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Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed this look back at the original Metroid and what it meant to my family. What are your memories with the original Metroid? Let me know. Happy Metroid Dread day! - Tyler

Loved hearing about how Theresa played this game. Super sweet how it made such an impact on you and Bryan! I need to learn how to play more games so I can play with Hallie. 🥰

I love that Aunt Michelle is videotaping Mikey playing the game but she really is just there to videotape her Halloween decorations in her living room.

The earliest Metroid memory I have is my dad had a copy of it for NES but I never played it because I grew up in the Late SNES early ps1and N64 era and didn’t really play “older” games. But when I got older around 12 years old and was more into retro stuff is when I first played and beat it! It is such a great game. In 2020 during quarantine I decided to play it again because it had been so long and I loved it all over again!

Metroid music keeps loyal to it's original theme adapting everytime as tech advanced over the years, it's my favorite soundtrack

I absolutely ADORE this video. Watching old video recordings of the 80s and 90s are the best! Thank you for this nostalgia trip and glimpse into your life!! ❤❤❤

When I first played Metroid, that was around the same time as yourself, '89-'90. Only I was 11/12 years old. I was blown away by the atmosphere and the music. But i was confused with the game trying to figure out where to go. Finally beat it...30 years later. eh-hehe...

I love seeing these old videos of you playing videogames in 90s and 2000s

Metroid was one of the few NES games I played that I never conquered legitimately. It wasn't the levels(I have the map memorized to this day), it wasn't the bosses.(I have beaten both Ridley and Kraid as well as mother brain on separate occasions) it was the password system. Everytime I would get somewhere of any consequence I would write it incorrectly and have to start from the beginning... I was finally able to beat it via the code Justin Bailey.. but I still haven't done it without the code ... a save file would I think have cemented this games legacy even further. Love your videos.🤗

Friend of mine down the street had super Metroid, so I would go play that and it blew me away. We only had an Nes at the time, so my mom took me to target to get the game. It was a great day, even though it wasn't as fancy as the SNES version, it was mine. Great memories.

Crazy that you have that footage. That he said to take a picture of the game. And that you were able to find this footage and it not be lost, buried under hundreds of hours of other moments in life. Very impressed

I have such fond memories of this game as a child. I remember my brother and I picked it up out of a bargain bin in mid 1991 for $30 AUD (for some reason I remember the amount, I think we just had exactly enough). My brother and I knew nothing about this game a part from the screenshots on the box and we took a risk i it. I remember finding it incredibly challenging and using grid paper to draw maps for it. It was like nothing we had played, haunting music and confusing pathways. I had recently moved with my family pretty far from where we previously lived and still was in contact with my best friend via mail at the time who also owned the game. He was struggling with it and I remember copying my map by hand and mailing it to him. I do remember completing it as a kid but I was 10 at the time. While the newer games in the series are “better” to me this is still my favourite. I wish I could find my childhood map I had drawn.

Metroid has allways had that erie haunting feeling. Im almost 40 and still scared to play

I got Metroid for Christmas of 1987. I'd honestly never even heard of it until I opened it that morning. I also got Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, Rad Racer, and Cobra Command that morning. So naturally, I played those game first since I'd actually asked for them. Then I finally fired up Metroid. I remember literally playing it almost 2 days straight. I had no idea what I was doing or where I was supposed to go. But I was having a blast exploring the world. When I returned to school after Christmas break, my best friend who also had an NES also got Metroid for Christmas, and we both shared information about where items were or where to go if you were stuck. I remember beating the game and being so proud since I didn't use any cheats or codes to skip a section of the game. And this was also before I had access to any maps from either Nintendo Power or the NES Players Handbook.

