[TAS] NES Metroid by eien86, Alyosha & The8bitbeast in 07:52.69
336This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/6725M
TAS originally published on 2025-09-06
Metroid is the first game in the Metroid series, released on the NES in 1986. It stars the bounty hunter Samus Aran as she traverses her way through the planet Zebes to take out the evil Mother Brain.
eien86 ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/eien86 ), Alyosha ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/Alyosha ), and The8bitbeast ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/The8bitbeast ) improve the previous publication ( https://tasvideos.org/3666M ) by 00:04.69 seconds, thanks to better optimization and new tricks. Please read the author's comments ( https://tasvideos.org/9882S ) for more details.
The run uses a game restart sequence (Up+A on the second controller) to save time in backtracking.
See Metroid Tricks ( https://tasvideos.org/GameResources/NES/Metroid ) for more information about the door glitch as well as other tips and tricks.
Watch this run being played back on a real console ( • TAS - Metroid by eien86, Alyosha & The8bit... ).
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