game together

    • @somerandomgoblin2583
      @somerandomgoblin2583 Před 2 lety +7

      @@lankymaccrazyhair264 good to know the industry secrets

  • @TealZero
    @TealZero Před 2 lety +609

    I misread this as the "Minimal pacifist run" and thought you were just a super murderer

    • @milros3780
      @milros3780 Před 2 lety +32

      She is

    • @bestaround3323
      @bestaround3323 Před 2 lety +7

      @@milros3780 I have no idea what you are trying to correct their buddy. That statement has no pronouns in it.

    • @bhull242
      @bhull242 Před 2 lety +47

      @@bestaround3323
      I mean, it has two-“I” and “you”-but you’re missing their point, which is that Gamechamp _is_ a super murderer.

    • @Fannintendociccio1
      @Fannintendociccio1 Před 2 lety +69

      @@bestaround3323 I think they aren't trying to correct the first comment, I think they are confirming the fact gamechamp is, indeed, a murderer

    • @tessbolick6605
      @tessbolick6605 Před 2 lety +20

      "Good morning everyone and welcome to the minimal pacifist run, where we're going to kill as many enemies as humanly possible"

  • @pac-man-world-2
    @pac-man-world-2 Před 2 lety +977

    Those zebetite doors or whatever are tracked by the password, at least in the NES version. I assume they're tracked on the FDS version as well.

    • @Gamechamp3000
      @Gamechamp3000  Před 2 lety +409

      It's worth noting passwords track current loadzone but save files don't, so it's not a direct 1:1 thing. But a very good sign!

    • @RarefoilB
      @RarefoilB Před 2 lety +98

      SomecallmeJohnny's Metriod 1 review has a very detailed breakdown of what the passwords does and how it works, and also names the poor programmer who had to make this game on duck tape.

    • @witheredbonnie9268
      @witheredbonnie9268 Před 2 lety +11

      @@RarefoilB that’s good

    • @bhull242
      @bhull242 Před 2 lety +13

      @@RarefoilB
      o7 to that poor developer. He did his best with what he had, and while the immediate end result was heavily flawed, its legacy was more than worth his and our pain and suffering.

  • @bowtieproductions6708
    @bowtieproductions6708 Před 2 lety +290

    "Donuts kill you in one hit"
    Rip Gamechamp, she forgot that real donuts also count

    • @bramnemeth565
      @bramnemeth565 Před rokem +62

      "I'M GOING TO EAT A DONUT!"
      **dies a tragic, horrible death upon contact with said donut**

    • @Freelancer837
      @Freelancer837 Před 4 měsíci +1

      she?

    • @dillydragonthetroll4119
      @dillydragonthetroll4119 Před 4 měsíci +2

      ​@@Freelancer837yeah, she. She goes by she/her pronouns

  • @Pyrodiac
    @Pyrodiac Před rokem +213

    2:08 Duct Tape
    4:55 Duct Tape
    6:21 Randomized on Duct Tape
    8:25 Noneuclidean Duct Tape
    10:07 Programmed to hate you
    11:14 Wasn't Programmed.
    12:49 If the Duct Tape isn't paying attention
    13:50 Programmed while the devs were trying to escape a pool of Duct Tape
    14:28 Had too many things for me to type out... like programming with Duct Tape
    15:25 Deserves to burn like Duct Tape
    16:42 DUCT TAPE
    16:52 Donuts are legally people

  • @felipesantana2438
    @felipesantana2438 Před 2 lety +874

    This just sounded like an easy challenge but as time went on i started to realize how Metroid 1's.... """Unique quirks""" make this considered to be a brutal form of torture in approximately 32 countries

    • @AzureLlamaAlt
      @AzureLlamaAlt Před 2 lety +27

      Approximately?

    • @aruemon3086
      @aruemon3086 Před 2 lety +66

      @@AzureLlamaAlt Norway is still on the fence.

    • @165hy9
      @165hy9 Před 2 lety +26

      @@aruemon3086 I’ve also heard rumors Denmark is on the fence

    • @toumabyakuya
      @toumabyakuya Před 2 lety +23

      @@165hy9 And I have heard that Greece loves handing this punishment like candy.

    • @KSCK993
      @KSCK993 Před 2 lety +10

      @@aruemon3086 I read that as norway and not norfair.

  • @zealora3934
    @zealora3934 Před 2 lety +82

    “We’re instead gonna have to throw the duck tape in the trash and break reality.” It’s lines like this that make me love this channel so much.

    • @zerlichr426
      @zerlichr426 Před 11 měsíci +4

      "when duct tape doesn't pay attention"

  • @maxwellmegagamer8535
    @maxwellmegagamer8535 Před 2 lety +327

    “But unlike most of their metroidvanias, it sucks, I hate it, I want to hate it even more.”
    Glad I’m not the only one.

