====================SUMMER GAMES DONE QUICK 2018=====================
===========Raising $2,168,914 for Doctors Without Borders============
========================June 24-July 1, 2018=========================

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Banjo-Tooie (N64 - Rare 2000)
Any%
by GarageDoorOpener [2RH]
host YellowKillerBee, couch KaptainKohl, UniVin, SecretHumorMan
44m47s (est 47m, wr 42m57s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube zY0uwII2dtY+229
Review: A nice start to the marathon, with a collectathon. There's a good amount of using small glitches to get things done quickly and efficiently, before using a major skip to end things before it stretches out too long. A bit heavy on cutscenes, especially with several stacked together, but not too bad about it.

Spyro the Dragon (PS1 - Insomniac 1998)
Any%
by ChrisLBC [WRH]
host YellowKillerBee, couch AlexDest, Caitelady, SwordofSeals
42m23s (est 45m, wr 38m31s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube Dk2Fry9e3Sw+8
Review: Another collectathon, this one *almost* glitchless. Just a lot of really efficient routing to get all the myriad collectables needed, with not too much downtime. Including a "casual" on the couch helped prompt a lot more explanation than runs of this sort normally get, which I appreciated.

Iconoclasts (PC - Konjak 2018)
Any%
by RiskyCB [WRH]
host theboyks, couch shedd, CavemanDCJ, Munchakoopa
42m36s (est 50m, wr 35m29s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube U4lr1H5IWZ8+4
Review: And now for a metroidvania with several huge skips, to the point that it's basically just collecting everything needed to defeat the final boss battle. An entertaining run, but nothing spectacular.

Kirby: Super Star Ultra (DS - HAL 2008)
Meta Knightmare Ultra
by Kinnin11 [WRH]
host theboyks, couch Mr_Shasta, Kirbymastah
31m36s (est 35m, wr 23m56s igt)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube Xyf9fQpetKQ+0
Review: A particularly clean Kirby run, but I can't say it does much for series outsiders. The heavy reliance on a single screen-clearing super move to end boss fights made it pretty uninteresting, and the game has such a low skill floor that seeing it played far above that doesn't look that impressive.

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (PC - WayForward 2014)
All Dark Magic, Pirate, No OoB
race tinahacks vs JTNoriMaki
host theboyks, couch TheSoundDefense, RogueLink, dwangoAC, TASBot
1h05m03s, 1h05m18s (est 1h10m, wr 50m04s rta)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★★☆
Youtube C2GWahnecfM+0
Review: A tight and interesting race. Getting all the upgrade mechanics right off the bat makes this a solid hour of fluid and intense movement, and the racers were pretty much always within the margin of route divergence.

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (PC - Blizzard 2002)
Undead Campaign - Normal
by CovertMuffin [2RH]
host Musical_Daredevil, couch Grimelios, MunchaKoopas, a9azn2 OGNDRACIR, TGH
49m53s (est 1h00m, wr 39m26s igt)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube LhISmAF6ASw+0
Review: It's an RTS speedrun, so lots of APS, lots of fiddly micro-management of units. It's a CovertMuffin run, so lots of nervous laughter and panicked un-fucking-up, when not motormouthing through explanations of everything. The couch didn't even get introduced until the credits rolled.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (3DS - Nintendo EAD 2000, Grezzo 2015)
Any%
by gymnast86 [2RH]
host Musical_Daredevil, couch mega_hirtz, phlexplexico, nerdswithgame, Fox (🦊), Jamama92, AaronToad99 (?), The Ultimate Stooges, Princess Viviana
1h32m46s (est 1h35m, wr 1h24m47s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube 4pejFW9W_yM+0
Review: With gymnast86 behind the controller, you know some *shenanigans* are going to happen. Physics is abused, bounds are ignored, time goes wibbly-wobbly for a bit, and only one dungeon is completed in anything remotely like as Nintended. An excess of cutscenes and some rather dry commentary make this run not for everyone, but if you want to see a game get pretty busted, you're in for a treat.

DOOM (PC - id 2016)
Any%
by jeromegood [2RH]
host AnEternalEnigma, couch (never introduced)
37m35s (est 50m, wr 28m33s) [NV]
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube T4j9RSNbssU+153
Review: The any% run turns this game into essentially an out-of-bounds first-person platformer. Combat is absolutely an afterthought - a few mandatory bosses getting insta-killed by a BFG glitch. But some technical hiccups and a lack of variety made this less fun than it could have been.

Resident Evil 4 (PC - Capcom Studio 4 2005)
New Game, Professional
by JTB
host AnEternalEnigma, couch (inaudible), Sleepwalker, MaxyLobes, RipChip (?)
1h36m28s (est 1h40m, wr 1h29m18s rta)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube lhZ8UOa-07c+0
Review: This run had a nice sense of progression to it. Early on, it's glitchless, execution-focused, lots of efficient movement and fast aiming, collecting just enough money to afford rocket launchers to one-shot bosses. But as it progresses, glitches start making their way in, first just some animation speedups, but later on several out-of-bounds to skip major sections.

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Ninja Gaiden Black (XbC via Xb360 - Team Ninja 2005)
Any% Normal
by MikeKanis [2RH]
host Yen24, couch DemonSmalls (?), "just some guy who walked in from the street"
1h55m06s (est 2h20m, wr 1h52m37s) [PB]
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube DaIagwOGHhQ+426
Review: An infamously hard game, but not that interesting a game to watch for two hours. There's a ton of downtime, a ton of backtracking, a ton of cheese strats, and a surprisingly unpolished speedrun. If you've played the game yourself, it's probably a treat, but from the outside, it doesn't impress.
NM: couch belatedly and half-assedly introduced at 1:16:xx

Ninja Gaiden (NES - Tecmo 1988)
Any%
by Aquas
host Yen24, couch Cypherin, skateman222
12m14s (est 13m, wr 11m38s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 83quvAMN2wc+12
Review: A comprehensively routed game, every jump and hit planned out, even attempting to keep a known RNG going for the first several stages. A marathon run gets off that, leading to some fun improv.

Gimmick! (NES - Sunsoft 1992)
Best Ending Glitchless [INCENTIVE]
by Aquas [2RH]
host DarkTwinge, couch AnnK, narshe, EmmisaurusRex
10m42s (est 15m, wr 9m58s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube bRovY9liFYs+8
Review: Some tech issues unfortunately muted the explanation of a core technical mechanic, the focus of most of the commentary, that wasn't easy to piece together from context alone. The movement is cool but this was a confusing run to watch.

