Wow. I think I just found one of the earliest speedruns on You Tube. That this video still exists is simply amazing.

Bought this game in December 1994 for £14 brand new for my birthday. Best purchase ever. Best game ever I'm 33 and I keep coming back!

When KZfaq releases in 2005 I always watch any video games on the KZfaq channel. Then I wanted to watch some video games speed run. At the time I didn't even know what a speed run was until I watch them like super mario, star fox, legend of zelda, etc. Super Metroid was one of the few first video (your video) I watch in speed run and I'm very surprised this this video. Just remember that even though other players who surpass your speed run record for over a decade you still a champion of Super Metroid speed run on my book of the 2006 and don't you forget buddy! ;)

This was amazing...even 12 years later.

Just to show my gratitude towards this speed runner, it is unbelievable to watch this again after 9 years, he actually put me into the speed runner world. And it is actually funny to see that i have improve as much as to be better that him. Something that i was actually dreaming for when i was a child. Thanks for one of the first if not the first speed runner that promoted this amazing game, "super metroid" as an spectacular speed run game

One does not simply play through Super metroid just once...

Smokey if your reading this, your run helped me complete the game. thank you

This video was my first exposure to Super Metroid waaay back when I was a kid. I'm glad to have found it again after all this time. Thanks for the memories, dude.

best game ever made

LOVVVVED this game

this game was my childhood!! thanks for posting the super long vid!

I'm glad i've managed to find this run after many years. This is one of the first speedruns that i've ever watched.

Not productive in what sense? Games are scientifically proven to improve cognitive functions, especially these kind of thinker/fast action ones. Reflexes get better, logical thinking gets better. These can be applied to a lot of other things in life. So while perhaps the game itself is not productive directly towards something, since it is, entertainment or if you will, non work, it can lead to productivity.

Thank you for showing this. This is a real treat for me. I never played this before and i'm currently playing metroid prime. this makes a better understanding of the game. thanks again.

I watched the entire thing. Thank you for bringing back memories of my favorite game.

Incredible moves! That is the way I always wanted to play Super Metroid. Thanx for uploading!

Thanks to me watching this before I got this game, I was able to throw a few curve balls at the game layout. For instance: Wave Beam, the Speed Booster, and Ice Beam...got it all early and the same sneaky way this guy did! Thanks for this video man! I am glad to have found this! :)

cant believe this is still up. the video that got me into metroid!

25:40 was one of my favorite parts of the game. Really made you feel great to get to this part for the first time back in the day.

Undoubtably one of the best speedruns i have witnessed!

that was brilliant sir...took me a helluva long ass time to finish. Can't wait for the new game to come out

One of the best experiences in my life. Music and sound effects are awesome!

Man you did your thang! Great Job took me mouths and plenty of re starts!

This game as an outstanding ambiance! Great speedrun by the way!

I thought I was good with a run time of 45 min back in the day. My hats off to you.

this guy is absolutely unbelievable. you now have more respect from me that any gamer in history

Now I HAVE to get super metroid, Awesome speed run btw!! :D

As a kid I never got super metroid, I played it properly for the first time yesterday and frankly I am saddened because I missed this gem of a game, I think it's taken me about 3-4 hours ish to get just past the underwater segment and on my way to Ridley, I say Kudos to you man for getting it does so quickly, evidently you know the game inside out ^^

Great video dude!!!!

i just finished watching this from start to finish... THIS WAS AWESOME

Omg this was my favorite childhood game I would play it all the time never got tired of it

Shhhhhh MAESTRO !!!!!!! .............. cosas que no sabia que se podían hacer, de lujo este vídeo, tantos años y aun encuentras cosas nuevas en este GRAN GRAN JUEGO !!!!!!! ........SAMUS ARAN vive por siempre !!!!!........saludos .......

Can't wait to see your speed run of Other M.

Thank you for existing

Great Speedrun!! ^^

I can watch this over and over.

Watching Zoast's 41:58 WR and then this is painful. Still, this video is what got me into running Super Metroid so I'll always have a special place for it in my heart.

Loving this since I was 5. It's been quite some time... I just hope my children get to play and like this.

Watched all the way to end. I have now seen how its done right. Liked

You can really tell that this video was uploaded in 2006. But seriously this was awesome.

damn you are so fast! wonderful work!

I love the following: How he jumps to the entrance to krane's hideout before you are supposed to. How he doesn't have time to even watch krane die before skipping to the next part. How he rolly-balls below the rocks before the lava comes up. How after getting the speed boost, he showcases how you can run as the rolly-ball. The way he uses speed boost and the shoulder charge into a door, so that it will continue to the next room to make him speed all the way across the next room as well.

Ok, I've never played this game, nor the original 8bit Metroid, but just watching this speed run was like watching an animated movie with no dialogue. Very awesome. Amazing game play!

very nice speed run i love this game :D

great effect when the intro stage leans to the side while exploding. man i loved the 16-bit era.

This game music really freaked me out when I was young but I loved it and it's a pleasure to hear it again !

all i got to say is wow.veeery impressive.nicely done sir

Seeing the ruins of stages that were in the original Metroid is a nice touch. Great way to establish continuity.

veeery impressive.nicely done sir

Fantastic job. Thank you Luke Harris.

this may be the oldest recorded super metroid speed run that still exists. awesome to watch even if it was long ago obsoleted.

