Game:

Metroid (1986)

Duration: 32:34

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In this video, I play Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the first game in one of my favorite video game series. For this recording, I use the 'Justin Bailey' code and take a Power Suitless Samus Aran through my route to the endgame. First I track down the ice beam. Next, it's off to find an energy tank to top off my hit points. Finally, it's time to track down the Mother Brain in her Metroid den. After this, I start a new game for a few minutes, still without the Power Suit. Then I show some footage of starting a proper game from scratch, Power Suit and all.

**NOTICE**
This footage was recorded by me, a gamer of average skill. The recorded video is novel only because of its age, taped before the benefit of GameFAQs or access to other online assistance. The only help available came in the form of gaming magazines and word of mouth. Otherwise, expect an unremarkable run through the game featured.

The original tapes were recorded in EP (SLP), transferred to DVD recorded in LP (four hours per single-density DVD), ripped using a lossy video format, split, combined, stretched to standard SD, and reencoded with another lossy format, and then finally YouTube adds its own compression. Each transfer introduces more degradation of quality. On CRT, the original tapes and first-generation DVD recordings look clearer and more vibrant than what's being shown here. Reference quality transfer wasn't required, my old tapes are only important to me.

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