    • @legrandliseurtri7495
      @legrandliseurtri7495 Před 2 lety +28

      Yeah it's bad. It's a tiny capsule of annoyance and frustration.

    • @masterwolfgaming3436
      @masterwolfgaming3436 Před 2 lety +16

      I really like the Metroid series (though I admit I have not played them all yet, including Dread), but I think the first game was way too artificially hard. I wanted to play through all the games in order, but I gave up playing the series in Norfair because of how unfair and brutal it was ( I played and got 112% on Hollow Knight before checking out this game, so trust me, I have played and had fun on hard challenges before). Thankfully, Metroid Zero Mission fixed almost every problem I had with the NES game (and I actually enjoyedmy time playing it), however the remake doesn't cover up the fact that the original game may be the most unfair game I have ever played ON THE SECOND AREA.

    • @maxwellmegagamer8535
      @maxwellmegagamer8535 Před 2 lety +4

      @@masterwolfgaming3436 112% on hollow knight? Well I salute you.

    • @legrandliseurtri7495
      @legrandliseurtri7495 Před 2 lety +5

      @@maxwellmegagamer8535 112% in HK is nothing; these days, everyone and their grandmas has done it. Or at least that's how it feels like on reddit.

    • @DMDarren
      @DMDarren Před 2 lety +19

      @@legrandliseurtri7495 what Redditors claim and what Redditors can actually pull off are two very different things

  • @miaschannel3533
    @miaschannel3533 Před 2 lety +253

    Always comforting to hear “whether we wanted to or not, we’ve stepped into a war with the cabal on Mars. So let’s get to taking out their command, one by on” at the end of every video

  • @youtubeuniversity3638
    @youtubeuniversity3638 Před 2 lety +140

    The Patron read has grown so much I thought the video did a fake out ending for like a solid minute's time.

    • @JackStache
      @JackStache Před 2 lety +34

      They're even playing chess in there and having conversations.
      My god

    • @murphmariotwopointoh7714
      @murphmariotwopointoh7714 Před 2 lety +6

      Oh god, it's the Cave Story pacifist video all over again.

    • @thisisasupersayin376
      @thisisasupersayin376 Před 2 lety +18

      The fact that people are having a game of chess via a youtuber's patreon read is some serious mad lad shit

  • @hiiistrex2838
    @hiiistrex2838 Před 2 lety +285

    Moral of the story: Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System is a well-built game with no flaws whatsoever

    • @blarg2429
      @blarg2429 Před 2 lety +26

      Perfectly balanced with no exploits, you could say.

    • @gamerlunayt
      @gamerlunayt Před 2 lety +2

      @@blarg2429 Except for those *DONUTS* and the Door Clipping Glitch.

    • @youtubeneedstochange4414
      @youtubeneedstochange4414 Před 2 lety +5

      @@gamerlunayt Looks like you missed the joke, buddy.

    • @beefnoodlegaming
      @beefnoodlegaming Před 2 lety +6

      @@youtubeneedstochange4414 bro you missed the perfect chance to do the r/woosh meme. I'm proud of you.

    • @mr.battlecats5512
      @mr.battlecats5512 Před 2 lety +3

      @@beefnoodlegaming expect it's not a meme, it's a reddit thing.

  • @thenailsageofgeo4975
    @thenailsageofgeo4975 Před 2 lety +302

    Man, Gamechamp’s voice just sounds so different when they are streaming vs when they are doing a video

    • @FelisImpurrator
      @FelisImpurrator Před 2 lety +109

      I think she just does this voice because it's basically an iconic part of the channel brand.

    • @Falkuzrules
      @Falkuzrules Před 2 lety +74

      I believe some people refer to this as a 'Tuber Voice.

    • @PokecrafterChampion
      @PokecrafterChampion Před 2 lety +88

      @@FelisImpurrator It really is, I don't think the videos would be near as popular without the weirdly serious announcer voice saying such asinine things.

    • @mrjoe332
      @mrjoe332 Před rokem +12

      It's a 2 person job. She's suffers and They narrate

    • @azatellatia277
      @azatellatia277 Před rokem +4

      Prob cuz one is energized after dealing with the challenge, and one is still doing the challenge.

