Eventually, it is time for essentially the most thrilling stay aggressive occasion of the yr. No, I do not imply the Tremendous Bowl – it is time for Superior Video games Carried out Fast, the annual charity speedrunning marathon that options a week of proficient players exhibiting off the wildest issues they will do with video video games.
Video games Carried out Fast (GDQ) has been operating for 15 years now, since 2010. The occasion is a stay broadcast speedrunning marathon, throughout which speedrunners take turns exhibiting off beating video video games as quick as potential, and typically in wacky and particularly spectacular methods. In recent times, the occasions have proven off more and more bold performances, together with blindfolded or one-handed runs, two gamers utilizing a single controller, showcases of difficult arcade video games, and even speedruns carried out by canines.
The annual occasion is held to boost cash for the Stop Most cancers basis, having beforehand raised a document excessive of $3,442,033 in 2022, and $2,539,832 simply final yr. And this yr’s marathon has some fairly ridiculous runs on the docket. There’s a run of Crazy Taxi backed by a stay band, somebody taking part in Elden Ring with a saxophone, new Tremendous Mario Bros. Wii run whereas concurrently taking part in piano, a two-players-one-controller run of Breath of the Wild, a great deal of randomizer races, and all of it wraps up with a Map Randomizer Race between a number of the greatest Tremendous Metroid runners on the market. In the event you’ve by no means watched GDQ earlier than, it is actually value tuning in.
AGDQ 2025 kicks off at 9:00 AM PT on Sunday, January 5 with a run of Pikmin on Nintendo Swap, adopted by Portal 2. In actual fact, Sunday’s stuffed with bangers: Kirby’s Air Experience follows, there’s an Astro Bot run, then The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, a run notorious for showing at GDQ each years and getting shorter every time because the group discovers new, run-changing skips.
If I preserve going I will simply listing each single run in all the occasion, so this is a fast listing of highlights you need to undoubtedly take a look at. Undoubtedly peak on the official website for a take a look at the complete schedule, as a result of there’s tons of nice runs I did not listing right here, and the timing will likely be topic to alter continually all through the week.
Sunday
- 9:00 AM PT: Pikmin – All Elements
- 10:24 AM: Portal 2 – Single participant No SLA
- 1:56 PM: Ori and the Blind Forest – Randomizer World Tour 11
- 3:30 PM: Astro Bot – Any%
- 6:19 PM: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Any%
- 9:14 PM: Alan Wake 2: Evening Springs – All Episodes
- 10:01 PM: Alan Wake 2: The lake Home – Any%
Monday
- 9:54 AM PT: UFO 50 – Varied Video games Showcase
- 10:51 AM: Tremendous Meat Boy – Any%
- 11:37 AM: Tremendous Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS – SMC Any% No Auto
- 3:00 PM: Metroid Prime – Any% Inbounds Race
- 4:42 PM: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Any% 2 Gamers 1 Controller
- 6:45 PM: Horizon: Forbidden Relaxation – NG+ Story
Tuesday
- 7:47 AM PT: Unicorn Overlord – Any% Story
- 8:26 AM: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana – All Story Bosses
- 10:18 AM: Spyro: Reignited Trilogy – Spyro 1, Any% NBS
- 1:25 PM: Tremendous Mario Bros. – Any% STA
- 6:20 PM: The Final of Us: Left Behind – Remake – Grounded
- 8:05 PM: Silent Hill 2 (2024) – New Sport Gentle Restricted
Wednesday
- 8:51 AM PT: Sonic X Shadow Generations – Any%
- 10:23 AM: Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu!/Eevee! – Any% Pikachu/Eevee
- 1:43 PM: New Tremendous Mario Bros. Wii – Any% Whereas Enjoying Piano
- 3:30 PM: Donkey Kong Counry: Tropical Freeze – Any% Authentic Mode
- 5:07 PM: Fallout: New Vegas – All Romances
- 5:52 PM: Tremendous Mario 64 – A-Button Problem TAS Showcase
- 6:27 PM: Rocket League – Workshop Map Speedrun Showcase
- 7:24 PM: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Fundamental Quest
At 8:24 PM PT, GDQ will kick off a block of video games which were affectionally referred to in previous years as “Terrible Video games Carried out Fast” or the “Terrible Block.” These are video games which can be foolish, janky, damaged, or in any other case of questionable high quality, and all the time make for some hilarious speedruns. The primary run, Superman 64, you have in all probability heard of earlier than, however the remaining you might have not. The Terrible Block runs all through the night time on Wednesday into very early Thursday morning. Talking from expertise, I extremely suggest having insomnia and staying up all night time to look at it. The block concludes with Kevin Costner’s Waterworld at 3:11 AM on Thursday.
Thursday
- 10:55 AM PT: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – All Dungeons
- 3:00 PM: Lies of P – Any% Glitchless
- 5:02 PM: Name of Obligation 4: Fashionable Warfare – Any%
- 6:55 PM: CHUNITHM LUMINOUS PLUS – Arcade Showcase
Friday
- 2:36 AM PT: Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth – Any% Simple
- 9:21 AM: Grand Theft Auto: Vice Metropolis – Tightened Vice
- 3:00 PM: Tetris: The Grand Grasp – Multi Sport Showcase
- 4:00 PM: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 48 Tracks (DLC) 200cc, No Objects
- 5:45 PM: Kaizo Mario World 3 – 100%
- 6:52 PM: jubeat copious APPEND – Showcase
- 8:07 PM: Tremendous Mario World – 96 Exit Race
Saturday
Severely, simply cease sleeping and watch all the day Saturday. I need to listing each sport right here. It begins with Peggle Excessive and Steel Gear Stable, for pete’s sake! There’s not a dangerous factor on the schedule! Nice, wonderful, my editor mentioned I’ve to slim it down:
- 6:57 AM PT: Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – Any% Race
- 10:32 AM: Elden Ring – DLC Lockout Bingo
- 12:52 PM: Elden Ring – Saxophone Managed Boss Showcase
- 1:27 PM: Crazy Taxi with Live Backing Band – Crazy Field
- 2:30 PM: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – No Logic Randomizer
- 6:35 PM: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge – Any%
- 7:55 PM: Tremendous Metroid – Map Randomizer Race
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