The Most Optimized Super Metroid TAS ever made: Max% GT Code 136%

[@cakemaphoneige]

I would like to thank everyone for the EXPLOSION in views i have gotten on this video recently. It means a lot ❤. If you would like to support my channel please LIKE and SHARE this video. If you want to see more TAS'ing action in the future please SUBSCRIBE and Help me hit my goal of 1000 subs! There is plenty of more TAS's coming in the future!

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

👑

[@masterghotihook5793]

Just popped up for me today, even though I've watched OatsNgoats for years. Great TAS.

[@JustAnotherMatt420]

Just saw this at 2 am on Thursday April the 13th. You got a sub from me broski!

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

@@JustAnotherMatt420 Saw your reply at 1:18 AM on April the 13th!

[@Michael_Dominic]

here to add to it from the algo

[@JC-je3jc]

That ghost you saw as a kid alone in your bed at night was actually speed run samus phasing in and out of spacetime.

[@adirblazkowics7717]

I love how as soon as Samus gets access to shine spark, abiding by the laws of physics simply become a suggestion

[@ygalel]

IKR It's crazy how she abuses shine sparks to simply move faster when in real life it's only few times we actually get to utilize it.

[@-weaponized6493]

Nobody showed up in time to suggest physicsing,..

[@zeableunam]

Time Stamp?..😵‍💫

[@ericshun3331]

i havnt got the slightest idea what you guys are talking about, how did i get here😂

[@MeatSim64]

​@@ericshun3331 You hit the sauce to hard, dude. 🍺 😂

[@IgoSplashman]

16:49 Samus: Let me in. Yellow door: What's the secret dance code? Samus: The whole thing? Yellow door: The whole thing. Samus: Hang on...

[@youraveragejoe2]

Yellow door: you may enter

[@derkevevin]

28:55 The Speed Booster is a pathway to many abilities which some consider to be... unnatural.

[@ThePikmin18]

Bruh wtf was that

[@blaquephyrekendra1779]

Is it possible to learn this power?

[@cakemaphoneige]

@@blaquephyrekendra1779 Not from a Jedi

[@munchymcmouthington298]

in this incarnation, Mother Brain was an innocent leader of a peaceful planet. This glitching psycho just turned up, trashed and looted the place in 60 minutes.

[@CaptainYellow2085]

​@@munchymcmouthington298I am the danger.

[@metroidnerd9001]

0:00 "Okay, this seems like a pretty normal TAS. Arm pumping, precice wall jumping, the works." 17:24 "Well that was certainly strange, but I guess TASes can pull of some pretty strange glitches." 18:28 All Hell breaks loose

[@JarvisTastic]

That's exactly how this went and I loved every second of it

[@jigglynorris2559]

Can someone explain what the hell happened at 18:28

[@JarvisTastic]

@@jigglynorris2559 it's called GT code; if you go backwards into Golden Torizo room holding a specific button combination, it gives you every upgrade (besides screw attack), and sets your ammo to 100/20/20, 7 e-tanks, and 3 r-tanks. It's used for the Max % runs, because after using GT code, you can then go back and collect all the e tanks, r tanks, missile packs, super packs, and super bomb packs to get more than 100% item collection rate. Normally, this is done with one pack each of missiles/supers/bombs to get through all the doors, and that gets you to 135%. This TAS is unique, in that the first power bomb is skipped (17:20), so after GT code, that pack is also collected, yielding 136%.

[@jigglynorris2559]

@@JarvisTastic Thank you. Dude when that happened I was here like what. The fuck.

[@thatguystar817]

I was SO confused why they fought Ridley with the VARIA SUIT until I remembered the GT code, and I was like "oh yeah".

[@skyeguy7914]

This went from “imagine Samus barreling down a hallway at you going top speed” to “imagine Samus straight up phasing through solid matter and quantum shifting behind you while you’re just minding your own business.” So fast.

[@TerryBradstreet]

And that's AFTER you watch her deliberately fling herself bodily into harm's way so that she can be struck flying into a particular direction.

[@kevinkottom1526]

Just another day in the life of Samus "I don't have time for this shlt" Aran.

