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This page is a compilation of all available tool assisted speedruns of Super Metroid and its related romhacks.

Actual (non-theory) tool assisted speedruns will have whichever run is currently the fastest listed, rather than list every single obsoleted run. If the run has been published to TASVideos, then you should be able to see which runs it obsoleted, if any.

TASes that are currently published on TASVideos will have their publication linked in the second column instead of their respective video. Those that do not will simply have their video linked instead.

TAS

Unless stated otherwise, all TASes are optimized with real time in mind.

Note that the real time of certain TASes, such as those that have been published, includes footage before Ceres Station (such as the introductory cutscene), and in most cases, you can subtract approximately two minutes and twenty seconds from this time to obtain the "RTA timing" for the TAS.

For Spore Spawn RTA and Crocomire RTA, the real time listed uses their post-menu timing. Since those TASes start from a point immediately after Ceres Station completion rather than a file, these times are calculated accordingly.

Category Publication Movie File Real Time Game Time Percentage Author(s) Notes Improvement Ideas
Any% Video lsnes rr2-β23 35:58 00:20 21% Sniq Utilizes various in-bounds X-Ray Scope techniques TODO
Any% PAL P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 snes9x v1.43 improvement12 39:15 00:25 22% SaturnTAS Optimized for game time TODO
Any% Glitched Video lsnes rr2-β23 6:42.5 00:02 0% Sniq Utilizes arbitrary code execution; is also technically "low% glitched" TODO
Any% Glitched Video 11:17 00:05 5% Sniq Does not utilize arbitrary code execution TODO
Any% GT Code Video lsnes rr2-β17 14:53 00:05 999% Cpadolf, Total, Amaurea Was obsoleted by the above branch due to being considered an "Any% Glitched" TAS TODO
GT Classic Video 31:25 00:18 54% BFrobber TODO
GT Classic Video snes9x v1.43 32:06 00:18 55% Saturn Optimized for game time TODO
13% Speed Video lsnes rr2-β23 46:32 00:32 13% Sniq Does not utilize Draygon underflow TODO
14% Ice Video snes9x v1.43 42:37 00:27 14% Saturn Mostly optimized for game time; obsoleted by 13% Speed TODO
14% Speed Video snes9x v1.43 44:18 00:29 14% Namespoofer Optimized for game time; obsoleted by 13% Speed TODO
100% Items Video lsnes rr2-β23 1:01:47 00:31 100% Sniq Utilizes various in-bounds X-Ray Scope techniques TODO
100% Map Video Bizhawk v1.7 1:12:25 00:42 32% Nymx, EternisedDragon TODO
RBMBO Video 53:33 00:32 28% BFrobber BT is excluded from the boss order TODO
Max% GT Code Video 59:44 00:30 136% cakemaphoneige TODO
Spore Spawn RTA Video lsnes rr2-β23 4:59.0 00:04 3% Nymx, Sniq TODO
Crocomire RTA Video Bizhawk v1.11.6 7:58.7 00:05 6% Nymx TODO
Reverse Boss Order Video snes9x v1.43 46:42 00:26 29% Saturn Optimized for game time TODO
No Damage Video lsnes rr2-β22 43:29 00:27 21% WildAnaconda69 Mother Brain's rainbow beam is unavoidable Notes
Reverse Movement Order Video 43:12 00:25 24% cakemaphoneige Also happens to be Springball RTA TODO

Theory TAS

Unless stated otherwise, all theory TASes are optimized with real time in mind.

Some theory TASes are more optimized (and thus are more unrealistic for a human to match or beat) than others.

