Uhm

no. Metroid was definitely not a sidescroller. It was more along the lines

of what you'd call a platformer. You had a huge world to explore and a load

of different weapons to collect, areas you couldn't access without

collecting certain items and a lot of jumping from platform to platform to

get where you're going...and did I mention the huge world? The Metroid

series saw you doing a lot of backtracking to old areas each time you

collected a new item because there'd be a place you couldn't get to on

your first visit.
  The character in the Metroid games was a bounty

huntress named Samus Aran, who wore a cybernetic suit that gave her inhuman

strength and abilities, such as the ability to transform into a small round

creature that could slip into small passages she could not otherwise enter.

There were other enhancements she could collect which would give her even

more abilities, and of course different guns as well. And let me tell you,

the bosses in these games could actually be quite tricky. That's the kind

of game I want to see. It obviously couldn't be called Metroid but it would

have all the traits that made the Metroid franchise as popular as it is; the

huge world, plenty  of items and weapons, challenging bosses and puzzles.

Like I said I was briefly in touch with a guy who was interested in this

project like me but we lost touch after a while and his Email address is no

longer active.

Now

there's an idea...

I

don't pretend to have an enormous store of technical knowledge at my

disposal but what i have I'd certainly be glad to share. Once I get back

into school I'm planning on taking some compputer classes so I understand

better how they work. Seems to me that'd help in designing games,

particularly if I ever decided to try to design an accessible gaming

console. I think that was one of the things I mentioned when I Emailed you

back during that Job Readiness class I was taking up in Boise. But yeah I'd

love to exchange ideas and see what we could come up with.

Ah.

In that case I think we may be more into an area I might be more help in. I

might also have some good game ideas as well so it'd be interesting to see

what each of us thinks.

I'm

in precisely the same position. My game experience is extremely large

(blind, but I've watched sighted people play a great many games, Metroid

included, and gotten detailed explanations of how things work and such). I

would love...utterly LOVE...a chance to get in on stuff like this. My email

address is publicly viewable, but for those who don't/can't find it

it's
[email protected]
if interested.

I'm unable to write

computer programs of any kind, but when it comes to game mechanics,

storyline and such, I'd like to think I'm at least decently good. *smile*

I had a couple ideas for SL2 that would definitely, if codable, spice it up

a little.

sure. 

e-mails are fine.  oh.  and I'm not paying anyone for ideas.  smiles.  but,

I do like suggestions for sl2.  trust me.  I actually do read them, and I do

write most of them down.