Another Summer Games Done Quick marathon has come and gone. As sad as we are to see the ’round-the-clock speedruns end, it’s always impressive when the final donation tally is revealed. They ended up toppinglast summer’s totalfor a whopping $2.5 million raised for Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières.
This year’s Summer Games Done Quick event went down from June 30-July 6 at the Hilton Minneapolis, with both in-person attendance and a week-long stream onGDQ’s Twitch channel. Every run is now available to stream onYouTube, so you’re able to catch up on anything you may have missed.
As usual, the week was full of memorable runs, from synchronizedAlan Wake IIdances to a Low%Ninja Gaidenrun thatdidn’t quite go as plannedbut was thrilling and inspiring nonetheless. Beloved Shiba Inu Peanut Butter even made a return visit to the event along with JSR, this timeslamming a home runinKen Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseballon SNES. There were classic mainstays, like afour-waySuper MetroidAny%race, and newcomers likeAnother Crab’s Treasure, which LilAggy and spiceetook on in a head-to-head racein under an hour.
If you have a couple hours to spare, the closer was a 2:38:18 Normal RTA run of theSuper Mario RPGremake.
Games Done Quick has now raised $51 million for charity
Summer Games Done Quick 2024 brings the lifetime total that GDQ has raised to an incredible $51 million. That number encompasses the 14-year history of the marathon, which includes Awesome Games Done Quick, Summer Games Done Quick, and the all-women and femmes Frame Fatales speedrunning showcases. Charities supported over the years include AbleGamers, Doctors Without Borders, Organization for Autism Research, Malala Fund, National Women’s Law Center, and Prevent Cancer Foundation.
Speaking of Frame Fatales, they’re the focus of GDQ’s next big event. Look for Flame Fatales to run from August 18-25, live on the official Twitch channel. After that, the flagship Awesome Games Done Quick marathon makes its annual return from January 5-12, 2025 in Pittsburgh.