Category Publication Real Time Game Time Percentage Author(s) Notes
Any% Video 43:08 00:28 21% Sweetnumb KPDR; game time may not be accurate (educated guess)
Any% Video 41:58 00:26 21% Dessyreqt KPDR
Any% Video 40:47 00:26 20% jack879 KPDR -- Commentated version
Any% Video 42:02 00:28 19% Sweetnumb PRKD; game time may not be accurate (educated guess)
Any% Video 41:09 00:27 19% Twocat PRKD; game time may not be accurate (educated guess)
Any% Video 40:01 00:26 19% Reeve, Smokey PRKD
Any% Video 39:50 00:26 19% Twocat PRKD
Any% Video 39:35 00:26 19% ShinyZeni PRKD -- Commentated version (broadcast video)
Any% Video 38:52 00:25 19% ARealCutie PRKD
Any% Video 41:53  ? 19% Twocat PDKR
Any% Video 46:21 00:31 19% EternisedDragon PRKD ; PAL version
Any% Glitched Video 13:10 00:08 7% Dessyreqt Route without "door skip"
Any% Glitched Video 12:20 00:08 6% Sniq Route with one "door skip" and outdated "block shuffler" method
Any% Glitched Video 11:46 00:07 6% Sniq Route with one "door skip"
Any% Glitched Video 10:59 00:07 4% Sniq Route with three "door skips"
Any% Glitched Video 12:51 00:06 4% Sniq Optimized for game time; performs four "door skips"
14% Ice Video 48:26 00:35 14% Dessyreqt
14% Chargeless Video 42:52 00:29 14% Sniq Utilizes Draygon underflow
100% Items Video 1:11:19 00:40 100% Dessyreqt
100% Items Video 1:08:54 00:38 100% Cakemaphoneige KPDR "Early Ice/Late Croc Route" Made with Lsnes. Pairs as comparison with 100% KRPD Theory TAS
100% Map Video 1:17:04 00:49 34% Sweetnumb Commentated version
Spore Spawn RTA Video 5:56 N/A 3% Behemoth Requires snes9x v1.52 to view
Reverse Boss Order Video 1:01:28 00:39 39% Dessyreqt Two Norfair visits
Reverse Boss Order Video 1:00:43 00:39 38% Straevaras Two Norfair visits, Screw Attack/Golden Torizo skipped, very little drop/pattern manipulation
Reverse Boss Order Video 58:41 00:38 42% Straevaras One Norfair visit, Screw Attack/Golden Torizo skipped, very little drop/pattern manipulation
Reverse Boss Order Video 57:04 00:37 35% Dessyreqt One Norfair visit, 25 Missiles, Lower Norfair drop manipulation, escapes Lower Norfair without Crystal Flash
3% Video 16:50 00:08 3% Sniq RTA timing, uses outdated pause method for entering out of bounds of Landing Site
12% Video 1:24:32 01:08 12% Sniq "Semi-optimized playthrough" used to demonstrate the updated route for humans
Max% GT Code Video 1:02:12 00:36 135% susreime Played on SNES-Classic. IGT is an upper-bound. The actual IGT should be 35 or 36. Immense RNG manipulation

Romhack TAS

TASes with multiple parts will have all parts listed, with the first part being "P1", the second part being "P2", et cetera.

Most are optimized with game time in mind. Coincidentally, the real time for many of these is not listed and is not easy to figure out from many of the videos.

For those with more-easily-deducible real times, the time listed is what appears to be the "RTA timing", or as close to it as can be deduced from the footage provided. (unless the TAS has a TASVideos publication, in which case, that time is used instead)

TASes that aim to collect "100%" but are not capable of reaching 100%, or acquire an amount beyond 100%, are listed as "all items" instead.

