Intro:
The great forces of the Galactic Federation Marine Corps were forced to evacuate planet Nerion III.
The issue was too big for them to handle, yet too big for the federation to ignore.
Therefore, once again, they had no choice but to turn to Samus Aran.
An extraordinary bounty hunter armed with the end-all-be-all of Chozo warfare and survival technology, her mission was simple:
"Venture into the deepest reaches of the planet and disable the Aurora Unit originally placed there for research."
But what vicious creatures lurk below the surface that can make even the fearless GFMC turn their backs and flee like sissies?
This is a ticket into the world of Ice Metal. Can you uncover the dark, deep secrets buried in Nerion III? Or will you die trying...?
Ice Metal is a Super Metroid hack that puts the focus on exploration, rather then raw skill. There are some new power ups and tricks you need to master in order to beat the game full out, but it mostly tries to stick to how hard the original game was.
There is one new move you need to learn to beat the game, which is mid air morphing.
How-to: Press down twice in mid air while holding jump button down.
Ice metal was made for everyone, not just experienced players, beginners, nor casual players. Rather, regardless of your experience with Super Metroid you can jump in and enjoy this hack.
This is also one of the few Super Metroid hacks that futures a major plot. It is generally set after fusion in a "what could happen after fusion" scenario.
Hope you enjoy!
~ Cryshi / Green-Kirby
Ice Metal 1: Read-Me
Version ID: 1.2
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List of content:
1. Intro
2. Instructions
3. Q&A
4. Links
5. Credits
6. Some words from Cryshi
7. Legal stuff
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1.
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The great forces of the Galactic Federation Marine Corps were forced to evacuate planet Nerion III.
The issue was too big for them to handle, yet too big for the federation to ignore.
Therefore, once again, they had no choice but to turn to Samus Aran.
An extraordinary bounty hunter armed with the end-all-be-all of Chozo warfare and survival technology, her mission was simple:
"Venture into the deepest reaches of the planet and disable the Aurora Unit originally placed there for research."
But what vicious creatures lurk below the surface that can make even the fearless GFMC turn their backs and flee like sissies?
This is a ticket into the world of Ice Metal. Can you uncover the dark, deep secrets buried in Nerion III? Or will you die trying...?
Note: see links section for download of cover art.
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Ice Metal comes in patch form and should be patched to a clean ROM of Super metroid USA/Japanese version.
Due to legal issues you will have to get the ROM yourself, as I nor anyone else can provide it legally for you.
If you can't dump it yourself then try using a online search tool to find one instead.
To use an IPS patch you will also need patching software, I recommend LunarIPS as it's free and easy to use.
RE-PALETTE:
Re palette is a patch you can apply to a ROM already patched with Ice Metal to get a new set of coloring for
most areas.
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Q: When I start the game everything is glitchy when samus spawns!
A: You used the wrong patch, use the other one instead on a clean ROM.
Q: I don't know where to go, can you help me?
A: Ice Metal was designed to be quite open ended with exploration
in focus. There are some general hints on where to go provided
by the map stations, for anything else, ask a mate or just keep
exploring.
Q: Is there cake?
A: No, the cake is a lie, I ate it already!
Q: A room crashes when I enter it!?
A: This is most likely an emulator issue, try using another emulator
or another version of the same emulator.
Q: I got stuck after abusing game bugs and glitches!
A: Hahahahaha, have fun getting unstuck!
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4.
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http://gk.metroidconstruction.com - My website.
http://www.metroidconstruction.com - Metroid Construction.
http://www.romhacking.net - ROM hacking community.
Download link for cover art:
NTSC and cart lable:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9395043/Metroid-Ice%20Metal%20SNES%20Covers-FINAL-02.zip
PAL:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9395043/Metroid-Ice%20Metal%20SNES%20Covers%20FINAL-01.zip
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5.
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Ice Metal credits:
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Designer and main developer:
Crys(hi) Stalis / green-kirby
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Idea and concept:
Cryshi
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Graphics team:
Cryshi (Mostly all new tiles made)
James Kennon (Spore spawn and other misc)
Broozer (for Slimy FG +BG)
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Cover art:
Riffman81
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Beta testing team:
Cryshi
Digital Mantra
Hiroshi
James Kennon
Silver Skree
Interdpth
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Misc work:
Rakki/Kazuto
Sadiztyk Fish
Grime
Jathys
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Special thanks:
Nintendo - For making such a great game and game series.
Metroid Construction community - For being a great place for hackers and designers to share resources.
Boost Guardian (Not the boss) - For getting me into Super Metroid hacking.
Samus.co.uk (RIP) - For being a kick arse Metroid community.
James Kennon - For hosting my website.
Jathys - For making a great Super Metroid editor.
Kejardon - For all your work in the Super Metroid hacking scene.
Lunamon - For being the most awesome and cutest Digimon ever, thanks a lot! :3
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6.
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Ice Metal have been in the works for many years now,
so it's quite unbelievable for me to see that it is in
fact, done. The hack started out as just some shitty
concepts, but over time grew into a hack that puts the
focus on exploration, rather then skill.
It is to my hopes that not only will you as a player
enjoy this, but also that you as a designer will enjoy
this. Ice Metal was made from the vision of what I
wanted a hack to be like. But as I made it myself,
all the magic that comes with a new game is lost.
Therefor I hope that I inspired other people to make
not only more hacks, but more hacks like this one.
~Cryshi stalis
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7.
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Ice Metal is free and should not be sold by anyone.
All content made by the Ice Metal team is licensed
to them, and all content left over from super metroid
is licensed to nintendo. You may not rip out any content
from Ice Metal and use for your own work unless it's
released separately or the author in question approved
of it.
You're free to distribute this .zip file with the patch
and read-me as you wish as long as it is unmodified.
For any further legal issues you may contact me via
my account on metroidconstruction, user name is "Crys"
or my youtube, where my username is "Metroidball" that's
all.
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Super Metroid (JU) [!].smc - GOODSNES 2.04
CRC32: D63ED5F8
MD5: 21F3E98DF4780EE1C667B84E57D88675
SHA-1: DA957F0D63D14CB441D215462904C4FA8519C613
SHA-256: 12B77C4BC9C1832CEE8881244659065EE1D84C70C3D29E6EAF92E6798CC2CA72
