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Total movies: 3


☆NES Metroid (USA) in 09:26.42 by Zoizite.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-04-29)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 11.19 MB, length: 11:46)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 10.97 MB, length: 11:47)
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Submission #654 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #278 (11:45.42)
Rating: 8.2 (28 votes)
View Publication		- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform

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Metroid completed as fast as possible without holding back.

Uses a password to get the suitless Samus for fun (no side-effects).

Uses a game restart sequence (up+a on second controller) to save time in backtracking.


NES Metroid (USA) "1-item" in 11:51.08 by Zoizite.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2004-11-14)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 12.85 MB, length: 14:11)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 12.86 MB, length: 14:11)
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Submission #420 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.3 (28 votes)
View Publication		- Low% completion
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform

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Metroid completed using just 1 item: the morphing ball.

Uses a password to get the suitless Samus for fun (no side-effects).

Uses a game restart sequence (up+a on second controller) to save time in backtracking.


NES Metroid (USA) "100%" in 41:43.33 by Zoizite.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-09-28)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 115.88 MB, length: 44:06)
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Submission #340 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.7 (24 votes)
View Publication		- 100% completion
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform

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This is a full completion of Metroid, meaning that all items (100%) were collected. Unlike all the other Metroid movies on this site, this movie does NOT use the Up+A restart sequence.

Selected comments from author:
I used an original route, that saved quite a bit of time compared to the usual route. I found a nice shortcut in Norfair that saved 2 to 3 minutes. Ridley and Kraid battles are extremely short.

I abused a few glitches: the door trick, morph jumping, bomb boost jumping. I also use morph jumping to pass through blocks a few times, which I had never seen or heard of before.

I took hits whenever avoiding them was impossible or whenever it would slow me down more than a few frames. I also used them to my advantage in certain situations. I manipulated monster item drops quite a lot to get missiles.

I used a password to get suitless Samus. The password does nothing else.

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Added [1443] NES Metroid (USA PRG0) "low%" by Lord Tom in 11:08.78 (2010-01-19)
- obsoletes [1413] NES Metroid (USA PRG0) "low%" by sgrunt in 11:45.46 (2009-12-09)
- - obsoletes [237] NES Metroid (USA) "1-item" by Zoizite in 11:51.08 (2004-11-14)
Added [1320] NES Metroid (USA PRG0) "100%" by Lord Tom in 33:25.7 (2009-07-05)
- obsoletes [202] NES Metroid (USA) "100%" by Zoizite in 41:43.33 (2004-09-28)
Added [1144] NES Metroid (USA PRG0) by Lord Tom in 08:19.32 (2008-07-20)
- obsoletes ☆ [844] NES Metroid (USA) by hero of the day in 08:52.18 (2007-05-02)
- - obsoletes ☆ [326] NES Metroid (USA) by Zoizite in 09:26.42 (2005-04-29)
- - - obsoletes [278] NES Metroid (USA) by Arc in 11:45.42 (2005-01-02)
- - - - obsoletes ☆ [125] NES Metroid (USA) by Arc in 13:31.1 (2004-07-16)
- - - - - obsoletes ☆ [18] NES Metroid (USA) by Arc in 14:14.4 (2004-06-05)
- - - - - - obsoletes [625] NES Metroid (USA PRG0) by Arc in 14:53.6 (2004-04-17)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [646] NES Metroid (USA PRG0) by Arc in 16:11.35 (2004-03-14)
- - - - - - - - obsoletes [655] NES Metroid (USA PRG0) by Arc in 17:17.5 (2004-02-22)
- - - - - - - - - obsoletes [656] NES Metroid (USA PRG0) by Arc in 19:13.15 (2004-02-15)

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