Name Category Publication Movie File Real Time Game Time Percentage Author(s) Notes
Adam's Hack Any% Video Bizhawk v2.0.1 54.62s 00:00 1% Mumu_Didi Is also technically "Low%"
Adam's Hack Any% Video Bizhawk v2.3.1 44.88s 00:00 0% Mumu_Didi Uses OOB to not collect any item. It is technically 0% - 23.4s IGT
Ancient Chozo Any% Video snes9x v1.51 26:46 00:16 18% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
Angry Fire Chozo Any% P1 P2 P3 P4 31:56 00:23 26% Cpearl015
Angry Fire Chozo All Items P1 P2 18:43 00:16 101% Hoandizi
Angry Remnants Low% Video 3:54 00:02 4% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Arrival Any% Video snes9x v1.51 19:31 00:12 40% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Ascent Any% Video 15:24 00:09 11% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Ascent 100% All Bosses Video 42:31 00:27 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Battle Any% P1 P2  ? 00:13 25% Hoandizi
Biohazard All Items Video  ? 00:15  ? GaRan aims for in-game time
Black Plague All Items Video 6:25  ? 19% Zebezia Does not end in a traditional manner - time is approximate; item percentage assumes the three Energy Tanks and Spring Ball are counted (and that those are the only four items Samus starts with before collecting the others)
Blue Plague Any% Video snes9x v1.51 9:00 00:05 20.2% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
B2-TW Any% Video snes9x v1.51 2:17 00:01 4% Hoandizi
B2-TW All Items Video 3:19 00:02 10% Zebezia
Challenge Any% Video 10:34 00:08 114% Hoandizi It is implied that this 114% amount is not actually the maximum amount of items, so this is listed as "Any%"
Cliffhanger Any% Video 47:15 00:31 24% Hoandizi Utilizes out of bounds; the 100% TAS by TheYukisaito appears to never have been completed, so it is not listed
Clocktoberfest 100% Video 16:41 00:07 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Conflict Any% Video snes9x v1.51 2:52 01:53 26% Hoandizi Game time is in minutes:seconds
Containment Chamber Any% Video 7:06 00:04 11% Sniq
Contention 100% Video snes9x v1.51 7:56 04:09 100% Hoandizi Game time is in minutes:seconds
CRE 2 100% Video 8:08 00:05 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Dependence Any% Video 40:46 00:24 27% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Dependence Any% P1 P2 P3  ? 00:28 21% Hoandizi
Digital Cube All Items Video 15:28 00:06 47% Zebezia
Digital Cube Any% Video 06:07 00:01 25% BFrobber
Eris Any% P1 P2 P3 P4 P5  ? 00:30 41% Kriole
Eris 2012 100% Video 53:54 00:32 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Escape Any% Video 3:04 00:02 7% Hoandizi Does not end in a traditional manner - times are approximate
Escape2 Any% Video lsnes rr2-β23 23:12 00:13 11% Zakem66 v1.9
Exertion Any% Video snes9x v1.51 10:56 00:06 15% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
Exia Any% Video 3:40 00:02 7% Hoandizi Item percentage assumes the two Energy Tanks are counted (and that those are the only two items Samus starts with before collecting the others)
Falling Any% Video 49:35 00:32 24% Hoandizi
Familiar Any% Video 37:12 00:24 19% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Final Stand Any% Video Bizhawk v2.3.1 4:18.659 2:18.067 2% Mumu_Didi Does not end in a traditional manner
Glitchtroid Any% Video 32:08  ? 41% SUPERMETROIDFTP Real time is approximate; does not end in traditional manner
Golden Dawn Any% P1 P2 P3 P4 P5  ? 00:33 23% Hoandizi
Golden Dawn 100% Video 1:16:15 00:43 100% Hoandizi Utilizes out of bounds
Grand Prix Any% Video 4:07 02:45 18% Sniq Game time is in minutes:seconds
Grand Prix 2 Any% Video 5:31 03:21 11% Nymx, Sniq, EternisedDragon Game time is in minutes:seconds
Hallow Eve No Damage Video 1:51 1:33 24% Hoandizi Game time is in minutes.seconds
Hangtime Any% Video  ? 00:02  ? Cpadolf
Harvest All Items Video 26:03 00:14 78% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
HISHE Any% Video snes9x v1.51 1:05 00:00 0% Dessyreqt Does not end in a traditional manner - times are approximate (subtracted introduction)
HOTA Any% Video 1:10:38 00:49 41% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Hotlands 100% Video 22:33 00:10 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Hydellius Any% Video 38:12 00:22 22% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Hyper Metroid Any% Video snes9x v1.51 44:59 00:28 25% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
Hyper Metroid 100% Video 1:01:00 00:38 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Ice Metal 1: Uninstall All Items Video Bizhawk v1.11.6 59:08 00:31 100.9% DCR
Ice Returns: Epysbane Any% Video snes9x v1.51 10:16 00:07 13% Hoandizi v0.9; item percentage assumes that the items Samus is starting with are one Energy Tank, two Missile expansions, Morphing Ball, Bombs, Space Jump, Speed Booster, and Varia Suit (and that those are the only items Samus starts with before collecting the others)
Ice Returns: Epysbane Any% Video 1:42.133 00:01 9% BFrobber v0.9; item percentage assumes that the items Samus is starting with are one Energy Tank, two Missile expansions, Morphing Ball, Bombs, Space Jump, Speed Booster, and Varia Suit (and that those are the only items Samus starts with before collecting the others)
Impossible Any% Video 1:21:40 00:49 39% Cpadolf The Any% TAS by Kriole appears to never have been completed, so it is not listed
Inertia Any% Video 1:00 00:39  ? GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Kaizo Any% Video snes9x v1.51 1:17:59 00:52  ? Hoandizi Original encode unavailable. Reupload
Legacy 100% P1 P2 P3 P4 P5  ? 00:42 100% Hoandizi
Legend of Doom Any% Video 1:19 00:00 4% Hoandizi Does not end in a traditional manner - times are approximate
Legend of the Beast All Items Video 21:26 00:11 42% Zebezia
Limit Any% P1 P2 P3 P4 P5  ? 00:33 30% Hoandizi
