Run, Jump, Shoot: Growing up Metroid [VIDEO]

Metroid was the first videogame I ever owned. That alone should warrant some nostalgia, but mix with it the fact that my mother and father divorced with I was five, and Metroid was one of the few post-split gifts from my father, the game becomes more than just a game. It becomes a symbol of my confusing childhood.

I’m really proud of this video. If you relate at all to this video please share it.

Sources/Credits

• Metroid sound effects and music from from the original NES Metroid game
• Yoshio Sakamoto interview: http://www.metroid-database.com/features/nomsakamoto.php
• Horror movie clip: https://archive.org/download/thehorrorofitallreel2
• For a text version of this video, please ready my essay “In Lieu of Emo I Listened to the Metroid Theme” https://calebjross.com/in-lieu-of-emo-i-listened-to-the-metroid-theme/