This is the final version of my submission to Super Metroid TAS Competition Round 3 hosted by UNHchabo over at Super Metroid Speedrunning Discord: https://discord.gg/rT2fWZt
The goal of this competition round was to start the game pre-patched with a provided modification of the Map Randomizer ROM hack that spawns the player in the Plasma Tutorial room, then go grab Plasma Beam, kill all space pirates in the room to unlock the door, and take damage from a puyo (one of the enemies in the Plasma Tutorial room).
Timing starts when game state (RAM address
$0998) reads 8 and ends when Samus HP (RAM address $09C2) decrements as the result of contact with a tutorial room puyo.
| Checkpoint | Frame number |
|---|---|
| Timing start | 683 |
| First input | 1013 |
| Final input | 1987 |
| Goal reached | 1991 |
Total time from start to finish: 1308 frames (21.45 seconds @ 60.988 fps).
Moonwalk wasn't used (even though it was free to turn on by the contest rules) because all the uses I've managed to find for it were nullified by things outside of my control. My goal was to make it under 2000 frames, and that goal has been achieved.
Contest placement: 1st.
Results presentation VOD:
Link to contest rules, hack patch, and chat log:
https://discord.com/channels/98929157894836224/1186390481358311474/1210882848878366740
Post-contest movie that incorporates improvements from other submissions is available here.