Super Metroid any% Theory TAS (41:58)
2,370 views · Published 12 June 2013 · 46:00 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Dessyreqt · 2013 · Gaming
This is a theory TAS of Super Metroid. Basically it's recorded in realtime with savestates. Minor slowdown is used to combat input lag and make production of the run slightly faster. 37733 rerecords were used during the making of this run. This run completes the game in about 41 minutes and 58 seconds, using RTA timing. This is a 1 minute 25 second improvement over my previous theory TAS, but only a 13.29 game time improvement. A lot of the changes to the run are solely dedicated to improving real time, so it should be too much of a surprise to anyone watching. This run should incorporate all modern knowledge with regards to running the any% category. If I missed something, please feel free to let me know! Some notes about the route changes: - Skipping Spazer is an obvious improvement and should be one of the first upgrades to the route for any beginning SM any% runner. I haven't calculated the amount of time it saves exactly, but it's a lot. - Skipping the moat Missile and Ridley's E-Tank should also be obvious improvements, but these are a little harder, and the benefit is usually just the 7 seconds for the item screen. - Most of the improvement from getting Ice later is attributed to the lack of pause menus in the game. There are 0 pause menus in the run now, so getting Ice later saves at least 6 seconds. - Getting Botwoon's tank instead of Kraid's tank saves 1-2 seconds if you never get the refill. I thought it would be more, but with less energy, you miss out on a nice spark leaving Norfair the first time. - Going the top path has long been "known" to be the faster route, however, when I timed it, going the bottom route was about 1.5 seconds faster. My work is shown in the previous two videos I uploaded. There are also some minor mistakes in this run: - I should have gathered more energy before going to Wrecked Ship. Damn beeping! - Leaving Botwoon's tank could probably be a little more optimized. The time loss is minimal though. - Going down the speed hill after Ice: do NOT pump here! I took a split that pumped (lucky!) but didn't realize it until too late. Thankfully, the time gained is a few frames at most. - Tourian: I should have collected the items from the third metroid in the first room, rather than the second metroid in the second room. Probably lost half a second there. That's all I can think to say for now. Enjoy!
