I remember seeing Metroid at the people across the streets' house when I was a kid. I kept asking the guy playing "what's that beeping noise?" He explained that that noise meant he was about to die. I asked the simple question "what happens when you die?" and was told "it's not pretty."

Flash forward a number of years, and I got a copy of Metroid for myself. I remember plumbing the depths of Norfair for missle upgrades, likely when many of you were still spilling your food on your high chairs, and probably when I should have been doing my homework.

My brother actually drew up a map on graph paper (this was before GameFAQs). I wonder if I still have it.

Metroid 2 I've played through once or twice, and Super Metroid was *the* cool game to have when I was entering high school.

As to the Prime series or Fusion, I never really gave them a go. Was Fusion as bad as they say?