[@JarvisTastic]

This TAS has so much personality, I absolutely love it. I can just see Samus as this unstoppable force of chaotic power tearing through her old stomping grounds, and when one of the golden 4 show up in some dramatic entrance she's just goofing around because she's so utterly unimpressed.

[@JarvisTastic]

The brain buster at 56:13 was just 🍻

[@arthurbarros5189]

53:45 impatience

[@CyanideSublime]

Simp.

[@NicknamesAreBetterThanHandles]

@@JarvisTastic Naw, no way the TAS did the Oatsngoats certified tech "Brain Buster" in MY Metroid game!

[@-dash]

6:18 that poor space pirate thought he was safe

[@alphamakesstuff]

"Treat the fabric of our reality with care, lady" - Adam Malkovich

[@Saltience]

this guide is kind of hard to follow

[@allenandrews2380]

😂

[@ZUUL_93]

Best comment.

[@curioustrout]

This is the most entertaining playthrough of Super Metroid I've ever seen. TAS as an artform at its finest.

[@chmesie]

I need someone to do a 5-10 hours long video breaking down about what the fuck happens in there

[@cakemaphoneige]

if i got enough funding i could

[@danielsank2286]

​@@cakemaphoneige what's enough?

[@JarvisTastic]

@@cakemaphoneige asking for a friend ;)

[@cakemaphoneige]

@@danielsank2286 lol well being able to monetize my youtube vids would be nice (i need 1000 subscribers), or maybe a donation goal total of >= 200$.

[@Josh_Caelum]

@@cakemaphoneigefuck i might fund this myself just to know wtf us going on

[@1rez378]

It took me a while to realize what kind of run this is. First min% then max% is amazing. I realized that something's about to happen in lower norfair when Samus was going right without power bombs, and I didn't get disappointed.

[@jruler93]

I love how, for the first 16 minutes, this run looks relatively normal (aside from the avoidance of extra Missile and Super Missile Tanks, and all E Tanks), then you do a clip to get into Ridley's Lair, take a quick dip into the lava, do another clip, but then you suddenly have nearly everything when you enter the Golden Turizo room, and suddenly walls, ceilings and floors are mere suggestions.

[@cakemaphoneige]

Hahahaha xD

[@finalgigan]

Was up till 3 in the morning working on a college research project and this run helped get me through. Thank you for your service

[@cakemaphoneige]

Glad it helped

[@infernothegreat1041]

this speedrun has destroyed my brain and I'm only halfway done watching. So cool!

[@roland3264]

Right after the premier I'm already watching it for the second time. This was full of surprises, humor, and ingenuity. The end screen with 136% was so beautiful it got me emotional. My favorite video of 2022 (and I say that as of April). Really appreciate all the hard work. Thank You Cake.

[@cakemaphoneige]

I did it all for the memes and moments like this. Thanks for the great comment, its my pleasure to make something that you and other people enjoy so much. I remember when i did my first completion of the TAS and i seen the end screen with 136%, i said to myself "wow, its kinda crazy because theoretically i'm the first person to ever see this percent". Brings me a lot of emotion to see it too after all the hard work. Also, If you look at the thumbnail pic, the 136% on that is actually just a slightly modified version from the end game screen.

[@Alexxxander_]

It was alright

[@myklelara]

“Slightly” lol

[@johnhuldt]

This might just be the most entertaining to watch tas I’ve ever seen on SM. Great stuff

[@Lilsteve615]

Favorite TAS that i have ever watched of this game, pure talent bro love it amazing work buddy!!!

[@christopheranthony2468]

Super Metroid is one of my favorite games of all time. I spent countless hours on it as a kid and have a lot of fond memories of it. I’ll pick it up every now and again and it’s a game I really like to savor while playing. That being said, this run was nothing short of mesmerizing. Seeing all the stuff that can be done with a game that’s been around for so long is really wild. Your memorization of the map is very impressive, your reflexes and muscle memory are top notch, and this definitely took a lot of hard work and dedication to nail (whether it was time spent in this game or others). You should feel very proud of being able to pull off something most people definitely can’t do. You took a game I spent so much time in and broke and abused it in ways I would have never thought possible and I loved every minute of it. My hat is off to you.

