The Metroid Zero Mission ROM is already dumped and available

[Ed Oscuro]

o_O

No links here, no sir, no ma'am. I'm surprised it's already out -- must mean that Nintendo gets the carts moving pretty quickly.

Here's some screenshots somebody took:

Title screen in VisualBoy Advance (oh, yeah...new style Win XP sucks, classic forever, heh heh) ~70K (http://www.boomspeed.com/wolfpack44/metroid0.jpg)

Data Select screen (of course it's a spoiler) (http://www.boomspeed.com/wolfpack44/met2.jpg)

Brinstar Map (more spoilers, obviously) (http://www.boomspeed.com/wolfpack44/met6.jpg)

Oh yeah, do feel free to comment on this, flame the GBA ROM release dump teams, whatever...just don't throw anything my way. This is just the facts, ma'am. I don't apologize for posting this, because I think it's something people should know about, and if you want to go grab that ROM...I expect you to go buy the game new, as well.

[buttasuperb]

heh, dumped a couple weeks before release, that beats the speed that neo geo games are dumped.

i really wanna play this, but suck at finding romz, just gonna have to wait until my famicom gba sp comes in.

[Ed Oscuro]

I can find t00 jah r0mzzz :P

I'm gonna buy the real thing works. Metroid Fusion looked fuzzy as hell on my TV, but I'm still gonna buy this. I'll have an S-Vid cable for my GameCube by then, most likely.

[gamegirl79]

I am definitely going to buy this game. I'm not really surprised the ROM is out there already.

Kind of off topic, but buttasuperb....may I ask where you ordered the Famicom GBA SP from? I really want one but don't know where I can order it.

[Jive3D]

yep, got this sucker earlier today. Gonna play it on the train ride home. Can't wait. CAN"T WAIT!!!

[Ed Oscuro]

may I ask where you ordered the Famicom GBA SP from? I really want one but don't know where I can order it.

I'm not very superb Buttah, but I hear you can get them here:

http://www.lik-sang.com/
and
http://www.ncsx.com/

[Red Warrior]

This is nothing compared to the Fusion ROM... as far as early dumps are concerned. I downloaded and finished Metroid Fusion in late September 2002... a full month and a half to two months before its official release. Needless to say, I was shocked to find a link to the ROM in a forum I just happened to be browsing one day. Of course, I still bought the game. Metroid's my game, yo. I need to own and play them all thoroughly.

I think I'm gonna hold out on downloading ZM though. This time, I'd rather see it on my Game Boy Player first. Just wish I had one of them Hori pads to play it with though.

[Darth Sensei]

I am definitely going to buy this game. I'm not really surprised the ROM is out there already.

Kind of off topic, but buttasuperb....may I ask where you ordered the Famicom GBA SP from? I really want one but don't know where I can order it.

I pre-ordered mine from www.videogamedepot.com

D

[buttasuperb]

I am definitely going to buy this game. I'm not really surprised the ROM is out there already.

Kind of off topic, but buttasuperb....may I ask where you ordered the Famicom GBA SP from? I really want one but don't know where I can order it.

I pre-ordered mine from www.videogamedepot.com

D

that's where i preordered. great store.

[Ed Oscuro]

By the way, I was joking about finding ROMs. Some folks at another forum I frequent have it...but I don't have it, and I won't be wasting my time downloading it to pass along.

Just a heads up.

[Sylentwulf]

By the way, I was joking about finding ROMs. Some folks at another forum I frequent have it...but I don't have it, and I won't be wasting my time downloading it to pass along.

Just a heads up.

Hahah, someones PM box got flooded :D

[gamegirl79]

Thanks for the info on the GBA SP guys.

One more question....will this play U.S. games?

[buttasuperb]

Thanks for the info on the GBA SP guys.

One more question....will this play U.S. games?

as far as i know it does. my regular gba was an import and it played us games.

[Red Warrior]

Thanks for the info on the GBA SP guys.

One more question....will this play U.S. games?

as far as i know it does. my regular gba was an import and it played us games.

Yup. There's no regional lockout on GB, GBC, and GBA games. All GBA's play the same games.

[Jive3D]

yeah all GB products have no regional lockout, which is great since it's a portable unit and a traveller can pick up a game in japan and play it on the way back to the US.