  • @Thesomnolentmonk
    @Thesomnolentmonk Před 2 lety +362

    I would love to see a Ghost of Tsushima "stealth-less" run. Basically, challenging all of the enemies and not doing anything that triggers the flashbacks of your uncle... There are some 'forced stealth' missions, but I think there are ways around them

    • @Chiptune7
      @Chiptune7 Před 2 lety +29

      I did that! Well, minus the forced stealth missions. But basically, I found the melee combat so enjoyable that I did not bother using stealth for the entire game. It stops being difficult at somepoint though, I doubt it'd be very fun to watch for this reason... unless you limited upgrades

    • @MrTrombonebandgeek
      @MrTrombonebandgeek Před 2 lety +16

      So bloodborne set in Japan

    • @Chiptune7
      @Chiptune7 Před 2 lety +7

      @@MrTrombonebandgeek I wouldn't go that far lol

    • @masterninjamt6497
      @masterninjamt6497 Před 2 lety +4

      @@MrTrombonebandgeek so Nioh?

    • @bongibot1104
      @bongibot1104 Před 2 lety +6

      @@MrTrombonebandgeek so sekiro?

  • @SuperNuclearUnicorn
    @SuperNuclearUnicorn Před 2 lety +227

    Always amuses me that they act like we'll actually try and follow their madness and do the run too. I'm like no thanks, I'm fine with watching you do it and not making myself miserable

  • @Graeylyn
    @Graeylyn Před 2 lety +257

    HOW? I was literally thinking “I wanna watch some VG Myths this morning. Guess I’ll rewatch some old ones” and then you upload. Incredible timing.

  • @angelcaru
    @angelcaru Před 2 lety +69

    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed on ducttape"
    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed on ducttape"
    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed on non-euclidean ducttape"
    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed to hate you"
    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System wasn't programmed"
    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed while the devs were trying to escape a pool of ducttape"
    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System had several critical game design flaws. After all, the genre was in its infancy and the developers were testing the limits of new technology while experimenting with a lot of interesting ideas. SUCH AS PROGRAMMING ON DUCTTAPE"
    "Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System deserves to burn like ducttape"
    "In Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System, MOVEMENT is a glitch. DUCTTAPE"

    • @sonters
      @sonters Před 2 lety

      I'm pretty sure they said "SUCH AS programming on duct tape", not "so just programming on duct tape"

    • @angelcaru
      @angelcaru Před 2 lety

      @@sonters Yeah, you're right.

  • @OurJynx
    @OurJynx Před 2 lety +37

    Things I learned in this video:
    - Ironside Computers allowed Gamechamp to play something other than Metroid after god-knows-how-many-months
    - Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System has aged like time-travelling milk.
    - Everything is duct tape.

  • @bakubread9308
    @bakubread9308 Před 2 lety +296

    I'd love to see this kind of challenge done with a good Metroid game

    • @stevenn1940
      @stevenn1940 Před 2 lety +17

      Yeah, I saw it was the original, and my interest levels fell through the floor.

    • @anomalocarislover7254
      @anomalocarislover7254 Před 2 lety +6

      Just try it in super metroid, unless there is some flaw with the challenge that I can’t think of at the moment. It should work the same.

    • @bakubread9308
      @bakubread9308 Před 2 lety +14

      @@stevenn1940 i'm not personally disinterested in this video, but i'd definitely be *more* interested if it was a Metroid game that I actually liked

    • @WaluigiisthekingASmith
      @WaluigiisthekingASmith Před 2 lety +9

      @@anomalocarislover7254 power bombs. Power bombs are that flaw.

    • @WaluigiisthekingASmith
      @WaluigiisthekingASmith Před 2 lety +1

      @@anomalocarislover7254 also without glitches that make the challenge boring, bosses, and more importantly pre boss enemies, are completely required. At minimum that's the pre kraid enemies, golden pirates, torizo and the golden 4, old tourian pirates, and more.

  • @Kazmahu
    @Kazmahu Před 2 lety +152

    Love this episode. The duct tape thing might be my new favourite 1-ep running gag. You turned what must have been impossibly tedious in person into an absolute riot to watch. Your content is a joy and I always look forward to it!

  • @algernon7272
    @algernon7272 Před 2 lety +92

    “Metroid for the NES is made of duct tape” I have never been offended by something I totally agree with.

  • @blaz9474
    @blaz9474 Před 2 lety +19

    "Since, as we all know, donuts are legally people."
    it's hard to tell if this is an actual quote from gamechamp or the spirit of donna rhythm heaven possessing her

  • @AzulsBlueMoon
    @AzulsBlueMoon Před 2 lety +104

    The devs sure used a lot of duct tape while programming this game.

    • @maagic2031
      @maagic2031 Před 2 lety +13

      Metroid actually wasn't programmed. It just randomly showed up on Gunpei Yoko's desk one morning and he said "Fuck it, let's release Metroid!"

    • @AzulsBlueMoon
      @AzulsBlueMoon Před 2 lety +8

      @@maagic2031Not without fixing it up with duct tape.

    • @mettatonex7221
      @mettatonex7221 Před 2 lety +7

      @@AzulsBlueMoon That was the wrapping paper it came in.

