Now here is something really cool. Thanks to a custom version of the Dolphin emulator, called PrimeHack, PC gamers can play the main trilogy of Metroid Prime like never before. And by that, we mean with proper keyboard and mouse controls, as well as higher FOV values.
PrimeHack currently supports Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Similarly to the original Dolphin emulator, gamers will need an .ISO of the GameCube versions Metrid: Prime Trilogy Wii version in order to play them.
So while we are not talking about native PC versions of these three Metroid Prime, this is the closer we’ll ever get to them. After all, Nintendo does not plan to ever release these games on our platform.
As you may have expected, these first-person games play wonderfully with mouse and keyboard. The fact that you can also adjust the FOV is a big plus, making the games feel better on a PC monitor.
You can download the latest version of PrimeHack from here. You can find more details on the creator’s Discord server.
For those not interested in downloading the emulator, we’ve included below a video showing Metroid Prime being played with mouse and keyboard.
Enjoy!
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I always wanted to play these games on VR.
The previously reported on AI-enhanced texture packs can presumably also still be used in tandem with this?
yeah
Sweet!
EDIT: So it’s for the MP Trilogy Wii version ISO.
In the case of the third one i prefer using the real wiimote but this is cool!
Never played these!
Never will!
Dunno, really. All my friends say that it is a really good game, but it just don’t get my attention. Dunno why, it just doesn’t.
good for you
I think I would trust your fans on this one. It’s genuinely pretty good.
Maybe I’ll give it a try. Thanks!
^^
Always played these!
Always will!
I played the first one way back with kb+mouse (In that case, it was the Metroid Trilogy), does this work with Metroid Trilogy?
Something something piracy is evil something something.
Now let’s give this a go.
nintendo is evil too.
does this work with other games?
They tell me this only works with metroid prime trilogy (pal and ntsc), not with the gamecube versions
Yeah i played Metroid Prime trilogy 2 years ago i guess, with kb and mouse
According to the github page, the ISO needed is the Wii trilogy one, not the gamecube as stated in the article:
https://github.com/shiiion/Ishiiruka
Yeap, it’s for the Wii. The article has already been updated to reflect that.
Guess you weren’t old enough at the time to appreciate it.
Or he already had a PC to play proper shooters at the time.
Metroid Prime is hardly a shooter tho. It remains first and foremost a metroidvania. And I don’t think any shooter on PC really delivers a Metroidvania experience.
Fair point, but PC doesn’t need to do this, since it has superior controls to begin with.
I never saw the appeal of the Metroid trilogy. Maybe this will change my mind, but it looks like these games haven’t aged well at all…
Well there is Prey and Control, both are metroidvania shooters.
Metroidvania refers to the 2D sidescrollers not the 3D first person games.
Metroidvania refers to the 2D sidescrollers not the 3D first person games.
No, it’s definitely a shooter, Metroidvania refers to the 2D sidescrollers.
Never understood the appeal of Metroid, its watered down even worse then HALO [IMO HALO has childish, caricature enemies, like the small ones] but Metroid is all caricatures, cutesy kid friend enemies.
Nonsense, Halo is the series which constantly got watered down with dumbed down mechanics.
Nonsense, Halo is the series which constantly got watered down with dumbed down mechanics.
Nonsense, Halo is the series which constantly got watered down with dumbed down mechanics.
how do i change the controls?
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