Frost Fatales 2024

Starts on 3/3/2024

In ABZÛ, the player takes on the role of a diver in a vast ocean. As the game progresses, the diver unlocks new areas and pursues the secrets behind the forces harming the ocean and its wildlife. ABZÛ features fluid freedom of underwater movement and spectacular audiovisual set-pieces. The speedrun shows off tricks like movement during cutscenes and an area skip. It has never been run at a GDQ event (featured once on an episode of Hotfix, 9/11/22).

The Mooseman is a 2D side-scrolling adventure inspired by games like Limbo and Inside. Its story and aesthetic is based on the folklore of the indigenous Komi of Russia, as well as other Finno-Ugric peoples, and is an attempt at artistic reconstruction of their shared mythology. The Mooseman has never been featured at any speedrun event. Any% shows off precise movement, cycle-based optimizations, and skips not typically seen in a casual playthrough.

Afterimage is a beautiful hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania with Soulslike elements that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

It's difficult to describe exactly what this game is. Alex Rider: Stormbreaker is a game based off a movie based off a novel and a fusion of a lot of different genres. There are tank-like controls for movement, with overall level ups and level ups for each body part and executing combos. Combined with mini-games that will use every feature of the DS, this game certainly an experience.

Digimon Battle Spirit 2 is a fighting game based off Digimon Frontier/4th Season of Digimon. Instead of the conventional humans having Digimon partners, the humans are the ones that transform into Digimon dubbed the Legendary Warriors. While fighting games generally have to KO opponents, this one requires the player to collect orbs from the opposing Digimon. However because of some mechanics, this means getting perfects and ending in ties actually loses time, and the player is forced into fighting their opponent and to take damage to go through the game fast. The final fight works more like conventional fighting games, with some added randomness to make things spicy.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3's DLC campaign taking placing thousands of years before the main game. The game follows Matthew as he searches for his younger sister Na'el who goes missing after an attack on his hometown by Moebius. This game is a massive love letter to the Xenoblade Chronicles series with protagonists and mixed areas from previous games. There's some unintentional skips on some forced battles, cool fight strategies with some using the new Unity Combo system and combining enemy encounters with a boss fight to avoid a levelling up grind!

The remake of the first game in the long-running Atelier series in HD, and also the first released in English in the "original Atelier style" with a female protagonist and focus on crafting lots of items to achieve a personal goal, in this case saving your workshop from being destroyed by the kingdom as they have deemed it useless. Explore the wilds of Arland, gathering items and defeating monsters for their drops, to use alchemy to make better items to pass the given assignments and save your workshop!

Part of Sega's popular puzzle series, with a Sakura Wars themed skin over it. Drop sets of three colored gems, match them in combos and chains to build up your meter to attack your opponent or defend by clearing your field.

An action/run-n-gun game by Treasure that uses a dual attribute system later used in Ikaruga. Has fun bosses with a unique money farming mechanic for getting new and better weapons. The speedrun farms money straight away to get the most powerful weapon early on. The game boasts beautiful sprite work with an amazing soundtrack. The JP version is regarded to be the easier version of the game, with the Saturn version having the best graphics and sound, but less content.

Axiom Verge is a standard metroidvania experience where you have to defeat your future evil self.

VVVVVV is a fun platformer with a twist, instead of jumping you flip gravity, you must search the game world for your missing crew and escape dimension VVVVVV

Bayonetta 3, now the newest of the main series games, merges the classic kicks and punches with demonic summons that eviscerate enemies. Work in tandem with your devilish companions and tear your way through a new enemy, neither demon nor angel. By making liberal use of a "concussion step cancel" and the game's forgivingly simple fight skips, this run dazzles audiences by reminding them of the speed and grace that is the Bayonetta franchise.

Produced by Kohi Igarashi, known for multiple entries in the Castlevania series. This was a retro-style stretch goal for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Zangetsu is a demon hunter who is seeking to destroy the Archdemon Gremory. Along the way he teams up with Miriam, Alfred, and Gebel, all with unique abilities and powers to assists Zangetsu on his quest.

Bluey: The Videogame is a recently released licensed game based on the popular animated show "Bluey" Play as the Heeler family as you search for pieces of a map and hunt for buried treasure, while playing with friends and having fun along the way.

Here Comes Niko! is an adorable puzzle platformer described as "A 3D platformer for tired people" Developed by Dutch studio Frog Vibes and released by Gears for Breakfast, Here Comes Niko! follows Niko, Tadpole Inc.'s newest trainee, as they travel to many scenic islands in order to become a Professional Friend.