    • @GreenEyedPsycho
      @GreenEyedPsycho Před 2 lety

      It was on sale at Home Depot

    • @largeboi4678
      @largeboi4678 Před 2 lety

      @@mettatonex7221 the case was cracked so they had to duct tape over the title

  • @goodtimesfreegrog
    @goodtimesfreegrog Před 2 lety +349

    Does it count as a Pacifist Run if you get Samus killed a couple dozen hundred times?

    • @RobinClower
      @RobinClower Před 2 lety +24

      No hit minimalist pacifist run

    • @Voidling242
      @Voidling242 Před 2 lety +11

      no since the game killed samus.

    • @Falkuzrules
      @Falkuzrules Před 2 lety +1

      I mean it doesn't count as pacifist if you hurt anything at all but pacifist looks better in the title.

    • @GatorOne-in7hk
      @GatorOne-in7hk Před 2 lety +2

      @@RobinClower Not scientifically possible.

    • @generictrainer4513
      @generictrainer4513 Před 2 lety +8

      Samus isn't legally a person

  • @nagol2602
    @nagol2602 Před 2 lety +32

    Someone should make a programming software called DuctTape and re-create Metroid using it.

  • @GarryDumblowski
    @GarryDumblowski Před 2 lety +14

    The thing that amazes me is that programming on duct tape is _technically_ possible! A really long strip of duct tape acts as one of the parts of the theoretical Turing Machine which can do any computation, the other being the read-write head which travels up and down the tape and writes or erases marks according to some set of rules.

  • @gunsandroses896
    @gunsandroses896 Před 2 lety +56

    Every game prior to 2010 was made with duct tape, hopes and dreams.

    • @DarkenedAuras7653
      @DarkenedAuras7653 Před 2 lety +7

      Ok but Skyrim was 2010

    • @xenon8927
      @xenon8927 Před 2 lety +11

      @@DarkenedAuras7653 exactly. you seen skyrim bugs?

    • @gunsandroses896
      @gunsandroses896 Před 2 lety +13

      @@DarkenedAuras7653 did Skyrim even use duct tape? Or did Todd Howard just use sandpaper and a glue stick?

    • @KainYusanagi
      @KainYusanagi Před 2 lety +5

      @@gunsandroses896 It just works.

    • @MegaDzib
      @MegaDzib Před 2 lety +4

      Hell, most games still are programmed with duck tape

  • @misterbrick4276
    @misterbrick4276 Před 2 lety +141

    I like how as the video progressed, your descriptions of how this game was programmed get more and more insulting

    • @theyofmanynames
      @theyofmanynames Před 2 lety +3

      Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System wasn't programmed.

    • @masterwolfgaming3436
      @masterwolfgaming3436 Před 2 lety +5

      Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System is a excellent example that the original is not always better.

    • @GamingTopTen
      @GamingTopTen Před 2 lety

      I think he was very generous with his insults.
      I would have gone a lot harder, like saying the programmers were on alcohol, marijuana, crack cocaine, and heroin all at the same time.

    • @patentpending7016
      @patentpending7016 Před 2 lety

      @@GamingTopTen hey, just wanted to make you aware that gamechamp goes by she/they pronouns! Not trying to be all accusatory or anything, just letting you know that you misgendered them.

    • @misterbrick4276
      @misterbrick4276 Před rokem

      @@GamingTopTenthat wouldn’t be as funny

  • @jessietheant1513
    @jessietheant1513 Před rokem +9

    This has to be one of my favorite videos by miss gamechamp. It has jank, it has rants, it has cheese, it has hype, and it’s just SO WELL DONE. Brava!

  • @emberthefox4951
    @emberthefox4951 Před 2 lety +9

    I love how the duct tape gag went from held together by duct tape, to programmed using duct tape, to design to hate you because duct tape, to the duct tape consuming the devs as they tried to code the game.

  • @hypersilver1111
    @hypersilver1111 Před 2 lety +349

    I am forever grateful to all the gamers in the 80s who managed to delude themselves into making this game a success. Without them Nintendo might never have made the GBA Metroids, which rank as some of my favourite games of all time.

    • @rarebeeph1783
      @rarebeeph1783 Před 2 lety +3

      wait, plural? i thought there was only metroid fusion

    • @amso7169
      @amso7169 Před 2 lety +13

      @@rarebeeph1783
      You’re really missing out bro

    • @bhull242
      @bhull242 Před 2 lety +9

      Or Super Metroid or Metroid Prime, which are also well received.

    • @hypersilver1111
      @hypersilver1111 Před 2 lety +5

      @@rarebeeph1783 There's also Zero Mission which is a remake of the original. I don't think they ever ported it to the WiiU virtual console so I guess less modern gamers have played it.

