Super Metroid has been cloned countless times, with two games in the last year paying direct homage to it in very different ways! Xeodrifter and Axiom Verge are both avaialable on pretty much any gaming platform you can think of.

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Renegade Kid talks about the development of Xeodrifter: 
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JoolsWatsham/20141215/232252/Xeodrifter_Postmortem.php

Gaming podcast let's play thing with my brother Vic: https://www.youtube.com/user/VABHermitSociety

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Axiom Verge speedrun I used footage from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybw5Zse1jqs

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