Rage quitting Super Metroid in 1994 - My Retro Life

[@MyRetroLife]

This story about my face-off with a Super Metroid boss STILL gives me a little PTSD! Ever encounter a Boss Fight in a video game that you just couldn't win? Let me know in the comments. Thanks guys! ALSO - I really did enjoy the product from the sponsor of this video. Very yummy for healthy cereal. If you're going to purchase some Magic Spoon, be sure to use my code MYRETROLIFE to get $5 off your delicious, healthy Magic Spoon cereal by clicking this link: magicspoon.thld.co/myretrolife_0622

[@vinnietheanimationgod8149]

Boy Tyler u and James Rolfe should be good friends because I wouldn't think that him and you would react to that boss My Retro Life.

[@MrCalverino]

Yellow Devil in mega man made me rage quit lol

[@saintarchangel9547]

My memorable RAGE QUIT was Darth Vader in one of the Super Star Wars Games I'm thinking Empire Strikes back? 🤔

[@MyRetroLife]

Did he talk about Crocomire?!

[@vinnietheanimationgod8149]

@@MyRetroLife no he didn't do super Metroid as the nerd but I think u and him can do a good rant on that boss

[@Y2Jerms]

Great video. I took in something from this. After you got frustrated and through the controller and your dad says to cool down, he did something I didn't expect. EVERYTIME I get to a point like that in a game I'm told, "it's just a game". Your dad didn't do that. He helped you deal with your frustration and then helped you get through the game. That was amazing.

[@MyRetroLife]

Yes - Glad you picked up on that. Another example of how awesome he was. Miss him all the time

[@Y2Jerms]

@@MyRetroLife watching your videos, he very much was a great person and awesome dad. You are very lucky.

[@cfhcowboy9292]

Your dad really did seem amazing.

[@Foxentails]

"If you're gonna get that mad, why do you even play?"

[@djsmileyoflasvegas]

​@@MyRetroLife what happened to your dad

[@SonicGamerGirl2006]

What a loving father. Helping you to deal with your frustration rather than dismiss your feelings by saying unhelpful things like "It's just a game" when you had difficulties trying to beat the boss. Your father was amazing! Helping you through the game you played as a child definitely helped you to keep pushing forward despite how hard the game was! It's also an amazing way to teach children to never give up, no matter how hard life can be! 😊

[@RBtheMad]

Your dad sounded like an absolutely fantastic man. I remember getting mad at videos games when i was a kid and it would just result in me getting punished by my parents, but your dad knew what was up and knew how to keep you level headed and determined. Love this channel so much.

[@epicjesse4865]

I really appreciate your channel. Brings back my own memories I grew up around this same time. Keep up the amazing content dude!

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks man I’m really glad you’re enjoying it

[@Nostalgia_Road]

Super Metroid Taught me so much patience as a kid. One of the hardest games I played back then. Glad I went back to it and beat it. It was such a great pay off

[@maralinekozial9131]

Amen

[@Metroidkid97]

I have lots of memories of this game with my dad, I played it as a kid and at one point I played it around 2009 while my dad was backseat gaming and giving advice. Awesome memories

[@JosephLombardi]

So crazy, my dad and I also played a ton of these classic when I was a kid and we were stuck on a bunch of sections in Super Metroid included Crocomire. We called the 900 number advertised in Nintendo Power multiple times and that's how we ended up beating him lol. I have no idea how I would've figure it out without some kind of help as a kid.

[@MyRetroLife]

I love stories about the hotline! Thanks for sharing

[@nicolausteslaus]

My dad throws a lot of fancy words while he was playing, like fbomb and nword. I didn't know why he called Dracula nword, his skin was perfectly fine! (c) My Retro Life

[@gravesvintage]

Your channel is the best. We're around the same age. The stories, seeing the tapes, the memories.. it makes me so emotional. I'm over the moon that your dad videotaped everything! Rockstar dad. Lifelong subscriber, without question. Keep it coming, brother.

[@AndrewXX92]

You’re so blessed to have a dad like that you had such a great childhood and the fact that your pops recorded everything is amazing

[@bitwolfy]

“I kept dying over and over again, I think it was cause I didn’t know how to beat him.” Truly, a wordsmith

[@michaelpecukonis5074]

It's crazy I had a life like this and I'm the same age. Watching these home movies brings me back. It almost makes me tear up.

