Summer time Video games Carried out Fast (SGDQ) is again for extra charity pace runs of basic and up to date video games. The 2024 version of the marathon will stream from Minneapolis from June 30 to July 6 as turbo-gamers tackle Alan Wake II, Halo 3 and the Tremendous Mario RPG remake (amongst many others). The occasion’s first speedrunning canine will even make his triumphant return, taking over an SNES baseball recreation from 1994.
The festivities begin with a pre-show occasion at 12:30 PM ET on June 30, adopted by a run of the 1997 platform recreation Yoshi’s Story at 1 PM. The weeklong occasion wraps on July 6 with a fast play-through of the brand new Tremendous Mario RPG remake for Swap at 11:05 PM, adopted by a particular finale.
The remainder of the week is crammed with old-school classics, latest AAA titles, oddball novelty video games and excruciatingly troublesome customized mods. The latter could be particularly enjoyable to look at as avid gamers execute well-timed jumps that will take most of us hours of observe to carry out as soon as, solely they do a sequence of them on the primary attempt on cue in entrance of a dwell viewers.
A couple of runs value eyeing embrace a late-night Alan Wake 2 speed-through (July 2 at 12:49 AM ET), The Legend of Zelda: A Hyperlink to the Previous (July 4 at 10:35 AM), Halo 3 (July 4 at 7 PM), Metallic Gear Stable 4: Weapons of the Patriots (July 6 at 1:21 AM) and Tremendous Mario World (July 5 at 5:50 PM). If the unique SNES Mario journey isn’t your factor, MrMightyMouse will carry out a run of the sport’s ROM mod Grand Poo World 3 on July 5 at 11:26 PM ET.
Peanut Butter the Shiba Inu, perpetually etched within the GDQ document books along with his run of Gyromite at Superior Video games Carried out Fast 2024, will return at this summer time’s occasion. He’ll assist his human companion, JSR_, play the SNES title Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents Main League Baseball on July 4 at 8:35 PM. Who wants fireworks when you’ll be able to watch the grand spectacle of a gamer canine enjoying a sports activities title from the 16-bit period for ham and cheese?
The occasion will elevate cash for Medical doctors With out Borders. The nonprofit affords medical and humanitarian care to folks in over 72 nations affected by crises like warfare, illness, pure disasters, and insufficient healthcare. Final 12 months’s SGDQ introduced in over $2.2 million. The GDQ sequence has raised over $45 million for varied charities.
You may try the week’s schedule right here and stream SGDQ 2024 on the Video games Carried out Fast Twitch channel, which can be embedded under. The enjoyable kicks off on June 30 at 12:30 PM ET.
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