Just thinking about my experience with Metroid makes me realize just how much I have to say about it. I never even knew that the series existed until I played Nintendo Land with my friends who had a Wii U. I had a Wii, and it was somewhere around this time that I realized that I could buy virtual console games for it and one of the games I bought was Metroid. I was about 11, and I remember playing it, watching videos of it with my friend, and even running around outside pretending that we were exploring and fighting aliens in the game. I did reach the final boss room but never actually finished it. I probably only got that far because I could suspend my game with the Wii. At that point I was setting my sights towards Super Metroid. But, in a somewhat complicated series of events, I finally became aware of the “best endings” that you could achieve in the early Metroid games. This actually really bothered me then, and I quit playing Metroid for at least a year. It wasn’t until a while later that I bought a metroidvania game called Xeodrifter. Between that and the good memories I had of playing actual Metroid, I finally bought Metroid 2 on my 2DS… and I haven’t stopped playing Metroid since.

I never beat Metroid on NES... I do remember watching my cousin Ed beat it for the first time. And yeah, just like everyone... he did it in a fast enough time to warrant "that post credits reveal." The one that revealed Samus to be a woman. I remember him actually being "so disgusted" by that.. but me, feeling like that was the coolest thing ever!! I was 7 years old, he was 11, and yet we were divided on that reveal!! LOL. Suffice is to say, he's since changed his tune.. and looking back on it, it was really a revolutionary swerve well before it's time. My fondest memory of Metroid was with Super Metroid. I played this game to death!! I was about 13 or 14, and this was easily my favorite game of the 4th gen, or at least in my top 3. My cousin Manny was also an incredible gamer, and like your cousin Manny... he had this knack for just picking up any game, and absolutely destroying it. He was just really really good... One holiday we decide to swap the games. I lent him Metroid, he lent me Starfox. About a month later, he gave me back my cartridge and I gave him back his... I never got around to beating Starfox... Oh well, I figured.. now back to Metroid. I still had that itch to beat it one more time. There I go, popping in cartridge... and BOOM!!! I see that he had a campaign beaten in like 1:47... an hour and 47 minutes. "NO WAY!!!!" I thought to myself. How?!? I asked him how many times he beat it to get that record. He told me it was only his second go... unbelievable. It took me a good 6 to 8 hours to beat it the first time!!! So I set upon trying to match his time. I made it a mission of mine!! That time was a blemish on my best campaign, which I think was like a little over 3 hours. I couldnt just start up another mission, only to constantly stare at that "1:47," taunting me on that mission select screen. A constant reminder of my own inferior shortcomings compared to my cousin's glory. lol. So naturally, I'd come home from school, eat, do my homework, shower and BAM!!! It was straight to my SNES... I played for like two weeks just mapping out my strategy. seeing what I had to get as essential, and what I could skip out on... the difference being the x-ray light... I still hadn't fully memorized where the hidden trapfalls where... My cousin? He decided he didn't need it, and that was the difference. The best I could do was like 2:10... While I still felt like a failure, I look back it.. and I think to myself now... today in my early 40's, "I beat Super Metroid in a little over two hours!!!" That's just incredible... for me, at least. A couple of years back, I scored one of those SNES minis... just for fun, why not? They were constantly selling out, and I happen to catch one at Target before it was snagged. So yeah, I take it home. I plug it into my TV (with a giant HDMI cable, as the controller wasn't cordless... which still sucks). I tur it one, and I start going over the games with my wife. She's super stoked they had Donkey Kong as such... There was also Mother which I had always wanted to play as a teen. There was Zelda, which we both had fond memories of as well... but sure enough... there it was... Super Metroid. I told her about my 2:10 minute run, and about the mission completion race with my cousin, who I had since unfortunately had a major falling out with. It's a long and painful story, I'll spare you the details. It was kind of an emotional retelling, seeing the history that unfurled as we became adults... but there was something magically nostalgic about that time. The holiday where my cousin obliterated my completion time. Still, I didn't do too bad myself. So yeah, that night right there on my couch with my wife next to me, I set about seeing if I could recapture that moment. I set about trying to beat Super Metroid in one sitting, in 2 hours... Sadly, the farthest I got was Maradia in closer to 3 hours... Then I got lost. By that point, it was time to go to sleep... I eventually beat it though, which was still a fun trip down memory lane for me. Watching this video reminded me of that holiday season, chasing that goal with my cousin... I haven't seen or spoken to him in years. Again, it's a VERY long story. However... I may just want to pick the phone up, reach out to him. See if he'd wanna get a beer or something... and maybe for starters, talk about Metroid... and that one holiday. Thanks for this video, man. Really...

