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[dmr87]

Doing what Nintendon't, making Metroid games.

 

[Boney]

Doing what Nintendon't, making Metroid games.

Was thinking the OT should be Grimlock does what Nintendont but it's lacking some punch

 

[psyfi]

This is rad, dang.

 

[MisterAnderson]

Looks awesome! How are they explaining her going into morph ball and what not without the Varia suit though? I don't care that much as long as it's awesome Metroid gameplay, but am just curious if that has come up.

 

[runnin_blue]

I REALLY wanted to call the OP a certain word for making me think, even if it was just for half a second, that a new Metroid game had been announced. But, I know typing said word is dangerous so I won't.

OP couldn't add "rom hack" to thread title hey?

Curses on you.

 

[Bloodporne]

Damn, this looks really nice. Are hacks/mods like this typically full game length or what should I expect? Never played one.

 

[Boem]

I REALLY wanted to call the OP a certain word for making me think, even if it was just for half a second, that a new Metroid game had been announced. But, I know typing said word is dangerous so I won't.

OP couldn't add "rom hack" to thread title hey?

Curses on you.

The '(NES)' in the title made it pretty obvious I think. Nintendo isn't exactly known for making new NES-games these days, that's all hobbyists.

 

[Boney]

Oh wait I got it!

"Blastball is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace".

I REALLY wanted to call the OP a certain word for making me think, even if it was just for half a second, that a new Metroid game had been announced. But, I know typing said word is dangerous so I won't.

OP couldn't add "rom hack" to thread title hey?

Curses on you.

At this point, it not being an official announcement is better right?

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Whoaly shit


Fans do what Nintendon't

 

[soqquatto]

let's get the ROM before Nintendo comes crushing everyone's dreams.
playing this on the original hardware... hoping it works.

 

[DarkConfidant]

Just bought a new NES. Can't wait until I can throw this on a cart and play it!

 

[Boney]

let's get the ROM before Nintendo comes crushing everyone's dreams.
playing this on the original hardware... hoping it works.

Just bought a new NES. Can't wait until I can throw this on a cart and play it!

The second release is going to focus on having 100% accuracy with real hardware.
So you guys will have to wait for a little time.

And rom hacks are produced all the time and there's no precedent for any company of shutting them down.

 

[Jobbs]

Interesting...

I don't see that working as shown on an actual NES though

 

[8bit]

Metroid : Cease & Desist

 

[FaintDeftone]

This will most likely get shut down by Nintendo but MAN does it look awesome!

 

[Boney]

Interesting...

I don't see that working as shown on an actual NES though

This is what he said about real hardware.

We'be decided on a revised goal for a July release. Once we have a release candidate we'll do one last play test before we release a 1.0. After that we'll revise the game if any additional bugs are reported. Real hardware compatibility will be a goal after the 1.0 release.

Metroid : Cease & Desist

This will most likely get shut down by Nintendo but MAN does it look awesome!

Nop, never happens even with much higher profile games.
Remember Project M?

 

[Glowsquid]

Nop, never happens even with much higher profile games.
Remember Project M?

Nintendo did shut down an homebrew Super Mario fangame for the Atari 2600 that was sold online, but they let the ROM downloads stay up. As long as the makers of Metroid Rogue Dawn don't sell cartridges, there"s nothing to worry about methink.

 

[RedZaraki]

It looks good but also off.

Where's the suit? Trees in Metroid? Looks more Castlevania than Metroid (some areas)

 

[cramoss]

Loving the artstyle

 

[woopWOOP]

Yeah, alright, this looks pretty cool

Hopefully actually coming soon!

 

[redmetal86]

Holy moley, this looks great.

Was thinking the OT should be Grimlock does what Nintendont but it's lacking some punch

Me Grimlock am do what Nintendon't.

 

[RadarScope1]

Looks good. Well worth keeping an eye on. I'd like to play it on my CRT...

 

[Rich!]

Been watching this for a while.looks incredible.

Will play it on my 3DS as soon as it's out.

 

[true Gek]

So, we are in July... Any news from the developer of the project?

 

[sixteen-bit]

So, we are in July... Any news from the developer of the project?

maybe they're working on capcom time

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

How hard would it be to get something like this running on Wii, Wii U, or 3DS via Nintendo's emulators? I know people have figured out how to inject other ROMs into the emulators, but I've only seen it done with "proper" games, and I really haven't even looked into that much to begin with, so I don't know what has to be done.

 

[KojiKnight]

How hard would it be to get something like this running on Wii, Wii U, or 3DS via Nintendo's emulators? I know people have figured out how to inject other ROMs into the emulators, but I've only seen it done with "proper" games, and I really haven't even looked into that much to begin with, so I don't know what has to be done.

