After playing Zero Mission and AM2R, I was curious to see how Super Metroid compared to those refined remakes. Super Metroid is weird in that it's somewhat a remake of 1, but has its own story and counts as a separate entry in the Metroid canon. I haven't played the actual Metroids 1 and 2, but from what I know of them, Super is a massive upgrade. I definitely see why every game in the genre has copied in one way or another, but as far as Metroids go I think there are better entries in the series. Still pretty fun, although the map is a little clunky (but I can't be too mad considering it was the first map in Metroid). The music rocks and the game is challenging enough without being too frustrating, and it's ultimately an incredibly fair and enjoyable challenge.