Metroid X

Metroid X
Release date: Sep 03, 1999	Author: Rage Games	Download: Version 1.0 (1503 downloads)
Genre: Exploration [?] Game:	Difficulty: Veteran [?]	Average runtime: 2:19 Average collection: 92%
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Description

This is a map edit for the original Metroid. Screens, enemy and item placement, palettes, text, and more are all changed. The primary goal was to make the game more playable - the discerning player will note the careful placement of platforms and enemies to make jumps easier. However, beating the game will not be a cinch. Items are much more difficult to get, corridors are contorted into winding mazes, and many of the energy tanks have been completely eliminated.

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Ratings and Reviews

By Sapphron on Aug 25, 2019 (

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% in 2:30

Really good hack!
Doesn't rely much on original NEStroid to get its ideas and rooms.
Every area is much larger than it is in vanilla, especially Brinstar.
Tourian was changed a lot (the escape was really cool too), so that gets bonus points.
Kraid is accessible early but he's extremely difficult to kill.
Almost every single item that you come across (aside from missiles, of course)is basically needed to beat the game. E-tanks are pretty scarce, only a max of 5 I believe.
Overall, this is a really good hack and I totally recommend it.
Finished.
time is rta

By RT-55J on May 16, 2020 (

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90% in 1:35

The first Metroid hack ever, and it's actually pretty solid. It avoids a lot of flaws endemic to many, many later Nestroid hacks, such as being ambushed when popping out of doors, and it even manages to avoid a problem that plagued the original game: getting sniped by pipe bugs in the middle of a door transition. In other words, the designer of this hack was quite aware of the limitations of the original game, as well as the tools they had back in 1999.

If I had to level a complaint against this, it would be that the world design is a bit too straightforward (Kraid's Lair especially), and that there aren't any hidden secrets -- though folks who find vanilla Nestroid too obtuse and hard to navigate might appreciate those facts.

Still one of the best Nestroid hacks, even 21 years later.

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By Fercho on Feb 15, 2021 (

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No completion stats.

Volví a jugarlo y me pareció mejor que la primera vez. Debo de admitir que para ser el primer Hack de Nestroid esta muy bien hecho, la estructura se parece un poco al original y el progreso se siente similar.
Ridley y Kraid son laberintos de un sólo camino y eso los convierte en lugares aburridos, lo recomiendo aunque es seguro que existen mejores hacks de Nestroid.

By alexman25 on Jul 12, 2024 (

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94% in 2:52

Played this a long time ago, but never beat it. Decided to give it another go; this time I beat it!

I've gotta say, for being the first known NEStroid hack, this really holds up today! In many ways, I think the average player might even enjoy this more than the original game.

Items are all in the same place, as expected, but the map is different enough to make it still feel fresh and unpredictable what you'll find! I recommend that you draw your own map as you go for the full experience, if you're willing! If not, use RT's map (and also use it for 100% if you wanna go for it! I'm definitely going to)

The level design is all quite nice and varied, and plenty of fun platforming and combat! Even some clever item progression locks! Ice beam is particularly useful, here. You don't actually have to get morph or bombs for quite a while, either, and I found wave beam early enough that it served me well throughout most of the game!

I think Kraid's hideout kinda sucks, though. It's a super long linear path straight to him, and you have to do it all over again if you die. Definitely stock up on etanks, varia, and ice beam if you can!

Tourian was a little disappointing in the beginning, since it was basically laid out exactly the same in terms of screen position. The extended escape, however, was very cool!

I think this still stands as one of the best NEStroid hacks there is, which is astounding considering it's literally older than me by five years. I mostly played it for the purpose of potentially remaking it in Zero Mission, as I have a particular interest in doing so with NEStroid hacks (I also like seeing Metroidvanias remade in other Metroidvania engines in general).

Finished, recommended! If you like NEStroid, anyway. I certainly do!

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