Jeremy Parish

NES Works Gaiden #09: Metal Storm CE (Patreon)

Published:

2019-12-18 14:00:05

Imported:

2024-04

Tags:

irem metal storm nes works nes works gaiden retro-bit

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I know I said I was going to stop publishing retrospectives out of sequence, and now here's a 1991 NES game. I didn't lie, though! This is actually a 1992 Famicom game, newly localized and converted to NES in the year 2020. I am nothing if not technically honest.

But for real, I love Metal Storm, so I couldn't resist the opportunity to tackle a review copy of the new Collector's Edition. It's very good! (I say this despite some potential conflicts of interest on the horizon, so I hope you'll take me at my word.)

Description: Let's kick off the new year by looking at 2020's hottest NES release: A reissue of Irem classic Metal Storm by Retro-Bit Entertainment (and Castlemania Games, and Limited Run Games, and so on). While Metal Storm came out in U.S. back in the day, this rerelease is actually a new conversion of the Japanese game that shipped a year after America's cart and included some new features, including an introductory story cinematic, new difficulty settings, different color schemes for many graphics, and some handy built-in cheat codes. It's new! And old! It's good.

Special thanks to Retro-Bit for this review copy. Preorders for this new version of the game are still available here

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Metal Storm CE review: A flippin' classic | NES Works Gaiden #09

Let's kick off the new year by looking at 2020's hottest NES release: A reissue of Irem classic Metal Storm by Retro-Bit Entertainment (and Castlemania Games, and Limited Run Games, and so on). While Metal Storm came out in U.S. back in the day, this rerelease is actually a new conversion of the Japanese game that shipped a year after America's cart and included some new features, including an introductory story cinematic, new difficulty settings, different color schemes for many graphics, and some handy built-in cheat codes. It's new! And old! It's good. Special thanks to Retro-Bit for this review copy. Preorders for this new version of the game are still available at https://castlemaniagames.com/collections/frontpage/products/metalstorm-collectors-edition Video Works is funded through Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! And be sure to check out the Retronauts podcast (http://www.retronauts.com), where I (and many others!) tackle a much wider array of classic gaming topics each week.