I will most likley purchase this game as well, I buy all the major franchises for the gba, but the ROM will still be thoroughly enjoyed.

[kainemaxwell]

But how's the gameplay?

[Darth Sensei]

But how's the gameplay?

Of GBA Roms? They play exactly as if you were using the store bought cart. Identical.

D

[Cmosfm]

I know a lot of you are against roms, and a lot are for them. But if you want Metroid Zero Mission heres a site that carries it. It always carried the latest 10 GBA Roms...

http://www.advance-power.de/download.php

I've never posted a rom link here before, so mods, feel free to delete this at your discretion. :)

[SoulBlazer]

It's rather disturbing that a game not due to be released until Tuesday has allready been dumped by someone. That means someone inside NOA must have done it.

And why play a Game Boy ROM on the computer? The whole point of a GBA game is for it to be PORTABLE. :roll:

I'm not saying it does'nt have uses -- checking out new games to decide to buy them, for example, since no one rents GBA games. But I know I allready want to buy this game. I wonder how much it's going to hurt sales.

[GaijinPunch]

I've got a 14 hour plane ride coming up. I'm buying the real thing for that. :)

[Lady Jaye]

I'm definitely picking up Metroid Zero Mission, once I get my hands on a GBA SP again.

[pango]

www.advance-power.de
get rom here. just downloaded it today. kick ass...that is all.

(Mods: Edit the link out if you don't want me to put it here.)

[Ichi The Killer]

Most cart games r pirated before they are shipped to the public, many times before the retailer! My gues is that it is a leak at the manafacturing plant...All prerelease ROms are digitally ID so its unlikely that they r from Nintendo...

[Flack]

It's rather disturbing that a game not due to be released until Tuesday has allready been dumped by someone. That means someone inside NOA must have done it.

More likely it was someone at the manufacturing plant, someone at a retail shop who received the games early, or someone who moved the games between point A and B. Most pre-released albums get leaked in the same manner. All albums, DVDs, and videogames are released on Tuesdays, but they don't all get magically shipped on Monday -- when I worked at Best Buy, we got almost all new released the Saturday before release day, and would often buy them early.


I wonder how much it's going to hurt sales.

I would say almost 0. For the people who don't have GBAs and only have emulators, they weren't going to buy the game anyway. For the people who have Flash Roms and don't buy games, they weren't going to buy the game anyway. The people who do buy games will buy this anyway. I don't think the fact that it came out 7 days early will sway buyers. People who would try a game out on an emulator/flash rom before purchasing would do that on games that get released on a normal schedule anyway.

[buttasuperb]

The whole point of a GBA game is for it to be PORTABLE. :roll:

While I agree having the gba for car rides and such is awesome, the best point of the gba is that the games are in 2D.

[Darth Sensei]

[quote=SoulBlazer]I wonder how much it's going to hurt sales.

I would say almost 0. For the people who don't have GBAs and only have emulators, they weren't going to buy the game anyway. For the people who have Flash Roms and don't buy games, they weren't going to buy the game anyway. The people who do buy games will buy this anyway. I don't think the fact that it came out 7 days early will sway buyers. People who would try a game out on an emulator/flash rom before purchasing would do that on games that get released on a normal schedule anyway.

I disagree. IMHO most people buy those Flash Carts to pirate games. I can honestly say that I play NES games on mine almost exclusively.

Also, linking to current rom sites is a bad idea. If I'm not mistaken, simply talking about current rom files is against forum rules.

D

[Ed Oscuro]

Also, linking to current rom sites is a bad idea. If I'm not mistaken, simply talking about current rom files is against forum rules.

I don't even have the heart to disagree with you on that last point. I was going to say that I've recieved only ONE PM about getting the ROM, and that's from somebody I know will be getting the game when it comes out. A forumer I like and who's been on the right side of things when it's necessary.

I would like to ask that the links to ROM sites posted by two members be edited out. I'm not very happy that happened.

This was supposed to be an informative post. I understand that a lot of folks are really happy about this, and so am I -- if you absolutely must have the ROM now, I can't stop you from finding it. However, please don't degrade this forum into a den of piracy and illegal ROM hunting. New systems and ROMs are specifically off-limits even in the emulation forum.