What The Hack Is This? | Rogue Dawn

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[@diegoaguilar1954]

I really like how your character wears gear when they are on the planet and dont have it when inside the ship

[@methamphetamelon]

IIRC when this was still just a demo, your air slowly ran out and had to be recharged. Looks like they ditched that later on.

[@grimlockarts8386]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

[@Mr.Spongecake]

It's not "dying to reset." It's "damage-boosting to the last checkpoint."

[@igodreamer7096]

Spoken like a true gamer now! xDDDD

[@benjaminfrost2780]

Oats, my guy....you were working for Ridley. You had space pirates you couldnt shoot on your ship bc they were working the ship you came from. You were a bad guy from the get go. Not about good or bad ending when you took that E tank. It was framing you are one of the bad guys. You are there just to get the metroid, no other reason.

[@grimlockarts8386]

Nice run, didn't know if you were going to make it in the end. Don't hate me for the loops, believe it or not I actually removed a bunch of them in the final version, lol.

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

Hey !!! Are you working on anything else ??? Rogue Dawn was honestly official game quality and deserves more recognition

[@Judamage]

Really impressive work! I really enjoyed watching this play through.

[@grimlockarts8386]

@@Haywood-Jablomie I recreated Metroid with the Rogue Dawn engine changes and in the organic art style of Rogue Dawn. It's about 80% complete. I should really get it off of the back burner and complete it.

[@grimlockarts8386]

@@Judamage Cool, it was a fun project to work on.

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

@@grimlockarts8386 YES !!! please do get back on it when you have time. I would also love if you were to remember this chat thread and let me know when you upload a ROM please!

[@MechanicalRabbits]

the moment when he finds the right path, dies once to it and then spends hours wandering around places he's already been to instead of going back to it is KILLING ME

[@ridetheapex]

I am glad i am not the only one. He spent hours trying to find that elevator from the beginning. It was to the right of the damn thing!

[@86-panda]

The whole soundtrack for this rom hack is an absolute banger!

[@KesorodaBlk]

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[@EnormousKingCrab]

It fucking freaks my melon that people look at this hack and think it looks bad. It looks amazing.

[@Rockardo_]

I found your channel a few months ago and I'm so glad I did, this is such a great niche

[@dorkidori]

you missed the secret mario themed world ;) thing is creepier than hell! its in the "ridley" lair your were messing around in at the 3 hour mark. its hidden toward the top portion of the map somewhere and awards you a temporary energy tank that disappears if you die. but yeah, its honestly kind of disturbing to explore lol. i was completely creeped out by it!

[@grimlockarts8386]

That bug was fixed in version 1.21, you keep the E-Tank

[@Euph_-v-]

Guys in the chat not realizing that you're not playing as Samus but as Dawn, a human agent working for Ridley.

[@Reelix789]

She was called Dawn Aran if I'm not mistaking, implying it's the same person except it was the space pirates who took her in as a child instead of the Chozo. Pretty cool concept

[@Euph_-v-]

@@Reelix789 Spoiler warnings: It's supposed to be Samus' mother.

[@Reelix789]

@@Euph_-v- oooooooh even cooler! I'm totally gonna have to play this 👀

[@BoolinBoshi]

one thing i really, really have to tell you guys is-

[@Psylent]

You're supposed to go out of bounds in the ship. There are Easter eggs hidden

[@grimlockarts8386]

There's over a dozen easter eggs, he only found one

[@kingstarhowl2235]

3:36:16 Funny you should say that, because in older versions of the game, falling there used to make you have to do the whole loop again. Which also made it so doing very specific wall jumps up let you skip it lol.

[@grimlockarts8386]

I added a secret route to skip about 75% of the final area, you can see it in the speed runs.

[@greatheightsu]

The soundtrack slaps.

[@d_valroth]

So...game takes place entirely on SR388. Makes sense, we are searching for metroid material. The ending however... suddenly we are on Zebes, and Dawn has refused to turn the metroid larva over to Ridley... But there WERE metroids on Zebes, the pirates were working on a breeding program, they did NOT fail to acquire them. Ridley only goes after the larva on Ceres because by that point Samus has driven them to extinction. So, did Dawn simply not know that the larva she had was not the only one?

