why people dont know about MetalStorm ? [Archive]

hellraiser

09-04-2010, 10:41 PM

So...

Recently as a gift i was given a copy of the game metalstorm for the nes.
Now, the person who gave it to me just turned 19 and dosent know anything about old school games. Being a close family member she looked over my pitifully small collection ,took notes then looked for good nes games on you tube and google.

Weeks later im unwraping the game...

Thing is i had never heard of it. I cleaned it up( as I always do games that come from the wild)poped it in and hit the switch.I was stunned by how good it was... The music,controls and graphics were perfect the game play is awesome. I thought whole gravity thing was pretty original and fun!

But why didint me or any of my friends hear about this game back in 90?
None of my budys... not one... ever heard of it. After some research i found it even made the cover of nintendo power way back when. I cant belive this didint become a huge hit with a bunch of sequels...

So guys...any thoughts?

Hwj_Chim

09-04-2010, 11:04 PM

such a great game. I am also surprised that their is not more love for this game it is definitely one of the NES's best.

Battlesmurf

09-04-2010, 11:05 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRQ0LIJ3jzU

I loooooved it back in the day. It didn't see too wide of a release at all, outside of that magazine I don't remember seeing anything on TV about it. The timeframe it came out had some pretty stiff competition, and the game is hard as heck if memory serves.

Irem didn't seem to have much luck sometimes- but man did they sure make alot of gems.

Orion Pimpdaddy

09-05-2010, 12:18 AM

Back then, you usually had to make purchasing decisions based on screen shots, both on the back of the box and in magazines. Well, go today and look at a screen shot of Metal Storm. It looks very unimpressive, almost a puke color. We know today the game plays well, but back then, as a kid in the gaming aisle at Toys R Us starring at the back of the box, I think I would have bought something else.

In addition, I think the game got lost in the clutter. Maybe Irem didn't have much of a promotional budget, and maybe they didn't get good coverage in Nintendo Power.

jb143

09-05-2010, 01:51 AM

One of my favorites back in the day. I don't think we ever owned it(I still don't), but we rented it several times. I also remember none of my friends at the time knowing what it was. Pretty strange phenomenon.

jperryss

09-05-2010, 02:06 AM

I had ONE friend that had the game, I played it a bit, loved it, but didn't end up getting it for myself until many years later (last year, actually).

The 2nd loop is pretty tough.

InsaneDavid

09-05-2010, 02:28 AM

All good reasons why it was overlooked here (http://kidfenris.blogspot.com/2010/06/metal-storm-destruction-of-gundam.html).

Oldskool

09-05-2010, 06:44 AM

Played and loved it back in the day at a friends house, and I've had my own personal copy now for over 10 years. Awesome game, will never get rid of it.

HappehLemons

09-05-2010, 01:12 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2IkkkfAc9k

ccovell

09-05-2010, 08:26 PM

True story:

Metalstorm was really hard to find used. I found it for sale in an old NES bin at Blockbuster (in California, on vacation) and took it home (to Vancouver, Canada) and when I popped it in my NES, the game that showed up on my screen was Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt!!!!

Someone had taken the time to undo the security screws of the Metalstorm cart and swap in the SMB board, they wanted it that bad. There was nothing I could do but sell it to a pawn shop and hope they wouldn't test it out while I was there.

Anyway, with an awesome anime box cover like that, how could you possibly pass it up at Toys 'R Us? :D

Dr. Dib

09-05-2010, 09:56 PM

The only reason I know about the game is due to the HVGN. I found it two years ago though at a game shop for $5 and I've loved playing it. The strange thing was my dad actually remembered playing the game and liking it.

Zing

09-06-2010, 10:11 AM

Push Upstairs

09-06-2010, 10:59 AM

I owned this game.

I bought it on the cheap sometime in 1992, but I don't think I could ever beat the game.

I sold it off some years later when I thinned out my NES collection.

Zoe F

09-06-2010, 02:07 PM

Dunno what you are talking about. Anyone with a Nintendo Power subscription, which should have been everyone playing NES at the time, knew about this game. When I saw this thread, I assumed you were talking about some other "Metal Storm" game, since it obviously couldn't be the NES game that was so obscure.

