Super Metroid X - Chapter 1: Investigation

Super Metroid X - Chapter 1: Investigation
Release date: Jul 02, 2009	Author: Reaper901	Download: Demo [H] (1166 downloads)
Genre: Incomplete [?] Game:	Difficulty: Unknown [?]	Average runtime: 0:16 Average collection: 10%
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Description

Yes I got around to putting the effort in to release a demo, my game time for the demo was around 0:30 mins, playing leisurely, and the demo ends at spore spawn, enjoy people!
CURRENT COMPLETION:
mapping:
gfs arkbird: 60%
ecosis: 75%
cargo ship: 0%
another area that im wondering if i will have enough rooms to make: 0%
items:
main: 45%
bonus: 20%
level design:
gfs: 36%
eco: 20%
cargo: 0%
???:0%
gfx: ???%

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Ratings and Reviews

By Aran;Jaeger on Dec 08, 2016 (

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10% in 0:00

Hack ends at Spore Spawn by author's definition.
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 17, 2019 (

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% in 0:32

The constant Ceres humming sound really got to me after a while, and this took like half an hour. The tiling is all the same and there are a lot of places to get stuck in. The progression is really slow, too.
time is rta

By Syphon on Dec 27, 2019 (

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No completion stats.

I really like the theme of this hack and for a demo this isn't bad at all. Too bad the author never finished the hack.

By ClaireDiviner on May 13, 2025 (

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No completion stats.

I thought this hack was neat. Progression was linear, which isn't a bad thing sometimes. The challenge is fair, though some of the enemies felt stronger than they should be. There isn't much else to be said of this, as there isn't much to really play. The hack really just ends after acquiring Bombs. A shame it'll never be finished.

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