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Metroid 2 Remake in playable form! And it's awesome!
Haxan | 4:47 PM on 03.18.2008 23 comments


Last month I posted about a courageous individual, Milton (the Magnificent] from Argentina who has been working away at a remake for the original Gameboy Classic Metroid 2. I did end it with a note of skepticism over whether it would ever see the light of day.

Well, it's certainly coming along. As evidenced by this YouTube video:


Nice, huh? But how does it play? That's where we're in luck. He's put together a short (but very well-crafted) tech demo for the game in progress that I've been playing with for the last while. And the verdict: effing impressive! I'm now really excited to see the final product. There's only keyboard support for controls at this point, but in his blog he promises that the final game will support controller mapping. But it runs smooth, and he does have a decent nack for level design. It seems like most of the power-ups can be grabbed along this short demo, and I haven't gotten there just yet, but I'm told it culminates in a battle with Ridley.

So, without further ado, here's some linkage.

Metroid 2 Tech Demo Download
Metroid 2 remake blog

His blog is a pretty decent read. He talks a bit about what has been going into the translation. Very interesting. Please check it out and give him some love. I'd hate to see him quit the project before it's complete because of a lack of interest.

**UPDATE: I got a Front Page shout-out from Chad Concelmo! My day is made!



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wardrox's Destructoid Blog
oh that's just all kinds of cool!
JDUB X's Destructoid Blog
AMAZING!

leave it to the fans to give us what we want when Nintendo doesn't

Props for posting
Passionate Styos's Destructoid Blog
Holy shit..I would even buy it.
ZargonX's Destructoid Blog
Wow; fantastic work. All I've managed to make with GameMaker 7 so far is Breakout...
Resident Weevil's Destructoid Blog
Good job ruining the video with the "sweet" music, whoever made that.
Chad Concelmo's Destructoid Blog
That ... was ... amazing.
Haxan's Destructoid Blog
Am I supposed to feel all feint the first time Chad Concelmo posts on my blog, because...

...THUD.
Endstiem's Destructoid Blog
Holy mother of christ fucking....


That looks sweet!
Aerox's Destructoid Blog
Amazing. I didn't know this was even in development. This is the only Metroid game I haven't beaten (and I even owned it as a child. For shame, me.)
Haxan's Destructoid Blog
Does anybody else remember back in the day when Kool-Aid had Metroid 2 in their catalog for a gazillion points? And is there even still a Kool-Aid Points Catalog these days?
IceMax's Destructoid Blog
Am I the only one who kinda liked metroid II on gameboy?
Projectexodus's Destructoid Blog
Was it just me or did it say "prince of persia sucks" when he got the power grip? :P
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
I'm totaly downloading this RIGHT NOW
The GHost's Destructoid Blog
Better hand me a cigarette, because I just came.

:D
ceark's Destructoid Blog
yeah Chad has that effect on people. you've just be fingerbanged.

That's friggen awesome though. just don't let nintendo find out about it.
13thDragon's Destructoid Blog
This looks pretty cool, let's hope Nintendo doesn't smite it.
Wedge's Destructoid Blog
If anyone was wondering about the music, it's from the Metroid Metal stuff. And yeah, this is pretty nice, looks a lot better than the last time somebody tried to do Metroid in Game Maker.
Kryptinite's Destructoid Blog
this is sexy :)
-D-'s Destructoid Blog
Ok, that's just badass and I need to have it.
Haxan's Destructoid Blog
@ IceMax,
Not at all. I love Metroid 2. It's one of the reason that I still keep my GBA always within reach (aside from the fact that it's styled after an NES controller).
MatCD's Destructoid Blog
that's epic on so many levels
Bluefusion's Destructoid Blog
@Projectexodus

Yes, yes it did.
Beanopolis's Destructoid Blog
Am I hallucinating again? Too good to be true! :)


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Legitimately beat Mike Tyson and went through Another World Circuit undefeated.

Beat the original Contra without dying. Twice.

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Can't beat Ghost & Goblins without the level select code and has never lied about it.

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