Great play by host. There's something about this game, it doesn't need better graphics or to even be re-done. To my it's undoubtedly one of my all-time favorites, along side Castlevania SOTN and FFVII.

great speed run . It bring back memories .

Sick flips, bro.

Excellent job my friend.

i first saw super metroid in 1997 at a game shop,but it was too expensive and my parents didn't get it for me..now 15 years later i bought it and beat it just 5 minutes ago and i just want to say - what a spectacular game...flawless..from start to finish.it took me 8 and a half hours on my first playthrough and i loved every second of it.even after all these years it hasn't aged one bit.no wonder it headlines so many top 10 lists for the SNES - the best console ever,

One of the few games that has infinite replayability. The non-linear construct, immersive stages, and intriguing story make it not only the best game of its series, but, one of the best of all-time.

Very well done dude!!!!!!! Love this game and I had always a question on how you make this end.

This was my favorite game to play everyday as a kid growing up. the perfect music combined with the gameplay really sucks you into that world and nothing else matters.. LOVE IT!

Man, even after 15 or so years, that self destruct alarm still gives me goosebumps...

Nice to see a "normal" speed run I stead of TAS speed runs. This my friends is what a great player can do without all the tool assistance. Great vid!

This is a masterpiece of gaming, since it is from someone who truly mastered a game.

I must really say I like the music, it sometimes has some kind of ambient dark touch to it, very nice :)

I have this game boxed with the manual, and i'm bloddy happy about that!

Its actually my favorite game of all time, I go back and play this, castlevania, SOTN, super ghouls and ghosts a few times a year for some nostalgia.

Wow! I'm normally not one to comment on videos but HOLLY SHIT! I had this game as a kid and never really got too far, thought I'd emulator+rom it to see if I could get around to beating it this time, and I realized the keyboard just wasn't meant to play this game with. Anyway, went looking through walkthroughs and videos for fun and came across yours. You. Are. Amazing. Period. If I could do half the shit you do in the game, I'd consider myself an expert. :P

This is incredible :D I wish I had this much skill!

this is STILL one of the best games ever made, even held to today's generation of jacked up graphics & million-dollar budgets. this game's ability to project so much emotion to the player with written text only at the beginning & end is something that takes true talent. rarely do games today display the amount of polish & subtlety.

This video is 11 years old and still is a faster speed run than I could have got

hands down the most freaky game in my recollection, i played atari when i was in diapers. this is more psycologically disturbing than doom. it is best to play this on a rainy day. thanks for posting it brought back good memories.

my bro watched this too... you're awesome!

Your desire for his perfection keeps you at the edge of your seat.

This is a great play through... It really reminds me of when I was 13 years old doing these same things, well sort of the same things lol...

That's a technique called the "Mockball" google it. It allows you to move faster than usual as the morphingball so you can collect some items earlier than usual.

this game was scary to me back then.. and i still love the music of the stages. has that scary feel to it

Whoever designed Super Metroid's layout was a genius. I swear they intentionally made it so you can play through as a casual OR try to find a thousand secretly implemented ways to sequence break. Genius.

My fave game of all time and will never change!!

this is amazing to watch

If this game didn't exist, I don't think my childhood would be worth reminiscing.

I can do some vanilla sequence breaks on this game, but this... this is true mastery. Despite so much practice I cannot mockball for the life of me.

Holy shit. This is so nostalgic to watch.

quite a treat to watch

A very good speedrun i think the best game ever seen on snes

I remember this like it was yesterday. This game was a true space excursion.

this is still the legend for me, a lot of those moves i can do but a lot also he does that are a mystery! and this can be watched like a movie! short enough and long enough!

I never actually beat Super Metroid "properly" for quite a while because I used this video as a walkthrough before knowing what a speedrun was.

This game used to give me nightmares :P The sound direction is fantastic.

The environments in this game are amazing and are a huge part of what gives it it's charm. Whenever I think about this game, I think of Meridia, Brinstar, Norfair, etc. and I get nostalgic as fuck.

This was one of my favorite games.

man, samus is amazing! it's like she knew exactly where to go and where all the enemies were

Great job dude! Best game ever !

I was laughing most of the time wen ur doing those wall jumpps. Hella cool.

U DESERVE AN AWARD FORM NINTENDO!! holy shit that was awesome

@Lao615 it's called "Hyper beam" btw: Samus was very sad, when the Metroid (the last one) died. It was practically her child. It saw a mother in her which is the reason, it tried to kill the motherbrain when samus was in danger. It does attack samus at one time, but that's because it mistaken samus for an enemy. After recognizing that, the metroid leaves samus at life (with 1 HP) and flys away with shame.

This game is so awesome!! Can't wait for Metroid Other M to come out!!!

This game will be released for the Wii U virtual console soon for just 30 cents! Can't wait to play it!

That was a hell of a run.

we liked it, you are a great player

This is a whole other level of gameplay.

@NoisySerg That my friend, is an excellent guess. And for the people wondering, this is not tool assisted. The tool assisted run is much crazier...