Control Freak

Original game : Super Metroid

Platform : SNES

Author : Kejardon

Release date : 18 August 2009

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.2

Modifications : P

Downloads : 5516

ROM Information

Super Metroid (Japan, USA) (En,Ja).smc
CRC32: D63ED5F8
MD5: 21F3E98DF4780EE1C667B84E57D88675
SHA-1: DA957F0D63D14CB441D215462904C4FA8519C613
SHA-256: 12B77C4BC9C1832CEE8881244659065EE1D84C70C3D29E6EAF92E6798CC2CA72

Hack description

This small hack only changes the control setup for the game, to something closer to the newer GBA Metroid games. The opening Options menus have been altered to show the new controls for the game. Item pickup messages and Japanese text have not been altered however.

Control Changes

Run is now toggleable between Run and Walk.

Moonwalk has been deleted, and the setting is now used to toggle Auto Run.

Aim Up is now the only aim button, 'Aimlock'. Holding it will make Samus aim at a certain angle, and aim higher or lower if you tap up or down.

Samus also has the ability to run and aim straight up at the same time now.

Select Item is still used to select missiles, super missiles, power bombs, or the grapple beam. It no longer selects X-ray, which now has its own button. Items that are empty can be selected, but of course will not be used. Beams can still be used at any time, even when missiles and super missiles are selected.

Item cancel has also been removed, as it now activates the x-ray scope.

Aim Down has become Brandish, which, when held, will toggle between Beams and the item currently selected. This is somewhat... abusable.

Smile Beams can be charged and remain charged while you fire missiles, but you still have to wait for cooldown till you can release a charged shot, or else you'll just waste your charge.

Powerbomb attacks are also now easy to control, just tap Brandish when you want to trigger them.

Spinjump controls have also been improved a bit - Walljumping should be a bit easier on a d-pad, and Samus will fire in the direction you're pressing instead of just forward, if you press fire.

The controls are configurable to ANY combination. Aim is not limited to L and R.

You can visit Metroid 2002's forums for a full description and feedback.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Kejardon	Hacking

Reviews

Good alternative, but not necessarily "better"	ClaudeDixon	2022-04-13	Version 1.2
Does some things better, but some things worse. I'll list some cons: •Run/walk isn't a toggle as advertised, you need to hold a button. Still, auto-run is a worthy replacement for Moonwalk. •Aimlock+changing aim angle via d-pad is useful, but honestly so was being able to immediately aim down in some situations. •X-ray being its own separate thing is a plus as it frees up inventory space, but it replaces the item cancel function, which I find useful. •Certain changes like easier wall jumping more so casualize the game than take actual flawed elements from the original and fix them. If anything, the game requiring more skill is a plus and doesn't need to be changed. Overall though, there are enough positives to make this worth playing as an alternative, but not a definitive replace.

Fantastic - One of the Best Improvement Hacks	Doomed	2014-02-05	-
I don't remember Super Metroid having bad controls, but after playing with Control Freak, I don't want to go back. The serviceable but sometimes clunky controls of the original game have been adjusted to do exactly what the player wants, when they want it. I was worried that I would abuse the new "brandish" function - but in actuality I just never used it. Oops. If you want to master the new controls, check this page for information once you've progressed in the game enough to make use of the advanced techniques. As someone who has now only finished Super Metroid once, I appreciate the changes to "aim up", "select item", and "X-Ray". Anyone playing Super Metroid, even for the first time, should use this hack.

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