NES Metroid Receives Unofficial HD Enhancement Pack
In the news recently we have seen Nintendo cracking down on ROM distribution sites. This is unfortunate because without these sites preserving the history of gaming (either legally or not) we might not have improvements on those classics such as this HD enhancement pack for the original Nintendo NES. That would be a sad day.
Disclaimer – we do not condone illegal distribution of games. We do cover enhancements and other updates that fans have made available but we will never link to sites featuring ROMs illegally.
This update will not run on a real world Nintendo Entertainment System, nor will it run on the Nintendo NES Classic. You will have to download a new emulator for this hack but, come on, look at the improvements and tell me it is not worth it.
Increased resolution**
Scrolling backgrounds**
Updated sound effects and music**
File resources for alternate sound and graphics**
New title and ending screen**
Minimap
Animated environments
Beam stacking
Saving
Full health on startup
To take advantage of these features with the hack you will need version 0.9.6 of the Mesen emulator (Released on August 5th, 2018).
The basic game was not changed all that much. You start with full health, have a minimap available now (who didn't want that early on?), and an increased resolution with scrolling backgrounds. These improvements make the original Metroid almost feel like a new game. I wonder if this enhancement pack will work with level hacks and such?
There are other HD enhancement packs for other games which we will cover shortly. My question to you is, what game do you want to see get the HD enhancement pack treatment? Metroid was surely high on the list for most retro gaming fans.
That is a minor inconvenience for such a cool looking hack. The bigger hurdle is the difficulty in finding the original Metroid ROM file, which is required for the patch to work.
Grab the Metroid HD Enhancement pack from ROMHacking.net and play tonight.
Other NES HD Enhancement titles:
Castlevania
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Makes me want to give this game another try!
I remember being creeped out by the environment and the music, for some reason, and so I only managed to finish about a quarter of it. But then again I was probably over-sensitive as a tiny. Maybe it's finally time to conquer that damn mother brain.
I have never played and beaten it myself but I have been able to complete the last level many times over for friends that could get there but not take the ball to the endzone. Lol.
I can see why it is freaky to a younger player. It was quite different than other Nintendo games.
Looks awesome, haven't played this game in ages, think it is about time I did. Great find, thanks.
You are welcome. Best of luck finding the necessary ROM file though. Nintendo has been cracking down on ROM distribution lately.