Ghosts 'N Goblins (NES - Capcom 1986)
Any% (2 Loops)
by ERROR72 [2RH]
host DarkTwinge, couch Aquas
23m48s (est 25m, wr 18m50s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube PSnUpA2RQ18+315
Review: A classic game, but a lackluster speedrun. Being only two hits from death makes a lot of strategies impossible, and dboosts very limited. And the second loop is too similar to the first to be engaging, making this twenty-minute run drag a lot more than most.

Wacky Races (NES - Atlus 1991)
Any%
by The_Kov [2RH]
host DarkTwinge, couch JohnCarls, J2Champ
19m04s (est 22m, wr 18m43s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube pOy2SdM5xz0+9
Review: A surprisingly decent speedrun. All execution, no RNG, no glitches, and more polish than I expected.

Kid Kool (NES - Vic Tokai 1988)
Any%
by Smartball [WRH]
host DarkTwinge, couch TinaHacks, Brossentia [3RH], JohnCarls
19m07s (est 25m, wr 16m05s rta)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★★☆
Youtube 0VzW9F-Zg88+7
Review: A definite diamond in the rough filler hours. Hilarious couch banter plays off the schlocky story, with some visually impressive fast platforming serving as a backdrop.

Pizza Pop! (NES - Arc System Works 1992)
Any%
by Apollo22237 [WRH]
host Agama, couch MetroidMcFly, Cypherin, Lrock, the_kov
10m21s (est 14m, wr 9m38s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube BCxZbnFd9vU+16
Review: For a run with a costume, this was a very deadpan run. The jokes seemed to fall flat in front of the 5AM crowd. Behind that was a perfectly adequate but unremarkable run. This was filler that aspired to be more than filler and failed, but was still perfectly fine filler.

Bangai-O! (Dreamcast - Treasure 1999)
Any%
by akerasi [WRH]
host Agama, couch Corwyn, Kor, et al.
46m50s (est 51m, wr 40m36s)
Overall ★☆☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube Jkwz2t8dtzk+75
Review: If I had to describe it in one word, it would be "awkward". The runner was awkward, the couch was awkward, even the host was awkward. If you look past that, you find a run that's simple, repetitive, sparsely commentated, and not very polished.

Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA - Treasure 2005)
Hard Red
by danray
host Agama, couch Zmaster91, Brooke
21m52s (est 25m, wr 22m35s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube TfUqLR0UlzY+15
Review: Just a very average speedrun. This game lacks the things that make the original Gunstar such a tedious run, but it's still nothing remarkable. If you saw this on the schedule and got excited, it will certainly serve, but it won't do much for everyone else.

Gauntlet Legends (N64 - Atari 1999)
Any%
by Boyo003 [2RH]
host Agama, couch ImGlower [WRH], 6595821, leracos
1h00m42s (est 1h08m, wr 55m09s)
Overall ★☆☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube qr_z_h-avk0+12
Review: The runner's excellent vibes couldn't make up for the sheer lack of stuff important enough to talk about. A glitch removed almost all combat from the game, making it a simple exercise in point a -> point b. When Boyo did commentate, it was pretty good, but there just wasn't anything going on that called for it.

Dungeon Magic (Arcade via XbC - Taito 1994)
Any% (Gren)
by iast
host TokyoScarab, no couch
15m44s (est 18m, no wr?)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube hyDRAX_vOXw+15
Review: A short and simple run. No glitches, no real tricks even, just playing through the game knowing all the enemies and puzzles.

Super Smash TV (SNES - Beamsoft 1992)
Any% Normal 2 Player
coop by brisulph, JackimusWedge [WRHs] [ORHs]
host TokyoScarab, couch akerasi, drumboardist, kog
36m50s (est 38m, wr 35m22s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube rAH1CanxvQw+22
Review: Another straightforward run, slightly more tech but also a lot more RNG, little of it favorable. Being co-op made for some decent banter, with the couch helping out occasionally, but it's still a pretty normal twin-stick shooter run.

Hagane: The Final Conflict (SNES - CAProduction 1994)
Any%
by Epic [3RH]
host TokyoScarab, couch Omnigamer [2RH]
16m16s (est 22m, wr 14m36s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube 2sbtRhn4PX0+33
Review: A very dry run, the commentary went into depth on a lot of things that other runs would have glossed over. I'm not sure it really needed that, but it did it anyways.
NM: used NMG category in 2023, Any% seems newer

Animaniacs (SNES - Konami 1994)
Any%
by Epic [2RH]
host TokyoScarab, couch Omnigamer
23m28s (est 26m, wr 22m33s)
Overall ★☆☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube GFWwokouhSc+68
Review: It's almost all autoscrollers and cycle-based bosses, and Epic didn't even play those particularly cleanly. The little bit of full gameplay shown was nothing impressive or special.

Ardy Lightfoot (SNES - ASCII 1993)
Any%
by giygasblues [WRH]
host Lizstar, couch BlackBadger22, greenzsaber
23m32s (est 29m, wr 23m21s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube WwHOM8QLtLM+28
Review: A bit deep into the morning for a late-night madness run, but they found a way to go a bit nuts anyways. Expect more discussion of the Arbys menu than of speed tech, but the game's pretty self-explanatory. It would have been a filler run regardless, at least this one was funny.

Cool Spot (SNES - Virgin Games USA 1993)
Any% Easy
by GlitchCat7 [WRH]
host Lizstar, couch jaku, colonelbeauregard, Furyful Fawful
10m37s (est 15m, wr 9m46s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube NDJ7HrVmDsE+29
Review: A much more technical game than I expected. Damage boosts, sure. Some unintended routing, of course. But building up hyperspeed to get through a wall before it loads? Didn't see that one coming. So there's some nice execution behind the goofy jokes.

Sparkster (SNES - Konami 1994)
Normal
by Drakodan [2RH]
host Lizstar, couch courierluke, d4gr0n, mike89
19m11s (est 25m, wr 18m42s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube 2GFx538L0uc+21
Review: A good run when there was a run, very zippy movement and some solid combat strategies, but a major chunk of the game was not just autoscrollers, but autoscrollers where the *optimal* strategy was staying put in one place, doing nothing.

Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis - Konami 1993)
Any% (Easy)
by d4gr0n [WRH]
host Lizstar, couch courierluke, Drakodan, mike89
28m08s (est 35m, wr 26m50s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube 09odPojwLmM+24
Review: A run very much like the last, but the game has a better mix of autocrollers to gameplay, so despite being longer, it felt much less tedious.

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (Switch - Nippon Ichi 2015, 2017)
New Game Any% (No DLC)
by GreenZSaber [WRH]
host MapleSR, couch Gamesswag, GhostKing
1h16m31s (est 1h27m, wr 1h10m22s rta)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube Q01gxEeFVkM+0
Review: The inputs might be blazing fast and the cutscenes are skipped, but this is still an over-long run. When you're doing the same strat for a quarter of the game, map after map, it really drags. Even the memes got stale after a while.

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (Switch - Nippon Ichi 2015, 2017)
Laharl DLC [BONUS]
by GreenZSaber
host MapleSR, couch Gamesswag, GhostKing
2m34s (no est, no wr)
Overall ★☆☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube Q01gxEeFVkM+4758
Review: A very quick bonus run, but it's just repeating more of the same strats you saw for the past twenty minutes.

Pikmin 3 (Wii U - Nintendo EAD 2013)
Any%
by 360Chrism [3RH]
host MapleSR, couch AttackingToucans, SpikeVegeta
57m06s (est 1h08m, wr 49m07s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 3jJAkvrGCj8+0
Review: Probably the most busted Pikmin run, lots of out-of-bounds and sequence breaking, less emphasis on the multitasking. Very approachable commentary, even non-fans will find it easy to follow.

Pikmin 3 (Wii U - Nintendo EAD 2013)
Collect Treasures! - Silver Lake [BONUS]
by 360Chrism
host MapleSR, couch AttackingToucans, SpikeVegeta
4m57s (est 5m, no wr)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 3jJAkvrGCj8+3550
Review: And here's where the dandori skills really come into focus. This entire mission is just pure multitasking, getting everything done in exactly the optimal sequence, culminating in a massive train of items coming in for completion.

Soft Body (PC - Zeke Virant 2016)
Soft Game
by v_input_output [WRH]
host CovertMuffin, couch AprilCake, BlueCandy, Jeremy (?)
30m06s (est 35m, wr 19m29s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube YnkqJqvVfZI+38
Review: A neat sort of... non-shmup bullet hell? I don't even know how to describe the gameplay. It's not the most polished or technical, but the game's got a great mood and the runner vibes with it. Could be a good run to watch as you drift off to sleep.
NM: lol there hasn't been a new WR since 2018

Monolith / Star of Providence (PC - Team D-13 2017)
5-Stage, Normal, Intense Lethality
by BIGHONKINBURGER (alors Studio)
host CovertMuffin, couch (not introduced)
11m53s (est 15m, wr 7m08s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube bc7dPwqN_xU+0
Review: Just too short a run to really be interesting. Nothing wrong with it, it's just over before they could delve into any depth the game might have.
NM: assumed After The End (No DLC) - Null - Intense - 5F - random

Master Spy (PC - TURBOGUN 2015)
Any% (Optional Developer Commentary)
by Obidobi [2RH]
host CovertMuffin, couch SeaAverage, Fir (? mb Ferr?)
20m33s (est 22m, wr 16m49s rta)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube gYXcox7lWaQ+45
Review: A strange sort of stealth-platformer. Resets are fast so they go for the fastest strats and die a lot, which actually works well to show how precise you need to be to nail these routes.

Enter The Gungeon (PC - Dodge Roll 2016)
1 Character
by teddyras
host DarkTwinge, couch Mister_Shasta
18m08s (est 30m, wr 11m50s igt) [NF]
Overall ★☆☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube q1trMjyVmFk+0
Review: Yikes. idk if it was horrid luck or stage fright, but this run did not go well, twice. You do at least get to see most of the game but it wasn't particularly impressive. The game's just too RNG.

Dustforce DX (PC - Hitbox 2012, 2014)
Any% All Levels NG+
race fishmcmuffins [WRH] vs Freshmaniac [3RH]
host DarkTwinge, couch TMC, Fins, Bob
35m58s, 36m03s (est 45m, wr 34m42s)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 41uJK6x_znI+47
Review: Lots of technical commentary, but the core momentum-platformer gameplay is pretty easy to watch, and the runners were very close through it all, making for an exciting (if dry) race.

Axiom Verge (PC - Thomas Happ 2015)
Any%
by GVirus
host DarkTwinge, couch Velociraptor42 (?), Vulajin, (inaudible)
39m50s (est 45m, wr 24m57s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube ejMdYfGuNew+27
Review: Just some clean metroidvania gaming. The game is punishing but GVirus played through it well. Not much in the way of actual glitches, unlike later Axiom Verge runs, but tons of upgrades skipped. And as someone with a large backlog, I appreciated not delving into the story outside the beginning.
NM: assumed Any% NMG, no Any% runs prior to 2018 as of this writing

[[[MEGA MAN BLOCK]]]

Mega Man 6 (NES - Capcom 1993)
Any%
race DarkTerrex vs Chelney [3RH] vs Ppotdot1 [WRH]
host Mike Uyama, couch Richard (?), Orso (?), Darkman
35m11s, 35m19s, 35m53s (est 37m, wr 33m34s)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★★☆
Youtube PxYnAURjlb4+24
Review: One of the tightest races I've seen, and not for lack of trying. NES Mega Man might not be the flashiest speed game, but it's still hard to play well, and easy to keep track.

Mega Man 9 (Wii - Inti Creates 2008)
Any% (Proto Man)
by The Blacktastic
host Mike Uyama, couch SlurpeeNinja [WRH], ProtoMagicalGirl
32m50s (est 34m, wr 30m36s rta)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★★☆
Youtube -NDv41nBAtM+65
Review: A solid run of the series revival, by one of the most charismatic runners GDQ has seen? Hell. Yes. Even the mistakes were just another chance for *The* Blacktastic to show off his skills.

Mega Man Zero 4 (GBA - Inti Creates 2005)
Any%
by nu
host Mike Uyama, couch (not introduced)
48m39s (est 1h00m, wr 46m58s rta)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube w_gEe6jZObc+0
Review: Not much downtime in this run - even during cutscenes, the couch was busy explaining the next level's tricks and tech. More fluid movement than most Mega Man games, and a bit of RNG manipulation to make things consistent.

