BETA
Chapter 1
The birth of the speedrun
Chapter 2
The science of breaking games
Chapter 3
The machine and the human
Chapter 4
Speedrunning for good
YOUR GOAL
Master of The world of speedrunning
Ch 1 · The birth of the speedrun
diegoplays The birth of the speedrun
With Doom's cool demos, a game plan new, Shared fastest runs, the records grew!
diegoplays In 1997, a group of players released a coordinated video showing Quake being beaten in under twenty minutes, setting a new standard.
diegoplays The 1993 release of Doom popularized speedrunning by allowing players to record and share small demo files of their gameplay.
Fun Fact
Metroid secret endings: Metroid in 1986 was one of the first games to reward fast players with unique end-screen graphics.
Quiz
What famous 1997 collaborative speedrun video showed a game being beaten in under 20 minutes?
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Which speedrun category bans the use of bugs, memory corruption, and out-of-bounds exploits?
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What is the name of the popular speedrun category where players must finish the game as fast as possible with no completion requirements?
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What 1993 first-person shooter allowed players to record and share their gameplay inputs as tiny demo files?
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What early speedrun archive, founded in 1994, tracked the fastest times for Doom?
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What speedrun category requires the player to collect every single upgrade, item, or collectible in a game?
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Which 1986 NES game rewarded players with different endings based on how fast they beat it?