Broken Age is a 2015 point-and-click adventure game published by Double Fine Productions. It follows two protagonists: Vella - a maiden trying to escape being sacrificed to a giant monster, and Shay - a teenaged boy trapped on an over-protective spaceship. Despite being released in 2015, this game very much captures the spirit of the LucasArts point-and-click adventure games of the 90s, with silly humor, memorable characters, and stellar voice acting.

Cassette Beasts is a 2023 monster-collecting RPG from the makers of Lenna's Inception, with queer characters, an outstanding soundtrack, and lots of features to make it speedrun-friendly.

An officially-licensed Dungeons & Dragons RPG for the Sega Genesis, it follows (or attempts to follow) the Basic D&D rules as they existed in 1992, and takes place in the Hollow World campaign setting. Gameplay is a hybrid between overhead third-person overworld exploration & turn-based combat, with dungeons switching to a first-person view with real-time combat.

A 2011 indie roguelike featuring a generic large-eyebrowed hero navigating dangerous dungeons, committing acts of Heroic Vandalism, and drinking terrifying amounts of alcohol. This is the Steam version with all DLC installed. The speedrun relies heavily on the use of Promethean (fire) Magic, giving the hero a powerful dragon companion who can quickly dispatch most enemies.

A direct squeal to Rando of Blood where Alucard the son of Dracula returns to end his father once and for all

Ashley Graham The Presidents Daughter is missing so it's up to Leon S Kennedy to find her but a new nightmare awaits him

Before Harry Mason there was Travis Grady A simple trucker that faces the nightmare that is the town of Silent Hill

Monika's D-Sides is one of the most iconic and long-standing custom map packs in Celeste's existence - well-known for its increased difficulty compared to the base game and its willingness to adapt and grow over the years, most recently getting a 4.0 QOL patch in 2022. Using all vanilla assets, Monika's D-Sides shows what Celeste kaizo can be like in its rawest form, and I will use a multitude of obscure tech, speed strats, micro-optimizations, and love to break this mountain wide open!

🎶 Sometimes, some crimes, go slippin' through the cracks - but these two gumshoes are pickin' up the slack. There's no case too big, no case too small - when you need help, just call Ch-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale : Rescue Rangers! 🎶 Awesome platformer from the Disney x Capcom blessed era, released in 1990 for the NES, Chip N Dale is a fantastic game : pretty good introduction to speedrun,classic game that is just a joy to watch AND is soundtrack is amazing. While this run remains mainly on great optimisation, a trick was found a few years ago to set and fix the RNG, making it much safer and beginer friendly !

CHRONO CROSS is an RPG that transcends time and space, unfolding across two interlinked parallel worlds. With over 40 party members to meet, people and dimensions will intertwine in this epic drama about the planet itself.

In Chrono Trigger, a group of adventurers must travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe. The story follows Chrono, a young hero, as he joins forces with companions from different eras to uncover the truth behind a powerful entity known as Lavos. They navigate through various time periods, battling enemies and making choices that shape the outcome of their world, ultimately aiming to save the future from destruction.

Dragon Quest XI is a popular Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) that follows a hero's journey to save a fantasy world from a dark force. The protagonist, known as the Luminary, discovers his destiny to defeat an ancient evil. Joined by a diverse group of companions, he embarks on an epic adventure filled with turn-based battles, exploration, and a captivating storyline. The game features charming art style, nostalgic gameplay mechanics, and a rich, immersive world.

Chrono Trigger is an RPG made by Square Soft and is a product of what they call the "Dream Team", a combination of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest lead devs. The main story follows the character Crono as he and his friends travel through time to save the world from a malevolent, time-distorting entity known as Lavos. Jets of Time is a randomizer built to provide unique gameplay experiences for each run of the game. The the gameplay is restructured so that several combinations of key items (go modes) allow you to access one of two the final bosses. The key items, character locations, bosses, gear are shuffled, then the gear is further randomized. The player starts with access to a flying time machine that allows them to travel to unlocked eras. They must use their knowledge of the game to locate these items, unlock further eras, and eventually defeat the final boss.

This is a fan remake of Metroid '86. The game consists of more polished gameplay, online multiplayer, and completely randomized worlds. These worlds are generated based on user made rooms that are weaved together into a sprawling map. This run would feature only the randomly generated world aspect.

Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils (2022) is a 2D platformer heavily inspired by the Game Boy Color era, created by indie developer Colorgrave. We jump, bounce, and vault our way through the magical world of Ledamra as Belle the acrobat and Chime the living bell!