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks for watching Michael. Happy to share the childhood I cherish

[@miniramptricks1986]

36 club

[@Bibvock]

Your dad's advice in going outside and getting focus is amazing! It absolutely works! I rage quit dino crisis on Dreamcast...for two weeks I quit it. It got in my head hardcore! I had made it very far yet was out of ammo and being stealthy was not an option. So I quit! I remember it felt like I wanted to fight😂 I was about to go a round or 2 with thin air because this game had broke me so hard🤣 so I walked... Once I picked it back up, it was so much easier as I wasn't angry and my mind was in a calm place. Bosses should have built in animations that tells the player to take a break for a bit after so many butt kickings n game overs⭐🎮

[@deezy81]

Same thing happened with me with the Dreamcast port of Dino Crisis. It was eleven years ago, still have the saved game. Going to get back up on it one day Did you eventually beat it?

[@Bibvock]

@@deezy81 I did❤️😊

[@blkplaguelmc]

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[@cruiz387]

Love the channel, man. As a dad of an almost 2 year old I absolutely can’t wait to show my son all the classics that I grew up with and watching him run through them for the first time.

[@SonicGamerGirl2006]

Definitely the right way to raise a child. Introducing children to classic media that previous generations grew up with.

[@blakehorton8110]

Best video game channel on you tube hands down this hits you right in the feels

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks a lot, Blake

[@commandervile394]

One of my fondest memories as a kid was beating Super Metroid with two of my friends watching, besting the Mother Brain and escaping the time bomb the first time trying it, and our jaws dropped to the floor with how clutch/climatic it was. I'll never forget that moment. 1994 was a great time in general.

[@ronmower]

1994 sure was a great time in general, especially for the SNES.

[@E-78]

FF6 rules

[@commandervile394]

@@E-78 It does rule, but I didn't get a chance to play it when I was a kid. I didn't player it until way later in my life, in my early 30's. Great game though for sure, a real classic.

[@nestalgia4816]

I was 19 when Super Metroid came out. I was living with my uncle in Alabama for the summer, had my summer job and bought Super Metroid with my first paycheck. I bought a case of Dr. Pepper and sat in front of the T.V. when he wasn't home, playing Super Metroid. You had a great dad and we all appreciate all the old footage you have with him. He is an amazing dad to all of us watching. Thank you very, very much. It really does bring healing to us old timer gamers who miss their deceased dads that got us into gaming way back then.

[@failuretothink]

Thanks!

[@MyRetroLife]

Thank YOU!

[@Ankosi1987]

keep saying it its the best show on youtube i've been with it since the beginning and always will.

[@RetroReset]

One of my fav games of all time. I love super metroid.

[@MyRetroLife]

It’s pretty much a masterpiece

[@RetroReset]

@@MyRetroLife Indeed it is

[@ronmower]

One of my all time favorite games.

[@kylem1112]

It's the best game on the entire system, I don't care what anyone says. Yes even Super Mario World. Sue me lol

[@GoodVibeCollecting]

Never would have expected Crocomire to make you rage quit but I can see why he would give people trouble. To me Ridley's second boss fight can be the hardest in the game without exploiting it.

[@tonytenorio8482]

My Retro Life, the best channel on youtube

[@ToiletClogger1945]

this video is more inspirational than Remember the Titans. about never giving up and staying calm and focused LOL. great vid dude

[@Larry]

I got stuck in that exact same place as a kid too! Though my problem was I managed to save the game with zero energy, so I couldn't take a single hit from him before dying. >.>

[@MyRetroLife]

Oh man. That happened to a buddy of mine with CODE: Veronica (sort of). He saved before the boss where you have to use the sniper rifle but he didn't HAVE the sniper rifle. Had to start the game over.

[@Larry]

@@MyRetroLife Lol, exactly what happened to me with Code Veronica too! I don't have any luck. Wasn't there a glitch with a key that you needed to collect, but if you missed it a door closes behind you, making it impossible to progress any further?