[@memebandit]

Bro, I’ve literally traveled the world and this is up there in memorable experiences. Great TAS.

[@OwlRTA]

this tas run was literally my dream run when I was running 135% and saw that a TAS could bypass the LN pb door. This run has answered what I wanted. Glad someone took the effort to actually do it. Thank you

[@cakemaphoneige]

Thanks for the kind words dude i appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@cakemaphoneige]

Hey, im assuming that was you who posted my TAS on Speedrun Reddit, if so thanks! Any extra views is always nice.

[@OwlRTA]

@@cakemaphoneige I did

[@azuraracon6406]

I imagine this is what a Terminal Montage video would look like in-game

[@lemniscatelogos7917]

Literally I said the same 😂

[@FoxySpartan117]

So. In Terminals video.... Samus wasn't even using 5% of her power...... On a serious note, impressive. I have no idea how painstaking creating a TAS is.

[@AkaiAzul]

Some TASes have 10s of _thousands_ of resets, just to get it all down pat.

[@reneantoniorodriguezippoli7561]

Terminal Mount Samus is based on Speedrun, but TAS are the gods of Speedrun

[@disconat]

Watching this makes me feel like I'm watching a regular playthrough but I'm completely stoned.

[@schumacherenator]

Biblically accurate shinespark

[@ruggie.74]

LMFAO

[@Chronicgamer36]

Space pirate logbook accurate Samus

[@mosonbelmont2207]

I've been watching SM Speedruns since 2005 when I was 9 years old. After watching the most famous TAS videos I (foolishly lol) thought the game could not be taken any further, and this is by far the most impressive one I've ever seen. Masterpiece.

[@The1000000Man]

This was absolutely gorgeous. Even when you weren't super jumping you were doing other strats I have never seen before. The way you handled attic had my jaw on the floor. I know how long these TASes can take to make and more people should see this. I don't know how youtube recommended this to me, but now that it has I am sharing it around. And I hope youtube recommends it to many more people.

[@cakemaphoneige]

Thanks, i appreciate the help in sharing it. It took me a year and a half to make ( with a couple month gaps in between time working on it).

[@dailydelphox]

I'm not familiar with Super Metroid's glitches, but it was amazing seeing Samus just walk into another room and for seemingly no reason she just HAS the Gravity Suit on. I can't comprehend what the heck Samus did within a frame to manipulate space-time to give herself that and possibly more, but I am impressed nonetheless

[@cakemaphoneige]

holding abxy during golden torizo's door transition triggers the GT code which gives 7 Energy Tanks 3 Reserve Tanks 100 Missiles 20 Super Missiles 20 Power Bombs Every item in the game, excluding Screw Attack (which can be immediately obtained after defeating Golden Torizo and/or leaving the room) From there the maximum number of items is collected without space-time resetting zebes (which equates to 136%).

[@devinbuettgenbach2941]

@@cakemaphoneige Is that even possible RTA?

[@elio7610]

This is an RTA TAS, is it not?

[@DracXBelmont]

@@elio7610 RTA and TAS are two separate things entirely - RTA (real-time attack) is a non-tool-assisted speedrun. TAS is a tool-assisted speedrun.

[@elio7610]

@@DracXBelmont Nothing in the term "real time attack" specifies a human player or exclusion of tools. Usually "real time" refers to using actual real world time rather than game time and "time attack" is just another word for speedrun.

[@hibiku757]

This is probably the most entertaining SM TAS I've ever seen. As a casual runner, seeing some of these utterly insane frame perfect tricks is incredible. GT Max% is sort of an odd category too, so seeing it run so perfectly leaves much for human runners to live up to. If you further you TASing videos, I would love to see a RAMBO run!

[@roetemeteor]

Holy crap, this is the first time I've seen the grappling hook sound glitch used in a TAS to phase through a wall and to break the game! I actually uploaded a video a LOOONG time ago about this, but never thought I'd see it be used practically!

[@Maulhawk]

I've missed the Shinespark / Super Missile flyover of the moat since most runners now use CWJ to clear it. This is the kind of stuff I enjoy. It seemed like most if not all rooms had some kind of wow factor to them. Thank you for posting this.

