Super Metroid - ROM / Torrent
Samus has successfully destroyed all known Metroids in the universe, except for one, which she brings to the Ceres Space Colony as a research specimen. Shortly after her departure from Ceres, Samus receives a distress signal from the colony. She returns to find that it being attacked by her old enemy Ridley. Samus attempts to stop him, but she fails, and Ridley escapes with the Metroid specimen and activates the colony’s self-destruct sequence. Samus makes it out just in time, and she tracks Ridley back to Zebes, the old space pirate base where she fought him, Kraid, and Mother Brain in the original Metroid game. She finds that the pirates have completely rebuilt their base. Knowing what will happen if the pirates begin replicating the Metroids again, Samus sets out to destroy their base a second time.
Both this game and Final Fantasy III were insanely close to taking the #1 slot, and both would have been exceedingly worthy candidates for that honor. Super Metroid in particular has often been called the greatest Super Nintendo game ever. Certainly, the gaming experience it provides is nothing short of orgasmic. With its open-ended gameplay, phemonenal graphics, amazing music, and jaw-dropping boss battles, this game is nothing short of perfect. When people accuse Nintendo of making nothing but kiddie games, kindly point them to Super Metroid. It’s as intense and adult as any game needs to be.
Ohhhhhh yes. One of my all-time favorite games. It’s a truly great sequel: everything you loved about the original, but all exponentially better than before. It’s gorgeous, spooky, and the sound is fantastic. The weapons rock (there’s not just bombs, there’s POWER bombs!), as do all the new gizmos. The monsters and bosses are all wonderfully creepy, and the entire world draws you into it. I remember being filled with despair as I found myself lost in the watery labyrinths of Maridia, unable to find an exit as the stage’s slow, eerie music seeped into my brain. And I loved all the game’s surprise twists at the end.
Posted: November 16th, 2008 under Roms.
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