Mega Man X2 (SNES - Capcom 1994)
Buster Only
by darrenville
host Mike Uyama, couch Nu, CalebHart42, Demolix (?), Walrus_Prime
43m58s (est 45m, wr 32m29s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube NSgy7Ui5ByI+0
Review: An extremely challenging run, both due to the bosses, and just the intense platforming this game requires at this speed.

[[[/MEGA MAN BLOCK]]]

Rise of the Tomb Raider (PC - Crystal Dynamics 2015)
Any%
by BIGHONKINBURGER (alors Studio)
host CovertMuffin, couch Joho (?), BystanderTim, (inaudible)
1h22m40s (est 1h20m, wr 1h00m29s rta)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube YdeTP5LPnqU+19
Review: A run heavy on out-of-bounds, from small shortcuts to major skips. The combat's a bit retry-heavy and it might have gone on too long, but it was consistently engaging.

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Tomb Raider (PC - Core Design 1996)
Any% Glitched
by Beckski93
host CovertMuffin, couch BrandoOats, JRaven12, Mystery Cheese Man
1h13m56s (est 1h15m, wr 1h02m42s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube lG3Kd5m2cZA+168
Review: A cozy sort of run. The game is too early in the 3D era to have really fluid movement, so it's mostly about glitches and exploiting developer naivete. There's not too much to talk about, but the runner kept things from being boring.

[[[SPOOKY BLOCK]]]

Resident Evil HD Remaster (PC - Capcom Studio 4 2002, 2015)
Best Ending - Chris - Real Survival
by Pessimism
host FrenchToast, couch CarcinogenSDA, JRaven12, Major Jigglin, RebeccaRE
1h31m00s (est 1h34m, wr 1h32m12s)
Overall ★☆☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ☆☆☆☆☆
Youtube N-TrW-LN7Xw+12
Review: This felt like a ninety-minute donation read while someone played Resident Evil in the background. So little of note happened in this run that I have nothing to comment on. Even the interaction with donation comments, charming at first, became clearly rote tedium by the end of it. If I ever watch this run again, it will be as a sleep aid.

F.E.A.R. (PC - Monolith 2005)
Any%
by Maxylobes
host FrenchToast, couch jtb__, AnEternalEnigma, Blood_Thunder, an eel
1h03m24s (est 1h05m, wr 52m01s rta)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 5hJCYNdL9H0+4
Review: A game that's just the right amount of busted. There's a variety of skips, of different lengths, using different tricks or using the same trick in different ways. Once there's even a fight done as intended. All backed by some great banter and commentary.

Penumbra: Overture (PC - Frictional 2007)
Any% QSA
by Blood_Thunder
host AnEternalEnigma, couch (not introduced)
14m14s (est 20m, wr 12m44s lrt)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube ZXq7-c7tpKM+7
Review: An exceptionally busted run, loads of out-of-bounds or just breaking puzzles wide open. Nothing too deep, but deep enough for a quarter-hour, and the retextures add a bit of fun.

Amy (PS3 - VectorCell 2012)
Amy%
by FoldableHuman [3RH]
host AnEternalEnigma, couch Crystal
41m45s (est 1h00m, wr 37m42s) [PB?]
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube baAwos42UBw+661
Review: An unconventional runner, doing a mostly-conventional run. Not your typical GDQ vibes, but I liked them. Lots of delving into how they developed the speedrun, starting from "this sucked casually, I want to punish this game for it", up to the GDQ run.

[[[/SPOOKY BLOCK]]]

Pet the Pup at the Party (PC - Will Herring 2017)
10 Pups
by Bullets [3RH]
host LLK, couch (not introduced)
5m48s (est 8m, wr 4m03s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 8bQf7nV_iS0+195
Review: It's a five-minute shitpost run. Hilarious, and an actual speedrun, but shallow and random. I guess they wanted a palate cleanser after Spooky Block?

FreezeMe (PC - Rainy Night 2016)
25 Cubes
by Mildew [WRH]
host LLK, couch Shockwve, ConnorAce, Konasumi [2RH], amyrlinn [3RH]
53m59s (est 55m, wr 44m24s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube zUh3zF4fm70+13
Review: This is the kind of game where they clap every time they beat a level without triggering a softlock. Expect SM64-style platforming, but with bargain-bin indie levels of quality. Which makes for a neat speedrun, naturally, even if it's not particularly remarkable.

Legend of Kay Anniversary (PS4 - Neon Studios 2005, Kaiko 2015)
Any%
by DarkTerrex [2RH]
host LLK, couch (not introduced)
31m02s (est 35m, wr 25m11s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube l26KjQHqxpY+70
Review: This game feels like a tie-in action-platformer. It just has those vibes, even though it seems to be original. Absolutely busted, this is a run of "do some prereqs, clip out of bounds, walk to the end, repeat". A good one if you like that, but half an hour of it was getting close to my appetite for it.

The Simpsons: Hit & Run (PC - Radical 2003)
All Story Missions
by Sadlybadlyy
host MisterGameandShout, couch pet_petiguana
1h45m45s (est 1h45m, wr 1h35m20s rta)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube R8TAJh0UIro+45
Review: The game just doesn't have the depth to stay interesting for nearly two hours, not unless you're a major fan of the game or the Simpsons in general.

Bonk's Revenge (TG16 - Red Company 1991)
Expert
by lattmackey [2RH]
host Yen24, couch EvanGrill
27m22s (est 30m, wr 23m37s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube ZAkhlv4-o5o+186
Review: The novelty of a TurboGrafx-16 game being run is the biggest thing this had going for it. It's a pretty simple platformer, not much tech, and a straightforward route.

Kid Chameleon (Genesis - Sega 1992)
4 Boss
by peaches [WRH]
host Yen24, couch (not introduced)
28m05s (est 30m, wr 27m05s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube EsN59OGwnoQ+85
Review: This feels like a very unpolished run. Even the newest strats seemed basic, and the low-level movement did not impress. Unsurprising, from a game that only two people seem to run, and not a *bad* run by any stretch, but it was unremarkable.