    • @Riku70X
      @Riku70X Před 2 lety +8

      @@hypersilver1111
      Both Zero Mission and Fusion are on Wii U Eshop.

  • @GatorOne-in7hk
    @GatorOne-in7hk Před 2 lety +111

    Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System commits many, many retro game sins including:
    Being programmed with duct tape
    Copy/pasted rooms that seem to loop
    Unavoidable enemies
    Very slow health and weapon grinding
    Hiding mandatory paths where you would never expect
    Required damage to reach certain items
    Enemy spam

    • @solitarioerrante4296
      @solitarioerrante4296 Před 2 lety +4

      I always thought i sucked in the game because i was bad at it, the game not aging well makes some sense considering all the unfair deaths and another issues

    • @rac1equalsbestgame853
      @rac1equalsbestgame853 Před 2 lety +7

      All it is missing is lives

    • @DrFoggyPants
      @DrFoggyPants Před 2 lety +3

      @@solitarioerrante4296 Same. I just assumed I was being bad at video games

    • @Falkuzrules
      @Falkuzrules Před 2 lety +2

      I played Metroid II two years ago and it ended up somehow being my favorite 2D Metroid (I haven't played Zero Mission in years though and haven't played Fusion past the first few areas, so either one of those is likely to surpass it once I get around to 'em) but the constant copy-pasting of rooms literally led me to using a map and *still* ending up searching the ENTIRE planet from bottom-to-top-to-bottom trying to find one last Metroid, which turned out to be in a room that looked exactly like *another room I killed a Metroid in.* So yeah that was a slight tiny little annoyance. Never take for granted the fact that videogame rooms look different from each other now!

    • @solitarioerrante4296
      @solitarioerrante4296 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Falkuzrules
      I also remember having a similar problem in Metroid 2, but it was much less annoying in comparasion to some unfair moments in the first game.

  • @proplaystowin
    @proplaystowin Před 2 lety +122

    I’m surprised she, who played the entirety of Pokemon blue without taking damage, is annoyed by how many glitches a game has

    • @theyofmanynames
      @theyofmanynames Před 2 lety +29

      I think she suppressed that memory.

    • @BlazingShadowSword
      @BlazingShadowSword Před 2 lety +34

      @@theyofmanynames let's be fair, most of us would suppress that memory if we were insane enough to try a hitless run of pokemon.

    • @ultimapower6950
      @ultimapower6950 Před 2 lety +15

      @@BlazingShadowSword but then you will take imaginary damage

    • @ninjabluefyre3815
      @ninjabluefyre3815 Před 11 měsíci +1

      This is way harder tbf

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@ultimapower6950 take 0d4 imaginary damage.

  • @dooplets._.5776
    @dooplets._.5776 Před rokem +9

    The evolution of the whole duct tape bit makes this one of my favorite episodes you've made lol

  • @Roman-fv4rv
    @Roman-fv4rv Před 2 lety +65

    Things I learned: Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment Sуstеm on the Nintendo Entertainment Sуstеm was programmed

  • @Warri0rLink
    @Warri0rLink Před 2 lety +43

    I lost it at every different variation of “Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed on duct tape!” 🤣

    • @rho-starmkl4483
      @rho-starmkl4483 Před 2 lety +3

      It’s like how Imported Cheese constantly says spaghetti programing in his videos.

  • @orkworldbuilding9588
    @orkworldbuilding9588 Před 2 lety +12

    my favourite part of her vids is when they explain it like we’re gonna try it

  • @jonahfitzpatrick939
    @jonahfitzpatrick939 Před 2 lety +24

    Some should join the patron and name themself “Metroid for the Nintendo entertainment system was programmed on duct tape” so we can hear it more

  • @Graeylyn
    @Graeylyn Před 2 lety +238

    Wonder if Gamechamp likes how Metroid was programmed? I don’t think she was very clear about this

    • @leandrolhez5142
      @leandrolhez5142 Před 2 lety +30

      Y'know, that was left really unclear

    • @Josuh
      @Josuh Před 2 lety +13

      Y'know, that was up really unclear

    • @SuperParkourio
      @SuperParkourio Před 2 lety +38

      She explicitly stated that the game was, in fact, not programmed.

    • @ieuanhunt552
      @ieuanhunt552 Před 2 lety +8

      Well they are playing the game in a completely unintended way. Poor programming or not she isn't exactly giving the game credit.

    • @OnlyGoken
      @OnlyGoken Před 2 lety +12

      I think she meant how, like duct tape, the games programming cute little quirks stick to you eventually 🙂

  • @genemelendez8157
    @genemelendez8157 Před 2 lety +34

    I love how the Duct tape comments get progressively angrier and angrier as the run goes on

  • @LucOfLegends
    @LucOfLegends Před 2 lety +10

    I'd like to imagine that Gamechamp was screaming during this challenge about as much as the developers when programming Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

  • @rayveewrites6268
    @rayveewrites6268 Před 2 lety +5

    I love the strange emotion in "I'm going to eat a donut!" Like, you can *hear* the suffering in their voice.

