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Awesome Games Done Quick, a speedrunning event that raises money for charity, is back for its annual winter gaming marathon from January 5 to 12. This time, more than three dozen groups and individual speedrunners are participating, with segments running around the clock for the entire week.
This year’s Awesome Games Done Quick will raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and with high-profile games like Horizon: Forbidden West, The Last of Us, Astro Bot and the 2024 Silent Hill II remake headlining the marathon, we’re expecting a seen by a wide audience. range of popular and lesser-known games. Classics like Super Mario Bros., Ninja Gaiden II and even the 1996 Batman arcade game sit alongside niche favorites including Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, UFO 50, Inspector Gadget: Gadget’s Crazy Maze and Squirrel With A Gun.
Some participants keep it traditional and aim to complete an entire game or a specific part of it as quickly as possible. That in itself is quite a task and requires hours of practice and expert knowledge of how the game works. Others have something less orthodox in mind.
For example, the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild segment during the upcoming Games Done Quick features two players sharing one controller and seeing how much (if any) of the game they can get through. The people who run Elden Ring run a so-called DLC Bingo Lockout, where players race to see who can first complete a line on a bingo card, with each square representing a specific task, such as defeating a boss or finding a rare item.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time segment uses a randomizer to mix up where items and possibly even dungeons will appear, and someone planning to play as much of New Super Mario Bros. as possible. Wii by playing – while playing the piano. There is even a live band providing background music for Crazy Taxi during that part of the show.
Games Done Quick has been organizing winter and summer speedrunning marathons for 15 years and has raised $51.8 million for global charities including Doctors Without Borders, Organization for Autism Research and AbleGamers. The last of these three organizations advocates for greater accessibility to video games and pioneering the development of adaptive technology that allows people who cannot use traditional controllers to still enjoy games and forge connections through them.
Games Done Quick will stream the event live on its Twitch channel. AGDQs website has the full schedule.