I just want to say how glad I am you came back to RU-vid. Your stories and videos are priceless.

I got Metroid a long time after it came out. When the SNES was in full swing a local shop that would rent games had a big sale on used NES games to move excess stock. I was flush with Christmas money so i was able to get 4 games that day. I know Metroid and the old GI Joe game were 2 of them. Now its my favorite Nintendo series.

My favorite memory from 1988 for me at 11 years old. I drew my own map on graph paper. I was hell bent on beating it. Still love it now.

The very first Metroid I played was Super Metroid back in 2011... On a PC... Via emulator... and I was in my mid twenties... From there I went all the way backwards playing Zero Mission, Fusion, then jumped ahead to the Prime series which I adored and lastly played Metroid NES and yes, it was really hard, I didn't love it but I have big respect for that game and for what it represents. I beat it with a guide. I got late to the party but I'm definitely here to stay!!

Great video, Tyler! Man you brought on the memories. Nailed it! Metroid had vibe. Super Mario Bros was the blue-sky-sunshine surprise revolution that made me demand an NES from my parents. Zelda took me on a heroic adventure like none before it (and there was that chip shortage that made it seem as rare and precious as its gold cart looked). But Metroid had VIBE. It felt so dark. That title music with those deep bass pads and those stuttering high pitch synth notes. And the minimalist beeps and boops and creepy percussion of the Silence theme. That music set a tone. A feeling of isolation in a game like nothing before it. You just knew you were alone and somewhere you shouldn’t want to be. It was somehow both claustrophobic and endless. It was so weird and imaginative. A genius game. I loved it. I remember writing the save codes down. And making notes about the map on graph paper. I remember beating the game and my heart racing a million miles an hour as I was escaping the self-destruct sequence. Just a classic climactic ending right out a movie…with a surprise twist! What an experience. I’m so glad I was 13 when it came out. I have deep nostalgia burn-in for that game. By the time Super Metroid came out I was 21 and not gaming during that period. Playing it years later, it is a great improvement and continuation. Flawless really. But for me, the OG NES Metroid will always be my #1.

I loved when I finally got to mother brain so rewarding....and you know what else is so rewarding...Beating Metroid Dread WOW 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

I’m a big fan of metrod and I can’t wait for metrod prime and god bless man I hope you have a good long life and god bless your family.

You had SUCH a great family!

First and best game I got as NES pack-in title along Ice Climber(sooo underrated 2 player game). Pretty much obsessed with the game, me & my much older brother. We found all the secrets and mapped the whole game through and through. I beat it many times and had speedrun competition with him I ended winning in the end. Music is burned on the ridges of my brain. Had that awesome Alien-vibe in that title music. So many great memories.

I remember playing Metroid on NES as a little kid. I remember loving running around shooting all the monsters and finding out that you can upgrade your character Samus. I really got into Metroid many, many years later when Metroid Fusion was released on Game Boy Advance which I got for that Christmas back in 2002. Sometime after I beat Metroid Fusion I purchased Metroid Prime (loved that live action commercial btw, same with the American add for Zero Mission). These days I own all physical Metroid games from NES - Switch + all Amiibo's & a Japanese Figma Metroid: Other M figure of Samus in her Varia suit. I love the Metroid franchise & can't wait for Metroid Prime 4 when it comes out (hopefully very soon).

I just want to thank you and encourage you to keep making videos about retro game memories.We live through your memories and we enjoy the nostalgia and the VHS videos that you show. Thank you

I played this at my cousins house for the first time in 88. It was a very similar experience for me. I was younger than my cousin, and he could actually beat the game.

As someone who grew up in the 80s with the NES I have to say your channel is amazing. I love all the old home videos. Very entertaining and nostalgic. You deserve a million subscribers! Makes me miss those days.

So, my first experience with Metroid was actually when I used my GBA/GameCube link cable to unlock bonus content for Metroid Prime. At that time it was a nice little bonus. But as I grew up I was becoming really good at the game. So good that I mastered all the achievements on the Retro Achievements website just recently. In fact, that is the first game that I mastered, followed by Metroid II, Zero Mission and the GBA port of the original. After October, I plan to do the same with Super Metroid and Fusion. Metroid has been a part of my life for 20 years now, and the it is one of my all time favorite video game franchises.

