Published , by Ozzie Mejia
Published , by Ozzie Mejia
The month of June has come to an end, but Games Done Quick has not. We're now in the middle of Summer Games Done Quick 2024. This year's SGDQ airs during July 4th week and bring the world's top speedrunners together to run through some of the biggest games of the past and present. As always, they'll do it for charity in front of a worldwide audience on Twitch.
Summer Games Done Quick 2024 is coming to you from the Hilton Minneapolis Downtown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most of this year's runners are on site for live runs, though a few will be checking in virtually for some remote runs. This year's event is raising money for Doctors Without Borders. After one day, the runners have raised over $110,000. Shacknews will be watching all week and we'll make sure to bring you the daily schedule each day. Plus, we're making sure to highlight the biggest runs worth watching.
Before we get to the schedule, let's look at a highlight from Day 1. Here's some poetry to get your week started.
You can watch all of the action in the embed below!
Here's the full schedule for Day 1, taken from the Games Done Quick website, along with a handful of runs to check out. These times may change depending on how many runs go either long or short, but keep an eye on the comments for the latest updates.
| Time (All Times PT) | Game | Run | Runner(s) | Target Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:26 AM | Puggsy | Any% - Genesis | Drex | 28:00 |
| 7:01 AM | Lone Fungus | True Ending (Explorer) - PC | Quacksilver | 37:00 |
| 7:48 AM | Turnip Boy Robs A Bank | Any% (Playstyle A) - PC | happybythree | 40:00 |
| 8:43 AM | Chameleon Twist | All Levels - N64 | LivelyRaccoon | 25:00 |
| 9:15 AM | Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards | 100% - Switch | Curtissimo41 | 1:10:00 |
| 10:40 AM | Sonic Project 06 | Any% - PC | Stelmo98 | 28:00 |
| 11:20 AM | Sonic Robo Blast 2 | Sonic (All Emeralds) - PC | Argick | 40:00 |
| 12:07 PM | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles | All Emeralds - Genesis | TheSoundDefense | 1:00:00 |
| 1:22 PM | Pepper Grinder | Any% - PC | shovelclaws | 35:00 |
| 2:04 PM | Bomberman 64 | 100% - N64 | LivelyRaccoon | 1:45:00 |
| 4:00 PM | Splatoon 2 | All Journal Entries - PC | Hectique | 50:00 |
| 5:05 PM | BONUS GAME 1 - Balatro | 3 Deck Random Seed, Skipless - PC | Cixah | 45:00 |
| 5:57 PM | Celeste Custom Maps: Monika's D-Sides | Dny% - PC | carrarium | 1:10:00 |
| 7:22 PM | Metroid Fusion | 100% - GBA | monkeysmb | 1:45:00 |
| 9:22 PM | Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3 | Any% (Out of Bounds, Unrestricted) - PC | Nerd_Squared | 20:00 |
| 9:49 PM | Alan Wake 2 | Alan% (Initiation Only) - PS5 | suavepeanut | 1:05:00 |
| 11:05 PM | Doom 64 (2020) | Watch Me Die-Speed - PC | ZELLLOOO | 55:00 |
| 12:15 AM | Outlast 2 | No Checkpoint Killing (Cutscene Skip) - PC | sharkhat87 | 45:00 |
| 1:07 AM | Maid of Sker | Console Glitchless (Bad Ending) - PS5 | Asuka424 | 38:00 |
| 1:52 AM | Castlevania Legends | Any% (Standard Mode) - Switch | TempestMask1000 | 33:00 |
| 2:32 AM | Haunted Castle | 1CC Attempt - PS4 | LRock617 | 15:00 |
| 2:57 AM | Star Trek DS9: Crossroads of Time | Any% - SNES | Sathdresh | 36:00 |
| 3:40 AM | The Terminator: SkyNET | Any% - MS-DOS | tbcr | 18:00 |
| 4:07 AM | Killing Time | Good Ending - Mac | tbcr | 40:00 |
| 4:54 AM | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | Any% - PC | LifeLike | 20:00 |
| 5:21 AM | Wario Land | Any% - Virtual Boy | swordsmankirby | 22:00 |
| 5:53 AM | Dodo Peak | All Levels, NG+ - PC | Uncle Slam | 29:00 |
Spelunky is a last-gen game that still holds up incredibly well, especially when you dive in with the All Journal Entries category. Watch Hectique try and complete it in under an hour.
Here's the first incentive run of the week and it's a big one. If the donation threshhold is reached, Balatro will make its Games Done Quick debut and it's worth checking out to see how a game like this even gets run in just 45 minutes. Get your donations ready for this one.
Another Games Done Quick debut has entered the arena. It's Alan Wake 2 and suavepeanut will look to complete it playing mainly as Alan. The target time is 1:05:00, so let's see how far Alan can be taken. Sad we'll have to skip the musical number.
Summer Games Done Quick 2024 will take place from now through Saturday, July 6. For more, check out the Games Done Quick website and be sure to come back all week to Shacknews for more on this week's marathon.