Geekiness: Super Metroid

[chezmax]

So, Super Metroid is one of my favourite games, and possibly my favourite of the 16-bit era.

It was released on Virtual Console recently, so I'd been playing it recently and beat it yesterday, with a time of 10 hours 7 minutes, with an 83% completion rate.

Now, you get the best ending if you do it under 3 hours, so I tried again today, and did it in 3 hours 34 minutes (69%). Hmm. That'll give me the second best ending. But I'll need to tighten it up a bit more to get the best one. So close!

Can I do it fast enough if I just try again, and try to do it quicker, or will I need to actually go through, write down everywhere I need to go, and then try to do it? Hmm.

Comments

[stpdfool.livejournal.com]

I curse the VC.

I decided that all the recent games were too weak for me, and downloaded Ghouls and Ghosts and Kid Icarus.

I have been shown humility.

Good luck on getting the best ending!

[chezmax]

Kid Icarus is soooo fucking hard.

I'm up to level 1-3. I've probably died 13 times getting there.

[stpdfool.livejournal.com]

I'm stuck on 1-4. I've died a bazillion times.

Stupid eggplant wizards.

[asmodeusb.livejournal.com]

You've grown weak with your rhythm games and head-twistingly mind-bending game*


* I picked up Smario Galaxy for Andrew's family, and I watched them playing it for a bit. I think I pulled a muscle by twisting my head to match the planets.

[chezmax]

But it's a LOT of fun!

[asmodeusb.livejournal.com]

Kid Icarus was my very first NES game. Maybe that's why I don't remember it being hard.