Last week, we shared the news that Awesome Games Done Quick was back for another week, with ridiculously talented speedrunners strutting their stuff live on Twitch to raise funds for charity. The event is now over, and a grand total of $2.39m was raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Amazing.
There were plenty of Nintendo runs on display throughout the show, with speedruns of games like Super Mario Sunshine, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess standing out as just some of the highlights, although there were plenty of other reasons to get excited, too. Runner, Krankdud, actually managed to break two world records live on stream, one for Mega Man Zero 2 in hard mode (Any%), and the other for a two-player co-op run of the A episodes in N++.
If you missed the event, you can catch up on some of the runs on YouTube (sadly, not all are available to rewatch). We've included the channel's 'Finale Video' below which recaps events quite nicely.
Since it started back in 2010, Games Done Quick has raised more than $19m for charity; the next stream is Summer Games Done Quick 2019 which takes place between 23rd and 30th June.
Did you catch any of the stream? Tell us below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Woo hoo! Thats awesome!
The only game I can get done quick is Ninja Gaiden NES
Been watching these for years, they are pretty awesome.
Only seen the Sonic 1 run, very entertaining, there were moments I hadn't seen done before like the labyrinth crash.
Seen the Hollow Knight run, which was super entertaining, and the Octopath Traveler run - Tressa from start to credits in less time than it took me to do a single Chapter One. It’s astounding stuff.
Wow, I was expecting a clickbait headline like "Nintendo games raise 2.39 million for charity" but this is neutral. Color me surprised
I donated $150. Who else donated
My personal favorite was Mega Man (DOS), but then I am always drawn to the awful block during these events. The Portal race and Splatoon 2 runs were interesting too.
Haven’t watched it yet. Though I did enjoy them last year. Great work
Well, the theme of the marathon was definitely ORRRRRRRRBBBBB!
And KABOOOOOOOM and SPLOOOOOOSH!
Though of course with the Final Fantasy IX run chat was basically "A long run of a game I don't like ResidentSleeper". Go to sleep or do something else, people. Not every game on the schedule was selected for your tastes.
100% Wind Waker HD in about 6 hours. Great work by Linkus!
@ReaderRagfihs The only AGDQ moment that matters:
@Nookingtons I'm...not sure if you're serious, and judging by the dislikes your comment got, I don't think you are, but if that's actually true, I will legitimately quit playing games casually and become a speedrunner, because that's a cause that I can get behind, that literally no one donates to, which is indeed a serious issue for some.
@ReaderRagfihs Love it
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