Series starts here. I pressed on. Kraid was somewhere in this area, and my mission was to hunt him down. Unfortunately, I fell for the “Fake Kraid” scam. Also known as Mini-Kraid, this guy fooled many a player into leaving Miniboss Hideout #1 too soon. He is a brown a blue variant of the real boss,Continue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 4)”
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The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 3)
Series starts here. It was seven-year-old me vs. Metroid. No strategy guide. No maps. No help from parents (Most 80s parents were hopeless at video games. Good luck getting them to pick up a controller in the first place; As the NES’s popularity rose, they were actively being propagandized to believe video gaming was a meaninglessContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 3)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 2)
Part 1 here. Right away, the world of Metroid pulled me in. The title screen had this haunting deep bass theme, powerful, yet so sparse as to be disquieting, almost daring me to enter its world despite my age. It was at that moment I knew I was in for something more than what myContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 2)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 1)
In 1986, a video game called Metroid got released for the Nintendo Entertainment System to critical and commercial acclaim. The game was highly atmospheric and featured exploration-style gameplay similar to the likes of Adventure, Pitfall, and The Legend of Zelda. If you completed the game fast enough, there was a “face reveal” at the endContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 1)”
Nick Enlowe 