[[[CASTLEVANIA BLOCK]]]

Castlevania (NES - Konami 1986)
Any%
by Komrade
host Yen24, couch MikeKanis, Skybilz, (not introduced)
12m59s (est 15m, wr 11m27s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube Kz1f-THEfjM+33
Review: A tricky run, for its short length. Lots of tight strategies for damage-clips or boss kills, even just item pickups are carefully routed, but it's all well-explained. Dry, but at this length, it doesn't even begin to become tedious. A solid start to Castlevania Block.

Castlevania III (NES - Konami 1989)
Sypha Route
by MikeKanis
host Prolix, couch Komrade, Puwexil, Skybilz
31m51s (est 35m, wr 28m34s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube wRLqVYi-px4+32
Review: It's an OG-style Castlevania, but with enough tech and complexity to stand up to a longer run. Some neat clips, and some neat improv when things went wrong.

Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis - Konami 1994)
John Morris Any% Expert Difficulty [BIDWAR]
by Klaige [WRH]
host Prolix, couch Breakdown, PJ, Romscout
30m30s (est 35m, wr 29m42s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube yQdDEXg36HA+26
Review: On paper, this shouldn't have been as good as it is. The main weapon is OP, the best movement tech is very rarely usable, and bosses swing from "instantly dead" to "tedious slog". But Klaige and his couch just made everything so engaging.

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA - KCE Kobe 2001)
All Bosses Magician Mode [BIDWAR]
by darrenville [WRH]
host Prolix, couch TrUShade [3RH], RedWave, Nupperz
28m10s (est 43m, wr 25m38s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube B5hlNjS86yo+24
Review: Probably the most busted run of Castlevania Block this year, but still showing off a decent amount of the game. Very clean execution of some tough tricks and tougher movement, though there was some unfortunately long downtime.

[[[/CASTLEVANIA BLOCK]]]

Dragon Warrior III (NES - Chunsoft 1988)
Any%
by vaxherd [WRH]
host Prolix, couch NESCardinality, Puwexil, philosoraptor42 [3RH]
1h09m55s (est 1h20m, wr 44m44s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube foRvzO8kQC8+6
Review: The entire run is RNG-manipped. The entire thing. All of it. Like half the run requires perfect movement, and even with tile-based movement, that's not easy. And most of it is memorized! The only lookups vaxherd seemed to need was to figure out where he was in the RNG seed. This is a very technical run, and some very costly mistakes led to some repetition, but it's still an impressive technical achievement.

[[[SONIC BLOCK]]]

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (PC - Sonic Team 1998, 2003)
Sonic's Story
by JustFlandre
host Lizstar, couch (not introduced)
33m32s (est 36m, wr 29m24s) [NV]
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube Uoval0SwqOY+50
Review: Collision? Story triggers? Nah, this is Sonic Adventure, we don't have time for that! Lots of clipping and falling out-of-bounds, among other physics abuses, and a nice lighthearted tone through it all.

Sonic Spinball (Genesis - STI 1993)
Any%
by Zaxon96 [WRH]
host Lizstar, couch AlecK47 [3RH], Chronoon (?), mike89, KickassPancakes
16m53s (est 20m, wr 9m37s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube H_Q8GiwatQE+13
Review: A difficult game to speedrun, as the few tricks it has are inconsistent at best. But it's also so unlike other speedruns that it's worth checking out, anyways.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis - STI 1992)
Sonic + Tails
by mike89
host Lizstar, couch AlecK47 [3RH], Chronoon (?), KickassPancakes, Zaxon96
23m37s (est 25m, wr 19m19s rta)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube tSlPqCDgQVE+3
Review: This felt like two consecutive runs. The front half is played mostly as-intended, the speed tech is down to just execution and routing. The back half is full of skips and glitches, still quite technical (and not always well-explained) but visually quite flashy.

Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Genesis - STI 1994)
Sonic + Tails Any%
by mike89
host Lizstar, couch AlecK47 [3RH], Chronoon (?), KickassPancakes, Zaxon96
45m22s (est 48m, wr 36m36s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube GccTQXjuoNo+20
Review: This run adds even more tricks to the repertoire. Some just for swag. There's very little downtime, mostly just replaying sections after botching a trick, and the couch had hella energy. Easily the highlight of Sonic Block this year.

[[[/SONIC BLOCK]]]

[[[METROID BLOCK]]]

Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA - Nintendo R&D1 2004)
100% Normal 
race Dragonfangs vs CScottyW [WRH] vs john_unfil [2RH] vs samthedigital [3RH]
host MapleSR, couch Kirbymastah, Krunchylex, Eagle
1h10m27s, 1h11m38s, 1h12m17s, DNF (est 1h20m, wr 1h09m44s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube yUL9qBlbRVg+30
Review: Not the easiest run to follow, due to route divergences, but the couch was having a blast and the runners were kicking ass. What more can you ask for?

Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS - MercurySteam 2017)
Any%
by Mr_Shasta [3RH]
host MapleSR, couch Jarvix, Hubert (?), TheUltimateStooges
1h47m35s (est 1h55m, wr 1h33m11s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube duayBju29b0+0
Review: A run with a lot of rough edges, but also a lot of love put into it. There's very few actual tricks, and those there are are executed very inconsistently. I believe a cause was later uncovered, but that shows just how early in the game's life this run was. Yet Shasta manages to put on a charming show.

Super Metroid (SNES - Nintendo R&D1 1994)
100% Map Completion
by oatsngoats [WRH]
host Agama, couch GrandPooBear, Caleb, (not introduced?)
1h24m16s (est 1h25s, wr 1h20m40s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 59nyyuXLJ00+0
Review: A somewhat arbitrary run, cutting out the tedious item-get jingles of 100%, and adding in a few locations not seen in any other categories. The couch focused more on banter than on commentary, but Super Metroid is a well-known speed game at this point, most watchers don't exactly need shinesparks explained to them.

