Metroid: Super Zero Mission

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-21-2011, 12:46 PM

So this is a very dense Super Metroid romhack that has been reviewed very favorably over at the Metroid Database. If anyone's in need of a new Metroid fix, they're saying this will hit the spot and then some:

Metroid Database :: Metroid Super ZeroMission Review

I haven't tried it out yet, but here's hoping it does what they claim, and then some.

***Marilink*** · 06-21-2011, 03:58 PM

Huh, sweet. I haven't really investigated many ROMhacks. Maybe I should start...

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-23-2011, 12:20 AM

Honestly, the majority of hacks are total rubbish. This one got a resounding "yes" from MDB, though, so I figured it was worth mentioning. I've played some other highly-rated hacks that were, well, hackish and unfulfilling thanks to their poor execution, linearity, and generally unbalanced enemies (death in a single hit? seriously?) but they're saying this isn't one of those at all.

Sounds good to me, I'll be playing it as soon as I'm done with DNF.

1-up Salesman · 06-24-2011, 11:10 AM

^ What's DNF?

**X-3** · 06-24-2011, 01:28 PM

duke nukem forever

I'll try this out.

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-24-2011, 01:38 PM

Just to confirm: Yeah, DNF is Duke Nukem Forever. Which, by the way, has been a very entertaining game.

If any of you guys set it up and sink your teeth into this one, let us all know how you go in it, okay?

**X-3** · 06-24-2011, 02:20 PM

Well, I got it working.

Too early for any real impressions other than "please play this with a controller or something".

I've encountered some weird visual glitch with the pretty large room near the second Brinstar Save Room where the screen doesn't scroll to the next 'part' of the room but you're still there. Kinda odd, it's probably just a problem on my end though.

1-up Salesman · 06-24-2011, 04:06 PM

I'll save the link and play when I someday beat Super Metroid.

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-26-2011, 01:54 PM

Okay, I started playing this but am thoroughly stuck now. Explored every possible accessible area, and am in Kraid's lair, needing to get up through a hole in a roof but it's damn near impossible to bomb jump through and it looks like I'm supposed to wall jump it or something, but I fall short by like a pixel.

Wondering what kind of bull**** you're actually supposed to do to play this hack, if it's supposedly "reasonable" according to MDB.

Dux is not you · 06-26-2011, 05:43 PM

I played this for a while yesterday. I seem to be stuck, but it's probably just lack of exploration. I'm also replaying Pokémon Red/Fire Red/Pearl simultaneously, so I don't have the time for a Metroid game. It seems like a nice game, though, and I'll probably play it through sometime.

***Marilink*** · 06-26-2011, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by People of the AMS

Okay, I started playing this but am thoroughly stuck now. Explored every possible accessible area, and am in Kraid's lair, needing to get up through a hole in a roof but it's damn near impossible to bomb jump through and it looks like I'm supposed to wall jump it or something, but I fall short by like a pixel.

Wondering what kind of bull**** you're actually supposed to do to play this hack, if it's supposedly "reasonable" according to MDB.

Does dash jumping and then going into morph ball midair work?

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-27-2011, 07:49 AM

I think that's called "mockball" if you mean with the speedbooster. I don't have the speedbooster.

I saw some guy get up there in a video by walljumping some impossible distance (looked like a cheat, I don't know how you can get that far with the amount of lift necessary). It looks like you actually need the icebeam, but I'm seriously stuck and this is the only place left that's reasonable to travel to. You're supposed to not need to do any hell runs (through lava/heat rooms/enemy population demands items you don't have), and you're supposed to not need to infinite bomb jump, or ball-dash to get through the game, so I don't know what's up. I've bombed like every damn floor and accessible roof and wall and gotten nothing out of it, bro. :/

I guess I'll have to try to do a hell run up through the varia suit area, although from the vid I saw it looks like it is EXACTLY what it sounds like - total hell.

***Marilink*** · 06-27-2011, 05:13 PM

I thought mockballing was when you dash jump and then hit the ground and go morphball at the same time, so you're morphballing at a dash speed (not speed boost speed). I was just saying to dash jump for some extra height.

But you're the one actually playing it, so you're probably right.

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-04-2011, 09:22 AM

Well, I'm still not sure how the hell you're supposed to do it without some insane skills, but I managed to pull off a pixel-perfect wall jump and get into the area I needed to.

So far the game has been pretty insanely complicated, and is giving way more challenge than even the first Metroid gave me. It's pretty satisfying to make progress, though, so I'm thrilled to be playing it.

Not quite on part with SM Legacy, which was more in line with Super Metroid for difficulty and kept the same style. That's a fantastic hack, btw, if anyone just wants more Super Metroid without the insane path-finding and combat difficulties. This one is more like SM*ZM on hard mode.

Romhacking.net - Hacks - Metroid Legacy

...For Super Metroid Legacy.

