A3:F4E0 - New Metroid Initialization AI. Will JMP to old initialization if spawn succeeds, else, STZ to enemy and RTS. JSL $808111 AND #$00FF LDX $0E54 CMP $0FB4,X BPL Spawn NotSpawn: STZ $0F78,X RTL Spawn: JMP $EA4F 2211818029FF00AE540EDDB40F10049E780F6B4C4FEA And of course, change the Metroid entry to point to this new startup: A0:DD91 E0F4 ... seems to work just fine. Wow. First try and all.