For as long as the show has been around, whenever we asked “what’s a great short retro game?” the nearly unanimous answer was always “Super Metroid!” It’s the game that launched one of our favorite genres, but for various reasons none of us had played much of it. We correct that this week, and brought along a friend for that 1994 perspective.

We discuss the game’s forward thinking design and impact, as well as approaches and tips for playing it in 2020, and some listener responses.

Resources:

• Original Manual
• The Metroid Library – page with numerous scans of period appropriate guides
  • (Raygan mostly used the GamePro guide, which is short and spoiler-light, and the official Player’s Guide)
• Game Maker’s Toolkit – Boss Keys: The World Design of Super Metroid 
  • Dependency chart

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Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash
• Zoltan

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