Hello Everyone!
I am a huge fan of Protos, Betas, and Unreleased Games for the SNES. My favorite game ever created just so happens to be Super Metroid. I have spent years searching for any Beta information regarding Super Metroid, but have come up with little. So my question to you guys is, Do you have anything Super Metroid Beta related?
Images, Info, etc. Anything is welcome.
The only thing I have managed to find is in Nintendo Power Bonus Issue : Volume 56. (This is the one that has a metallic embossed Megaman on the front)
Anyways, it shows a preview for the upcoming game, "Super Metroid." It talks about how it has "24 megabits of memory, making Super Metroid the biggest game ever for the Super NES." Wooooo! Anyways, it shows 6 ingame pictures, and 6 pieces of Concept Art. The Ingame images, though, are whats most interesting.
(WARNING - The Upcoming Images Will Be Blurry, Lo-res, and just plain terrible due to the fact that I am using my Cell Phones Camera... :( )
Number One:
The first image shows Samus running while shooting under her famous Gunship. She has just arrived on the planet (We can infer this since rain is visible in the background and she has no items).
1 - The Map is located in the middle of the top info bar now instead of the top right.
2 - The Health Meter is now moved to the top right
3 - The Gunship has little difference. The front window is slightly more detailed then the released version. There is also a Pink bar above where Samus Enters (Probably for testing purposes).
Number 2:
The next image shows Samus Speed Dashing in an unfamiliar area. Samus is clearly in Norfair (as you can see by the textures) but the area is not the same. We can also see that she is running from the left side, yet there is no door on the left side, so we can guess that it is connected to another hallway and there is no room transition.
1 - The Map is most likely one of the strangest parts of any of the images. It resembles this
Upclose Picture!
As far as I know, no part of the map in the released version has "slants or curves." The Map we know is just pure squares.
*Corrected. My stupidity has been pointed out. Of course it has slants.*
2 - We can see that she is running from the left side, yet there is no door on the left side, so we can guess that it is connected to another hallway and there is no room transition.
(Even though its not very visible, note that Samus has a large capacity of Ammo. Probably for testing purposes as well. She has 900 Missles, 08 Supers, and 86 Power Bombs. Strangely, in between the 8 on Supers and the 8 on Power bombs is a 9. I have no idea if it means "089" Supers or "986" Power Bombs)
^ That must be confusing, sorry its kind of hard to explain.
Number 3:
The next image we have shows Samus in the room right before the Mini Boss Battle with Spore Spawn. Nothing looks to different except minor graphic changes.
1 - The Map is strange. It resembles the shaft you fall down to recieve your first Super Missles, yet its in the totally wrong place...?
(Samus has the huge capacity of items still)
Number 4:
The last of the images show very little difference.
Again, large amount of ammo.
There is also no map (probably not programmed yet)
Number 5:
The last image I cant take a picture of because my phone is being strange as usual, but its pretty basic. It just shows Samus fighting the Chozo Statue for the first time. The image also appears to be zoomed in because we can not see her health, items, or the map.
Well, thats pretty much it for my little analysis of these "Beta" images. If anyone would like to take some hi-res pictures or scans from the magazine I would be very grateful. Thanks for reading!
(If this violates the rules in anyway, please remove my topic. Thanks)
I am a huge fan of Protos, Betas, and Unreleased Games for the SNES. My favorite game ever created just so happens to be Super Metroid. I have spent years searching for any Beta information regarding Super Metroid, but have come up with little. So my question to you guys is, Do you have anything Super Metroid Beta related?
Images, Info, etc. Anything is welcome.
The only thing I have managed to find is in Nintendo Power Bonus Issue : Volume 56. (This is the one that has a metallic embossed Megaman on the front)
Anyways, it shows a preview for the upcoming game, "Super Metroid." It talks about how it has "24 megabits of memory, making Super Metroid the biggest game ever for the Super NES." Wooooo! Anyways, it shows 6 ingame pictures, and 6 pieces of Concept Art. The Ingame images, though, are whats most interesting.
(WARNING - The Upcoming Images Will Be Blurry, Lo-res, and just plain terrible due to the fact that I am using my Cell Phones Camera... :( )
Number One:
The first image shows Samus running while shooting under her famous Gunship. She has just arrived on the planet (We can infer this since rain is visible in the background and she has no items).
1 - The Map is located in the middle of the top info bar now instead of the top right.
2 - The Health Meter is now moved to the top right
3 - The Gunship has little difference. The front window is slightly more detailed then the released version. There is also a Pink bar above where Samus Enters (Probably for testing purposes).
Number 2:
The next image shows Samus Speed Dashing in an unfamiliar area. Samus is clearly in Norfair (as you can see by the textures) but the area is not the same. We can also see that she is running from the left side, yet there is no door on the left side, so we can guess that it is connected to another hallway and there is no room transition.
1 - The Map is most likely one of the strangest parts of any of the images. It resembles this
Quote:
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\__ __/
Upclose Picture!
As far as I know, no part of the map in the released version has "slants or curves." The Map we know is just pure squares.
*Corrected. My stupidity has been pointed out. Of course it has slants.*
2 - We can see that she is running from the left side, yet there is no door on the left side, so we can guess that it is connected to another hallway and there is no room transition.
(Even though its not very visible, note that Samus has a large capacity of Ammo. Probably for testing purposes as well. She has 900 Missles, 08 Supers, and 86 Power Bombs. Strangely, in between the 8 on Supers and the 8 on Power bombs is a 9. I have no idea if it means "089" Supers or "986" Power Bombs)
^ That must be confusing, sorry its kind of hard to explain.
Number 3:
The next image we have shows Samus in the room right before the Mini Boss Battle with Spore Spawn. Nothing looks to different except minor graphic changes.
1 - The Map is strange. It resembles the shaft you fall down to recieve your first Super Missles, yet its in the totally wrong place...?
(Samus has the huge capacity of items still)
Number 4:
The last of the images show very little difference.
Again, large amount of ammo.
There is also no map (probably not programmed yet)
Number 5:
The last image I cant take a picture of because my phone is being strange as usual, but its pretty basic. It just shows Samus fighting the Chozo Statue for the first time. The image also appears to be zoomed in because we can not see her health, items, or the map.
Well, thats pretty much it for my little analysis of these "Beta" images. If anyone would like to take some hi-res pictures or scans from the magazine I would be very grateful. Thanks for reading!
(If this violates the rules in anyway, please remove my topic. Thanks)
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