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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.
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.
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?
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.
@ 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).
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Legitimately beat Mike Tyson and went through Another World Circuit undefeated.
Beat the original Contra without dying. Twice.
Can land the damn plane in Top Gun and can also refuel in midair.
Can't beat Ghost & Goblins without the level select code and has never lied about it.
Thinks Friday the 13th is a great game even if the physics, controls and weapons are garbage.
Mario Paint caused him to buy a Super Nintendo and largely leave his Sega Genesis behind. He has played it more than most video games and wore down the mouse pad so that the grid only shows around the corners.
Has beaten Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers on the SNES on the hardest difficulty without losing a single round. Multiple times.
Is still friends with the girl who worked at a local game store and sold him Street Fighter II nearly 17 years ago.
Beat Final Fantasy 2 in a weekend when he was a kid, yet can't get through a role-playing game these days if his life depended on it.
Has never beaten Final Fantasy VII.
Prefers pads to sticks.
Likes the N64 controller.
Prefers the Duke to the S-controller.
Doesn't think that Super Mario 64 is all that great.
Got an Xbox mostly for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. And thinks it's a damn good game. Really.
Swore he would never buy a Game Boy Advanced SP, but immediately broke down once the NES edition came out. (And regarding the NES Classics series, true in-store dialogue: "Dude, are you serious?! They seriously expect people to pay 20 dollars a piece for games they can just downlo...Ooh! Zelda!")
Really liked the first Halo. (Well, there goes my dtoid cred.)
Can rock out Dynamite Rave in Dance Dance Revolution like it's nobody's business.
Played the hell out of Animal Crossing: Wild World and hid that fact from nobody.
Stomped Brad Nicholson at Street Fighter IV, but had to resort to the cheapest of tactics in order to do so. ;)
Thinks you're really, really, really smart. And pretty.
Top ten favorite games (in no particular order):
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
Phantom 2040 (SNES)
Street Fighter II (any version)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
Final Fantasy 3/6 (SNES)
WWF: No Mercy (N64)
Sin and Punishment (N64)
Picross (DS)
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1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cativo, 1966)
2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
3. Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai, 1954)
4. The City of Lost Children (La Citι des enfants perdus, 1995)
5. The Apartment (1960)
6. Strings (2004)
7. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
8. The Big Lebowski (1998)
9. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
10. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Music-wise, my top 3 bands are The Pixies, The Velvet Underground and Radiohead. I listen to damn near every genre of music (except modern country. I yearn for the days of Hank Williams, Sr. and Tammy Wynette). Hit random on my mp3 player and you'll get everything from darkwave to hip hop to 80's synthpop. I karaoke pretty regularly. I can't sing, but I surround myself with people who can. Still, you've not experienced all there is in life until you've seen me proper butcher True by Spandau Ballet.
Then, as for the literary interests, my love lies with pulp detective novels of the thirties and forties. Raymond Chandler is simply the greatest ever. And Dashiell Hammett is just fantastic. Lately, I've been reading through Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles at Carollelogram's recommendation. Two books in and I have to say they're astonishing.
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leave it to the fans to give us what we want when Nintendo doesn't
Props for posting
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...THUD.
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That looks sweet!
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:D
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That's friggen awesome though. just don't let nintendo find out about it.
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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).
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Yes, yes it did.
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