Super Metroid: Tallon IV
Release date: Aug 10, 2011
Author: silverpaw84
Download: Version 1.0 [UH] (267 downloads)
Genre: Incomplete [?]
Game: SM
Difficulty: Vanilla [?]
Average runtime: 0:50
Average collection: 63%
Read Me: [None]
Forum Thread: Release Thread
Rating: Star Star Star Star Star
Description
Super Metroid hack that rearranges rooms/doors and creates new layouts.
The uploader, Sapphron, had to create a door that led to Golden Four Room so it's beatable. This door is located at the gray door in vanilla Green Brinstar, below the power bomb floor.
Upon further inspection, this hack is not beatable. My efforts were in vain.
Screenshots
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Ratings and Reviews
By Aran;Jaeger on Mar 17, 2020 (Star Star Star Star Star )
63% in 0:00
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Note that the following refers to the hack before it was changed so that the credits were accessible.
More Items technically can be collected without major glitches.
No animals to be saved.

Quick Summary of the meaning of my SM hack ratings:
5 orbs: SM hacks within the 80% to 100% (90% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; SM hacks for outstanding wholesome playing experiences and at most minor inconveniences.
4 orbs: SM hacks within the 60% to 80% (70% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Well done SM hacks with noticeable design problems.
3 orbs: SM hacks within the 40% to 60% (50% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Normal decent average SM hacks.
2 orbs: SM hacks within the 20% to 40% (30% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Overall messy, confusing, or punishing SM hacks with some upsides.
1 orb : SM hacks within the 00% to 20% (10% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Ruthlessly unplayable, broken, or barely from the original game changed SM hacks.

Judgement parameters summary:
° Creative ideas and features, polished design, how enjoyable and fun the hack can be, lack of hard to find or cryptic required game elements, the difficulty, and if the hack can be finished without major guides or tools.
° Note that the length of a SM hack will not necessarily contribute to my rating of the SM hack, since instead the averaged out experience over the whole hack will be taken into account to get a relative comparison between SM hacks.
° Besides this, lack of impactful changes from the original SM game also went into the evaluation of SM hacks (otherwise one may consider them among the 3 stars hacks) as follows: Ultimately, for my ratings I consider a situation in which an SM enthusiast that already has, knows about and is familiar with the original game and its prominent mechanics could only choose 1 new SM hack to play and thus would really want to make sure he/she will get a fresh and fantastic experience or journey out of his/her 1 choice.

The goal of all these SM hack ratings is so that rather new players have an overview of the whole spectrum of SM hacks and how to sort them in, in relation to each other, where SM hacks that are rated lower might still be enjoyable for more experienced players.

Finally, sometimes for SM hacks it can be relevant that they may be significantly more enjoyable from a player standpoint at which the player is well practiced and familiarized with Super Metroid's game mechanics in general, and that in particular some of the best SM hacks may not be the outright best first SM hack choices to play otherwise because of this, and for beginner SM hack players this typically steers the best first SM hack choices towards some of the SM hacks that I rated with 4 orbs instead of 5.

Rating for some hacks may be off by 1 Star, but arguably not more, and ratings are not attempted to be provided within the precision of ''half orbs''.
By Sapphron on Jul 14, 2020 (Star Star Star Star Star )
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Neat hack! This had some pretty interesting stuff. Unfortunately it's not even close to finished :( it's got some cool stuff in it though. Black Falcon HUD is glitchy as always, but what can ya do?
Did not finish.
Recommend.
time is rta
By jamablues on Apr 04, 2022 (Star Star Star Star Star )
% in 1:00
I'm actually sad no one finished this :( Some cool ideas.

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