Lost World Any% Video 47:44 00:31 18% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Low Impact Any% Video snes9x v1.51 4:40 00:03 25% Hoandizi
Mission Rescue Any% Video snes9x v1.51 1:49:44 1:14 26% Hoandizi
Mockingbird Station Any% Video snes9x v1.43 31:00 00:19 12% Hoandizi
Nature Any% Video 41:31 00:25 24% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
No Safe Harbor All Items Video snes9x v1.51 10:44 00:03 101% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
No Safe Harbor Any% Video snes9x v1.51 3:29 00:01 6% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
Permastuck Practice 1 Any% Video Bizhawk v2.0.1 1:11 00:00 157% Mumu_Didi Does not end in a traditional manner
Permastuck Practice 2 Any% Video Bizhawk v2.0.1 1:11 00:00 64% Mumu_Didi Does not end in a traditional manner
Phazon Any% Video snes9x v1.43 35:00 00:21 18% Hoandizi v0
Phazon Any% Video 49:01 00:29 17% Hoandizi v0.3
Polarity 100% Video 17:47 00:10 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Project Base Any% Video 20:26 00:14 16% Taco v0.7.2
Project Base Any% Video 24:32 00:17 19% Hubert0987 v0.7.2
Project Base 100% P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6  ? 00:34 100% Martes v0.4
Project Base All Items Video Bizhawk v2.3 37:28 00:23 104% Hubert0987 v0.7.2
RBO Impossible All Items P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 1:26:35 1:00 101% TheYukisaito Real time is a rough estimate based on video segment lengths
Redesign Any% Video 1:26:03 00:50 26% Saturn Original Playlist
Redesign 100% Video snes9x v1.51 2:15:27 01:14 100% Hoandizi The 100% TAS by Kamb3ck appears to never have been completed (or at least, its final part(s) were never uploaded), so it is not listed
Redesign: Axeil Edition 100% Video snes9x v1.51 1:48:06 01:07:58.85 100.0% GaRan version with animals saved aims for in-game time
Revolution EX Any% P1 P2 P3 P4  ? 00:24 23% Hoandizi
Rotation Any% Video snes9x v1.51 35:06 00:21 21% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
Ruin Any% Video 5:20 00:03 5% Hoandizi Does not end in a traditional manner
Rulers of Ruin All Items Video 6:42 00:03 58% Zebezia May not actually be "all items" if Wave Beam was missed as EternisedDragon points out may be the case
SFI Any% P1 P2 P3  ? 00:23 18% Hoandizi
SFI 100% P1 P2 P3 P4 P5  ? 00:27 100% Kamb3ck
So Little Garden 100% Video snes9x v1.51 17:26 00:11 100% Hoandizi
So Little Garden Any% Video 05:07 00:03 16.2% BFrobber
So Little Piracy All Items Video snes9x v1.51 16:16 00:10 850 GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
So Little Piracy Any% Video snes9x v1.51 11:18 00:07 0 GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time
So Little Rooms Any% Video Bizhawk v2.0.1 0:43 00:00 9% Mumu_Didi
SMChallenge v.1.0 Any% Video snes9x v1.51 2:22 01:14 17% GaRan Times are appxroimate; aims for in-game time
Stardust Any% Video 9:06 00:04 12% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Stardust Any% P1 P2 P3 23:39 00:14 22% Namespoofer, Hero of the Day
Subversion Any% Video 48:23 00:23 20.4% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Subversion Any% 2nd Quest Video 1:00:20 00:30 33.6% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Super Duper Metroid Any% Video 14:24 00:09 10% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Super Duper Metroid 100% Video 33:49 00:21 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Super Duper Metroid Low% Video 13:59 00:10 4% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Super Mega-Metroid X-2 Any% Video Bizhawk v2.2.2 2:45 00:01 1% Mumu_Didi Seems to utilize Out of Bounds, but doesn't; should make a non-OOB version
Super Mega-Metroid X-2 Any% Video snes9x v1.51 24:38 18:54 9% GaRan game time is in minutes:seconds; real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Super Zero Mission Any% Video snes9x v1.43 20:43 00:11 11% Cpadolf v2
Super Zero Mission All Items Video snes9x v1.43 1:19:30 00:44 101% Hoandizi v2.3; Hitbox Viewer
Temporus All Items Video 9:33  ? 47% TheBegrimedOne
Tenka Any% Video  ? 00:06  ? Hoandizi Item percentage is at least 21%, but may be much higher (not certain how 'infinite' ammo being provided works in this specific instance)
The Adam Virus Any% Video  ? 00:03 11% Hoandizi Does not start/end in a traditional manner
Torture Any% Video Bizhawk v2.0.1 3:54 00:03 1% Mumu_Didi
Training Ground All Items Video 2:43 00:01 10% Hoandizi Does not end in a traditional manner - times are approximate
Ultimate Avengers 1 Any% Video 1:23 00:00 7% Hoandizi Does not end in a traditional manner - times are approximate
Ultimate Avengers 2 Any% Video 1:43 00:00 5% Hoandizi Does not end in a traditional manner - times are approximate
Vino Any% Video snes9x v1.43 46:18 00:30 21% Hoandizi
V I T A L I T Y 100% Video 59:13 37:48 100% GaRan Real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
V I T A L I T Y Low% Video 32:14 21:12 8% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
Wet Winter Any% Video Bizhawk v2.0.1 6:44 00:03 7% Mumu_Didi Timing listed includes power on and introductory cutscene
Wet Winter Any% Video 7:02 00:03 7% Stunt Coyote Timing listed includes power on and introductory cutscene
Y-Faster 100% Video snes9x v1.51 24:16 15:32 100% Hoandizi Does not end in a traditional manner; game time is in minutes:seconds
Y-Faster 2 Fast v.1.1 All Items Video 35:33 00:01 101% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time & triggers hidden easter egg cutscene
Y-Faster 2 Furious All Items Video 39:29 00:05 101% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
YPX 100% Video 58:24 00:27 100% GaRan real time is approximate; aims for in-game time
7 Starver Any% P1 P2 P3  ? 00:16 19% Hoandizi
VARIA Plandomizer Any% Video lsnes 26:42 00:16 21% Cakemaphoneige No OOB No Underflow No permanent graphic distortion
Z-Factor v.1.3 Any% Video snes9x v1.51 56:39 00:34 26% GaRan Times are approximate; aims for in-game time