[@soulcatapult]

The "mission complete" fanfare playing after you beat Crocomire gave me chills. Super Metroid would've been just a little more epic if this ditty actually played whenever you beat a boss! :D

[@PixelGameSquad]

Loved ALL of this video man. Great storytelling

[@NESADDICT]

🥹

[@_TheCoolCat]

So I beated Final Fantasy III (VI) in February, 8, 2022, and YES, I remember the exact same date! it was such a memorable moment! (SPOILERS) I remember reaching the end of Kefka's Tower, and just seeing Kefka destroy everything! and when the battle started, the game told me to organize my characters for the battle, so I did, and it happened, I was going to finally finish this amazing, sad, surprising adventure, with characters who I felt are with me with every moment, so I started with the first layer of the bosses, theres like 4 layers of bosses, the 4th one being kefka, so I pressed record on my iPad to record the moment, so the first boss wasn't that difficult, and the music just was so amazing that it encouraged me to keep to do it! then the second layer is when the music starts to get intense! and wasn't so difficult, and the music was more encouraging than ever! And I reached the 3rd layer, and it was a bit harder than the first 2, and music was more climactic, and then the music came, and Kefka appeared! as an angel! so I started Phantom Rush him with Sabin, and casted a lot of Ultima, and Kefka casted some magic that made all of my hit points drop to 1! and I started to panic and breathed more heavily, and eventually casted Cure 3, and I was back on track! and then Kefka casted some sort of blindness magic that prevents me from casting magic! so I had to fight by using my weapons, and after a lot of stress Kefka just disintegrated, and my heart dropped and was so happy I wanted to scream! but I was still recording, and just could believe that I had beaten this masterpiece of a game! and it became one of my most favorite games of all time!!

[@ExistentHope]

Awesome story Final Fantasy VI best snes game IMO

[@_TheCoolCat]

@@ExistentHope YES! but I also equally love Final Fantasy II (IV)

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

Super Metroid is my absolute favorite game of all times. I still love playing it. It's the best🙌

[@PeteOliva]

Amazing video. I love your closing remarks about how boss battles make us feel. I remember them all, yes. And I think they feeling if triumph is what keeps us coming back to games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls.

[@eyebash1]

.... and this is what people that keep begging for an easy mode dont ever understand. When the developers make a game with this intended level of difficulty, it pushes you to your limits and if you can find it in you, anyone can overcome these challenges! And it feels great!

[@kevinradigan2688]

Great story and video, Tyler! I think my proudest gaming accomplishment was beating Street Fighter II Turbo for SNES with every character on a high difficulty setting. I played that game almost every day for a year for 1-2 hours per day and it was at times extremely challenging but beating M. Bison (perfect music for a final boss battle by the way) and getting the ending for each character was so satisfying. Other big game accomplishments to me were finishing the Temple of Doom level in Bart's Nightmare and beating the game with an A+ and completing that final level in the factory to beat Terminator for Genesis. I totally get what you are saying about how getting a sense of achievement in a game stays with us and how it gives us confidence in other areas of life to face new challenges.

[@Chu-chu_Nezumi]

mine was wizards and warrior on the nes when i was young. remember finishing the final boss and realize that i finally beat the game. i had to master the game to be able to finish it. played two years ago just for the memory of all that pain. cheers from quebec canada. love your videos. and btw i loss my dad when i was 15 from cancer so i can understand what you felt. keep going those great nostalgic videos bro

[@nkhazov]

super metroid, and donkey kong country, came out the same year I was born which is back in 1994. even sonic 3 came out 9 days before i was born. I was born in February 12 1994. super metroid has been an awesome game. final fantasy 7 materia keeper was the hard boss for me to beat initially until I realized what i did that was back in 2009. Best regards Nikita.K

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Sweet! I swear this is one of my favorite channels to get an upload notification from.

[@MyRetroLife]

Why thanks!

[@StiffAftermath]

What a fantastic, wholesome video game channel. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels in retro gaming. Thank a-you so much for your really great content!!

[@MrCalverino]

rip to ur dad man... I get emotional everytime I watch ur vids... if u didn't grow up during the 16bit era... you missed out on the best era in gaming history!!!

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks for saying that. Also, 100% truth statement about games in the 90s

[@Blanco8x8]

There's an old saying, if something is not going the way you expect it to, you need to think outside the box. I don't remember struggling with Crocomier, but I did remember the "aha!" moment of pushing it into the lava. I was a teen at the time, so it didn't took as long for me to figure it out. We all had our brain blocked at some gaming moments. So don't feel embarrassed or frustrated. Be proud that you overcome it.