Neon Beats (2019) is a rhythm platformer with a fun soundtrack and quick chase sequences. We'll speed through the rhythm-based levels, hop over projectiles, and even have time for a dance break!

Dark Souls is the notoriously difficult action adventure RPG made by FromSoftware, with beautiful level design and fascinating bosses. Follow the accursed undead as they journey through Lordran finding their place within the world and making a decision that seals the fate of all who reside in the kingdom.

There are two inevitabilities in life: death and taxes. While there are no taxes in this game, there is a LOT of paperwork and a lot of death, especially for a brand new grim reaper. As a new reaper in the Office of Fate, our job is to review profiles and decide which will live or die, all while following the rules of our boss, Mr. Fate.

Dicey Dungeons is a deck building, roguelike, dungeon crawler where humans have been turned into dice to play in Lady Luck's game show, "Dicey Dungeons". Little do they know that the game is rigged against them. There are also two DLCs for the game which feature unique twists on the main game.

The Red Lantern is a choices-matter roguelite about a woman who sets off to start a new life as a dog sled racer in Alaska with her dog, Chomper, and a team of "reject" dogs. She is very unprepared for the harsh realities of the wilderness of the tundra and must make tough choices to survive to reach her new home in the cabin with the red lantern.

A silly, janky, cheesy first person horror game that is equal parts creepy as it is humorous. I may not entirely understand anything about what is going on in the game, despite having beaten it multiple times, but it is still one of my favorite speedruns ever.

RUINER is a twin-stick shooter set in a cyberpunk dystopian city where you play as a mute individual who goes only by the name of 'Puppy,' following the guidance of a mysterious, powerful, and ominous hacker who goes only by the name of 'HER.' It is fun to note, for Frost Fatales, that the ultimate villain of the story is a woman. :) The run here features precision nearly pixel perfect gameplay, and nearly frame perfect tricks to do lots of out-of-bounds maneuvers and exploits using in-game tech against collision players were not intended to interact with.

In the not too distant future, a mega corporation called 'Horizon' is experimenting on people for some ambiguous projects to save humanity, but at the cost of people like you, a super soldier called 'Subject 106', who works for the syndicate to try to take down the corporation who took out his past. The game is fast paced and relies on precision shooting, and the manipulation of movement, speed, and one's interaction with the environment.

102 Dalmatians is an action-platformer released in 2000 for the live-action Disney movie. We won't be rescuing any puppies, because this is a speedrun.

Experience DK64 like you never have before with DK64 Randomizer! Change up where the loading zones take you, where moves are purchased and even the difficulty of the game! Built-in game logic ensures every generated game is beatable and every item is reachable.

The classic SNES-era platformer widely regarded as one of, if not, the best game in the donkey kong country series. A Banger soundtrack, unforgettable levels, and more tricks and skips than you can shake a stick at!

Ecco Jr is a game coming from the franchise Ecco the Dolphin, known for its unique main character and movements, but also the games' difficulty. Ecco Jr is different, because it was made for parents to play with their children, so the game is very easy to finish casually. It still keeps the unique movements however, and it makes the run surprisingly fun and challenging to grind.

Scoot Kaboom and the Tomb of Doom is a hardcore platformer, which happens in just one big screen (if you dezoom), and divided in multiples sections, increasingly difficult, with traps everywhere. Scoot has been trapped in the Tomb of Doom, by trying to get a piece of meat. The game is about very precise movements, timings, and dealing with tight cycles.

This game is a short Metroidvania, inspired by Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Despite being a pretty slow-paced game for a Metroidvania, it's surprisingly fun to optimize it, and the run have been improved lately, with a dash canceling tech, a jump glitch which allows you to do a triple jump and skip a lot of stuff, many skips which can save up to a maximum of one minute, and some new boss strats (Especially on the second to last). The run has gained in difficulty and quality thanks to that.

Swashbuckling adventure where sapphic duelist Adalia de Volador battles the Count-Duke and his minions to stop the Count-Duke's greedy, sometimes petty, evil schemes! (Adalia also occasionally duels with her pirate crush/girlfriend.)

F.E.A.R. is one of the greatest shooters of all time, and is touted for its ahead-of-its-time AI for the enemies. It's kinda scary, and a cult classic- usually brings out a bunch of people from the woodwork whenever it gets run.

