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The development of a strong speedrunning community is considered to have originated with the 1993 computer game Doom. [2] [3] [4] The game retained the "par time" mechanic from Wolfenstein and included a feature that allowed players to record and play back gameplay using files called demos (also known as game replays).
Niftski began speedrunning in 2019. [2] He set his first world record in the any% category for Super Mario Bros. in 2020, with a time of 4:55.430, more than a fifth of a second improvement over Kosmic, the former world record holder. He set the record during a four hour live stream. [4]
Writing for techraptor.net, Andrew Stretch wrote, "[Running with Speed takes] the time to set up what Speedrunning is at the start, giving viewers a working foundation of knowledge before diving deep enough into Speedrunning to explain how pixel-perfect jumps and sequence breaking are so important to get the best possible times while speedrunning games like Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Metroid.
Tan is from Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and is a graduate of Rocky Hill High School.His fastest mile run is 4:23.13. [3] [4] In 2018, he graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Business with a degree in management information systems, and was an NCAA Division I cross country runner for the UConn Huskies during the 2014–2015 season.
They also host special charity marathons. [3] By 2016, ESA was the second-largest speedrunning event globally. [4] It has been described as "a kind of European federation for these virtual 'athletes'." [5] Events are broadcast live on Twitch. Viewers are encouraged to donate with incentives and bids, such as choosing character names, having ...
Summoning Salt is one of the leading speedrunners of the NES video game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (MTPO). [3] As of November 2024, he holds the records for a variety of MTPO categories, including single-segment (playing through the entire game in one sitting), where his 14:46 time is over 13 seconds faster than the No. 2 speedrunner. [4]
It was themed around 8-bit and 16-bit video games and thus dubbed "Classic Games Done Quick" (after the 1990s speedrunning project Quake Done Quick). Internet connectivity problems at the MAGFest hotel forced SDA administrator Mike Uyama to relocate the event to his mother's residence, but it raised over $10,000 for CARE .
Speed Demos Archive (SDA) is a website dedicated to video game speedruns.SDA's primary focus is hosting downloadable, high-quality speedrun videos, and currently has runs of over eleven hundred games, with more being added on a regular basis.