[@Movie_Games]

I could beat games/bosses easily when I was a kid. But I could not fking figure shit out and that really pissed me off. There where so many games that I loved, but just couldn't progress. Metroid, Zelda 2, Legacy of the Wizard. I recently looked up how to get the Ice Beam and got even more pissed. Like... how was I supposed to know that as a kid?

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

I could not beat Zelda 2. I didn't realize how hard this game was. I needed to use the easy mode mod (and save states) to get through it.

[@bened22]

Super Metroid actually makes me angry as a grown up because it is so cryptic and time consuming with its progression. But at the same time fans hype it up like no other Metroid. A very frustrating combination! :D

[@McCannoid]

Love this! For us the small TV and SNES were on the end of the kitchen table - the living room was under construction. After dinner is when my oldest bro battled Crocomire and the whole family cheered him on, it was such a rollercoaster...like a good football match, we all cheered the hard fought victory too! Thanks for the uploads and for sharing, it helps awaken old and dormant memories that are just priceless 👍

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

Man... Kids who grow up on next gen VR are gonna REALLY be nostalgic. Nice video dude. The Earthbound waterfall got me good. There are a couple other experiences on the tip of my tongue...

[@doctorskelestein6068]

I'll never forget that was literally the first ever "jump scare" to get me in a video game. Good times. Love the videos and channel Tyler. Retro Life and the Game Chasers are my ultimate "comfort viewing" channels. 💚

[@bryangonzales4198]

I was born in the very late 90s so I never played an snes until I was a teen, but these stories really give me a sense of nostalgia because growing up with an n64, GameCube, & Wii, I have stories like these as well, where you’re just so focused on this one particular moment, for me it was finding Doopliss’ name in Paper Mario TTYD (no joke, it took me ONE YEAR by accident). I feel like it’s not the same now that I’m in my 20s, now since as an adult, it’s easy to figure things out so you brush off these moments like it’s nothing, or kids nowadays can look them up in the internet. KZbin did exist when I was growing up, but the video game tutorials were HORRIBLE, and very grainy so I had to figure it out myself. I’m sorry for the long speech but I loved this video lol, you earned a new subscriber.

[@GamingintoEternity]

Great video Tyler! You are wonderful at communicating your childhood in gaming with all the emotions that go with it as a kid.

[@mediaglitch]

Another great episode Tyler. Also thanks for being on my new episode. What do you think of me cutting out your spoiler? I debated over it but I decided not enough people have played it so I hope you were cool with it. At first I thought the sponsor was a joke and then I realized hey I know that cereal lol. You might not know this but Super Metroid is my favorite Game on the super Nintnedo. Great editing, Mega man 1 push me to this when I was a kid and the first TMNT on the nes.

[@MyRetroLife]

Haha we talked earlier but thanks for the comment man

[@LexLutha]

What an incredible video from an absolute masterpiece of a channel. Love it

[@David-yo3ul]

I love watching your retro life videos. So much it makes a grown man cry! :) Super Metroid one of my faves! I relate! I had Metroid on NES...as a kid it was too hard for me. Still hard now! Lol I had Metroid 2 on Gameboy and I was good and love this game still. But Super Metroid blew my mind! Literally took me too another world! Watching your videos takes me back... Thank you so much for sharing ... Our retro life!!

[@Jarrygames86]

My dad also fueled my gaming as a kid but he wasn't as engaged as your dad was. That's special bro. 💯💜

[@AmberExpert]

Great videos. I don't remember hard games on NES and SNES but I remember resident evil and silent hill games were hard and me and my friends in school had super hard times getting lost.

[@EoR_2B4GOT10]

I'm not sure if this counts. But on the PS2 I played this game called Prince of Persia Warrior Within. After the events of the first game your character is now being chased by the guardian of time aka the Dahaka. This beast shows up throughout the game trying to kill you. Whenever he shows up the screen goes black and white and the music changes from soft atmosphere to metal real fast. When you run from him the Dahaka talks in a strange tone you cannot understand. Sometimes when you run from him you get caught or fall down some highground. You can turn back time to an extend and retry. Do this at a point in which the Dahaka speaks and his voice sounds "normal" so you understand when he says "You cannot escape the Dahaka!" Needless to say the beast is terrifying and not being able to fight back sucks. But if you take all the right health extensions throughout the game you can unlock the final Weapon with the Watersword. This Sword has the power to wound the Dahaka so when he shows you can finall fight back. This fight isn't easy you will still die many times when trying to beat him but in the end it felt just incredible to finally beat this monster. Still one of my favorite bosses to this day.

