Super Metroid Playthrough (Actual SNES Capture) - Part 1

This is part 1 of my 100% playthrough of Super Metroid for the SNES. This is not an emulator and was not played on the Wii or Wii U Virtual Console. This footage was captured directly from my SNES using an actual Super Metroid cartridge.

This is being completed under 3 hours in order to obtain the best ending, and I'm freeing the animals at the end as well.

Although I played a bit of the first Metroid during the NES era, as well as some Metroid II on the Game Boy (my brother owned Metroid II), I never played Super Metroid until the GameCube era. Despite Nintendo Power advertising the hell out of the game in the mid '90s, I simply never ran into anyone who owned it.

I actually didn't get into the Metroid series until Metroid Prime came out, probably because the games required too much time and patience for a little kid. I think I picked up my copy of Super Metroid just after Prime was released, so I played the games a bit out of order. I originally played through Super Metroid with no clue as to what was in the game, so when Mother Brain turned into a dinosaur at the end, I was a bit shocked. Also, when the Metroid hatchling attacked me in Tourian, I thought I screwed up and was going to die.

I like Super Metroid quite a bit, but it's not my favorite Metroid game. That distinction is held by Metroid Prime. Super Metroid is still a good game though. It has incredible music and environments, and I like the throwbacks to the original Metroid. Sadly though, it's not very challenging outside of the Ridley boss fight.

Once again I'm using my trusty Nintendo Power Player's Guide to find all the upgrades and I'm using a turbo pad to pull off bomb jumping with ease (or "turbo bombing," as the Player's Guide calls it). I don't think the Virtual Console includes turbo support for SNES games, so using the original hardware still has some benefits.

In this first part I started a new save file and headed into Brinstar.

I'll be keeping track of the power-ups I collect in each video.

Items collected:

Morphing Ball - 7:45
Missile Expansion # 1 - 8:10
Missile Expansion # 2 - 8:41
Morph Ball Bomb - 11:47
Missile Expansion # 3 - 13:40
Energy Tank # 1 - 14:54
Missile Expansion # 4 - 16:51

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official SNES S-video cable at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the SNES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using an Asciipad turbo controller.