[@grimlockarts8386]

She gives the capsule to Ridley after returning to Zebes but she takes a Metroid sample for herself and splits just as Samus is approaching. That's just before Metroid 1 starts.

[@ghgtare]

Rogue Dawn is supposed to be a prequel to NEStroid/Zero Mission, not Super Metroid.

[@d_valroth]

@@ghgtare Yes, that's what I said.

[@TheBlargMarg]

Is this game using the actual NES source code? This game is very technical for being a NES game. Having a real time map, slopes that Samus can travel over (as simple as that is, calculating now characters move over slopes is weirdly advanced for old games), and the large character and environment pallet.

[@EkkoNezumi2554]

1:52:28 You sounded like Krypto from Destroy All Humans. That was dope. XD

[@austinvanderveer213]

The thing about the DMCAs with AM2R, though... From my understanding, if they don't protect their copyright, then they lose ground in court later for much more egregious infringements. I doubt they had any ill will towards the devs or the players.

[@calemr]

Bingo. If you do not protect your copyright, you lose it, legally.

[@erikhawkke4861]

2019 never ended.

[@TheWallyWallrusShow]

that game looks fukcing good ...

[@fizzodonnell4616]

Watching this in 2x speed is a blast :D

[@noahsander6248]

Nah 0.5x times = more oats 😍

[@Irisfantasies]

and i was thinking when you were going to put this on youtube... really cool when i saw it live

[@MidanMagistrate]

Certified Oats Moment

[@Eight-Bytes]

Yo when did he play this? I love this rom hack. Wish I could have caught it live.

[@zackschilling4376]

IS this playable on actual NES hardware? It looks very interesting. Definitely one of the more unique hacks Ive ever seen. Whats up with the crybabies in the chat?

[@dorkidori]

yes, there are actual NES cartridges you can purchase online

[@grimlockarts8386]

Yes, that was one of our main goals with this project, enjoy

[@mightypancake2211]

So rogue dawn, is like a visit to SR 388 before metroid 1, for both the Space pirates and for the federation. Unless they had set up a habitat for the metroids, in the form of the BIOS station.

[@admiralacorn9593]

The music in this hack is really legend of zelda awakening esk

[@caesaria]

wow this is the greatest romhack I've ever seen. 4/5

[@jackschleich9475]

I got 165 missiles and 5 e tanks. I just want to get one more e tank and 3 more missle packs and pass the game already

[@Borti_Ovi]

Starring: Original Character Evil *Dawn* Aran (Forgot her first name)

[@Psylent]

Dawn

[@godfist314]

Make a Super Metroid hack plays like Metroid 1. It's BRILLIANT!

[@demonking41-l8j]

And that's how Retroid came to be.

[@Jerkwad152]

It's fucking AWESOME is what it is!

[@xDARKSHADEx]

Low key why all the hate for Metroid 1? I get that it hasn't aged that well but for it's time I thought it was amazing.

[@camrencarpenter8085]

'For its time' is the key phrase, its incredebly dated by today's standard.

[@xDARKSHADEx]

@@camrencarpenter8085 Yeah I get it... It's just hard, having played them in release order growing, to discredit it as much as I see some others do. It's my primitive monkey brain going "Yeah game1 isn't that great, but game2 wouldn't be here without it!"

[@doriansitbon5450]

Hello everyone ! Go test this metroid game ! "AlienQuest-EVE" . Enjoy :P

[@teeterharris]

Reminds me of Phazon in that it looks great but just goes on and on and on

[@rob_i208]

This is a weird Metroid Prime hack.

[@thecaptain2281]

@Oatsngoats There is a difference between things like AM2R and the ROM hack you're playing in this video. AM2R was a work built from the ground up using assets derived from Nintendo IP which is not protected by fair-use legal code. ROM hacks like the one you played here are modifications of the original game, which is protected under the terms of fair-use. Nintendo can not DMCA strike the maker of this hack nor you for playing it.

