Titanic Ceres Arena
Release date: Aug 04, 2004
Author: Jathys
Download: Version 1.0 [UH] (254 downloads)
Download: Version 1.0 [H] (1119 downloads)
Genre: Unknown [?]
Game: SM
Difficulty: Unknown [?]
Average runtime: 0:12
Average collection: 31%
Read Me: [None]
Forum Thread: [None]
Rating: Star Star Star Star Star
Description
Have fun escaping Ceres.
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Ratings and Reviews
By Aran;Jaeger on Dec 09, 2016 (Star Star Star Star Star )
19% in 0:00
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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 20, 2019 (Star Star Star Star Star )
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Despite what the download says, this patch is for a HEADERED ROM. Not unheadered.
This hack takes you through a few altered rooms of ceres that have been filled with lava and you get a few upgrades.
Once the escape starts, every room is filled to the brim with lava so you better be sure you make it out quickly and efficiently.
I died during the escape, which took me to Zebes afterwards where I found myself stuck.
I didn't like this hack
By MetroidNerd#9001 on Jul 24, 2019 (Star Star Star Star Star )
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This hack does not function and is unplayable.
By Megabrainz 357 on Apr 29, 2023 (Star Star Star Star Star )
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It’s okay. The idea is neat as I’ve said before, but again it fails to live up to its true potential. In any way, shape, or form. It starts out neat, with some searching around (I thought it’d be more than one room though) and a changed Ceres is always somewhat enjoyable due to the new experience. But, every room was filled with lava upon my escape. That I wasn’t fond of. I died, and got that glitch where it starts you on the escape, so if you move you leave. I lost all my items, so I couldn’t progress. I made it through again with my items and still couldn’t progress. Really a bad hack.
By ClaireDiviner on Feb 12, 2024 (Star Star Star Star Star )
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Weird level layout, and a weird hell run, made weirder by the lack of a proper moving camera. Ceres was also really troll, though I managed to get through it (and the rest of the game) deathless. Overall, I kinda like it, and the challenge it presented. Nothing about which to write home, but I found it (mostly) harmless.

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