Fable Anniversary is the 2014 remaster of Fable: The Lost Chapters that celebrated 10 years of Fable, featuring updated visuals and audio, a revamped user interface, a revamped save system, and achievements to earn, allowing you to chase chickens, avenge your family, and benevolently or malevolently save the world with the power of Unreal Engine 3!

Fear The Spotlight is a third-person survival horror adventure with a PS1 inspired visual style. After a séance goes wrong, you have to solve puzzles, hide from monsters, and search an empty school for your missing friend.

In this silly game made up of microgames, two players use the motion controls to complete microgames. It tells the story of Wario and his coworkers going on vacation together and the trouble they get into.

Final Fantasy 1 has been remade a number of times, but so far, only the PSP version has made it onto past FF events. Here, we have the latest version (submitted as a race with Sanjan) of the game that launched a franchise. We'll be blasting our way through the main dungeons with 2 friendly neighborhood black mages before switching it up and Fist-of-the-North-Starring the final dungeon's bosses with our local monk. RNG appears in droves, but the estimate is generous enough to account for our friendly neighborhood house holder Chaos flipping tables.

This is FFX with tracking - without cutscenes! So we can track the armour drops, for the end goal of getting No Encounter Armour from the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth. It can also mean tracking actions - which means knowing when crit hits will land and what steals we'll get. We even know what to expect on the next random encounter! It's a very technical run in that you have to route out the game within an inch of its life. The runner knows what to expect but for the viewer its almost like magic that we can predict whats happening.

Final Fantasy 1 has been remade a number of times, but so far, only the PSP version has made it onto past FF events. Here, we have the latest version (submitted as a race with leggystarscream) of the game that launched a franchise. We'll be blasting our way through the main dungeons with 2 friendly neighborhood black mages before switching it up and Fist-of-the-North-Starring the final dungeon's bosses with our local monk. RNG appears in droves, but the estimate is generous enough to account for our friendly neighborhood house holder Chaos flipping tables.

Fire 'n Ice (or Solomon's Key 2 if you're from Japan) is a delightful puzzle platformer that tasks novice wizard Dana with using ice magic to defeat the flames of the evil wizard Druidle.

Lollipop Chainsaw is a hack and slash zombie slicing game by No More Heroes creator Suda51. Juliet Starling's birthday is interrupted by a zombie apocalypse, so it's up to her to save the world, with the help of her magic chainsaw, her sisters, and her disembodied head boyfriend, Nick.

Tight cycles! Crazy boss battles! Minecart section! The floor is literally lava! Massive explosions! Real tongue-extending action! You get it all in this high-octane run. Frogger's world is thrown into chaos when the Eternity Wand is shattered. Frogger must journey to Magic World, navigating many unique and perilous landscapes to recover the missing wand shards and restore balance to the universe.

This Frogger title was the 13th best-selling game for the Game Boy Advance. Instead of crossing streets avoiding cars for his life, our hero traverses five thematic worlds on a quest to save his homeland, Firefly Swamp, and ultimately has a showdown with the Grim Reaper. This is a highly-optimized run, featuring over 200 inputs per minute, chaotic top-down movement, tight cycles, and a couple of frame-perfect tricks to boot.

In this unusual ARPG adaptation, Frogger discovers a relic called OPART (“Out-of-Place ARTifact”) which serves as his companion over the course of the game. OPART grants Frogger the ability to super-hop, grapple, break rocks, reflect projectiles, and even stop time as he embarks on a quest to find his missing grandpa. This run has a ton of variety, featuring fancy footwork, quick-swap menuing, sequence breaks, and several memorable boss fights.

Groove Caoster: Wai-Wai Party!!!! is the rhythm game you have all seen at the GDQ Arcade at some point! It is a super fun game originally released on mobile, and took the world by storm on the Arcade game. It also saw a Switch release, Groove Coaster: Wai-Wai Party!!!! This game contains so many good songs from different vocaloid, to different pop songs, to different game soundtracks - and is constantly updated!

Pokémon Black is one of the two flagship Generation 5 games released back in 2010! The run of this game is in my opinion one of the cooler ones, with the run's route and tactics changing as we take our little level 7 Lillipup through the Unova region! The run starts with RNG Manipulation strats to get the best starter and the best movement all the way up to the first route, where we use RNG Manipulation once more to get the perfect Lillipup to take on Unova. From here, we are focussed on optimal fights and ranges to beat the early game, slowly working towards health management strategies to finally get to a sweeping stage. Each major fight requires unique battle patterns, and while it is a manipulated game, the RNG can be brutal and requires the best insight and skill to overcome.