[@cakemaphoneige]

Thank you

[@thatguystar817]

I love how during the Mother Brain fight, Mother Brain just sees Samus goofing around like and idiot, and the next thing she knows, she's dead! (Also this TAS has made me learn that the speed booster makes abiding by the laws of space and time a mere concept to Samus)

[@AmaroqStarwind]

Something I’d love to see would be a TAS blooper reel. Just a compilation of anything and everything that goes wrong during the production of a TAS. (Plus any necessary explanations)

[@cakemaphoneige]

I have actually thought about this lol - "When desyncs occur"

[@queenzebes6012]

Lmao i sat there a couple times going "why wouldnt you grab that!? Its right there!" Until you started doing the work before getting to lower norfair and i realized this was NOT a normal run 😂 its been awhile since ive watched any super metroid speedruns and seeing you suddenly breaking the game, having a bunch of energy tanks etc - my mouth dropped 😂 this was really fun to watch. Great job!

[@johnbarton7616]

That was impressive. Good job!

[@hyrulianguardlyfe3952]

TASbot never ceases to amaze me. i dont know if its his blatant disregard for video game laws of physics or the fact that every once in awhile he stops and does a little dance at certain points to show off the swag hes got in his steps.

[@Valurinn]

I've been playing this game for 30 years son, I don't know what I'm even looking at anymore. I'm.. bewildered, and equally intrigued "how the fuck". 👏

[@Davian2073]

My friend: "Is there something beyond perfection?" Me: **shows him this video** My friend: **terrified**

[@Tilimorf]

Can't believe I'm a year late to seeing this, but wow was it entertaining! It's amazingly fun to see how broken this game can actually become with all the amazing hidden tech and special abilities that aren't typically human viable.

[@cakemaphoneige]

Much appreciated

[@HidruxGaming]

Just wow! I dock you a point for not saving the critters tho. Thanks for that, really amazing. Being one of my favorite games it was a emotional roller coaster for me. Never knew "screw ball" was a thing, guess it's really shine ball! The shine x-ray thing makes it all so sinister when it starts!

[@joshpart3319]

For any normal person, entering the backrooms is pretty much a death sentence... For Samus is just another way to save a couple of frames

[@eleronpfoutz7823]

Normal humans are liable to die in the Backrooms. The Backrooms die when Samus enters them.

[@eloy0612]

That thumbnail design is crazy. 🤙

[@Riveraeon]

"What is she doing? "She is beginning to believe..."

[@nosceteipsum7757]

For clearing the game in 30 minutes with 136% completion, Samus is wearing to much clothes at the end. 😅 This TAS was surely a hell of work. Respect. Very entertaining.👏

[@SkyfoxDartner]

Most impressive part, the pinpoint accurate precision of those A presses on the beginning dialogue.

[@tortuga8470]

41:45 me when my boss says I can go home early

[@omegamanGXE]

Hahahaha

[@lemniscatelogos7917]

It’s like a terminal montage parody come to life

[@TheClownsMind]

"The last metroid is in captivity the galaxy is at peace." Samus: "The last metroid has escaped. The Galaxy is no longer at peace..." Samus: Real Shit!

[@DTSephiroth]

Einstein: "Stop breaking physics!" Samus: "... No."

[@StarziiButNot]

this and the mega man and bass tas run are probably my favorite tas’s of all time

[@fiddlestickjones]

I knew so crazy shit was going to happen with the speed booster, but that just is on another level of crazy

[@mrman2557]

i like that while the person making the TAS is forced to wait they just have a funny dance

[@matjb]

I like to imagine this is how Samus is on every mission of hers.

[@IUsedToFermentThings]

21:17 Even Ridley's head is saying, "TF just happened?!"

[@garan1988]

OMG! you pushed super-jump to max use in the run! incredible TAS 😮😮😮

[@gigaslave]

Local Samus gets impatient, figures out how to Phase Drift years before Dread.

[@xxdubsupxx1074]

Just when I thought I was good at Super Metroid, I watched this. His gameplay makes it look like I don’t know what I’ve been doing all these years

[@JesusIsAMoose]

This is a TAS if you didn't know

[@TompaA]

Was a delight to watch, great TAS!