06-21-2011, 12:46 PM	#1
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Metroid: Super Zero Mission So this is a very dense Super Metroid romhack that has been reviewed very favorably over at the Metroid Database. If anyone's in need of a new Metroid fix, they're saying this will hit the spot and then some: Metroid Database :: Metroid Super ZeroMission Review I haven't tried it out yet, but here's hoping it does what they claim, and then some.

06-24-2011, 02:20 PM	#7
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Well, I got it working. Too early for any real impressions other than "please play this with a controller or something". I've encountered some weird visual glitch with the pretty large room near the second Brinstar Save Room where the screen doesn't scroll to the next 'part' of the room but you're still there. Kinda odd, it's probably just a problem on my end though. Last edited by X-3; 06-24-2011 at 02:33 PM.

06-21-2011, 03:58 PM	#2
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	Huh, sweet. I haven't really investigated many ROMhacks. Maybe I should start...

06-23-2011, 12:20 AM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Honestly, the majority of hacks are total rubbish. This one got a resounding "yes" from MDB, though, so I figured it was worth mentioning. I've played some other highly-rated hacks that were, well, hackish and unfulfilling thanks to their poor execution, linearity, and generally unbalanced enemies (death in a single hit? seriously?) but they're saying this isn't one of those at all. Sounds good to me, I'll be playing it as soon as I'm done with DNF.

06-24-2011, 11:10 AM	#4
1-up Salesman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Letting you guys know that I'm planning on continuing Attack of the Spammers soon. Gender: Posts: 4,095 Thanks: 2,162 Thanked 250 Times in 194 Posts Blog Entries: 9	^ What's DNF?

06-24-2011, 01:28 PM	#5
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	duke nukem forever I'll try this out.

06-24-2011, 01:38 PM	#6
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Just to confirm: Yeah, DNF is Duke Nukem Forever. Which, by the way, has been a very entertaining game. If any of you guys set it up and sink your teeth into this one, let us all know how you go in it, okay?

06-24-2011, 04:06 PM	#8
1-up Salesman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Letting you guys know that I'm planning on continuing Attack of the Spammers soon. Gender: Posts: 4,095 Thanks: 2,162 Thanked 250 Times in 194 Posts Blog Entries: 9	I'll save the link and play when I someday beat Super Metroid.

06-26-2011, 01:54 PM	#9
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Okay, I started playing this but am thoroughly stuck now. Explored every possible accessible area, and am in Kraid's lair, needing to get up through a hole in a roof but it's damn near impossible to bomb jump through and it looks like I'm supposed to wall jump it or something, but I fall short by like a pixel. Wondering what kind of bull**** you're actually supposed to do to play this hack, if it's supposedly "reasonable" according to MDB.

06-26-2011, 05:43 PM	#10
Dux is not you Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Not Columbia Gender: Posts: 1,976 Thanks: 92 Thanked 113 Times in 74 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I played this for a while yesterday. I seem to be stuck, but it's probably just lack of exploration. I'm also replaying Pokémon Red/Fire Red/Pearl simultaneously, so I don't have the time for a Metroid game. It seems like a nice game, though, and I'll probably play it through sometime.

06-27-2011, 07:49 AM	#12
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I think that's called "mockball" if you mean with the speedbooster. I don't have the speedbooster. I saw some guy get up there in a video by walljumping some impossible distance (looked like a cheat, I don't know how you can get that far with the amount of lift necessary). It looks like you actually need the icebeam, but I'm seriously stuck and this is the only place left that's reasonable to travel to. You're supposed to not need to do any hell runs (through lava/heat rooms/enemy population demands items you don't have), and you're supposed to not need to infinite bomb jump, or ball-dash to get through the game, so I don't know what's up. I've bombed like every damn floor and accessible roof and wall and gotten nothing out of it, bro. :/ I guess I'll have to try to do a hell run up through the varia suit area, although from the vid I saw it looks like it is EXACTLY what it sounds like - total hell.

06-27-2011, 05:13 PM	#13
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	I thought mockballing was when you dash jump and then hit the ground and go morphball at the same time, so you're morphballing at a dash speed (not speed boost speed). I was just saying to dash jump for some extra height. But you're the one actually playing it, so you're probably right.

07-04-2011, 09:22 AM	#14
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Well, I'm still not sure how the hell you're supposed to do it without some insane skills, but I managed to pull off a pixel-perfect wall jump and get into the area I needed to. So far the game has been pretty insanely complicated, and is giving way more challenge than even the first Metroid gave me. It's pretty satisfying to make progress, though, so I'm thrilled to be playing it. Not quite on part with SM Legacy, which was more in line with Super Metroid for difficulty and kept the same style. That's a fantastic hack, btw, if anyone just wants more Super Metroid without the insane path-finding and combat difficulties. This one is more like SM*ZM on hard mode. Romhacking.net - Hacks - Metroid Legacy ...For Super Metroid Legacy.