Alright, to be honest, back in the day, this game scared me. This game was my first survival horror experience! Finding that first metroid, the music blasting, and its screams every time you hit it with a missile, for me, were horrific in an awesome kind of way. That 'fear' made me continue to play the game over and over until I finished it. I believe I was around 13-14 at the time and I still have good/bad memories of the game.
Music - The games music is awesome! It creates a feeling of despair and loneliness unmatched yet in handheld metroid games. My favorite tune is
Graphics - Great for it's time. It hasn't aged well, but it's still artistically good. Yes, some caves were HUGE (I too was a spiderball freak, checking every little area) but to me, that was part of the enjoyment. EXPLORATION would suck if it was all little tiny areas.
Gameplay - The game was linear but this is not a bad thing. Back then I believe it needed to be like this for the Gameboy.
I couldn't replay the game with you guys, sice I have NO idea were my old copy is, so that's based on memory alone. Great feature for a great game.
P.S. Was I the only one scared as a child playing this game?