Tool Assisted Speedruns

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
Any%	Video	lsnes rr2-β23	35:58	00:20	21%	Sniq	Utilizes various in-bounds X-Ray Scope techniques
Any% Glitched	Video	lsnes rr2-β23	6:50.8	00:02	0%	Sniq	Utilizes arbitrary code execution; is also technically "low% glitched"
Any% Glitched	Video		11:17	00:05	5%	Sniq	Does not utilize arbitrary code execution
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
GT Classic	Video	snes9x v1.43	32:06	00:18	55%	Saturn	Optimized for game time
13% Speed	Video	lsnes rr2-β23	46:32	00:32	13%	Sniq	Does not utilize Draygon underflow
14% Ice	Video	snes9x v1.43	42:37	00:27	14%	Saturn	Mostly optimized for game time; obsoleted by 13% Speed
14% Speed	Video	snes9x v1.43	44:18	00:29	14%	Namespoofer	Optimized for game time; obsoleted by 13% Speed
100% Items	Video	Bizhawk v1.4.1	1:08:15	00:34	100%	Cpadolf	Optimized for game time
100% Map	Video	Bizhawk v1.7	1:12:25	00:42	32%	Nymx, EternisedDragon
Spore Spawn RTA	Video	lsnes rr2-β23	4:59.0	00:04	3%	Nymx, Sniq
Crocomire RTA	Video	Bizhawk v1.11.6	7:58.7	00:05	6%	Nymx
Reverse Boss Order	Video	snes9x v1.43	46:42	00:26	29%	Saturn	Optimized for game time
No Damage	Video	lsnes rr2-β22	43:29	00:27	21%	WildAnaconda69	Mother Brain's rainbow beam is unavoidable

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	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	41:53	?	19%	Twocat	PDKR
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% 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

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	0:44	00:00	1%	Mumu_Didi	Is also technically "Low%"
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
Battle	Any%	P1 P2		?	00:13	25%	Hoandizi
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)
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
Conflict	Any%	Video	snes9x v1.51	2:52	01:53	26%	Hoandizi	Game time is in minutes:seconds
Containment Chamber	Any%	Video	Bizhawk v2.0.1	7:34	00:05	11%	Mumu_Didi
Contention	100%	Video	snes9x v1.51	7:56	04:09	100%	Hoandizi	Game time is in minutes:seconds
Dependence	Any%	P1 P2 P3		?	00:28	21%	Hoandizi
Digital Cube	All Items	Video		15:28	00:06	47%	Zebezia
Eris	Any%	P1 P2 P3 P4 P5		?	00:30	41%	Kriole
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
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)
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	lsnes rr2-β23	4:12	02:50	18%	Sniq, Nymx, EternisedDragon	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
HISHE	Any%	Video	snes9x v1.51	1:05	00:00	0%	Dessyreqt	Does not end in a traditional manner - times are approximate (subtracted introduction)
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)
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
Legacy	100%	P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7		?	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
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
Permastuck Practice	Any%	Video	Bizhawk v2.0.1	1:11	00:00	157%	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
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		40:32	00:27	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
Revolution EX	Any%	P1 P2 P3 P4		?	00:24	23%	Hoandizi
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 Rooms	Any%	Video	Bizhawk v2.0.1	0:43	00:00	9%	Mumu_Didi
Stardust	Any%	P1 P2 P3		23:39	00:14	22%	Namespoofer, Hero of the Day
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
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)
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
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
7 Starver	Any%	P1 P2 P3		?	00:16	19%	Hoandizi

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
Hyper	Any%	Video	51:03	00:37	23%	Behemoth
Project Base	Any%	Video	28:46	00:20	20%	Dessyreqt	v0.7
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