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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.
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 ...
Hunt started his streaming career playing DayZ, and soon moved on to Super Mario Bros. 3 speedrunning. [11] After the 2015 release of Super Mario Maker, Hunt began learning Kaizo techniques from playing over 5,000 hours of the game, including levels created by PangaeaPanga, and created a series of video tutorials on Kaizo game mechanics with walkthroughs of his own levels. [13]
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.
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]
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is an independent video game developed by Pine Studio and published by Headup Games.It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux via Steam in July 2016, for Xbox One in September 2017, [1] [2] for PlayStation 4 in February and March 2018, [3] [4] and for GOG.com in October 2018. [5]