Metal Storm - Most Overlooked NES Action Platformer?

[@Xygor]

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[@Seikent]

The mid-air gravity switch jump! Honorable mention to that boss composed of several cubes that go around the border of the screen.

[@TheZeromus99]

Hi, thank you for your excellent classic console game series, I enjoy your video's on a regular basis. Metalstorm is an excellent game, that I have enjoyed for years, unfortunately as I've played well over 100 Nes games seriously, it's one of those games where the history of it blurs for me, and I can't remember if I first played it 30 years ago or maybe 5 years ago, lol. It is excellent and unique though, if you combined Mega Man and Guardian Legend you might get Metal Storm.

[@Momoka7]

3:58 LOL there is the R-Type Stage 3 Ship in the background! xD Truly Irem.

[@Filthnails]

This game is hell on my red/green colorblindness.

[@daryl4841]

This ended up becoming the most rare and most valuable game I owned as a kid. I really love this one. Unlike many many other NES games where I never got very far I never found this one super difficult and I beat it many times, although the stage where you're inside a moving box was challenging. I think the excellent music and gravity mechanic kept me hooked so I stuck with it.

[@Xygor]

Yeah, this had some of those ridiculously tough moments NES games are notorious for. I can't imagine beating it on the hardest difficulty!

[@Chad_Thundercock]

A six pack of Surge, and the belief that we would colonize the solar system by 2050. Man, I miss those days.

[@JesseL018]

I had this game as a kid but the label on my cart had been ripped off and I could not remember the title screen, only what the first level looked like. I wondered what it was called for years and finally one day I went through every nes game on a site that had screenshots until I came across it to learn what the name was.

[@guhstin]

I loves this game. Never owned it. I rented it a lot and played it every time I went to my friend’s house, even well into our high school years

[@Scott-fj9uf]

I bought the collector’s edition and love it. It’s the Japanese version complete with a white colored mech instead of the puce one. It’s a real treat. The animation is unbelievably great!

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

Definitely underrated

[@MrAndromedean]

opening music is from ChronoTrigger. ^_^

[@nobodyimportant8859]

Love this game. Classmate had this in 3rd grade...91 maybe...i have multiple collectors editions.

[@sunekoo]

I have the rerelease from retro bit and I played it so much I can do a no death clear. Such a wonderful, unique game

[@ChaoticHoly]

Gonna have to see if there's a ROM hack to turn off the background scroll - makes me nauseous. 10-year-old me would've loved it. 384-year-old me...not so much.

[@YawaruSan]

It kinda blows my mind how good Metal Storm looks for an NES game, the sprites look remarkably well-detailed for the limitations of the system, and the stages have a lot of character, even if the color palette leaves something to be desired.

[@UnparalleledDev0]

worth mentioning, panzer paladin, a newer indie game inspired by metal storm and a bit of blaster master. Ironically I only found out about metal storm due to the indie game.

[@tec5x5]

This is the game that turned me from just playing games to a gamer I can blast past stages 1-6 without getting hit one the final stages still gives me issues Also there is a Game+ mode after you beat it the first time that ramps up the difficulty

[@RetroTravo]

Thumbs up for Surge

[@redbasemedia]

I loved this game. I still have the cartridge.

[@NobodyUR]

I hope this makes one of the last 2 Irem collection from strictly limited

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

My God this is one of the greatest games I ever exist

[@danielocheita7576]

Didn’t know this had a gravity mechanic, looks like it inspired VVVVVV

[@Choralone422]

I rented Metal Storm once in the summer of 91, largely because of its' feature in Nintendo Power earlier in the year. I thought it was a really cool and great looking game but was freaking hard. I never did end up renting it again largely because I bought a SNES right after it launched (I had been saving up ever since it was first announced in Nintendo Power!) and pretty much stopped renting NES games once I got my SNES.

[@jampleygameses]

One of the best NES games, man.

[@harkenrebirth]

Hmm.. I kinda took this game as something that came out recently. Not back when nes was still active. Since i saw it being sold in stores NOW.

[@Dorelaxen]

This is a great game, but damn is it hard. Never could finish it.

[@qxz9p]

Man I loved this game. Could never beat it as a kid though :/

[@thebrothaman]

I rented it.. i like it

[@vandy2019]

@2:30 You were still renting NES games in 1997? Doubtful...

[@Xygor]

Good catch, Mountain Dew then

[@tjoris9]

Complaining about NES game difficulty is like complaining about team deathmatch in first person shooters. it isn't the universal negative you might think it is.

[@bonytologna]

Meh, I tried to like this game, it kinda sucks. Ended up selling my copy recently alongside a couple other nes games to buy a Logitech racing wheel, much happier now haha.

[@egoborder3203]

this game RULED!!!!!!

[@yandman26]

It's literally not overlooked at all though.

[@knifeteeth]

You could beat it by renting. That's why. Sub for more assfuckin'.