  • @NickOnYoutube
    @NickOnYoutube Před 2 lety +38

    I’d love to see nintendo make a reference to the door glitch in metroid dread like having a secret room filled with drawings of old metroid and super metroid glitches

  • @punkopunko5637
    @punkopunko5637 Před 2 lety +93

    Just beat this game again as part of playing every 2D Metroid to build up to the release of Dread, and it was still a major pain. Anyone who’s able to do this challenge is a much stronger person than I’ll ever be.

    • @JoshuaJacobs83
      @JoshuaJacobs83 Před 2 lety +1

      Don’t say that! They’re not stronger. Just more dedicated to something utterly pointless.

  • @hotcocoabomb_
    @hotcocoabomb_ Před 2 lety +5

    The federation: Samus we need you to eradicate the threats on zebes.
    Samus: Ok, I will try not to kill them.
    The federation: -_-

  • @ClaireDiVODer
    @ClaireDiVODer Před 2 lety +6

    The duct tape joke never got old in this video, and still got laughs out of me.

  • @Alex-gx3mq
    @Alex-gx3mq Před 2 lety +325

    This has got to be one of her funniest episodes yet. Great job Gamechamp

  • @VoidAcrid
    @VoidAcrid Před 2 lety +36

    Alternate title: Gamechamp hates on Metroid for 23 minutes and 18 seconds

  • @magik_man1775
    @magik_man1775 Před 2 lety +2

    all of your creative ways of saying "not very well programmed" is the best part about this

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean Před 2 lety +16

    When the video _starts_ with Gamechamp talking about how they want to play literally any other game, you know it's going to be either _very_ good, _very_ bad, or very _both._

  • @i8dacookies890
    @i8dacookies890 Před 2 lety +69

    In fact, Mother Brain is an AI, so whether killing it counts as murder is up to debate.

    • @Dazuro
      @Dazuro Před 2 lety +18

      If killing a flaming donut counts, I think killing an AI counts too.

    • @velvetbutterfly
      @velvetbutterfly Před 2 lety +5

      @@Dazuro MB gets rebuilt though, reappearing in Super Metroid

    • @agirlinsearchof9057
      @agirlinsearchof9057 Před 2 lety +13

      @@velvetbutterfly So, then, GameChamp is legally not a murderer. But whether she counts as a pacifist is up to debate.

    • @Thepenguinking2
      @Thepenguinking2 Před 2 lety

      #AIArePeopleToo

    • @kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028
      @kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028 Před 2 lety +2

      @@agirlinsearchof9057 she would have to play super metroid pacifist challenge to be able to say that was not a murder.
      In which case mother brain would just die again

  • @crckerjack5852
    @crckerjack5852 Před 2 lety +85

    Suggestion for challenge:
    Can you beat Batman Arkham Knight without taking damage?
    Rules: If any damage is taken (unless compulsory to progress with the story) you must load up the previous checkpoint and start over.
    Challenge: The Knightfall Protocol (100% ending) must be obtained and the game must be played on the hardest difficulty.

    • @shakedbar2767
      @shakedbar2767 Před 2 lety +4

      are you ttrying to end her?

    • @denolact7000
      @denolact7000 Před 2 lety +3

      This just sounds like Counterattack: The Game

    • @crckerjack5852
      @crckerjack5852 Před 2 lety +3

      @@denolact7000 LMAO

    • @linhero797
      @linhero797 Před 2 lety +2

      Senza already did the challenge and many others

    • @crckerjack5852
      @crckerjack5852 Před 2 lety +3

      @@linhero797 Yeah, but I just want to see how Gamechamp handles this challenge

  • @charliegibson4016
    @charliegibson4016 Před rokem +3

    She sounds so genuinely angry at 14:40 when talking about the duct tape programming.

  • @detroviolet326
    @detroviolet326 Před 2 lety +4

    I love how jokes about programming old games on primitive materials slowly turned into a hate letter about duct tape

  • @thatoneswordguy
    @thatoneswordguy Před 2 lety +91

    Minimalist pacifist Metroid? I don’t know if you’re a challenge player or a masochist…

    • @hessexm8065
      @hessexm8065 Před 2 lety +2

      he's both

    • @fawful9992
      @fawful9992 Před 2 lety +13

      @@hessexm8065 *She. (Gamchamp uses She/They pronouns)

    • @pokedude720
      @pokedude720 Před 2 lety +12

      I think she's proved many times over that she's a masochist.

