These days, developers have pretty much perfected the metroidvania. It’s completely insania. But I can’t complnainia.  I’ve quite enjoyed the genre since its earliest iterations on the NES—talking about the original Metroid and Simon’s Quest—even though they were rough around the edges. There are a handful of other proto-vania games on the NES, too. I’d … Continue reading Blaster Master is the first best metroidvania