[[[/METROID BLOCK]]]

------------------------------WEDNESDAY------------------------------

Halo 2 (XbC - Bungie 2004)
Legendary
by Ranabundana
host Agama, couch (not gonna bother)
1h40m39s (est 1h42m, wr 1h30m52s)
Youtube UF0gvxW5ITU
Review: Run removed due to grooming :( Fuck this guy.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii - Nintendo EAD 2011)
Any%
by gymnast86 [3RH]
host Calyrica, couch Vennick (?), TestRunner
5h04m42s (est 5h15m, wr 4h56m56s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube MsxFVq7mIL0+9
Review: This is very clearly a run in transition. Most of the tech that will be used throughout later Skyward Sword runs is here, it's just not implemented as thoroughly or widely. You'll get tricks to skip some fairly large parts of the run, but then see long chunks played almost casually, while they bemoan that there's tricks that *almost* let them skip it. And that leaves the run with a lot of dead time, more than is needed to explain the tech, and long stretches of donation-reading that kill any momentum they'd built up. I remember being pretty impressed by it at the time, but if you're watching it now, there's better versions of this run, by the same runner.

Splatterhouse (TG16 - Namco 1988)
Any%
by zallard1 [WRH]
host MisterGameandShout, couch Klaige, Mike Uyama, MetroidMcFly
13m31s (est 16m, wr 12m57s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube 7ojWJvRd8ko+16
Review: Just a very straightforward run - barely beyond "play game good", but at this length, it kind of doesn't need to be?

Splatterhouse 2 (Genesis - Now Production 1992)
Any%
by zallard1 [WRH]
host MisterGameandShout, couch Klaige, Mike Uyama, MetroidMcFly
17m41s (est 20m, wr 15m49s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube p_i35mPV4Mc+33
Review: The couch made the weird choice to focus more on explaining the story and lore than the speedrun, but I can't say it was a *wrong* choice. Once again, there's not all that much going on, gameplay-wise, and though Zallard is clearly skilled, it's not that interesting a game to watch.

Wiz 'n' Liz: The Frantic Wabbit Wescue (Genesis - Raising Hell 1993)
Wizard
by SilverDile [WRH]
host MisterGameandShout, couch (inaudible), Pancakes, Chronoon [3RH]
11m56s (est 20m, wr 11m26s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube _ZFJ04u_wfs+63
Review: I still don't know half of what was going on in this run, but wow, this movement speed is *crazy*. It's worth spending twelve minutes on just for that.
NM: suspect the inaudible couch member is Ranabundana, in which case do not list him. 
NM: Chronoon's technically 4th place due to Silver being on leaderboard twice fsr

Sylvan Tale (Game Gear - Sega 1995)
100%
by Omnigamer [WRH][ORH]
host Sooraya, no couch
1h01m18s (est 1h06m, wr 58m27s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube dsOgGchJ7_s+33
Review: This is closer to a Let's Play than a speedrun - it's basically just an efficient route through the game - but it's an obscure gem, and Omnigamer puts on a fun show even solo.

Super Monkey Ball 2 (GC via Wii - Amusement Vision 2002)
Story Mode All Levels
by Yutori
host Sooraya, couch Geoff, (not introduced)
33m18s (est 40m, wr 28m57s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube L9HVkZXZMSM+37
Review: A few things held this run back from being great. The game was the biggest one - a lot of gimmick levels, not hard so much as just dumb. A language barrier and a bit of stage nerves on the runner. This is still a good run, very easy to grok the skill involved, and a nice, rapid-fire pace of levels, but it's not the best Monkey Ball run around.
NM: un-introduced couch guy seems to be Not Dan from the subsequent run, if I can figure out wtf his actual name is

Super Monkey Ball 2: Monkeyed Ball (Wii - Bites 2018; Amusement Vision 2002)
Story Mode All Levels
race Yutori [2RH] vs Geoff
host Sooraya, couch Dan, Also Dan, Not Dan (inaudible)
26m10s, 27m38s (est 35m, wr 24m20s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube EKY7yozEqek+30
Review: A tight race of Monkey Ball custom levels, designed for those who were too good to still be challenged by the vanilla levels. The couch slacked a bit on commentary, but somehow Geoff narrates the whole thing while running it, absolutely insane.

Spider-Man: Web of Fire (32X - BlueSky 1996)
Beat the Game
by PeteDorr [WRH]
host Sooraya, no couch
8m26s (est 13m, wr 8m30s) [WR]
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube bf6GDbHY53Y+0
Review: An obscure game for an obscure platform, with a better speedrun than you'd expect. The web movement is pretty advanced, and there's a few tricky clips. It's not the most hotly-contested WR, but an on-stage WR it is.

Spider-Man & Venom's Maximum Carnage (SNES - Software Creations 1994)
Any%
by Ninjaofsorts [WRH]
host Sooraya, couch LRock, FatalLoki, DrumBoardist
19m19s (est 22m, wr 17m15s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube OfdLjtVkStE+0
Review: A generally straightforward brawler. Not too many tricks or glitches, but some very clean execution, and good use of intended skips make this a solid speedrun to watch.

Batman Returns (SNES - Konami 1993)
Mania
by LRock [WRH]
host Arlynia, couch PJ (?), Mike Uyama, TacoBelmont
25m20s (est 26m, wr 23m38s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube XPTVFtZ0d9o+0
Review: A straightforward (if autoscroller-heavy) bmup. The most tense moments were keeping infinite combos going through some *extremely* tanky bosses, which is pretty underwhelming for a speedrun. Worth watching if you've gotten your butt kicked by this game, but skippable otherwise.

Contra: Shattered Soldier (PS2 - KCE Tokyo 2002)
Any% All Stages
race Aquas [WRH] vs Crak Atak [3RH] vs TheDrifter18 [2RH]
host Arlynia, couch Mike Uyama
32m10s, 33m24s, DNF (est 35m, wr 31m27s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube wMEtHXDt0nM+5
Review: Too full of autoscrollers and cycle-based bosses to be a great speedrun, and too random and inconsistent to be a great race. It's not bad by any stretch, but probably more for the deep action gamers than for a general audience.

High Hell (PC - Terri Vellmann, Doseone 2017)
Any%
by SNeaky [WRH]
host Arlynia, couch (inaudible), SkateMan222 (?), Scrublord
9m29s (est 25m, wr 5m21s igt)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 5pLSUKRqKgI+0
Review: A short, twitchy sort of shooter, but the verticality of the levels opens up some pretty neat shortcuts, and it's got a lightning pace.

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux (PC - 3D Realms 1997, General Arcade 2013)
Any% no ssl
by Ignite
host CovertMuffin, couch (not introduced?)
15m37s (est 25m, wr 12m28s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube tmNVAg9vT3Y+0
Review: A shooter from the Doom era, lots of quicksaving to pull off ridiculous grenade hops or zoom past enemies without needing to shoot them. The humor of the game perhaps has not aged well, but the energy of the runner makes up for it.