    • @maagic2031
      @maagic2031 Před 2 lety +3

      Not just killing the channel after the Pokemon challenge points to the latter.

    • @juliewinchester1488
      @juliewinchester1488 Před 2 lety +5

      Both. She's both.

  • @RegrettableDeed
    @RegrettableDeed Před 2 lety +18

    What a great challenge to do right before Dread! I could NEVER do this myself. Excellent job!

  • @TheRealWalt
    @TheRealWalt Před 2 lety +3

    I actually did this same challenge on Metroid Fusion. It was a bit aggravating with how the X is needed to possess something to be able to access more.
    I respect your masochism, Gamechamp.

  • @LORD_BING_BING
    @LORD_BING_BING Před 2 lety +7

    Watching this made me appreciate zero mission even more

  • @russellmarch4983
    @russellmarch4983 Před 2 lety +29

    Update: I did not end up eating Stubbs the Zombie, and i was actually playing Super Metroid last night… neat

  • @farisweiss2373
    @farisweiss2373 Před 2 lety +12

    Metroid 1 to quote somecallmejohnny "is like a stail piece of bread"

  • @ord3r781
    @ord3r781 Před 2 lety +5

    To show you the power of flex tape, I sawed metroid's programming in half! And repaired it with only flex tape!

  • @SmallManRobbie
    @SmallManRobbie Před 2 lety +4

    Gamechamp3000 saying all of those names at the end had me dying of laughter

  • @Choco____1
    @Choco____1 Před 2 lety +8

    As soon as I saw the notification I dropped watching Duke of the Dorks and jumped here. *_A Gamechamp video is always a win._*

  • @jasonkoopman13
    @jasonkoopman13 Před 2 lety +9

    Gamechamp: I'm going to eat a donut.
    Metroid donuts: We'll see about that.

  • @kyyourneutralisminekiske7104

    Metroid Dread's leaked boss is going to compress Samus into her 8-bit form and throw her into a duct tape recreation of Metroid 1
    And yes, it will be sure to taunt the player with a box of donuts

  • @supersmashbro596
    @supersmashbro596 Před 2 lety +3

    "to play literally anything other than metroid.'
    foreshadowing to how painful this is gonna be?
    you earned that donut gamechamp! dear god id have snapped my switch

  • @captainlastreo5160
    @captainlastreo5160 Před 2 lety +23

    Did you know that Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed on duct tape? Because I didn't know that Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed on duct tape.

  • @camwoodstock
    @camwoodstock Před 2 lety +28

    Shoutout to when I was watching the stream as Gamechampusan was doing this and the topic of amiibo came up and I immediately blasted everyone's comprehension of Minecraft Earth by pointing out how the Minecraft Earth Boost Figurines were basically single-use amiibo, the exact thing strem chat was joking about. It was hilarious.

  • @mysteriouscolours1532
    @mysteriouscolours1532 Před 2 lety +44

    Something tells me she doesn’t like Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but I can’t quite work out what it is

    • @MrTrombonebandgeek
      @MrTrombonebandgeek Před 2 lety +4

      I don’t know why she was kept rambling about duct tape either

  • @graememahnke5973
    @graememahnke5973 Před 2 lety +16

    I don’t know if it’s just me but I’m starting to think Metroid wasn’t programmed well

  • @stargodhoshi5695
    @stargodhoshi5695 Před 2 lety +6

    I will never be able to hear the word "Ducktape" without thinking about this Video

  • @periwinkuru
    @periwinkuru Před 2 lety +4

    "Missile pack" sounds way more satisfying than it has any right to sound.

  • @Zythria
    @Zythria Před 2 lety +6

    So... fun fact. You can beat this with out killing anything. But it is not possible in our life time. If you leave the game running for 300 some years NES version at least. Mother Brain will be dead when you get to it. There is a password for that on the NES version of the game. I don't know if that is a thing on the Famicom version though; and with no password and the time it takes to do that being 300+ years (I forget the exact count) even an emulator running at 100X speed would not help. Still, that means you can in theory beat this game with out killing anything; just takes three or four generations to do it.

    • @autismandgaming4532
      @autismandgaming4532 Před 2 lety +1

      in case you're wondering: the first 3/4s of the system bricking 300 year password is: ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER
      you can figure out the rest.

  • @DieuDeMort
    @DieuDeMort Před 2 lety +4

    “Welcome to VG Myths, the online Internet video game tv show that’s explored as many alien planets as the entire rest of humanity.”
    Don’t worry, Gamechamp, I gotcha.

  • @jaeusa160
    @jaeusa160 Před 2 lety +5

    "Where did you learn to program like that?"
    On industrial-grade duct tape. :D

  • @TiranMaster
    @TiranMaster Před 2 lety +4

    I hope that was the best damn donut you've ever had, lord knows this game was made by super alien beings who learned how to program onto inconceivable things, like tape.