GYLT originally released exclusively on the Google Stadia in 2019 but has since received a much wider release on most platforms in early 2023. It is a stealth horror game set in an alternate nightmare realm. Sally's cousin, Emily, has gone missing and it's up to Sally to find her. The question is, will we save Emily or save ourselves???

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre. Flashing lights can occur with certain Chaos curse/weapon combinations.

The unofficial fourth Clock Tower game, Haunting Ground is a spooky horror game that is the culmination of all the Clock Tower games before it. You have stalkers, a cute doggo companion, and even glitches! It's also one of the trifecta of rare PS2 games, right alongside Kuon and Rule of Rose. It's *also* the only one that is still available, though only through the Japanese PS3 PSN store. Of all the Clock Towers and Clock Tower-likes, it's probably the best in terms of gameplay, story, and atmosphere, and will be sure to be a great run to watch.

The rare, oft-forgotten precursor to the Shadow Hearts franchise! In Koudelka, you play as the titular character alongside some very dysfunctional companions. This game sits in the strange category of RPG horror, alongside games like the first Parasite Eve. With literally everything equipment, enemy, and stat-wise being randomized in the game, each run is a bit different. Also, the game let's you rename *literally everything that's not a key item*, leading to potential hilarity with specific items. Has some of the best music and atmosphere on the PS1, as well as some of the best mo-cap and voice acting... that we won't get to see, because cutscenes are slow! However, what's not slow? A full-length, four-disc JRPG that's *under two hours in speedrun length*, making it a doubly-rare breed of speedgame.

The RE game hardly anyone acknowledges, but is *objectively* the best one (I swear). RE Gaiden is a game that shouldn't exist. Somehow, Capcom managed to make a relatively faithful Resident Evil experience on the Gameboy Color, done at a time when everyone had left that system behind due to the release of the Gameboy Advance. It's not canon (due to *reasons*), but it is the first game where you play as Barry Burton, decades before RE: Revelations 2! Gaiden has it all. GBC midi music that's a bop, glitches galore, a strange combat system that somehow *works*, and classic RE goodness in a compact package. Also, an infinite ammo gas launcher. Because of course.

Haven is a charming indie game about a young couple defying their government’s design of assigning mates and fleeing to a new planet to start a life together. The run is a lot of movement tech with a few very specifically handled fights and is overall a very cozy time. Fun Fact! I cried uncontrollably when I finished my first casual playthrough of this game! But do not be concerned about spoilers, as we skip all of the text! All in all, it's a wholesome and cozy time with a lot of little technical aspects of it in addition to VERY precise movement and battles!

Hollow Knight is one of the biggest and most popular of the indie metroidvanias to pop up over the years, and features tight controls, deep combat and movement systems and tons of routing possibilities and niche speed tech.

Hylics 2 is a wacky and wild turn-based RPG made entirely out of clay. You play as Wayne, tasked with stopping Gibby from destroying the world. In the run, we take advantage of multiple different glitches to make quick work of each of the game's areas, and try our best to use the game's status-heavy combat system to defeat bosses while massively undergeared.

JokerShellOK is a shell-based Super Mario World "kaizo" fangame/mod. It's one of the most difficult, flashiest, and coolest to look at you'll ever see! Viewers will drop their jaws at the pure artistry involved both in completing the levels at hand and at the unique gimmicks applied by the creator to the game. Follow along as the runner reaches the end and kills "the koopoalarve," a menace to the Mushroom Kingdom. Commentary will focus on explaining how gimmicks in the levels work and hyping up the runner as she accomplishes the seemingly impossible, one level at a time.

Kingdom Hearts- Birth By Sleep is a prequel to the Kingdom Hearts games, and a fantastic speedgame. The game centers around three protagonists- Aqua, Terra, and Ventus- who are split apart by Xehanort in his effort to reforge the ancient X-blade. This game features a deck-building combat system, which creates dynamic fights due to how the command meter and finisher system functions with each character.

Squeak Squad's an interesting game in the series, being the only one where we can mix stuff in Kirby's stomach on the fly. This allows for some interesting things to occur, with constant action throughout the run!

VVVVVV is a short and sweet indie platformer where we constantly flip around! The run has its moments of flashiness and we'll get our crewmates back well before our beverage of choice grows warm (or cold)!

Langrisser 1 HD is the upgraded version of the original Sega Genesis RPG "Warsong" (known as Langrisser in other territories). This tactical RPG follows the adventure of Prince Ledin as his kingdom is ambushed by the evil empire and his quest to rebuild his kingdom and rid the world of Chaos (yes, that is the main villain's name in this game). However, the player's choices as the game progresses impacts the path on which Ledin travels, and could in fact lead him to become the evil he sought to destroy.

