Such a great game. Almost as great as Metroid Prime. Nintendo, are you listening to me? Make a new 2D Metroid dammit!

While I prefer the Primes and Fusion over it, it's still one of my all time favs

masterpiece!

I played it for the first time when a friend borrowed me his snes many years ago and it was on a cartridge of some alien game, I was instantly hooked. The stupid bastard of my friend didn't give me the chance to finish it so I knew I had to buy a snes someday with this game. It's one of the best games ever made

Happy birthday to the best game ever created!


Seems like just yesterday that I played it for the first time, in 1994. 

Maybe... that's because I replay this game once every year.

Happy birthday!!

Happy birthday to my childhood!

I'll replay this weekend alongside Other M.

I didn't make the link with its birthday when I removed the dust of my old snes and metroid cartridge and played that game again last weekend. I still have my personal best 100% completed run saved on it: 1 hour 40 mins. After all these years, I still have to play the game once in a while and I'm always satisfied when I do so, doesn't seem like a waste of time at all... Its my personal favorite, I love also the first metroid, its hard and unforgiving for poor players, no saves, no easy missile or energy  regeneration stations, no scanning device to help you find secret passages, just skills and a good memory can help you to kill mother brain... (yes you have the codes, but you begin with no missile and 30 health points, it will take you almost the same time trying get back all these lost missiles and health points than replaying the game from the beginning and for those who have the original game, good luck killing mother brain on first try even with 200 missiles and full health...)

Happy Birthday to my favorite game of all time, and thanks for making this thread.

This game is the reason for my screenname. Therefore, without this game I would not exist!

I first played/beat this game in a single 16 hour sitting, having rented it from my local video store. My friend and I pulled an all nighter and completed the game probably at around 65%. Needless to say I was blown away. Metroid on the NES had been my favorite game up until that point and this sequel did not disappoint.

Several years later in college my household (two guys/two girls) rediscovered the title and went about searching for all the items. This was before the internet, or just as the internet was taking off and we were determined to find everything without help from strategy guides or phone calls to Nintendo's help line. Of course we were able to find everything and celebrated this victory by trying to get the lowest time.

My person records are 1:31 100% ending and 1:11 any % ending.

I'm still waiting for a remake or re-imagining of this title, although I'd probably prefer a brand new game with the same graphical design.

Happy Birthday, Super Metroid. May the etecoons forever frustrate the novice initiate, teach the apprentice, and guide the masters to more sequence breaks than we'll ever know!

In different ways, yes.  But this game was especially hard considering it always dropped you back in the game with 30 health points after you died. Depending on the area you are in farming for life can be suicidal at times.  Get strong, stay strong, don't fall in the lava.  And get screw attack as soon as you can.