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Just because something hit Nintendo Power's cover didn't mean it sold too well or became very well known. We can take another good NES game like Felix the Cat for example. Despite its cover appearance, no one seemed to notice that Felix both existed and was good until well after the NES era was over. The same applies to Metal Storm.

fpbrush

09-06-2010, 02:59 PM

For some reason this game makes me think of Metal Warriors for the SNES. But I guess mecha + "Metal" in the title isn't so uncommon really!

eskobar

09-06-2010, 03:49 PM

In Monterrey, Mexico this game was a hit. We love that kind of game and you could easily find one brand new or used in its time.

I remember playing this gem with my friends and 2 neighbors from my block had the game too, pretty intense and fun, IREM stuff :D

Zing

09-06-2010, 08:44 PM

Just because something hit Nintendo Power's cover didn't mean it sold too well or became very well known. We can take another good NES game like Felix the Cat for example. Despite its cover appearance, no one seemed to notice that Felix both existed and was good until well after the NES era was over. The same applies to Metal Storm.

Er... the NES era was over in 1992 when Felix the Cat was released. That's probably why no one cared. :)

elvis8atari

09-06-2010, 09:19 PM

Because it's a generic title that sounds like a hundred other games.

SegaAges

09-06-2010, 09:20 PM

Dude, the gameplay that the person posted looks alot like Metal Warriors for SNES, which is an amazing game.

Wraith Storm

09-06-2010, 09:29 PM

Dunno what you are talking about. Anyone with a Nintendo Power subscription, which should have been everyone playing NES at the time, knew about this game.

Yeah. I can't believe how many people don't know about Metal Storm. My brother and I got a NES shortly after it came out and naturally, a Nintendo Power subscription.

Once Metal Storm was featured in NP it seemed everyone I knew had rented it, or bought it and everyone seemed to love it. Its also one of the first console games that I ever saw had parallax scrolling, even if it was faked, and other people I have met have said the same thing.

Metal Storm was a very memorable game for many reasons and chances are if you were a NES kid of the ere then you knew about Metal Storm.

Damaramu

09-06-2010, 09:35 PM

Back in the day, most of my friends knew the game well. We all thought it was quite fun and challenging. I really dug the animations on the game, particularly the explosion of your mecha when it was destroyed.

The first stage's music is also a favorite of mine.

Icarus Moonsight

09-06-2010, 10:22 PM

I missed it when it was new. Never heard anything about it either until I picked the cart up at a pawn shop sometime in 2002 IIRC. I thought it was odd that it was mostly unheard of. The game is one of the systems best and there you get the unusual combo of really good and obscure. It's a poor mans Little Samson.

scaryice

09-07-2010, 12:16 AM

Metal Storm was actually featured in a later Nintendo Power article about lesser known good games. They said something about it selling poorly.

danny_galaga

09-08-2010, 07:35 AM

SpaceHarrier

09-08-2010, 02:51 PM

As a kid, I was more or less sold on all my NES games based on whether I happened to buy or read the issue of Nintendo Power that featured them. That said, I missed that issue.

Didn't know about Metal Storm until a couple years ago when, yes, I was looking up good NES games on Youtube.

Tommittaja

09-08-2010, 03:54 PM

Oh, that's quite a good game ;D just tried it.. but seriously, tell me if you know ANY nes or SNES or genesis game with a double jump? :D nice game tho.

PS: my avatar, it's my 1st gif ever :D it's fun making 'em

hellraiser

09-08-2010, 08:41 PM

I talked to the person who gave me the game... she said it was the hvgn that sold her.
So i guess i owe him a thanks too... lol.

It looks like alott of you guys were lucky and heard about this game early on with nintendo power. Some of us had a hard time convincing our parents to flip the bill for a subscription. lol !!!!
That being said i figure everyone must have had at least one friend with a subscription. I can remember tolerating some real winners just to read the new nintendo power and EGM.

What sucks about this whole thing is i cant tell you how many times i saved , got gifted or begged my parents for games that turned out to be real turds and quality jems like metal storm that i would have loved and cherished got passed over. Oh well, decades later im gettin my second chance!!!!

Lorfarius

09-09-2010, 06:43 AM

I love finding out about hidden gems like this. Sadly it didn't get a UK release so would have had no chance spotting nay info on it back in the day. Felix the Cat as mentioned previously in the thread received a review in several magazines including the UK Nintendo Power equivalent but never saw the light of day here :(