My friend had it in 1989 and I couldn’t believe it was made in 1986. The music and atmosphere was great but I could only get a little far. My friend beat it and was excited to show me how he beat it. So I essentially had similar memories but I was a little bit older.

My brother is 7 years younger than me. I get more pleasure watching people beating the game than I. He used to kill it.

Metroid is one of my favorite games of all time. That intro music is the music I go to in Thanksgiving. Reason? Me and my favorite cousin, Tony, played Metroid during Thanksgiving during the 80's, after it was released. When Thanksgiving comes around every year, I think of him and this game and our joy together playing Metroid. Thanks Tyler, just, thanks.

Metroid fusion was my first Metroid game ever when I was about 9 years old that game has been in my heart of memories since then I love playing the Metroid games so much. Best regards Nikita.K

Hey sept 29th.. that's my birthday I'm 37 now and still remember I was the same way..I liked to watch my stepmom play..she had a lot of Nintendo games and she worked for time warner cable so yes I had the Sega channel :) also maniac Mansion I had to watch

Metroid really is the best combination of both Mario and Zelda. The platforming plus non linear gameplay gave this game it's uniqueness. It sounds silly now but one of the most impressive things about this game was that you could explore right as well as left. Yes, both directions. I think Rygar predates Metroid by a few weeks and let you do that first but not to this extent. I agree that going back to this is not easy and it feels a bit rough compared the later games in the series. Rooms that look the same and some that lead to dead ends but this game still has a certain charm to it. A certain atmosphere that brings me back. A certain fun factor that makes this a true NES classic.

I find it rather ironic that the clip of your cousin Mikey litteraly just turned 30 years old a few days ago! That couldn't have been timed any better! Great video Tyler. I always enjoy seeing these video's of you as a kid. Mainly because it makes me think back to where I was and what I was doing at that exact same time.

Love your videos. I'm a couple years older then you but experienced the very same feelings you had. Subscribed!!

I rented Metroid from a video store in 1989 and I played through the entire game in one sitting. That’s how much I loved this game.

I never played Metroid as a kid, but I remember finding her first on Super Smash Brawl and thinking she was just from another Halo-esque franchise I never heard of, lol. Boy, was I wrong!

Metroid is the first game I bought with my own money (I think it was birthday money) when I was maybe 7 years old, getting it at Children's Palace. I remember originally hating the difficulty of it, but finally got down to win it with help from Nintendo power guide maps.

I was just thinking, I wonder when Tyler is gonna get a new video. Thanks you tube for timely notifications.... can’t wait to watch!

Oh, my Aunt had me hooked on Festers Quest back in the day. I found copy months ago. I still love it. Again, Great video. 👍

One I would rent from time to time until I finally got a copy from the used bin at K-Mart in the mid 90’s. I remember getting a few games from there during that time. I think they were old rental copies because they didn’t come with books just those one sheet instruction papers that some rentals had. At least they were priced fairly. Want to say between $5-$10 per game.

Old school Metroid is basically a digital puzzle box and its truly amazing.

First time I seen a video with zero thumbs down. Excellent channel

I was 10, and along with Zelda II was one of the first games I beat multiple times. Beat it several times later as an adult. Still creepy and weird game to play. Yet another video game that was heavily influenced by Alien and H.R. Giger's work. Nintendo Player's guide with its map was a must for this game.

I loved metroid also but i think the the game willow on the nes was the game that scared me more when i was a kid.

Awesome video! I owned Metroid and I can definitely relate to the feeling of intimidation while playing it as a little kid. I never got far in the game. I only had the game for a few years but it definitely left an impression on me. My next experience with a Metroid game and my favorite one in the series was Metroid Prime. I got completely immersed in that game's amazing atmosphere and gameplay and for the time, the graphics were also amazing.

