Metroid mOTHER
dACE merged three well-known Metroid hacks into one package: save files and a minimap, new sprites and bosses, and redrawn, animated backgrounds, all on the original map.
What it is
Metroid mOTHER is a combination of three earlier NES Metroid hacks, put together by dACE so they work as one game. The world layout stays the original; only Ridley's room was changed, to cut down on sprite flicker.
What's in it
- Metroid + Saving by snarfblam: three save slots instead of passwords, a minimap, beam stacking and stronger Ice Beam and bombs.
- MDbtroid by Infinity's End: a new title screen and endings, redrawn Samus sprites with and without the suit and a new running animation, new enemy graphics, larger Kraid and Ridley and a new Mother Brain.
- 'Roidz by DemickXII: new background tiles, animated lava, redrawn doors, elevators and corridors, and animated Norfair and Tourian areas.
This NES release is the one later carried over to the Game Boy Advance by other hackers.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the US release of Metroid, following the instructions on the hack's romhacking.net page. Credit goes to dACE for the combination and to snarfblam, Infinity's End and DemickXII for the original hacks.