Sublevel Zero Redux (PC - Sigtrap 2015)
Normal Any%
by roncli [WRH]
host CovertMuffin, couch Cney, Squigga
25m25s (est 30m, wr 16m59s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube Glm3jjW85Gs+4
Review: A modern roguelike take on the 6DOF shooter. Some unfortunate level RNG gave a lot of downtime, and neither the movement nor combat is particularly impressive. Still, a rare enough genre to be worth checking out.

Thief: The Dark Project (PC - Looking Glass 1998)
Any% Normal OldDark
by Psych0sis [WRH]
host CovertMuffin, couch Doc-Ill
33m23s (est 42m, wr 30m45s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube 0M01gzCyNvo+50
Review: There's a lot of cool stuff in this run - neat glitches, clever movement, bold strats. Unfortunately, it's very hard to see most of it, due to the game being played almost entirely in the dark.

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (Gamecube - Silicon Knights 2004)
Extreme
by plywood
host SakuraTsubasa, couch DailyMae, CarcinogenSDA, PDPreciousRoy, DracoDan, Metal Glenn Solid
1h04m39s (est 1h12m, wr 57m48s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube -RhgIqMDR3E+22
Review: This was kind of just a run. Not much in the way of glitches, not even that much tech. The route is so scripted that there's no room for improvement over a typical walkthrough. There's some good commentary on display, and very clean execution, but I'm sad to say, this run just didn't impress.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (Gamecube - Nintendo EAD 2004)
Any%
by Zmaster91
host SakuraTsubasa, couch GanRay, MunchaKoopas, DB
2h08m59s (est 2h17m, wr 2h03m23s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube dQvEQK8KMcU+17
Review: One of the more obscure Zelda titles, this isn't super optimized but ZMaster is clearly pushing it forward. The commentators are regularly amazed he's even attempting certain tricks, let alone consistently getting them. If this were shorter, it would be an easy recommendation, but two hours of it is a bit much. At least it's almost entirely gameplay - very few cutscenes, not much dead time of any sort.

Super Mario 3D Land (3DS - Nintendo EAD Tokyo 2011)
Warpless
by zeldacubed1 [WRH]
host YellowKillerBee, couch Kosmic [2RH], SuperSonic, Jarbitz
1h06m14s (est 1h10m, wr 1h03m26s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube 1zKxWewzlBY+16
Review: A little low-energy for a primetime run like this, but still enjoyable. A few mistakes couldn't mar the impressive precision on display, and kept up for a full hour.

Cuphead (PC - Studio MDHR 2017)
Full Clear / 100% (Regular, Legacy)
by TheMexicanRunner [3RH]
host YellowKillerBee, couch Patato123, (inaudible), MetroidMcFly
50m14s (est 55m, wr 39m50s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★★★☆
Youtube 1SG0ZkQ033E+15
Review: A tricky run from a great runner. TMR wasn't quite as high-energy as some of his more legendary runs, and the run gets a bit one-note, but it's still a ton of fun.

------------------------------THURSDAY-------------------------------

A Hat in Time (PC - Gears for Breakfast 2017)
Any%
race flarebear vs ConnorAce
host Mike Uyama, couch COUCH
55m06s (est HhMMm, wr HhMMmSSs)
Youtube Gcc3pGyebgA
Review: (not yet reviewed)
NM: Delisted, presumaby because ConnorAce cheated his ClusterTruck submission for SGDQ19

Celeste (PC - Maddy Makes Games 2018)
Any%
race TGH [WRH] vs yoshipro [2RH]
host Mike Uyama, couch SecksWrecks, DevilScroll, Maddy Thorson (then Matt) [DEV], Noel Berry [DEV], Kevin Regamey (I think? his mic was off) [DEV], 
35m31s, 36m26s (est 40m, wr 30m47s igt)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill   ★★★★☆
Fun     ★★★★☆
Youtube KS0QeQ1zXxI+34
Review: An astoundingly tight race of an amazing game. The biggest drawback is that there's so little downtime, you can't pay attention to both runners.

Pepsiman (PS1 - KID 1999)
Cutscene%
by Boyks
host Mike Uyama, couch TheFlyingMarlin, (inaudible), GranPooBear, Pepsiman
25m48s (est 26m, wr 19m26s rta)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★★☆
Youtube NeYOmLlzz3E+28
Review: There may be some speed tech, but Pepsiman as a game is just so resistant to speedrunning. Nobody's watching it for that. We're watching for the memes. The glorious, wonderful memes.

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (PC - Bennett Foddy 2017)
Glitchless%
by MONTYvsTHEWORLD
host FrenchToast, couch (not introduced)
2m43s (est 5m, wr 1m27s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube 6fMMBMWiiSA+9
Review: One of the meme games of the year, this run is so fast that they almost complete a second run in the five-minute window. Not much time for commentary, but it's one of the fastest speedruns out there.

Miner Ultra Adventures (PC - Sinned Games 2017)
Any%
by Konasumi [WRH]
host FrenchToast, couch ChairGTables (?), Skellecat, Forgiven
9m04s (est 15m, wr 7m45s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube cTVxsrDy0Do+11
Review: A very jank Brazilian-made platformer, apparently based on a popular character. Silly and too short to wear out interest.

Roundabout (PC - No Goblin 2014)
ESports Speedrun Mode
by GNU Order [WRH]
host FrenchToast, couch BigHonkinStudio, (inaudible), (inaudible)
12m14s (est 11m, wr 10m15s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube aQbJR2MHC-U+8
Review: A lot of Silly Block games are more "competent casual playthrough" than speedruns, but this one actually feels like a speedrun. Not *that* much tech to it, but it's got the vibes of a collectathon platformer run. And we got some good couch banter to make up for skipping the cutscenes.

Live (PC - empty assembly 2017)
Beat the Game
by LifeL1ke [WRH]
host FrenchToast, couch (not introduced)
7m59s (est 11m, wr 4m39s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube LdBJOdVyLpA+18
Review: "Alright, this is a very strange game" is about the best introduction one could make. It's a surreal game even by the Mario-defined standards of 2D platformers. Kind of a sloppy speedrun but that is not at all the focus here.