I guess I’m a few years older than you since the Nintendo hit the US market when I was like 9 years old. Myself and cousins had so much anticipation for Santa to bring us the NES for Christmas. I couldn’t wait so for about 1 month b4 Xmas I would carry around a picture of the NES from a Target ad. While Super Mario Brothers was my primary reason for getting the NES, Santa surprised me and also gave me some creepy looking game called Metroid. I didn’t even want to play it at first. However, I fell in love with the game, I’d stay up sometimes to the sunrise on weekends playing Metroid. Since I couldn’t just hop on the Internet and get a map of the game, I basically memorized the different worlds and beat Mother Brain based on trial and error. As a 10 year old, I really felt like I had accomplished something.

Me and my friend made code books and we took this game and got the password for each power up and built a code book with different combinations

Love the content man. I’ve watched every video of yours. Reminds me of my youth. Feels good to take a look back

Haha it was always fun watching your cousins play games you were a little intimidated by. It was always a Metroid title.

I knew you’d make a video like this to celebrate the release of Metroid Dread. Always so happy to watch these!

My favorite is Fusion, because of Samus X. She was terrifying.

I remember playing metroid back in the day, not vividly though. But I do remember beating Metroid 2 return of Samus on gameboy. However super metroid is where I fell in love with Metroid. That was one of the defining games of my youth. Metroid prime only made the series even better. I am just hoping and praying for a Metroid prime trilogy collection because I've never beaten metroid prime 2 or 3.

The music in Ridley's area and the music on the way to Mother Brain 🧠 gave me anxiety when playing it as a kid. The metroids themselves creeped me out because of how fast and deadly they were.

Loved the twist in this one. I've never seen a parent beat a video game, period.

Keep it up. This channel could blow up at anytime in the future. Awesome that you have all of this old footage.

My best friend owned this game. We used to play it at his house, some time between 89 and 91. Somehow, we managed to beat it. I think it was mostly him playing. My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I don't remember us using guides or a game genie to beat it. If we didn't, I have no idea how we beat it. We didn't make maps, and it isn't exactly easy to find your way around in that game. We would have been between 7 and 9 depending on what year it was exactly.

Thank you for this video Metroid is One of my favorite NES games . I still play it on my Retron till this day from time to time . Love your content please make more soon 🙂👍

These videos bring me right back to my childhood…thank you

Love your videos bro keep them coming

The first time I played Metroid was in 2015 on my Nintendo 3DS handheld lol. It’s still an awesome Alien Ripley game! 👍🏻

Metroid was my very first Nintendo game! ... even before Super Mario Bros.

I didn't play the OG Metroid till maybe 2008. But whst introduced me was Metroid Prime: Hunters on DS. I originally got it becsuse of the multi-player mode that reminded me of Halo. But it got me interested in other Metroid titles after. And since then, I find it insane that Nintendo hasn't given more love to the franchise in over a decade.

I can't get enough of My Retro Life

So cool you boys are still mates.

I beat Metroid II a few days ago for the first time. I remembered how hard the mother brain at the end of the NES version was, and thought I would die for sure. But it turned out to be super easy. I could probably do it with 50% health.

Metro fusión is my favorite Metro , I was like 9 when I play that game

Great game and it’s a pretty sweet run n gun on its own if you use a walkthrough and don’t want to be lost

Outstanding video!

Y'know, despite my one or two gripes with this game, the atmosphere alone is what keeps drawing me in. The music, the feeling of loneliness, isolation, dread, fear, of getting lost, or becoming prey to the wildlife of Zebes... It's honestly something really special. ...I just don't like how stingy they are with health and health pick-ups. Everything else, I can manage, but if you die while you're pretty powerful, but still without, say, the Screw Attack (which is just the coolest name for an attack method ever), then you might as well just reset the whole thing, really. On a side note, I always find it endearing and heartwarming how even back then, parents liked to play video games with their kids. I sometimes feel like the norm was parents not caring about video games at all, finding them a waste of time and money, and in some extreme cases, the beginning of a path for a bad life. Even today, that still happens sometimes. So it's always endearing to see parents break that notion, and have fun with their kids, doing the things they both like.

