| Released By | Cosmic |
|---|---|
| Category | Improvement |
| Platform | GBA |
| Patching Information | No Special Requirements |
| Genre | Action > Platformer |
| Mods | G,S,L,T,GP,Other |
| Patch Version | 0.7.3 |
| Hack Release Date | 27 October 2020 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 1147 |
| Last Modified | 27 October 2020 |
Description:
Metroid Construction Forum Thread
Project ZM is a work-in-progress vanilla+ hack for the North American (U) Metroid Zero Mission ROM. It is designed to fix errors add new gameplay routes, tricks and mechanics.
Patch Options
- Enable unknown items – Separate patch. Samus’ suit is now compatible with unknown items, right from the start!
- SM controls – Choose between GBA and SNES controls in the options menu.
Aesthetic changes
- Redesigned minimal HUD and Font
- Power bombs are yellow
Gameplay changes
- Super Metroid style item grabbing and equipment toggling
- Walljump with spacejump – You can now walljump when you have spacejump or space + screw attack.
- Fusion style R-shot – Fire a charged shot without interrupting a spinjump by arming explosives
- Faster shinespark recovery and walljumping – When samus sparks into something, she recovers faster.
- Suitless spacejump in liquids – You can spacejump in liquids without the gravity suit.
- Enemies do not get stunned in hard mode
- Ridley and Mecha Ridley are more difficult
- Improved physics
- Faster room transitions
- Mid-air ballsparking
- Shinespark steering
- Initiate speed booster in Morph ball
- Charge beam sucks in enemy drops
World design changes
- You start the game in Crateria.
- All enemy drops have been doubled.
- Low% is now as low as 4%. (Morph, bombs, Ice beam, missile tank)
- All unknown items and power grip can be skipped.
- A bunch of rooms were changed to make low% without power grip possible.
- Perfect stealth is humanly achievable.
- There is a new way to skip mua and zipline activation, but it has its own set of challenges… (Hint: It’s in a secret room)
- The black space pirates are now weak to any beam. Plasma beam is not required.
- Hard mode and Time attack mode are always available.
ROM / ISO Information:
- Database match: Metroid - Zero Mission (USA)
- Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20180816-092117)
- File/ROM SHA-1: 5DE8536AFE1F0078EE6FE1089F890E8C7AA0A6E8
- File/ROM CRC32: 5C61A844
Links:
Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Glitch | Hacking | ASM and Hex tweaks |
| biospark | Hacking | MAGE, ASM, Hex tweaks |
| Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It works! | Pethronos | 23 Dec 2020 | 0.7.3 | Yes |
| Good changes | MattKimura | 10 Jul 2020 | 0.7.1 | Yes |
| Very Fun! Found a Glitch Where I got Power Bombs Early | Rekka | 14 May 2020 | 0.6.4 | Yes |