[@Kyle-gj5ev]

What does he really have to tell us?!

[@Erlisch1337]

I DONT KNOOOOOW

[@Jacob-me6fb]

Where do I start if I would like to start playing some of these rom hacks? Pls help I’m new to the pc realm

[@grimlockarts8386]

Go to Rom Hacking Dot Net. Get an IPS patcher program, the ROM and the patch.

[@unanimousarts]

You can use an emulator, after patching the rom, to play it on your pc. I actually got it to run on my NES Classic Edition.

[@Zye1984]

Hey I Oats, have you considered playing Axiom Verge? It's pretty rad!

[@Oatsngoats]

I've played it a bit. I couldn't get into it for some reason. It's not a bad game though

[@Zye1984]

@@Oatsngoats d'aww

[@gideonbowman2689]

Getting in early how will this go?

[@raynorzeraph953]

Im starting to get the feeling that... you don't like FOG... 😬

[@Erlisch1337]

Wait what did he have to tell us?

[@QactisX]

Is it just me or does anyone else much prefer the item fanfare in Metroid to Super Metroid

[@rubyfuse5808]

Thumb up for a good teasing with muted voice, sir!

[@jackschleich9475]

I'm hoping for closure

[@acuddle]

The soundtrack and ambiance are spot on, but oh Goddess the map design's reliance on big loops is really bad 😩.

[@tomtac8599]

Quality content Im a shadow viewer Keep it up i enjoy

[@gokuonice1940]

Give this game a better color scheme, and samus suit, you've got one successful metroid game.

[@Erlisch1337]

why Samus suit? You dont play as Samus....

[@dorkidori]

this isnt Samus... her name is Dawn Aran

[@grimlockarts8386]

Can't, it was limited to the NES palette

[@gokuonice1940]

@@grimlockarts8386 Yea i realized that after i posted lol, silly me ':D

[@wojiaobill]

bloody brilliant hack

[@wizardlyTKO]

No, it sounds malicious to me, my W10 Pro, never starts up with Edge "Already" Open.

[@ferrinheight]

i think he's referring to when you click the "more info about this image" for the login screen background and it opens edge with some links about that image.

[@gideonbowman2689]

Sounds like music from Shadowgate

[@Erlisch1337]

not at all

[@ridetheapex]

I can see that. Also a good game.

[@benjaminfrost2780]

Aran.....you know like Samus Aran? with an "an" at the end of the name not an "rawn" at the end? Implied she is related to Samus. lol

[@d_valroth]

Unless it's a common name in the Federation, the Smith or Jones equivalent. There's no evidence that Samus had a sister, and her mother's name is Virginia, so certainly a mystery. The fact that she can use Chozo gear is significant though, particularly the Morph Ball as we know the pirates still hadn't worked that one out even after the first Mother Brain was destroyed.

[@magvs_mæstro216]

Sigma Rey

[@extragirth64]

It's neat you can still get lost even with a map. As much as some fans may think, there is an appeal in getting lost. I can admit the original Metroid went too far but I think this hack found a good compromise between having a map and still trying to figure out what to do. It's sort of like Lost Woods from _Legend of Zelda_ or those mazes from _Adventure_ for the A2600 but on a bigger scale. I bet Super Metroid hacks can do something similar. Is there a SM hack out there like this because this is an improvement.

[@jashickey]

I like this hack! Worth a speedrun? Thanks for the entertaining content.. if streaming was easy, all the haters in chat would be doing it.

[@wizardlyTKO]

Streaming is easy, the hard part is finding viewers and maintaining the entertainment. Also requires a decent internet connection. Otherwise, you aren't going to get views because no one wants to watch 240p content or 144p content.

[@antblaster9k]

alright now do ancient chozo

[@kenji1379]

Who else seen a speedrun of this

[@theonewhojustis6541]

fuckin adapex.......

[@luizricardoboostel]

8 Bits 60 fps

[@ItaCronayu]

if you hate the annoying sh1t from win10 just install win10LSTC, its a clean install closer to win7, tolerable as a w7 lover

[@Takedinhaa]

Ew