It wouldn't be any different.

 

[Boney]

So, we are in July... Any news from the developer of the project?

This was posted on July 2nd. Seems they're fine tuning as much as possible so 1.0 is as solid as possible to get the best word of mouth possible. July is still possible but it might end up moving to August.

We're very close to completion! The actual gaming environments are complete (maybe just a couple tweaks remaining). Currently we're getting the menus finalized and the game ending graphics and credits together. The music is 100%.

We plan on doing one last beta test session before releasing v1.0. With that we hope to weed out any remaining bugs. We accomplished quite a bit with the last beta testing session. A lot of minor level design fixes and general difficulty balancing resulted. The ASM changes were pretty rock solid with just a few tasks generated from the testing, mostly already corrected at this point.

The initial release may have some unpredictable behavior on original hardware. Snarfblam is planning on fine tuning everything to optimise compatibility.

July is possible but August could be the month, if I understand correctly that would place the release on the exact 30 year anniversary of Metroids release. It all depends on how much free time we have to work on the project. For me this is a pretty busy time of year so I'm a bit limited on time. Snarfblam has been making some pretty significant progress recently though so everything is moving forward nicely.

EDIT: We're also experimenting with modifying the running animation.

 

[Boogdud]

It looks great but I'm not touching it. Samus sans suit is sacrilege.

 

[Boney]

It looks great but I'm not touching it. Samus sans suit is sacrilege.

It ain't Samus

And

 

[ProtomanNeo]

Looks good, almost too good. I sense a cease and desist may be imminent.

 

[jett]

That looks really nice. Too bad they can't give the main character more frames of animation though.

 

[godeveau]

This looks very impressive, but even with improvement, I don't know if I want to go back to NES Metroid gameplay. I've recently player Hyper Metroid and I can tell enough good things about it.

 

[Boney]

That looks really nice. Too bad they can't give the main character more frames of animation though.

Look at my last post! They're tinkering with it so it doesn't have the goofy run. Personally I love it but I get why people think it's way too goofy

 

[Raylan]

Looks fantastic

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Very impressed by the sprite work, it looks gorgeous. Would love to see more screenshots of this.

 

[uncleslappy]

I don't know anything about how the development of these hacks work, but why is the color palate so limited compared to the original nes game? This looks like a Super Gameboy color palate.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Looks amazing for an NES game

and yet

Its still and NES game

 

[Seven Force]

And rom hacks are produced all the time and there's no precedent for any company of shutting them down.

crimson echoes tho

But yeah, pretty sure Nintendo'll let this one rock like they usually do with rom hacks.

 

[Draft]

Call me old fashioned, but a woman's place is in the Varia Suit. Bathing Suit Samus should be reserved for endings.

Game looks great. Can't wait to play it.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

It looks great but I'm not touching it. Samus sans suit is sacrilege.

Call me old fashioned, but a woman's place is in the Varia Suit. Bathing Suit Samus should be reserved for endings.

Game looks great. Can't wait to play it.

Tell that to Zero Mission's final level.
One of the great things that remake has.

 

[Rogue Agent]

Tell that to Zero Mission's final level.
One of the great things that remake has.

That was fantastic - especially on the harder difficulty.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Fans doing what nintendon't.

This and HD remake of Metroid 2 I just can't wait.

 

[TheProudCanadian]

I wish there were accurate metrics available to gauge the number of players this game gets vs. Federation Force. I mean I'm expecting FF to win by a mile, rabid fanbase or not, but I'm just dying to see how close it would be, given the budget and marketing of the two...

 

[Rich!]

my god I am so excited about this

just finished super metroid base, and it was fantastic.

 

[Kraatu]

Thanks to this thread I started playing Hyper Metroid. Recommend it to everyone. Thanks GAF

 

[Boney]

my god I am so excited about this

just finished super metroid base, and it was fantastic.

Haven't tried this one, what is the gist? Project base fixes a bunch of physics right?

The other one I'm super excited is Fusion-X but it seems further away. http://youtu.be/YO-x7j5RyGc

More SA-X goodness? Sign me up

Thanks to this thread I started playing Hyper Metroid. Recommend it to everyone. Thanks GAF

Yep, Hyper Metroid is legit.

 

[afternoon delight]

Absolutely gorgeous- and this thread turned me on to Hyper Metroid as well, of which I am extremely grateful.

 

[ToastyFrog]

Call me old fashioned, but a woman's place is in the Varia Suit. Bathing Suit Samus should be reserved for endings.

Spoken like a man who never bothered pressing Start after completing Metroid in less than three hours.

 

[masq]

kewl