Toen in 1986 Metroid op de Nintendo Entertainment System uitkwam was de game gelijk al een klassieker door de uniek gameplay en onwijs cool verhaal. Maar we zijn inmiddels 31 jaar verder en nog steeds is deze titel zeer populair, zo erg dat fans er ROM Hacks op plegen om zo een hele nieuwe game te maken. Metroid: Rogue Dawn is zo'n ROM Hack waar van er nu versie 1.10 is verschenen in de vorm van een patch, waarmee je de originele Metroid ROM moet patchen (easy as fook) en daarna kan je deze hele nieuwe titel spelen via een Everdrive flashcard op je originele NES of via een emulator naar keuze. Hoe leuk dit allemaal is kan je bekijken in de onderstaande video.

Rogue Dawn is an unofficial prequel to the original Metroid game released in 1986. 30 years later we bring you the events that unfolded before Samus's famous "Zero" mission on planet Zebes. The original Metroid manual tells us about a deep-space research spaceship that was attacked. Pirates seized a capsule said to contain a newly discovered life form in a state of suspended animation. Rogue Dawn surrounds these events that led up to the theft of the capsule which ultimately placed the Metroid's under the control of Ridley and the Mother Brain. The mission to acquire the capsule is placed in the hands of one of Ridley's best kept secrets. A rogue human agent trained and manipulated by Ridley from a young age. Taken as a child from a Federation colony obliterated by Ridley's faction she was initially just another test subject slated to undergo horrific experiments. Ridley decided to instead manipulate and mold her into a weapon, his first human servant and dark agent. Primed yet untested she is sent out on her "zero" mission to retrieve a newly discovered biological specimen in the possession of a Federation research crew orbiting planet SR388 and prove her worth. Her name is Dawn Aran!

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