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I'm currently playing through Metroid (1986). It's a lot of fun if you go into it with the right mindset and use savestates liberally. I'm actually using the manual to make my own map. From what I've heard game players of the 80s would just draw their own, so I'm doing a text equivalent. I'm trying not to use online tutorials unless I have to. By far the biggest problem with this game is that each time you respawn you only start with 30 health (out of 100, and then more when you get energy tanks). That's why I don't feel bad about using savestates.
This video shows someone's Mom's hand drawn Metroid map from the 80's
WOW
One thing that makes the original Metroid interesting is that it's an in-between from old adventure games to games of the 90s (i.e., games with a map). At this time D&D would have been the standard, among other TTRPGs. Avid D&D players were used to making their own maps and such. For kids of the 80s, a map might have seemed unnecessary, as the fun would have been from mapping it yourself, discovering secrets from friends, etc. Someone who grew up in the 80s tell me if I'm getting this right.
any reason you're not playing the GBA remake? I found it way more tolerable
I play these old games on browser emulators, so I'm limited to what the sites offer unless I want to do more involved stuff. Also for semi-related reasons, I find aiming to be a big problem with a keyboard, so I can't get into Super Metroid on my computer for example. In the NES Metroid, the limitations of the NES gamepad make for excellent keyboard controls. Not being able to aim sideways seems annoying if you're used to Super Metroid, but it's great if doing so with your computer sucks.
Also the difficulty curve and confusion with figuring out where I am prevent me from getting fully sucked into the game, which is great if you like short play sessions.
Sounds like a USB or Bluetooth capable controller would make a great upgrade for you!
I've always wanted to try making my own graph paper map for Metroid or one of the old-school Dungeon Crawler games. It's been a long time since I've played a game where I took paper notes lol.