The Anatomy of Metroid

This is a video game analysis book, for the first two Metroid games, the original Nintendo Entertainment System {NES} game "Metroid", and the Game Boy {GB} Metrois II: The Return of Samus, along with a section on the NES game "Kid Icarus". A second volume was later released covering the Super Nintendo Entertainment System {SNES} game Super Metroid. Each of the games has color screenshots, except for grey scale screenshots for the Game Boy game. The book was released in the two volume versions, and also as a combined "Deluxe Edition". The first volume was released in a hardback ISBN: 9781457965821, and a paperback version ISBN: 9781457965838 released on SJan 11, 2014, through "Blurb Inc.", and the second volume was published only in Hardback version on April 03, 2014. The "Deluxe Edition" was released on April 15, 2014 through CreateSpace Independent Publishing ISBN: 9781512007152. Books in this series: * GameSpite: Year One, Vol. 1 {2008} * GameSpite: Year One, Vol. 2 {2010} * GameSpite: Year Two {2012} GameSpite: Quarterly/Journal series {Volumes 1-7 are called G1, through G7} * GameSpite: Quarterly 1, Spring 2009: (Game Boy) x (20 Years) = Retrospective {2009} GameSpite: Quarterly 2, Summer 2009: The Greatest Games of All Time {2009} * GameSpite: Quarterly 3, Fall 2009: The Encyclopedia of 8-Bit Heroes {2009} * GameSpite: Quarterly 4, Spring 2010: The Mechanics of Gaming {2010} * GameSpite: Quarterly 5, Fall 2010: The NES Turns 25 {2010} GameSpite: Quarterly 6, Winter 2010/2011: The Most Underappreciated Games of All Time {2010} * GameSpite: Quarterly 7, Encyclopedia of 8-Bit Villains {2011} * GameSpite: Quarterly 8, PlayStation, 15 Years Later {2011} * GameSpite: Journal 9, Fall 1911: Games and Mortality {2011} * GameSpite: Journal 10: Super NES Turns 20 {2011} * GameSpite: Journal 11 {2012} * GameSpite: Journal 12: Sega Vol. 1, Arcade through 32X {2012} GameSpite Presents: * The Anatomy of Castlevania: The NES Trilogy {2012-13} {2013 Hardback title, The Anatomy of Castlevania: Vol. 1, The Introduction, says this is "GameSpite: Journal 13".} * The Anatomy of Zelda, Volume One {2013} {The hardback version is subtitled "GameSpite: Journal 14", on cover} * The Anatomy of Super Mario, Volume I {2013} * The Anatomy of Metroid, Vol. I {2014} * The Anatomy of Metroid, Vol. II {2014} ** The Anatomy of Metroid: Deluxe Edition {2014} * The Anatomy of Mega Man, Vol. I {2014}