Super Metroid: Escape from Norfair

Super Metroid: Escape from Norfair
Release date: Nov 29, 2014	Author: jailsonmendes	Download: Version 1.0 [UH] (1164 downloads)
Genre: Challenge [?] Game:	Difficulty: Expert [?]	Average runtime: 0:01 Average collection: 6%
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Description

None. So I (JAM) wrote my own. In this mini-hack you cat get 611 Energy Units soon after start. First door warps you to the entrance to Lower Norfair. The goal is to run like hell through a part of vanilla Norfair suitless. Energy Tanks you'll find will not give you extra energy, recharging your max amount instead. Some rooms are not heated, but even there you'll need to be accurate. This hack is hard. Savestates are recommended.

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Ratings and Reviews

By JAM on May 19, 2015 (

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No completion stats.

One of a few hacks I liked from this creator. You MUST speedrun Norfair in order to survive.

Run, Samus, run!

By Aran;Jaeger on Dec 08, 2016 (

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6% in 0:01

No animals to be saved.

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By MetroidNerd#9001 on Jun 08, 2019 (

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6% in 0:02

An actually kind of fun hack. It could have used more polish, but it's still ok. As the screenshots suggest, use savestates.

By Sapphron on Jun 08, 2019 (

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6% in 0:02

Beaten w/o savestates, cool little hack that helps with learning suitless Lower Norfair.

By Syphon on Nov 27, 2019 (

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6% in 0:01

One of the few jailsonmendes hacks that aren't pure garbage.

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