Penny Arcade and Metroid

[Mak-X]

With the Metroid games coming out soon, I remembered the comics that Penny Arcade did back when there were still talks about new Metroid games.


"The Metroid Saga" part 1,2,3
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-04-10&res=l
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-04-12&res=l
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-04-14&res=l

"Nintendo Scores a Direct Hit"
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-01-19&res=l

"Count Your Lucky Stars"
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-02-21&res=l

[vegeta1215]

I remember reading those! Good stuff. The 3rd part of the Metroid saga one was great "You said it, Miyamoto-san" ::laughs:: :D

LOL @ Count your lucky stars! I have, and I'm glad I don't have a Metris game, hehe

[Warlock]

Haha, yeah I remember those too.. I like that last one :D

"You see a metroid(tm)"
">shoot metroid"
"You shoot the metroid(tm)"
"You see another metroid(tm)"

lol

[Shadowblazer]

Hehe, the "Count Your Lucky Stars" one was the very first Penny Arcade strip I ever read ;)

And they need to make a Metris, dammit! :D I found some home-brewed Metris game (based on the strip, of course), it was kinda cool... Needed more bells and whistles though. The metroids should turn to ice and explode when you get a line... and something really spiffy should happen when you get a Tetris... err, Metris.

[Maverick_Zero]

Yup, I actaully kinda wanted the Dance Dance Samus or Metroid. I didn't even have to click the links, I knew all of them right off the bat, I read PA too much :)

[obi]

Hmm, you know, that text adventure could have been quite fun....

in the 70's.

:lol:

[Maverick_Zero]

I like text adventures,

you see metroid
switch to ice beam
shoot at metroid
**wait 3 seconds**
you hit metroid
metroid freezes
you see mother brain
switch to missle
shoot at motherbrain
**wait three seconds**
glass around motherbrain breaks

and so on.

Real text adventure games can be fun though.

[Elemental Knight]

I'd wanna play a text-based Metroid game... At least, to see what it's like. Text-based puzzles - Even earler GUI puzzles, like King's Quest - are plenty more challenging than today's fare, IMHO.

[Maverick_Zero]

I remember King's Quest, it pissed me off. I beat it though. Back when we had to pay for strategy guides, instead of getting them on the internet.

[deathbyhokie]

alot of the old sierra games rocked. king's quest, quest for glory, lesiure suit larry:naughty: loved them all. matter of fact trying to finda copy of QFG anthology(1-4 in the series)

[Katana]

Yea I have one of the strips in my sig.