Overview and Gameplay
A living-metal pilot is captured beyond the Hypergate, escapes an alien lab, and searches for the scattered pieces of the AIMS Intrepid. Metal Morph alternates between side-scrolling platform stages and ship-based shoot ’em up sections, using the hero’s liquid-metal transformation as its defining mechanic.
Controls And Mechanics
- On-foot stages mix jumping, directional shooting, switches, force fields, platforms, and enemy hazards.
- The morph ability turns the hero into liquid metal, useful for moving through pipes and surviving many threats.
- Ship stages shift into side-scrolling shooting with power-ups such as shields, speedups, continues, and smartbombs.
- Difficulty and fiction/action presentation can be adjusted from the options menu.
- The game is single-player only.
Version Notes
This is the USA SNES release. The h1c tag is not an official retail subtitle and does not change the standard game title, release year, credits, or player count.
Release And Credits
- Release year: 1994
- Developer: Origin Systems
- Publisher: FCI, Inc.
- Players: 1 player