Stilt Fella (PC - September Games 2017)
Any%
by PHatHome666
host FrenchToast, couch (not introduced)
9m19s (est 20m, no wr)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube gxeUEzOJehc+13
Review: You remember QWOP? Yeah, it's that sort of manually-moving-limbs game. Sadly, the speed strat in most levels is "try this fast but random thing, retry until you win".
NM: Steam says this came out in 2020 but yeah no

Club Drive (Jaguar - Atari 1994)
All Races (2 Laps)
by PeteDorr [WRH]
host FrenchToast, no couch
10m05s (est 13m, wr 9m54s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube vOFqLg0fWTw+20
Review: The energy of this run was as low as the framerate. Neat to see a Jaguar game at GDQ, and PeteDorr layed down some interesting history, but it wasn't weird enough to live up to Silly Block standards, and you could really feel the 5AM vibes.

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (NES - Konami 1988)
Normal Difficulty
by EnchantressOfNumbers [WRH]
host Calyrica, couch AuthorBlues [3RH], Skybilz, (inaudible)
27m19s (est 30m, wr 28m47s rta) [WR]
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube VUHK93I7UhE+20
Review: This is still the depths of Silly Block, with a platformer starring a baby, but for some reason EON and couch play this like a serious technical speedrun. It's not bad - especially not with the world record - but it feels out-of-place. 

Yo! Noid 2 (PC - Dustin Bragg 2017)
Any%
by AlucardX60
host Calyrica, couch Konasumi
13m15s (est 12m, wr 9m31s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube _lYkXbeqF1Q+20
Review: A very silly game-jam game, just jank enough for a glitchy speedrun while not breaking in bad ways. It's a game that's in on the joke, unlike half the audience apparently. This run deserved more laughs than it got.

Jungle King Tar-chan: World Tour Rumble (SNES - Bandai 1994)
Any%
by Aweglib [2RH]
host Calyrica, couch JohnCarls, AuthorBlues [WRH], HorseDad
23m40s (est 30m, wr 20m05s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★★☆☆
Youtube qJjz3Xzsa6s+141
Review: Alright, new petition, move Silly Block out of the dead hours of the morning. A run like this would have been spectacular, if there had been a crowd to get hype for it and if the couch hadn't been nearly asleep. 

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (Genesis - Namco 1994)
Any%
by PARTY MAN X [2RH]
host Calyrica, couch EnchantressOfNumbers
24m15s (est 30m, wr 21m57s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube G3nzsiCh-WU+91
Review: This is just such a bizarre game. It's worth watching, if you've never seen this game before, just to experience how *weird* it is. But it's sadly not a great speedrun, and more "strange" than "silly".

Silver Grapple (PC - Jamie Rollo 2017)
Any% Good Ending
by Ivan [2RH]
host LLK, couch SpikeVegeta, (not introduced)
13m54s (est 20m, wr 10m29s)
Overall ★☆☆☆☆
Skill   ★☆☆☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube jY4oINuMKOw+26
Review: A game that's just a bit too busted to be interesting. Once the main mechanic is introduced, it's swiftly used for out-of-bounds, racing straight to the end with a minimum of actual gameplay.

Gift (PC - rxi 2018)
Any%
by SecksWrecks [WRH]
host LLK, no couch
5m50s (est 10m, wr 4m13s igt)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube oBwWHWDmxj8+25
Review: A neat bite-sized game-jam platformer, with an impressively tight speedrun. Nothing you haven't seen before, but usually you see it on hotly-contested speed games.

El Viento (Genesis - Wolf Team 1991)
Any%
by belthegor
host LLK, couch (not introduced)
15m29s (est 14m, wr 12m44s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube YF_LJZTILsA+28
Review: A fast-moving action-platformer, an unfortunate death requiring a level repeat hurt the pacing, especially with a run this short.

Xeodrifter (PC - Renegade Kid 2014)
Any%
by JBuzzyBee [2RH]
host Protomagicalgirl, couch RPDack (?), Pizza, Bretts (?)
15m51s (est 18m, wr 14m20s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube pVCRHphHhC8+26
Review: A neat little metroidvania, there's some interesting boss quick-kill strats but nothing too spectacular.

Titan Souls (PS4 - Acid Nerve 2015)
Hard Mode 100%
by Zic3 [WRH]
host Protomagicalgirl, couch SNeaky, Scrublord [2RH], Shark35
23m10s (est 24m, wr 20m24s rta)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★☆☆☆☆
Youtube zaUpwt9LLmo+36
Review: Pretty much a pure boss-rush game, with not much done to make it interesting. Half the fights are over as soon as they begin, giving very little time to show off the gameplay, and the walks between sections are pretty empty.

A Story About My Uncle (PC - Gone North 2014)
Any% No Fling
by TheRealVincentio [WRH]
host Protomagicalgirl, couch (not introduced?)
32m34s (est 35m, wr 27m40s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★★☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube e_Hk6c2WLaY+76
Review: First-person hookshot platformer. If that doesn't sell you on the run, it's probably not for you. The gameplay is good, when you can see it - some unintended routes through dark levels are basically staring at a black screen for minutes at a time - but some decent couch work and a lack of other downtime makes up for it.

Strider (NES - Capcom 1989)
Any%
race Elipsis vs NME vs Mr Magnificent
host Protomagicalgirl, couch Darkman78, JimmyPoopins
4m10s, 4m24s, 6m34s (est 5m, wr 3m34s)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill   ★★☆☆☆
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube BO5GmYgZZTo+114
Review: I highly recommend this race for everyone who enjoyed the Strider on-stage tutorial at AGDQ2018, but if you didn't? It probably falls pretty flat.

The Legend of Zelda (NES - Nintendo EAD 1986)
Low%
race beeteas vs Eunos [2RH] vs LackAttack24 [WRH]
host Sooraya, couch DarkwingDuck, RTDrone (?), (inaudible), (inaudible)
36m20s, 48m33s, 1h01m30s (est 1h00m, wr 31m42s)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill   ★★★★★
Fun     ★★☆☆☆
Youtube Oo0LVPu2QIM+48
Review: Well, it wasn't much of a race, but holy *crap* this was a difficult run. This is not an easy game even casually - *beating* it without a single heart container, let alone doing so quickly, is insane. Very easy to watch, too, the only non-obvious tech is forcing bomb drops, pretty simple to understand.