A very good boy: Superior Video games Achieved Fast, the winter model of the speedrunning marathon for charity, would be the first iteration of the bi-annual occasion to function a canine competitor. Speedrunner JSR lately shared that his canine, a Shiba Inu named Peanut Butter (or PB, which additionally occurs to be brief for private greatest, a well-recognized time period within the speedrunning neighborhood), will compete at AGDQ 2024 in January.
Will probably be a web based run (absolutely a letdown for these in attendance) however it’s noteworthy however.
Peanut Butter can be enjoying Gyromite, a recreation launched in 1985 for the Nintendo Leisure System as considered one of solely two titles designed to be used with the R.O.B. (Robotic Working Buddy) accent. PB makes use of a customized recreation controller mapped to 4 buttons to assist navigate the sport: A, B, each buttons, and the Choose button.
A couple of months again, JSR uploaded a video of the great boy finishing the sport in 25:29. Will the doggo have the ability to prime his personal private greatest at AGDQ? We will see.
Video games Achieved Fast has served as one of many prime speedrunning occasion hosts since 2010. The group holds two flagship occasions annually: Superior Video games Achieved Fast within the winter and Summer season Video games Achieved Fast throughout the sizzling season. The semi-annual marathons increase cash for 2 main charities: Medical doctors With out Borders and the Forestall Most cancers Basis. The newest occasion, Summer season Video games Achieved Fast 2023, raised $2.27 million for Medical doctors With out Borders.
The January 2024 marathon would be the first in-person AGDQ since 2020, because the 2021, 2022, and 2023 occasions had been all held just about on-line as a result of pandemic. It’s scheduled for January 14-21, and would be the first to be held in Pittsburgh, PA.
Between now and them, GDQ can be internet hosting a mini occasion referred to as Video games Achieved Fast Categorical. It goes down October 20-22 from Las Vegas at TwitchCon 2023. JSR can be operating Zelda II: The Journey of Hyperlink at GDQx, we’re informed.