[@cakemaphoneige]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@allenandrews2380]

Thanks for having the decency to let Crocomire boil off screen. You got a heart too!!!!!😂

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

Samus looks like an elephant because the pumping is so fast

[@chamchamtrigger]

I don't know what the hell went on from the Golden Torizo fight onward.

[@jamalr3954]

this reminds me of the terminal montage video of super metroid, it has the same amount of chaos.

[@Peaceful_Gojira]

Super/Baby Metroid: "I'll save you! I promise, I'll-" Samus: *_sequence-broken and aggressively bomb-jumping in background_*

[@PugBurgler711]

My jaw needs to be surgically repaired from how hard it dropped. What an absolute masterpiece!

[@chazzeo]

**Watches 3 minutes of peak TAS** Speedrun Squidward: **hands in Keusty Krab hat** "Nice working with you guys"

[@vini.trindad]

I love how in some rooms Samus just says this item is simply too far, I'm gonna get it thru the phantom realm

[@Courtney85]

samus: hmmmm i dont like doors *proceeds to walk through closed doors without opening them* *AND IT WORKS*

[@Alienkidx]

34:35 Ah yes, I love it when samus starts bending space-time

[@Akabalthy]

Super metroid speedrunners tearing the fabric of reality apart just to go faster:

[@jamtheripper8230]

When I discovered the GT code, I was sure that 135% is the max without glitches like Space-Time Beam. Well, I was wrong. It's even more max% that it was. Good job!

[@cakemaphoneige]

Thanks. I didn't discover the trick to successfully get to gt door without pb's, i just made this tas that used it and optimized it's implementation etc. GT Code was a great find!

[@AgentBaron]

It's moving so indescribably fast that I can't even get what's going on. 10/10 would brain fart again.

[@Reepicheep-1]

Imagine this airing on Tokyo TV 3/20/94...

[@NateDogg42111]

Hi cakemaphoneige, I'm a big fan of Super Metroid TASes. I'm looking to collect and archive as many of them as I can find to help prevent them from going lost. Would you be willing to share any input files for any of your TASes to help me with this?

[@cakemaphoneige]

I appreciate you but unfortunately i can't share this until sniq and others admit their fault in attacking me wrongly

[@fiddlestickjones]

Samus really just robbed the torizo, and then just left without saying anything. #torizoshaverightstoo

[@lastclassairman]

Should’ve been titled “John Wick Dresses as Samus to Retrieve Lost Dog”

[@ponyforhire]

38:12 That assent was wicked fast

[@omegamanGXE]

ascent

[@BubblewrapHighway]

I didn't know what TAS was before clicking on this video, now my world is shattered. Also WTF, BOMB CHOZO? HULLO???

[@Drydoctor-qo5wt]

The beginning of this run had me going “Nice, nice, good SM run”. Second half had me going “OH THERE IT IS”

[@cornsonyt]

Meanwhile in an alternate universe where samus might be a psychopath:

[@gouldmears2071]

Very nice and SO close to only miss it at the end by skipping the animals. 😿

[@Ikaruwa]

The number of "I didn't know you could do that" is off the charts

[@Eight-Bytes]

I'm absolutely flabbergasted at that Golden Torizo fight, dear god.

[@Eight-Bytes]

Then everything after is like- *platforming is slightly inconvenient* Samus: No

[@agonguri4047]

I'm just commenting so your viewership goes up, holy moly wtf is this tas???

[@peterc504]

Still the greatest game ever by FAR. I hope one day someone can get even a mile close to the perfection that was super metroid...

[@omegamanGXE]

It’s an all time great but I give the edge to Chrono Trigger for attempting something much more ambitious in scope and succeeding wildly

[@peterc504]

@@omegamanGXE CT is boring turn based though.. I try to play it but it's just to slow work the turn based crap

[@omegamanGXE]

@@peterc504 You have to put the battle system to Active which speeds it up tenfold (it’s not turn based then, the enemy can attack you multiple times if you’re taking too long to make your battle decisions)

[@peterc504]

@@omegamanGXE I know but still the turn based fighting is boring.. I like Zelda style better

[@omegamanGXE]

@@peterc504 Different strokes for different folks I guess 🤷‍♂️ I personally dislike the Zelda/Secret of Mana style

[@pajordan]

This is crazy! How do you use X-ray during a shinespark? And what does that do? Is there some write up that goes along with this explaining it (the whole TAS I mean)? Thanks!