[@blakehorton8110]

Love it man these videos make me feel like I'm not alone and at least they're are other people out there who have the same nostalgia and passion for the 80's/90's/early 2000's ..... you make it seem cool , wich it is ..... love it man I really can't wait to see these vids man you are an muse to alot of people and I love all the details all the realness is such a breath of fresh air ....thanks man

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks for this comment Blake!

[@DarthBreh]

Great story!!! I remember my first crack at Metroid, my aunt buying me Metroid II for the gameboy, freaking fell in love with the franchise.

[@shane2613]

Love the Blue Stinger music behind the cereal bit

[@brendenortizCAL]

Awesome video, very relatable! I've always wanted to meet someone who got to experience super metroid upon release in 1994. Endless conversations to be had! (I was born in 1996.)

[@HoT_ToucH]

Awesome video as always my friend! As for me when I was a kid I remember the technodrome on TMNT part 1 for the nes, That was one of my first games ever and man, I still get goosebumps when I see that big ball of lightning, I rage quit so many times and I had some golden patience because I can’t even play that now, the game seems so unfair 😂 thanks for sharing your story as always! So great to see your time capsule and feel like I’m there 🔥🤟🏼

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks Ruben! Appreciate it

[@Choom2077]

Fantastic little story here.☺ Thank you for sharing this. I remember my first face off with the Crocomire. It forced me to the wall of death too, until I also figured out his pattern and what a great feeling that was, to see it sink into the lava. When it leaped out from the other side, I was like "NO WAY IT'S STILL ALIVE!??!" lol... but then it collapsed. Phew! They did a fantastic job with that boss fight. One of the most memorable ones. Super Metroid remains to be one of my top favorite SNES games and I still proudly own my original copy today. :> PS. What a great father. 💗

[@joshchele]

This man had it all! I love the good memories and stories about it! Super unique channel and gaining a sub

[@rebeccalejon3519]

The first game that made me rage quit was Ninja Gaiden, I made it to The Jaquio and died, died and died. I got so angry I was grounded for playing the NES for a couple of days. After that it was personal, I must have been 4 or 5 at the time but I would practise every chance I got. I finally beat that game some years later and it was my personal and greatest triumphs over one of the toughest NES games out there.

[@brandonginsburg3120]

Tough game for sure. I only got as far as near the top of the fortress, could not cross a gap.

[@zacharycarter9887]

I think the one thing about this channel take the video games aside it brings us back to our childhood and a much more simpler time how can you not love ir

[@MrCalverino]

in the building!!! greetings from Houston, Tx!!! I see you're from the area too!!!

[@skull902]

Another fantastic video as always! Really impressed (but not surprised) that your dad had you take a breather instead of getting mad that you were mad. It's great that he recognized what was gonna actually help the situation. For me, most of the time it was levels rather than bosses that would get me stuck and frustrated with a game. Cannon's Core in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle was what immediately came to mind; even after finding the Air Necklace for Knuckles, I still had a time and a half with the water currents in his part of the stage. Took me a good couple months of trying to finally see Sonic's section and beat it. As far as bosses go, King Boom Boo I also remember taking a while but not _nearly_ as long.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

Imagine living in a non-nintendo country in the 90s, sega was all the rage, i had to move heaven and earth to get any snes games, and sadly, most these amazing games were left unplayed thanks to me not finding them. i think METROID and EARTHBOUND and even ZELDA on snes were the most heartbreaking games i never played as a kid. Shame being a nintendo kid in a non nintendo friendly country, but at least i managed to play a lot of games, sadly, some games i really wanted, never showed up.

[@RodniDemental]

Yeah, the only nintendo I ever heard of back then was a pokemon

[@christopherevans9119]

I can relate… I raged In the 1990s, & finally beat It In 2001 when my state had a massive Ice storm, & snow during that time… Thank God for a John Deere 4840 & Diesel generator to give me electricity & heat, other than our fireplace & gas stove… I grew up In a farm family all my life…

[@NickGoblin]

I did not have the same experience, I was 17 when I first played Super Metroid, far beyond the end of the SNES's lifespan. But that little jump scare after beating Crocomire still made me jump. One of the best games of all time through and through.