  • @TheGerkuman
    @TheGerkuman Před 2 lety +3

    'Now that you're in here you'll need to carefully manage the donuts' - Gamechamp3000, 2021

  • @vincentbeton
    @vincentbeton Před rokem +2

    Gotta love how my first expectation of "programmed on Duct Tape" was "oh, so there will be easily abusable Glitches galore" but oh no, it's the Game abusing the Player instead

  • @LandoHitman
    @LandoHitman Před 2 lety +5

    Gamechamp makes the most awesome videos. She comes up with the most interesting challenges.

  • @EverTheFractal
    @EverTheFractal Před 2 lety +7

    Oh hell yeah I just made chicken strips. Perfect timing

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos Před 2 lety

      Any advice? Mine never really come out the way I want. They're just coated chicken when I make them.

    • @EverTheFractal
      @EverTheFractal Před 2 lety +1

      @@BJGvideos depends if you're deep frying them or not but really season the batter. People tend to forget this bit. It's all about personal taste but my personal recipe is paprika, garlic powder, ground pepper, ground sea salt (you barely need any, trust me). And if I'm feeling sassy I put in ground chili flakes. Getting the measurements right is hard but look up some recipes and you'll be able to eyeball it in no time.

  • @personalover9514
    @personalover9514 Před rokem +1

    "Donuts are legally people."
    *Proceeds to eat a donut after killing Mother Brain*

  • @bralvar2352
    @bralvar2352 Před 2 lety +2

    “...was programmed on duct tape.”
    Damn, cracked me up lol.

  • @mathew_monkbot1018
    @mathew_monkbot1018 Před 2 lety +4

    I GOT HERE BEFORE THE NOTIF! Love this channel! Thanks for your hard work madam game champ!

  • @TimppaFin93
    @TimppaFin93 Před 2 lety +9

    Did you know you can actually avoid killing Mother Brain if you wait long enough?
    Thanks to SomecallmeJohnny Metroid review this year, if you wait like... over 300 years, it is possible to Mother Brain to die when you do absolute nothing... Or you know, use code to skip all that waiting.

    • @Nattegoya
      @Nattegoya Před 2 lety +12

      That’s not how it works lol. Play time doesn’t affect anything except the ending. The password recorded Mother Brain as being dead and the playtime being 314 years, but these two things aren’t related in any way. It was just a joke for the video

    • @Mr_Spaghetti
      @Mr_Spaghetti Před 2 lety +1

      @@Nattegoya do we 100% know that? maybe you gotta do a 314 year run just to be sure

    • @TimppaFin93
      @TimppaFin93 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Nattegoya Oh, i remembered it wrong :P

  • @velvetbutterfly
    @velvetbutterfly Před 2 lety +1

    I understand these take a long time but I always absolutely love each upload. From your YGO comparisons to challenge runs you have not made a bad upload

  • @alliedcookie9529
    @alliedcookie9529 Před 2 lety +2

    I like how Gamechamp just casually says that the plan is to break reality

  • @shroomy__rxcks
    @shroomy__rxcks Před 2 lety +9

    this poor girl had to suffer through 16 hours of metroid torture all for a single donut-

  • @colinhalsey9524
    @colinhalsey9524 Před rokem +5

    I always have loved gamechamp3000 and she has always been an inspiration to me. I can't wait to see where she goes!

  • @Niexigo
    @Niexigo Před 2 lety

    Gosh, I remember this channel when I was younger. Man, brings me back. Definitely subbing so I don’t lose this again.

  • @nightshaydes8744
    @nightshaydes8744 Před rokem +1

    i can't speak for the FDS version's save feature, but yes, the zebetites are saved in the password. there is a password generator that exists, and in it, you can disable or enable any/all of the zebetites.

  • @lowliifer
    @lowliifer Před 2 lety +4

    The anxiety was killing me seeing all these donuts.

  • @dragonfirepie2115
    @dragonfirepie2115 Před rokem +4

    On one hand, I hope you do more Metroid Challenges (Metroid 2 Pacifist?), but on the other, this one in particular has left a very angry gal in it's wake

    • @Gamechamp3000
      @Gamechamp3000  Před rokem +3

      I actually genuinely like every Metroid game after this I've played so there is much less risk of burning hatred

  • @gundhamstyle
    @gundhamstyle Před 2 lety +2

    "Since donuts are legally people" Sweetheart (OMORI) agrees !

  • @doozy5184
    @doozy5184 Před 2 lety +1

    The "Programmed on Duct Tape" joke sounded like it would have gotten old, thanks for making it work like this game somehow manages to do.