I remember my mom beat Castlevania 3 when I was 5 years old so 1994 1995 she still plays video games tell this day I just got her into the assassins creed games the new ones though she started off playing Valhalla and now she’s all into them playing tell 4 AM in the morning lol

I grew up reeeaaally poor man before everyone got displaced and what not.. but my cousins had more or less the same gaming experience growing up and they shared it with me, god I miss them wherever they are in life

I had those Batman figures. I only experienced the gender reveal from the Justin Bailey cheat.

definitely one of my favorites growing up! you think playing it normally is anxiety-inducing, you should hear what the escape alarm at the end of the game sounds like on the Japanese disk version, that will drive you nuts!!

So great!

Never beated original metroid as it really hard. Super Metroid love alot plus is my favourite games in series with Metroid Dread coming close second!🙂

I really love this story about this badass mom beating metroid

Good stuff as per usual.if you didn't have footage,you wouldn't have the best gaming channel on youtube.but you do.so you are

Lol I was born the day after your cousin was playing metroid in the living room

Ok let me just start off by saying I've never heard of your channel and this video just popped up as a suggestion. I am so glad it did! I loved this video and I'm very much looking forward to your other videos. First things first....your buddy had on an H-Street shirt! The way you described this game is exactly how I felt about the game. I'm 46 and I remember getting this game and only playing it in section. I got high anxiety playing this and not want to mess up. It was extremely hard to play long periods and I never beat this game. It's the ONLY NES game I never completed! The story of your buddy's mom is the best shit I've ever heard gaming wise....hahahaha! This video was awesome. I'm subbed and thank you so much for making this the way you did. I've never been taken back to Metroid like this before

To this day Maridia is one of my favorite themes.

Love this game, wish I had had a copy back in the day 😁

I have the Famicom Disk System version, and it's Gameboy Advance port. Both are fun

This game gave my cousin Daniel a nightmare when he was a kid 😂

Bro! I've Never Played a Metroid Game In My Life. I was Born in 1987!. My 35th Birthday is in 10 Days & I Bought a Switch Lite Bundle From & To Myself This Year!!.. Metroid Dread is In My Possession Sealed!!.. Been a Rough Last 2 Years, Next 2 Years is Getting Ready for Van Life Living with Dog & My New Switch!!.. Holding Back Tears!!.. Thanks to Anybody Reading. Gamer for Life!!.. 2/3/22. ✌️

I think my brother beat it. For me I just got confused as to where to go and what to do when I tried it but I was real young at the time. I like these style of games nowadays, I beat bloodstained ritual of the night and that is very metroidvania

I remember being shocked when I discovered Samus was a female. Up until that point, video game protagonists were muscular and resembled most Hollywood action heroes in one way or another. Finding out Samus was female was a ‘first’ that always stuck with me. Nintendo were (and still are) innovators who never disappoint. The gaming landscape changed after Metroid’s release.

Never could beat Metroid when I was little. Beat 2 and 3 and 4 and 0 when I was little, as the games came out... Working on 5 now :) But I finally beat classic original Metroid for NES...on my 3DSxl like a year ago. Kinda cheating on the 3DSxl because I could save anytime/anywhere...but I'll take it :) Playing the classics still gets my inner child... emotional :)

Was lost in this game until a friend showed me bombing holes in the floors and walls. That blew the game WIDE OPEN for me. Before that I was showed how to beat Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Now...who can dare to say that Nintendo only appeals to kids!?!? As a child,, I recalled playing Metroid and watching Aliens at my buddy's house and walked out as a different person. 😆 Metroid and Aliens are inseparable since.

Always wondered man, you still have all that awesome stuff you had as a kid? I know my mom gave a bunch of my stuff away to goodwill

Say what his mom 🤩 wow 👍🏿

I never owned it originally but rented it many times. It was actually kind of hard to find and was out of print for a while. But playing with the password system kept the game original for nearly forever. And yeah Samus is a woman. Why not? It’s supposed to be like Alien! It’s obvious when you think about it.

6:53 Holy shit you had 8 Eyes too? I’ve heard from several sources that game, was the Single hardest game ever made.

hell yea metroid is a very good game

I loved Metroid but it gave me anxiety as well.

My Mom beat Super Metroid in 1997, without a walkthrough.