[@adamjenkins190]

I'm the same age as you, same situation about gaming with my dad. We spent like an hour or so at midnight taking turns on crocomire, before we figured out what to do. Great memory for me.

[@NESADDICT]

Dude yes!! So happy to see your channel thriving!! Bout dang time! Keep it going as long as possible! In myTop 5 favorite channels of all time!

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks Jay! Always look forward to your comments. Glad you enjoy the channel so much

[@NESADDICT]

@@MyRetroLife always have, always will!!

[@MyRetroLife]

@@NESADDICT Also not sure how I got unsubscribed from you!

[@mack_mcmillan]

Forgive the language but HOLY SHIT what a family life. A boatload, 180 degree difference to my own. I'm happy you've stayed humble. They did great, your folks.

[@meganesposito3013]

I didn’t play video games but this is how I’d get when practicing piano. Great video!!

[@ModePhaser]

Super Metroid was definitely interesting the first time I encountered it as a kid. I was 14 so for me the toughest part was finding the way forward when they hid it behind a destructible environment. Great Video as always Tyler!

[@MyRetroLife]

It was such a cryptic game just like the NES one but more polished and figure out-able. Thanks for watching!

[@MD-xl1sq]

The final boss in Secret of Mana, which is my favorite game of all time. Nearly 30 years later and I still haven’t beaten the game.

[@waynesmith3177]

Me and one of my cousins played Secret of Mana over Thanksgiving week one year. We ended up beating the game right as my Mom was telling us to put our shoes on so we could go to our grandparents house for Thanksgiving dinner. That week is probably my strongest memory from gaming.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

This is my favorite series and channel on KZbin. The 90's were a amazing time to be a kid. Especially at gamer. I just wish I knew then what I knew now

[@abztraktt6403]

My god please don’t stop telling your stories . You’re really taking me back to my childhood. SUPER DUPER SUBSCRIBED 🔥

[@jdivergh22]

I love your videos so much. We were lucky to grow up when we did. The awesome feeling of beating the boss you've been working on forever is a feeling like no other. One of the first ones for me that I can remember is Ripto on Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. Looking back he's a simple boss, but as a kid he infuriated me lol. Good times

[@chrisd6287]

This isn't the first time I've said it, nor the last you will hear it but your father is a legend. And there are a few bosses/puzzles that got me as a kid. Not sure if you ever played Alundra but there were numerous instances in that game where I was stuck for weeks at a time. Same with Resident Evil. But man, whenever I finally figured out that vital piece of info and progressed it was always such a great feeling. The world we live in now we are a Google search away from figuring things like this out which I unfortunately have resorted to from time to time. It just always makes me think back on those days and how different of an experience gaming was then. Anyways, I'm rambling now, take care man.

[@john-evanbear8783]

Nightmare was kinda that same way for me on Metroid Fusion. I was making it harder on myself by using the wave or plasma beam when I could’ve been spamming missles like many other Metroid bosses. Now when I replay the game he is a pushover for me.

[@emilyblake4424]

I love love LOVE that your dad was SO involved and encouraging in your gaming hobby, and that there is so much home footage that captures just how special this is. There is nothing else quite like it, having that validation as a child. My parents acknowledged and supported my love of video games, sure, but it was more than just a struggle to get my dad to even play DUCK HUNT with me lol. I remember begging him, but no. And if I ever lost my cool in a game, then that was it: it gets turned off, and I was sent to my room. The fact that your parents recognized what was going on with you internally and checked in is incredible, especially for the era we grew up in (I was an 80s/90s kid also). In saying that, i find your story about crocomire SO interesting. I was never really very good at video games as a kid even though i played them obsessively and for me, Super Metroid was the very first game I ever beat, but that breaking point came at the fight against Phantoon. To this day, Phantoon STILL gives me trouble. I'm not even sure how I beat it originally, sheer luck maybe? haha. But that feeling of FINALLY overcoming a hard-as-nails boss is like nothing else. It's like this massive rush of a gasp from the breath held so tight in the lungs, and a pure flood of endorphins that just reaches high tide over a scream of "YESSSSS!!!!!" at the top of your lungs. it's like nothing else i've ever experienced, even to this day.

