Here's the link to all the speedruns. And they raised over $500,000 for early cancer detection.
Why Old School Video Game Speed Runs Matter
My entire notion of a video game as a child was to "beat" them. That means the goal was simply to make it through the game alive. These people entirely changed what winning means. Now they race through the games as fast as they can. There's now no way to "win" you just play and do the best you can.
The community that evolves out of this is really great. Three guys swapped tips for speed runs through Ninja Gaiden, I game where I never even sniffed the ending as a child. They beat the whole thing in 13 minutes, which was about 10 seconds off world record pace. And the main goal was for one of them to get the best time possible. They are genuinely cheering for each other to do something amazing.
Glitches and bugs are unintentional things that the game designers never intended. These speed runners have taken the game as it is, not as it should be, and incorporate those glitches as an essential part of their speed runs. Understanding all of the tiny details and treating these glitches as opportunities are key to achieving the best time.
There are some games on this list that I had when I was a kid. So it's nice to revisit some old favorites while watching someone play it much better than I ever could.
And just in case you need an (unrelated) pick-me-up:
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