This is the final version of my submission to Super Metroid TAS Competition Round 4 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 specific modification of the Map Randomizer ROM hack that spawns the player in the Wrecked Ship Energy Tank room, then go grab the item at the Gauntlet Energy Tank location.
Timing starts on power-on (frame 0) and ends when in-game timer (RAM address $1842) starts counting up after the item acquisition message is gone.
| Checkpoint | Frame number |
|---|---|
| Timing start | 0 |
| First input | 978 |
| Final input | 5383 |
| Goal reached | 5402 |
| In-game time | 2530 |
Total time from start to finish: 01:30.03.
Contest placement: 2nd. This time I'm the one who's 5 frames behind the #1. :D
The goal I set for myself after the preliminary route tests was getting under 5400 input frames. Would've loved to take it under 5400 total, but couldn't find any more improvements. Moonwalk wasn't used because I couldn't find any uses for it that justified the 62 frame upfront cost of enabling it.
Link to contest rules, hack patch, and chat log:
https://discord.com/channels/98929157894836224/1186390481358311474/1225738197468708905