Awesome Games Done Quick 2019: Day 7 schedule and runs to watch

It's January and that means Games Done Quick is back for a new year of speedrunning for charity. Awesome Games Done Quick takes place around the start of every January, bringing together the world's top speedrunners to play through the best games of the past and present as quickly as possible. It's a celebration of the speedrunning community and it's players coming together for a good cause.

This year kicks off a new era for Awesome Games Done Quick, as this year's event is being held in an all-new venue. The week takes place from the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel in Rockville, Maryland. They will be raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. There's only one day left and GDQ has raised over $1.25 million. Shacknews is here with one last batch of noteworthy runs that should not be missed.

Before getting into the Day 7 schedule, let's look back at a Day 6 highlight. This Golduck is a jerk.

Here's the full schedule for the final day, taken from the Games Done Quick website, along with a handful of noteworthy runs to check out:

10:23AM - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is another Games Done Quick favorite, but like many of the GDQ staples, it's time to introduce a twist. In this case, it's a low-percent one-hit KO run. The idea here is that everything is an instant kill, from the smallest of rats all the way up to Ganon himself. It's the Dark Souls of Legend of Zelda speedruns, so be sure to catch this one.

5:01PM - Super Mario Odyssey

While Mario games have been run frequently at Games Done Quick events, Super Mario Odyssey is in its relative infancy. While this isn't the game's first Games Done Quick appearance, it is the first time that the event will feature a full-blown Darker Side run. The interest here will be which Moons that Bayleef will opt to take and which ones he'll skip en route to the game's final Darker Side stage that turns the challenge all the way up to 11.

8:45PM - Super Metroid

Super Metroid has made its triumphant return to Awesome Games Done Quick, but there's a bit of a twist this time around. ShinyZeni will be attempting to finish the game in reverse boss order, meaning the tougher baddies are coming up first. As Ridley and Mother Brain await, this final GDQ run will also determine whether the captive animals of Zebes live or die.

Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 wraps up tonight! For more, check out the Games Done Quick website and be sure to watch all of the action from Twitch. Also, be sure to check out our TwitchCon interview with GDQ's Matt Merkle.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?