The actual route I'm taking isn't really a secret, but I don't want to announce it to have some surprise value to it. I'll just say I'm planning to take the Speed route instead of the Ice route, and also pick 3 Super Missile packs instead of 2, which should speed up lower Norfair and Tourian considerably. NameSpoofer of m2k2 is working on a similar run with a slightly altered route, so you will have a general idea of what it's going to look like.

I'm planning to go for state-of-the-art level of precision with this run, so I'm not going to make the test run WIPs that involve the low%-exclusive tricks and strategies available to general public. Refer to Super Metroid tricks and project page (out of date currently) for more information about technical aspects of the run.

The final version of this run will most likely be made on Snes9x 1.5x for superior graphics and sound; the test run is being made on Snes9x 1.43 improvement 12.

Gocha's SNES9x memory watcher tool has already proven to be invaluable in the production of this (and the the other two) run. A recent version bundled with the config file I'm using can usually be found here.

Status: test run with selective optimization is in very slow production.
The goals: the ultimate goal is sub-28 minutes by in-game timer.
The progress: test run — 04:26 in-game time, 6% items collected.
Project page — improvement list, WIPs and other notes.
Discussion thread.

This was my ongoing project a while ago, which I decided to put it on hold due to three major reasons:

1. Super Metroid 14% TAS gained higher priority;
2. Saturn started working on it as well, and it was unlikely that I could keep his pace of production up and still deliver unexpected results (in any case, it would be wiser to analyze a complete movie once it's done to avoid making the same mistakes in planning and/or execution, if some new details will be uncovered in the process);
3. The WIP I produced had to be redone, anyway, since I made several seconds worth of mistakes over the span of my v1 WIP, and it turned out that v2 wasn't fully optimal, either. The new version would be made on Snes9x 1.5 due to superior emulation.

Drewseph's beta-TAS made on SMR version 2.0 (somewhat outdated route-wise) can be found here.

Status: on temporary hold and to be redone upon completing SM 14% TAS and Saturn finishing the work on his version.
The goals: will most likely have to be recalculated based on Saturn's work and possible future changes, but as of now, it remains sub-1:00.
The progress: the old WIP and other things can be found here permanently (well, at least until I submit it).
Project page — all the useful info on this run is/will be there, including progress reports.
Discussion thread.

DoDonPachi's scoring system is rather simple in theory:

1. Don't die and don't bomb, thus abusing the "maximum" bomb multiplier.
2. Kill enemies in sequences, never letting the chain drop until the end of the stage.
3. Minor: pick up every item/star without interrupting the previous goals.
4. Minor: cancel bullets with large explosions.
5. Minor use laser over blooming flowers.

However, with all the supposed simplicity, it's also filled with lots of obscure tricks and strategies the world record holders use, which still haven't been made public. Some of them are completely unknown to the western players, even though DDP has seen very fierce competition due to its popularity.

The current world record with A-L ship type is 748,414,350, by SOF-WTN. According to the experts, WTN dies on the true last boss once (not surprising), which would otherwise put his score to ~760 million.
The current TAS record with the same type is 759,281,170, by Takuro. It's been noted that it contains serious (as far as TASing goes) chaining mistakes netting no less than 30 million point loss.

As such, a good goal would be to break 800M points. A lot of shmupping enthusiasts would be very pleased to see such a run, though I guess it won't be easy on the eyes. If the goal is reached, it might be possible to make a 2-player follow-up run where one player scores as per the optimal route, and the other flies around just dodging the bullet swarms.

Status: waiting for the emulator.
The goals: 800M+ points, speed disregarded if/when it hinders optimal scoring tactics.
The progress: gathering information.

I also monitor recent changes, and contribute minor corrections, adding new content and [re]writing movie descriptions. I don't do that too often, though. So far I'm the second most active editor (not counting judges and publishers).

See also:

• my "Top-10 TAS moments" (out of date);
• my rating page.

• Half-Life 2 in 1:36:57 by Half-Life 2 done Quick team;
• Half-hour Half-Life by Spider-Waffle;
• Castlevania: AoS Soma Boss Rush in 1:21.38 by dingusSJr;
• Quake done 100% Quick lite 2 by QdQ team;
• Touhou 08: Imperishable Night Extra mode score-attack by AM;
• Touhou 07: Perfect Cherry Blossom Lunatic mode score-attack by HASEGA~;
• Portal in 14:37 by DemonStrate;
• Diablo in 06:07 by groobo;
• Quake done Quick with a Vengeance by QdQ team;
• Super Metroid in 00:32 by Hotarubi;
• Quake 2 in 19:33 by groobo;
• Castlevania: AoS Julius Boss Rush in 3:28.63 by sarou;
• Deus Ex in 43:20 by dex;
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 18:12 by stanski;
• DKC 101% in 00:44 by Lucid Faia;
• Super Mario World no powerup run by jimsfriend.

• SNES
  • Super Metroid: Redesign any% by Saturn (public WIP, discussion thread).
  • Super Metroid any% improvement by Taco & Kriole (discussion thread).
  • Super Metroid RBO/Suitless run by Taco & Kriole (public WIP, discussion thread).
  • SMW2: Yoshi's Island 100% by NxCy (spezzafer's discontinued WIP, discussion thread).
  • Contra III: The Alien Wars improvement by hero of the day (discussion thread).
  • Donkey Kong Country 2 102% v2 by comicalflop (discussion thread).
  • Super Castlevania IV improvement by Phil and AngerFist.
  • Donkey Kong Country any% improvement by Arne_the_great and Tompa.
  • Donkey Kong Country 101% improvement by Arne_the_great and Tompa.
  • Hagane by Heisanevilgenius and Tiger (discussion thread).

• Genesis/32x
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic+Tails any% improvement by upthorn.
  • Alien Soldier by Truncated (discussion thread).

• GBA
  • Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow all-souls run by pirate_sephiroth (public WIP, discussion thread).
  • Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow warpless/no damage/any% improvement by Yrr (discontinued WIP, v2 public WIP, discussion thread).
  • Gunstar Super Heroes blue/hard/no damage run by comicalflop (pirate_sephiroth's discontinued WIP, discussion thread).
  • Metroid Zero Mission low% by P.JBoy (discontinued WIP, v2 public WIP, discussion thread).
  • Metroid Fusion 0% improvement by BioSpark (discussion thread).

• NES
  • Megaman 5 v2 by Baxter (public WIP, discussion thread).

• N64
  • Mortal Kombat Trilogy by Dark Cloud (discussion thread).
  • Killer Instinct Gold by Dark Fulgore (discussion thread).

• PC
  • Quake done Quickest — the improvement of QdQwav by QdQ team (improvement tables).
  • Quake done Quickest lite — the improvement of tRR by QdQ team (improvement tables).
  • Quake done 100% Quickest — the improvement of QdQ100Qlite2.
  • Half-Life: Episode Two Done Quick by HL2DQ team.
  • Half-Life: Episode One Done Quick by HL2DQ team (test run video, discussion thread).
  • Portal segmented any% v2 by DemonStrate (discussion thread).
  • Portal advanced courses any% & least portal runs (discussion thread).
  • Diablo II: LoD (sorceress) improvement by suga (discussion thread).
  • Diablo II: LoD (sorceress) all-difficulties run by Siyko (discussion thread).
  • ElastoMania SS any% by Xarthok (discussion thread).

• SNES
  • Super Metroid SS 100% by Hotarubi (discussion thread).
  • Super Metroid any% by 072.

• GBA
  • Castlevania: AoS Soma Boss Rush v2 by dingusSJr.

• Genesis
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 v4 by stanski.