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SGDQ 2026 has concluded, having raised $2,400,000 this year for Doctors Without Borders.

Each event there are many runs of possible interest for people—and I must remind you, GDQ is far more than just AGDQ and SGDQ*.

I’ve collected a number of them in the list below. Of course I’ve picked and chosen those I found the most appealing, but they all can be found in their video archive on Youtube. Times gives are the video length, not the length of the run.

The Legend of Zelda

A Link to the Past (no major glitches, 1h33m)
The Wind Waker Randomizer Race (2h41m)
Tears of the Kingdom (1h7m)
The Wand of Gamelon (silly block, 58m)

Arcade Games

Ghosts ‘n Goblins (20m)
Vs. Super Mario Bros (24m)
Total Nuclear Annihilation (pinball, 39m)

NES Games

Castlevania (1HKO, 15m)
Gauntlet (16m)
Clash at Demonhead (30m)

16-Bit

Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (1h13m)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (1h44m)
SNES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time (23m)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (40m)

Kirby

Kirby Air Riders (Air Ride races, 43m)
Kirby’s Dream Land 2 (42m)
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland race (48m)

UFO 50

Rail Heist (19m)
Vainger (Cherry goal, 35m)
Mystery Tournament (offstage, 3h22m)

Indies

Pizza Tower (tag-team Peppino & Noise, 1h11m)
Hollow Knight Silksong (1h54m)
Rift of the Necrodancer (48m)
Environmental Station Alpha (31m)
Slay the Spire II (55m)
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (22m)
Supraland (48m)
VVVVVV (16m)
Stardew Valley (race, 47m)

Miscellaneous

Super Mario Maker 2 (1h34m)
Mario 64 (120 star TAS, 1h19m)
Metroid Dread (1h12m)
Elden Ring (3h16m)
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix (2h24m)
Banjo-Tooie (54m)
Pokémon FireRed (3h47m)
Super Princess Peach (1h38m)
Wario World (53m)
No More Heroes (1h35m)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (1h29m)
Wii Sports (28m)
Earthbound Beginnings (35m)
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (1h33m)
Wario World (54m)
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (with a guitar controller, 56m)

Silly Block

DOS Mega Man (silly block, 13m)
C64 Snoopy, 9 loops (silly block, 17m)
Grandma, No! (silly block, 22m)
Dryway Eating Simulator (silly block, 21m)
Power Shovel (silly block, 13m)
Bait & Tackle (silly block, 18m)
WHAT THE GOLF? (silly block, 19m)

For the embedded video, which will become the video included in the social media posts, I choose DingoYabuki’s Ghosts ‘n Goblins arcade run, because it’s short and impressive:

When AGDQ 2027 comes around it’ll be in Atlanta, and I hope to be able to bring you coverage live, on the ground from the event itself! Let’s keep our fingers crossed and our expectations low!

* As an aside, just today GDQ was doing a stream with SNK, which they abruptly cancelled 30 minutes in, when they learned about SNK’s relationship with the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund. I’ve heard some people react bitterly that they were going to do the stream at all, but I have to say wow, calling it off while it’s in progress takes rather a lot of guts! I think cutting people like GDQ at the first iota of disapproval might be going too far, that people who realize their mistakes should be cut some slack, especially when it’s so rapid. I say, be prepared for positive action and reward it appropriately.

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