First Try!
This 1999 action-adventure game published by SEGA makes its first GDQ appearance as Maxylobes shows off the new community tool that allows runners to fast forward the in-game clock, cutting out most of the run's wait time.
What is Shenmue?
Featured at SGDQ 2020, this game was the first and only other time a Call of Duty game has been featured at a mainline GDQ event.
What is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)?
Before the Prevent Cancer Foundation, GDQ originally raised money for this charity for the first ever event back in 2010.
What is CARE?
Better grab your floaties! Sonic lacks this skill, due to the developers incorrectly believing hedgehogs cannot do this in real life.
What is swim?
The GDQ co-op run with the most YouTube views is a cross-game randomizer of two classic titles, Super Metroid and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. These two runners performed this run on the final day of Games Done Quick Express 2018.
Who are Andy and Oatsngoats?
It can evolve into a variety of forms. This Pokemon’s genes are the key to solving the mysteries of Pokémon evolution.
What is Eevee?
This 2013 title, which is the first installment of this title's modern trilogy, has speedrunner BloodThunder controlling one of gaming's most iconic female protagonists.
What is Tomb Raider (2013)?
This franchise has been featured the most times at a GDQ mainline event, with a whopping total of 30 appearances across the entire series.
What is DOOM?
Back where it all began, this was the first run to ever appear at a GDQ event at Classic Games DoneBack where it all began, this was the first run to ever appear at a GDQ event at Classic Games Done Quick in 2010.
What is Mega Man?
She was meant to be Sonic's human girlfriend in the original game released on the Sega Genisis - and was named after a world-famous pop star.
Who is Madonna?
Speedrunning duo swordsmankirby and Bbforky hit the stage this AGDQ, and the audience can donate to make them run either of these two top down indie co-op games.
What is Dandy & Randy and Dumpy & Bumpy?
This forest-dwelling Pokémon stores electricity in its cheeks, so you’ll feel a tingly shock if you touch it.
What is Pikachu?
This GameCube game that ironically released before the 2006 movie of the same name has speedrunner Kuro* controlling Roddy St. James through the sewers under London as he teams up with Rita to find a way home.
What is Flushed Away?
They say two is better than one! This series has had more co-op runs featured at a mainline GDQ event than solo runs.
What is Borderlands?
In March of 2015, GDQ held a one day event consisting of only 5 games all from this franchise to celebrate the series' 10 year anniversary.
What is God of War?
This Sonic character's voice actor voices them in the movie too, and is the only VA in the Sonic series to do so.
Who is Tails?
SGDQ 2023 was the third GDQ event featuring a relay race of Super Mario Maker 2. The crowd went wild as these two teams battled head to head to through levels they've never seen before.
What is Team Perchance and Team Crushin' Turts?
Capable of jumping incredibly high. Its hooves and sturdy legs absorb the impact of a hard landing.
What is Ponyta?
This game, featured in this event's Awful Block, has speedrunner sharif playing the entire game on a DVD remote control to figure out who committed the murder of a nightclub singer.
What is Who Shot Johnny Rock?
Tied with Half-Life 2, this game has been the shooter featured the most amount of times at a GDQ mainline event.
What is Half-Life?
The original lineup of GDQ Hotfix back in 2017 included this talk show where the hosts talked about news in the speedrunning world and even analyzed speedruns with guests.
What is The Sprint?
That's an odd crossover! This horror game released on the Dreamcast in 2001 has a giant Sonic-inspired boss.
What is Illbleed?
This run starring Molotov, Mike Uyama, and RaneofSOTN was the first ever co-op run featured at a GDQ mainline event at Classic Games Done Quick in 2010.
What is Secret of Mana?
By licking, it saps the victim’s life. It causes shaking that won’t stop until the victim’s demise.
What is Haunter?
In this game, speedrunner a_variety_pack rushes to provide perfect service to all the patrons of a bar, all while listening to their troubles of living under an oppressive society of the hypercapitalistic Glitch City.
What is VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action?
This game, which was described as "The most American game by a Japanese studio ever" by a YouTube commenter was featured on the opening day of SGDQ 2021, which also happened to fall on the 4th of July.
What is Metal Wolf Chaos XD?
It's a momentous occasion when a world record is broken on the big stage! What is the greatest number of world records that have been broken at a mainline GDQ event?
What is 4?
This game has the honor of being Sonic's first ever 3D appearence, where he can be unlocked by playing a file matching minigame.
What is Christmas NiGHTs?
Including incentives, GDQ mainline events have featured this many runs with 2-Players 1-Controller, including this event.
What is 18?
The only Pokémon that people anticipate can fly into space. None has managed the feat yet, however.
What is Porygon?