Game:

Metroid (1986)

Category:

Walkthrough

Duration: 1:12:15

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This is a video walkthrough / playthrough / runthrough / etc of the Famicom Disk System version of Metroid.

I have a video up already of Metroid, but it's the US release of the NES version. You'll notice there are quite a few differences. Firstly, there is no password system in the FDS version, but a file system like in the Zelda games. Also, you'll notice the music and sound effects are a bit different.

In my other video, I do get every single item, and end with a time that was a little over one hour. This resulted in getting the second best ending. I take a more leisurely pace as far as collecting items go. Since making the first video, I learned a few tricks, tried out a few different tactics, and the result was this video. I do get hit quite often, but I was trying to go for speed while collecting the items. I get everything except for two energy tanks. These are the ones in Kraid's room and the one to the left of Ridley's room. In this game, you can only hold six energy tanks, so there are two extra you don't have to actually get. So in a way I still get 100% items if you think about it... :P

The ending I get in this one is the one you get for beating the game in less than an hour. The video is slightly longer than that, but I guess there are times when the timer stops. I have no idea how close I was to the threshold, but I suppose it helped not blasting away enemies to fill up on energy and missiles. So while I do get tossed around a bit, I feel it was well worth it.

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