Meteoid/Underground

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Choice adventure number: 490

Meteoid

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• Entering with more than one teleport charge remaning:

I set the teleporter to a random set of coordinates, did a quick diagnostic check on my cybersuit's arm cannon, and smacked the button. Upon rematerialization, I found myself in a strange, cavelike room.

Energy: 100 Bombs: 1 Missiles: 1 Credcrystals: 0Map: *   Up   Activate Left Right Shoot Missile Down Bomb

• Entering with only one teleport charge brings you to an area where you lose 5 energy points per move:

I was down to my last teleportation charge. I steeled my nerves, set the coordinates to the dead center of the underground complex, and took the plunge. The room I found myself in was different from the others -- lined completely in metal, and hot! So hot my cybersuit's life support subsystems could barely maintain a survivable temperature. I resolved to finish this, one way or another.

Energy: 100 Bombs: 1 Missiles: 1 Credcrystals: 0 Map: *

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Occurs when selecting Teleport to Underground Complex from the bridge.

Overview

Within the underground you can explore a (randomized) 5x5 map. In each cell you can attempt to move in 4 directions, fire weapons, or perhaps activate an item.

Controls

You can move in four different directions, provided you are able to move in that direction.

Shoot is your basic attack. It does 10 damage by default, and costs nothing to use.

Bombs deal 25 damage by default, and stun the enemy. They also blast open secret passages beneath you. Bombs do not work on the Cerebral Matriarch.

Missiles deal 100 damage, enough to kill all enemies except the Cerebral Matriarch. They also open locked (white) doors.

You are able to skip past enemies, but they will deal damage.

On the minimap, enemies are marked by an E, artifacts are marked by a T, charge stations are marked by a C, map data terminals are marked by an M and the exit teleporter is marked by an X. Missile doors are shown as a thin vertical line. Blastable floors will not be marked by the minimap, but will always be in the 'rocky' rooms.

Map Notes

The Exit, Map, and Recharge rooms will always be accessable (not behind missile-doors), and there will always be one of each per level except the last.

The final level has a Map and Recharge room, but no exit, instead having the Cerebral Matriarch. The first two will be 'open', while the Matriarch will require a missile door to be opened. The final level also does not have treasure rooms.

There are no bombable floors beneath map stations, charge stations, teleporters or start points.

Map Features

• Doors:

Dark doors (as on the left) are open; empty doors (as on the right) are locked. Locked doors can be opened by firing missiles. Missile doors are shown by a thinner solid line on the map.

• Rocketsnails:

Banging into rocketsnails costs you 5 energy. You must have the Ice Beam to move by them.

• The charging room:

In the charging room you can replenish you missiles and bombs (once). Charging rooms are marked on your map with a "C".

• The map room:

Activating this device will fill in your map. Besides the layout, the charging room and exit room will be marked. If you already have the visor upgrade, enemies and treasure will also be marked.

• The exit room:

From the exit room you can leave the underground and teleport back to your ship. They are always entered from the left. Exit rooms are marked on your map with an "X"

• The treasure room:

In the treasure room you can receive a number of Credcrystals, an upgrade to your suit, or an extra charge for your ship teleport system. They are marked on your map with a "T".

Treasures

• Credcrystals, ~100 for rocketsnail access, 250-350 for bomb/missile, ~500 for RS+B/M, and <800 for many B/Ms
• Visor Upgrade - Shows monster's energy, and provides more detail in the map room. Almost always obtained in the 1st or 2nd level.
• Armor Upgrade - Reduces damage from monsters by 25%, rounded up.
• Gun Upgrade - Raises gun damage by 10.
• Bomb Upgrade - Doubles bomb damage to 50.
• Extra Teleport - Allows you to visit one more underground complex. Can only be obtained in the 4th level.

Monsters

• Snugglecrawler

Snugglecrawlers do 5 energy damage and have 15 energy. They will drop either credcrystals or replenish some energy.

• Shriekwing:

Shriekwings do 10 energy damage and have 25 energy. They will drop either credcrystals or replenish some energy.

• Eyeslug

Eyeslugs do 15 energy damage and have 35 energy. They will drop either credcrystals, replenish some energy or drop an extra bomb (if not at maximum capacity).

• Grab-Bat

Grab-Bats do 25 energy damage and have 45 energy. They will drop either credcrystals, replenish some energy or drop an extra missle (if not at maximum capacity).

• Crabhopper

Crabhoppers do 35 energy damage and have 55 energy. They will drop either credcrystals, replenish some energy, drop an extra bomb or drop an extra missle (if not at maximum capacity).

• Meteoid

Meteoids do 35 energy damage and have 100 energy. They will replenish some energy.

• Cerebral Matriarch

The Cerebral Matriarch does 50 energy damage and has 300 energy. It is only damaged by missiles. Defeating this will cause you to win the game. The Matriach's room is always entered from the left, and is always behind a locked door.

Game Over

If you ran out of energy:

Darkness crept into my vision as my suit's life support systems failed. My last thought was "How am I continuing to narrate this?"

Takes you to Game Over.

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If you defeated The Cerebral Matriarch:

???

Takes you to Game Over.

References

• Everything in this game is based off of Metroid and its enemies.

• Treasure rooms feature statues based off of the Chozo.
• Rocketsnails are based off of Rippers.
• Snugglecrawlers are some previously unknown member of the Zoomber/Geemer family.
• Shriekwings are based off of the Skree or their counterpart in the Metroid Prime trilogy, Shriekbats
• Eyeslugs are remarkably similar to the Zeela.
• Grab-bats are a version of the Reos.
• Crabhoppers are a version of the Sidehopper.
• Meteoids are obviously Metroids
• A better name for Cerebral Matriarch might be Mother Brain