Romhack Theory TAS

Unless stated otherwise, all theory TASes are optimized with real time in mind.

Some theory TASes are more optimized (and thus are more unrealistic for a human to match or beat) than others.

Name Category Publication Real Time Game Time Percentage Author(s) Notes
Airy Any% Video 1:01:41 00:40 30% Shenjoku
Contamination Any% Video 21:57 N/A 27% Ptoil
Eternal Spikesuit Any% Video 39:55 00:24 22% Chabo KDRP, not super optimized
Final Stand Any% Video 4:41 00:02 2% EternisedDragon Improvable with moonfalls & lag reduction
Hyper Any% Video 51:03 00:37 23% Behemoth
Ice Returns: Epysbane Any% Video 1:36 00:01 9% EternisedDragon Improvable using a spark charge off & down the left ledge instead of the cacattack
Limit Any% Video 1:05:45 00:44 32% Ptoil
Project Base Any% Video 28:46 00:20 20% Dessyreqt v0.7
Snowglobe Any% Video 3:21 02:13 5% EternisedDragon Improvable with moonfalls & final screen message skip
So Little Garden Any% Video 6:14 00:05 16.2% EternisedDragon Improvable with moonfalls & quicker Atomic kills at the end
So Little Rooms Any% Video 0:36 00:00 9% Mumu_Didi Is a TAS suitable as Theory TAS, too
So Little Time Any% Video 5:19.7 00:03 26% Dessyreqt
Stardust Any% Video 24:58 00:15 22% Dessyreqt If using post-menu timing, time is 24:56
Super Zero Mission Any% Video 39:59 00:27  ? Cygrade Normal (v2.3) (Obsolete route)
Super Zero Mission Any% Video 58:04 00:39  ? Cygrade Hard
Super Zero Mission Any% Video 50:36 00:34 32% EternisedDragon Hard
Impossible v1.5 Any% Video 1:33:23 01:08 38% EternisedDragon
Impossible v1.5 Any% Video 1:28:42 01:05 38% EternisedDragon Route obtains Speedbooster after Varia Suit
Impossible v1.5 Any% Video 1:23:50 01:00 38% Hotarubi
V I T A L I T Y 100% Video 1:13:07 52:24 100% Ptoil