Metroid: Bionic Metroid

Straight from the readme:

..WHAT IS IT?..
This is a hack that turns the NES game Metroid into a Bionic Commando-themed
game by changing some graphics and text. (hey, remember to read the opening
text!)

Storyline: Mother Brain and the Space Pirates have stolen the Bionic Arm
technology! They intend to develop an army of bionic creatures to take
over the universe. Oh, and they also kidnapped Samus. So Rad has to
travel to their planet to set things right before it's too late. Since
they stole his bionic arm, he'll have to learn to get around without it..
but at least now he can jump freely. So go for it! If you quickly rescue
Samus (beat the game in a certain ammount of time), she might reward you
by doing a strip-tease! :)

"Bionic Metroid"
by defgav

..WHAT IS IT?..
This is a hack that turns the NES game Metroid into a Bionic Commando-themed
game by changing some graphics and text. (hey, remember to read the opening
text!)

Date created: Well, I started it around April 2002, then abandoned it
until finally finishing near the end of that year. Then did the text
changes in January 2003.

Storyline: Mother Brain and the Space Pirates have stolen the Bionic Arm
technology! They intend to develop an army of bionic creatures to take
over the universe. Oh, and they also kidnapped Samus. So Rad has to
travel to their planet to set things right before it's too late. Since
they stole his bionic arm, he'll have to learn to get around without it..
but at least now he can jump freely. So go for it! If you quickly rescue
Samus (beat the game in a certain ammount of time), she might reward you
by doing a strip-tease! :)

For more information visit: http://members.cox.net/defgav/hacks.html

(The latest version of the hack can probably be found there as well.. not
that I'm planning on messing with it any more, but you never know. This
here version is.. uh, I guess version 1.0)


..HOW TO GET STARTED..
This is NOT a ROM, it's an IPS file; a patch for a ROM. You must already
have a Metroid ROM. (Please don't ask me for help getting one.. you'll
need to locate it yourself, sorry.)

To apply the patch, go to any website with ROM hacking utilities
(www.zophar.net , www.romhacking.org , www.cg-games.net , etc.)
and grab an IPS patcher. The favorite seems to be SNESTOOL for DOS,
but there's stuff like WinIPS as well. Just follow the directions
that come with the program. For SNESTOOL, select "use IPS", navigate
the directories with the arrow keys, select the patch, then select the
ROM. Couldn't be simpler. It's easiest to first put the IPS file and
the Metroid ROM in the SNESTOOL directory. And you may want to back up
your ROM first.. in case you ever want to play the original again.

If you still need more information, visit:
http://www.zophar.net/trans/ipsfaq.html


Thanks and enjoy,
-- defgav
[[email protected]]<---- feedback is welcome

1/16/03


Metroid (USA) - NOINTRO
CRC32: A2C89CB9
MD5: D77C8053168DA14B360BF5CAECCC5964
SHA-1: ECF39EC5A33E6A6F832F03E8FFC61C5D53F4F90B
SHA-256: E6E6B7014685ADAE447EBB3833242815747BC1E5DF83ADE79F693FB67CF565B6