Printable Black and White Map for Metroid (NES)

Recently someone asked if I could go online and print out a map they can use for Metroid. I said "Sure, as long as you don't mind it's in black and white. My printer is out of color ink."

When I tried printing out a few color maps in black and white none of them came out right. Completely useless really. I could not find anywhere a simple, clear, and complete metroid map. Sure they are fine if they are in color, but just try printing them an you'll see what I mean.

So I chose a map at www.neshq.com and I quickly made it into a OpenOffice.org spreadsheet. When printed from OOo it prints nicely.

I've placed the file online in three different forms (God bless OpenOffice):
HTML
PDF
SXC

Finding Kasuto

Recently I remembered that I have never finished Zelda II. I can remember playing the hell out of it, but can't remember actually beating it. I remember the lizard guys throwing stuff over the really tall fence, but what's after that?

So I have been playing Zelda II every few days or so for the last three weeks.

Recently in the game I took up the challenge of finding the hidden town of Kasuto. Man, what a pain in the ass! You have to go to this little corner of the map and cut down trees in this tiny forest. But it's not that easy since you've got about a second of overworld time in between battle screens. There's no room to run, and you lose track of what areas of the woods you've chopped down and what areas you haven't. Just when you're about ready to throw the controller at the screen... That's it! And you're in.

I only hope the rest of the game gets easier.