[@MyRetroLife]

This is a really wonderful and thoughtful comment - Thank you for taking the time to write it and share your own story

[@Age_of_Retro]

Super Metroid is one of my favorite all time games. I was obsessed as a kid. I think some incredibly frustrating boss fights...Laughing Octopus from Metal Gear 4... I don't know why either just frustrating. Atheon from Destinys first raid, and the final boss of Elden Ring... some of my most frustrating from the past few years.. haha. Awesome video man!

[@ThePotionShop]

I was born in 96 so I didn't get to really experience the SNES outside of my cousins that kept it around while N64, PS1 and Dreamcast took over. Seeing these memories is great, thank you as always for sharing them!

[@Lexyvil]

Stories like these are why I love being a gamer. I have so many fond memories of games I've played as a kid in the early 90s, back when rental stores were common. I feel extremely lucky to have experienced those.

[@LanzaDeSantos]

Back in the early 90’s my parents bought me and my siblings a Sega Genesis Model 2 with the 6-Pak cartridge. While it didnt make me rage as a kid I was still met with frustration at losing to the final bosses of Golden Axe and Revenge of Shinobi. Needless to say I eventually beat them and was super stoked. 7 year old me couldn’t have been more hype.

[@MiZoW]

I remember back in the day having to take breaks and then coming back and beating the parts I'd been stuck on for days or weeks. I Haven't experienced that in a long time. I would sit and think about what I could do to beat a boss while I was at school n stuff then would be so excited when I got home to give it another try. It was so satisfying coming back the next day and beating whatever I was stuck on.

[@RetroJack]

This channel is so wholesome!

[@zrexx9428]

This video, although not entirely, just has something "old youtube" about it that I like. It's like, your talking about your experiences in such an emotional and heated and passionate way. Not giving a "review" but sharing something people can connect with while giving your own perspective and experience with it. This is honestly what I miss from gaming content is getting to know the person behind the video. We have so many video game videos where its just a generic guy monologuing for 1.5 hours and there's no personality, no unique story to tell. I almost don't like any youtube content these days but I kinda liked watching this... to tell ya the truth I also kinda like how you sorta explained how your experiences with video games gave you these lessons in life and kinda molded you into who you are. I think it's something unnoticed these days. Like gaming is an adventure that trains you mentally... at least for those of us who are really into it. It even teaches you basic life skills like self-motivation and dealing with being challenged and knowing how to push yourself. It's pretty amazing I have, and it's kinda the experience I've had the more I've pushed myself to game as an adult.

[@ReelFilm2016]

I love the fact that you have nostalgic footage of you eating nostalgic cereal. 🤭

[@jimijames6449]

This is one of the best channels on KZbin

[@themegaman91965]

Super Metroid is such an amazing game; it just doesn't feel all that old; 1994 is that one year I remember the most, other than 2000 when I got my first console, the N64. I remember some heavy struggles with Donkey Kong 64 that year with that dreaded Nintendo coin from the emulated Donkey Kong, and some Link to the Past in 2003 on my SNES I got from Gamestop before they decided to shut off classic games altogether in 2006. I'll never forget that year; that was terrible for catching up with what I missed then, and fast-forward to today, and it's gone from hard to find to also expensive as heck!

[@Yahtzee88]

This game will forever be one of my favorite of all time. Only cause of how much emotion it brought out in me. As a 7 year old playing this game. I was soooo immersed in it and completely lost. I don't know how long it took me to finally beat it, A long time. But by the time I fonally got to the end and mother brain killed the metroid, I lost it conpletely I was so angry and heartbroken I actually was crying yelling at motherbrain, shooting her nonstop til she was done. The most intense gaming moment I ever had without a doubt.

[@Ddog2]

😂😅😂

[@symboltherapper]

So cool you have so much home video. Makes you feel like your really back in 1994 for with you guys

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks! That was the whole idea for the channel when I decided to use the old home movie footage.

[@MysticBGaming]

I was born in 87. Played Super Metroid when I was 6 or 7 and I remember getting to the red tower in Brinstar and not knowing how to get to Kraid. I rage quit till I got a players guide and game genie in a year or so later. Maridia and Mother Brain Final Battle Music gave me nightmares as a kid and I would always play those parts with the TV turned down.

