GDQ "Legends"
Gimme a Beat!
Frame Fatales
Tool-Assisted
Awfully Silly
The Fastest Runs in the Wild West
100

A staple in SpikeVegeta's speedrunning repertoire, this game, starring everyone's favorite limbless hero, has been featured four times at mainline GDQ events.

What is Rayman Legends?

100

To spare everyone the headache of dealing with a DMCA strike, the runners of this game decided it would be best to have a live band play the game's soundtrack instead.

What is Crazy Taxi?

100

Before Frost Fatales 2024, this was the only charity Frame Fatales fundraised for.

What is Malala Fund?

100

Due to its comedic nature, a TAS of this educational DS game presented by micro500 and xy2 at AGDQ 2016 went viral on YouTube.

What is Brain Age?

100

The silly run with the most YouTube views is a run of this refreshing game at SGDQ 2016 that was performed by theboyks.

What is Pepsiman?

100

Speedrunner Mitchriz represented the blindfolded community with a speedrun of this game at AGDQ 2022 in which he went 45 minutes under estimate.

What is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?

200

This game was the penultimate run of AGDQ 2023 where speedrunner halqery went back in time and defeated all 5 lords in the Hisui region in under 3 hours.

What is Pokemon Legends: Arceus?

200

The only acceptable time sink in a speedrun, this song is a crowd favorite at GDQs, especially while climbing up a ladder.

What is Snake Eater?

200

Hosted by Lanaruse on Hotfix, this show featured women in speedrunning running games with female protagonists and ran from July 2022 to February 2023.

What is She is Speed?

200

SGDQ 2022 was the world premiere of the TAS of this puzzle game, which was created across 11 TAS authors and presented by Can't Even and mlugg.

What is Portal 2?

200

AGDQ 2021 was the beginning of the awful trilogy of runs when speedrunner Grumpmeister showcased every cutscene in this CD-i game based on one of gaming's most popular franchises.

What is Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon?

200

SGDQ 2018 was momentous for speedrunner MONTYvsTHEWORLD when he speedran this game on stage, which is now the current shortest run ever featured at a mainline event, not including incentives.

Who is Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy?

300

AGDQ 2017 was the GDQ debut of speedrunner BlueMetal, where he ran this game, starring an iconic Capcom character. This game is also the first entry in its franchise to be in 3D.

What is Mega Man Legends?

300

This horror game has a fun yet unexpected musical number in the middle of its run - which prompted a flash mob when it was showcased at SGDQ 2024.

What is Alan Wake 2?

300

This speedgame, which could be considered a staple in the Frame Fatales community, put out a bounty that helped raise nearly $5000 for the National Women's Law Center during Frost Fatales 2024.

What is Stardew Valley?

300

The very first Tool-Assisted Speedrun was featured at SGDQ 2011, where TAS author DarkKobold presented NESBot playing this game.

What is Wizards & Warriors III?

300

Speedrunner sharif ran this interactive television movie starring retired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan for the CD-i as part of the silly block at SGDQ 2022.

What is Thunder in Paradise?

300

Speedrunner Mitchflowerpower performed the third to last run of AGDQ 2021 where he went over 21 minutes under his 40 minute estimate of this Super Mario World Kaizo romhack.

What is Super Orb Bros.?

400

Featured at SGDQ 2024, this game was conceived as a prequel to its entire series starring various characters from a famous clan of vampire hunters.

What is Castlevania Legends?

400

Move to the beat! This rhythm game speedrun was first showcased at AGDQ 2015 under the category Bard%

What is Crypt of the Necrodancer?

400

Frame Fatales first hit the GDQ screen in May of 2019 where this soulslike game was the opening run of the event.

What is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?

400

This game, starring one of gaming's most iconic mascots, has had the most unique TAS showcases at a mainline GDQ event.

What is Super Mario Bros. 3?

400

While she might not have a passion for fashion, Barbie is one of the fastest dolls out there, with a total of this many appearances at a mainline GDQ event across 3 different Barbie games.

What is 4?

400

The second ever world record at a mainline GDQ event was at SGDQ 2013 where speedrunner Toufool ran this Nintendo racing title, going 25 minutes under estimate.

What is Diddy Kong Racing?

500

This 1998 arcade game, an entry of a famous dungeon crawler series developed in part by Atari Games, was featured for the first and only time at SGDQ 2018.

What is Gauntlet Legends?

500

SGDQ 2018 featured a Disney Song Performance Incentive where 3 songs were performed during Gummi Ship sections of this game.

What is Kingdom Hearts 1 [Final Mix] OR Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 (Remix)?

500

Frost Fatales 2024 was the birthplace of a GDQ meme that required Pokemon speedrunner Corvimae to type this word as the catchphrase for when her player character wins a pokemon battle in Pokemon Battle Revolution.

What is qpqpqpqpqpqpqpqzmzmzmzmzmalalalalal?

500

AGDQ 2016 featured a heated race of Pwn Adventure Z between experienced speedrunners of the game and skilled TAS authors who only had this much time to write a TAS before going live.

What is 4 hours?

500

The first ever Awful Block featured a run of this top down adventure game for the SNES by speedrunner PJ that lasted a whopping 1h 45m.

What is Lagoon?

500

The Low% speedrun of this game on the hardest difficulty by speedrunner Dragondarch was performed at AGDQ 2014 where he went over 40m below estimate.

What is Metroid: Zero Mission?