[@cakemaphoneige]

There isn't a write up or explanation vid yet, i'm thinking about maybe doing something. What you are referring to is a Superjump, which is performed by activating x-ray on the final frame of enemy knockback frames, this enters into a state referred to as "X-mode" where you can then unleash a shinespark. During vertical or diagonal shinesparks samus moves at 14-15 pixels per frame using a separate vertical address to her normal address, while her normal vertical speed address increases by 7+ pixels per frame, but is unused. However if you exit x-mode with enough speed built up in the normal address, the shinespark will be canceled and this speed will now apply and it can be used and abused in various cool ways. Each normal block in the game is 16x16 pixels, so with a speed > 16 we can clip blocks vertically.

[@fredlagg27]

If only terminalmontage saw this..

[@RickyRiceB]

Thank you for not showing crocomire’s death on screen I would have cried irl

[@omegamanGXE]

rip good boi 🐊

[@BlueBladeofFate]

18:29 What kind of witchcraft gave you the gravity suit, 7 e-tanks and 100 missiles here? 🤯

[@cakemaphoneige]

GT Code - hold A B X Y during that door transition - key glitch for this run and other GT Code categories

[@arthurbarros5189]

49:43 did Samus put out a second canon...?

[@ChloricTheProtogen]

i dont know

[@LinksQuestResearch]

I don’t know either

[@akunog5143]

lol, 10-15% of the run is just listening to the item pickup music. this is insane.

[@scythe0925]

Can we do this whole thing with narrative and explanations?

[@firestarex3544]

I like how Samus arm pumps so fast it looks like her arm isn't even moving. Not to mention all the reality warping shenanigans. This is absolutely mental. Metroid Ball Z when?

[@lack_of_zzzzz]

I was reading your comment, and the arm thing made me think about Goku when he first shows up on Namek and starts fighting the Ginyu force, and he’s moving so fast he looks completely still, and Gohan and Krillin freak out that he’s being hit by Berter and Jace until you see the footprints in the ground. And then I read your last sentence and thought “My man.”

[@omegamanGXE]

@@lack_of_zzzzzover 9000

[@mickvinny7291]

This run is just crazy

[@Marcara081]

What is this run like? The run: 18:27

[@SomeoneFromGenZ]

I know that a TAS takes a lot of time so may I ask how long it took you to do this because this is Top Teir work like next level and its Entertaining to watch and its hilarious. 👏👏👏👏 Hats off to Chief!

[@cakemaphoneige]

1 1/2 years with 8 month break inbetween, over 1000 hours total

[@amaureaLua]

This was great! So much new stuff compared to the super metroid TASes I used to follow on tasvideos. Is the movie file (input file) available? And if so, what emulator (and version) should it be played back on? I think this TAS would be even more enjoyable with item boxes and room transitions skipped.

[@cakemaphoneige]

I decided not to release the input file due to conflicts within the SM community. I use Lsnes emulator. Maybe one day i will stream the tas with lua script + ram watch.

[@Lightman0359]

New to SM TAS, but familiar to how borked SNES games can be... From that vantage, it appears there is a glitch related to taking damage while charging [possibly from a enemy being frozen] allowing a glitchy shine spark, is that related to the GT code, or just a frame/pixel perfect input only doable consistently [or at all] on TAS? Glitches fascinate me.

[@cakemaphoneige]

(slightly altered explanation copy pasta) What you are referring to is a Superjump, which is performed by activating x-ray on the final frame of enemy knockback frames (sometimes done by getting damaged, freezing the enemy and landing on it), this enters into a state referred to as "X-mode" where you can then unleash a shinespark. During vertical or diagonal shinesparks samus moves at 14-15 pixels per frame using a separate vertical address to her normal address, while her normal vertical speed address increases by 7+ pixels per frame, but is unused. However if you exit x-mode with enough speed built up in the normal address, the shinespark will be canceled and this speed will now apply and it can be used and abused in various cool ways. Each normal block in the game is 16x16 pixels, so with a speed > 16 we can clip blocks vertically.