[@robzo87]

Rockets Knights Adventures on SEGA Genesis’s!!! I always got stuck on stage 5 Boss battle “Pig Mecha”. I remember playing it over and over again with my dad’s guidance throughout the whole game play…and I just couldn’t take him down. I even got so furious to throw my controller down and yelled “Damnit” and my dad got highly pissed at me for that, but remained in a calm manner. He made me take a break from gaming for a couple of days to learn my lesson, and eventually I passed on the controller for him to play, and he aced it from acknowledging my flaws. Pops beat the game from there on forward and we took it back to the video store we rent it from. Later on a couple of years later I came across it on sale at this place called service merchandise, right before the PS1 dropped. I purchased it and took it home and played the crap out of it getting stuck at Pig Mecha, stage 5, but remaining calm and focused a few hours later …I blazed through all 7 stages with ease! I was so happy and felt accomplished like no other game with boss battles. That cartridge stays on my bookshelf as a reminder and trophy lol

[@robzo87]

Thank you for this page. It takes me back to my family and cousins, along with friends in gaming. So many memories that will always be with me.

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks for watching and sharing that story!

[@andylindsey]

Wow, your dad keeps surprising me with his approach to situations. If I had rage quit back in the day, my parents would blame the game and make me stop for a long time. That's really cool how your dad turned that moment into a life lesson. I'm going to remember that for when I have kids. I remember facing some difficult bosses as a kid. The final boss in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Goro and Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat, King K. Rool in Donkey Kong Country, Sagat and M. Bison in Street Fighter 2!

[@adewilson132]

I still have never beaten Kintaro in MK II, so I never even made it to Shao Khan, therefore I have never beaten the game. and this is as an adult. I can beat MK1 and Ultimate MK3 but I absolutely cannot not beat MK2, the A.I. is too broken.

[@CoolDudeClem]

"Ever encounter a Boss Fight is a video game that you just couldn't win?" Well yes that's me on just about EVERY video game and EVERY boss ever.

[@Obi3D]

Hearing your euphoria from beating the boss had me living vicariously through your Dad on the couch. Got me a little emotional knowing that one day I could have my own child jumping up and down from a video game...and I could be there to experience him/her do that...

[@juanmelaramusic]

Demyx from Kingdom Hearts II. I couldn't beat this boss as a kid until I reached adulthood. I remember beating him on the Final Mix version on the PS3 back in 2018. It took so long LOL.

[@neilbottles2597]

Great video! I remember I got Super Metroid for Christmas '94. It pissed me off soo much at times but I got good at it and beat it the next Summer.

[@MyRetroLife]

Hey thanks for watching!

[@richterbelmont5506]

The thing in Super Metroid that makes you want to rage quit is when you get stuck in an area and you literally have to wall jump to get out or something because you didn't get an item before you went into an area. I remember I got really stuck in that long vertical shaft in Super Metroid and I legitimately thought I was stuck and couldn't possibly get out. I had to find out how to wall jump extremely well to get out of there

[@kentheonlywellmaybedontoo9754]

awesome story, thanks for sharing

[@FallOutRob2005]

Crocomire is one of those bosses that at first you think you can keep on hitting until it dies, but defeating him works very diffrently. I remember first playing Super Metroid on my Super Nintendo when I was 13 and I too got stuck at this boss battle. Took me a couple tries to figure out that you have to keep firing missles into his mouth to knock him back into the magma and when I did figure it out It was satisfying. I still remember that suprise jumpscare and my reaction to this day 15 years later.

[@andresvelez6538]

This happened just recently I raged out while playing TLOUS2 and punched my door when I looked at my hand I realized I scraped my knuckles and started bleeding it was a clear sign I needed to take a break from this game and come back to it when I’m ready. The next day I beat the level where I was getting frustrated. It honestly taught me a very important lesson on how to deal with my frustration.

[@shibbymiyah6614]

Your storytelling is amazing dude

[@petemalogne5219]

This was great.. loved all the editing/footage along w the passionate storytelling.. Crocomire!!

[@MyRetroLife]

Hey thanks for saying that! Glad you enjoyed it

[@Geckotr]

I beat this game on emulator and watching yt walkhthroughs. I'd be probably stuck forever if i'd played when i was 11 years old kid back in 1994. Extremeley challenging game which requires a lot of trial&error , imagination and skill. Especially on boss fights. It's truly a classic and unique game for it's time