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NES "any%" Metroid (USA) in 09:26.42 by AP (aka. Zoizite).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 30 MB, length: 11:45) (currently unavailable)
Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-04-29)
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Read author's comments in submission #654
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Rating: 8.2 (28 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Platform

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Metroid completed as fast as possible without holding back.

Uses a password to get the suitless Samus for fun (no side-effects).

Uses a game restart sequence (up+a on second controller) to save time in backtracking.


NES "1-item" Metroid (USA) in 11:51.08 by AP (aka. Zoizite).
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Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2004-11-14)
Read author's comments in submission #420
Discuss this movie
Rating: 7.3 (24 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform
Metroid completed using just 1 item: the morphing ball.

Uses a password to get the suitless Samus for fun (no side-effects).

Uses a game restart sequence (up+a on second controller) to save time in backtracking.


NES "100%" Metroid (USA) in 41:43.33 by AP (aka. Zoizite).
Download Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-09-28)
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 122 MB, length: 44:06)
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Read author's comments in submission #340
Discuss this movie
Rating: 6.8 (22 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Takes damage to save time
- Does not use a restart sequence
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform
This is a full completion of Metroid, meaning that all items (100%) were collected. Unlike all the other Metroid movies on this site, this movie does NOT use the Up+A restart sequence.

Selected comments from author:
I used an original route, that saved quite a bit of time compared to the usual route. I found a nice shortcut in Norfair that saved 2 to 3 minutes. Ridley and Kraid battles are extremely short.

I abused a few glitches: the door trick, morph jumping, bomb boost jumping. I also use morph jumping to pass through blocks a few times, which I had never seen or heard of before.

I took hits whenever avoiding them was impossible or whenever it would slow me down more than a few frames. I also used them to my advantage in certain situations. I manipulated monster item drops quite a lot to get missiles.

I used a password to get suitless Samus. The password does nothing else.

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