Profound Distortion is the open-world randomizer for the classic Sega Genesis RPG Phantasy Star IV (made by yours truly). The randomizer gives you a team of up to 5 random characters and sets you off to complete a list of objectives to open the final dungeon and defeat the Profound Darkness.

Combining the soothing nature of PowerWash Simulator and the chaotic energy of Salamander County Public Television, Leaf Blower Man cleans yards, saves the Moon, and puts down a leaf revolt all in a day's work. From a speedrun standpoint, there's a surprising number of quirks, exploits, death abuse, and other optimizations present that you get to see in the various categories.

Maid of Sker is a gorgeous stealth horror game that is very enemy RNG-dependent. In these categories, we forego stealth for the sake of tempting fate and running through most of Sker Hotel, avoiding enemies we really can't defend ourselves from. All of that said, this is a really fun run that keeps you on your toes throughout the whole time. Console Glitchless is the console version of Any%, since the OOB skips aren't present in the console

Luigi's Mansion is a GameCube launch title that's notable for featuring Luigi in only his second adventure ever as the main protagonist. Renowned for his impressive jumping ability, Luigi demonstrates this talent exactly zero times throughout the game. Instead, he relies on a special vacuum cleaner to capture ghosts and explore a haunted mansion in search of his brother. The gameplay is simple but deep, leading to speedruns that greatly reward mastery over the base mechanics, which makes them remarkably approachable to learn, but with great potential for minor optimizations throughout.

Mail Time is a relaxing, cottagecore adventure set in a peaceful forest far, far away. It’s your first day on the job as a newly minted Mail Scout. Equipped with a mushroom hat, a pack full of letters, and unbridled enthusiasm, it’s time to deliver letters and packages across the Grumblewood Grove

Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. Using animations and sound cues, the main character painstakingly makes their way through 4 nights of sleeping on their couch and vivid musical dreams. Melatonin, while typically used as a sleep aid, will not actually put you to sleep but rather keep your on your toes and eyes glued to the screen.

Stardew Valley is a delightful farming simulator which was released in 2016 but has continued to surge in popularity since. With a plethora of options, the game is a fascinating speedgame due to the extent of the variety and the exploits that can come from the pseudo-random nature of the game.

Two years after the events of the Shadow Moses Incident, Solid Snake and Otacon, working as Philanthropy, receive intelligence of a new type of Metal Gear being transported through the Hudson River. As Snake boards the tanker, it's seized by a group of Russian mercenaries led by Revolver Ocelot, intent on stealing the new Metal Gear.

The latest game in the mainline Metroid series is also a great speed game that perfects the Samus Returns formula, with plenty of entertaining tricks to go around.

Muse Dash is a side scrolling rhythm game featuring cute girls (called Muses) that fight against enemies and minibosses while progressing through each track.

The Chant is a third-person survival horror game set in an island "spiritual retreat". Upon her arrival, Jess is tasked with navigating the psychedelic and eldritch horrors of Glory Island - using the power of crystals, meditation, and a LOT of sage.

Oh My God! Is an obscure puzzle game, and one of Atlus' only forays into the genre! This block stacker plays like a combination of Snake and Columns, or "Snolumns" as I like to call it, and is absolutely weird as hell. Mesmerizing and goofy with the screaming orbs that cry out as they die. Because I like weird obscure block stacking puzzle games this game is basically made for me, and is probably a hard sell for 40 minutes, but look, it's EXTREMELY fun and mesmerizing, I dunno what more to tell ya.

A whimsical and goofy cooking game that unfortunately only made its way to the U.S. on a demo disc (Summer 2000 Playstation Underground Jampack). The demo was short, consisting of only the first level of the game, but it was so fun and memorable that it made a huge impression on all who played it. (I got a Japanese PlayStation just to play the rest of it!) In the game, we play as a skilled chef in Coo-king Kingdom, the rival of an evil frog trying to take over. The only way to stop him? Defeat his goons and ultimately him by cooking well. This game is a delightful treat that directly inspired Cook, Serve, Delicious, and no doubt many other cooking games.

The classic psychological horror that haunted all who played it. This game tackles heavy and dark themes throughout with an unexpected twist at the end. This was the first game that truly scared me and still does. With its apt conveyance of complex emotions and unforgettable atmosphere, it remains one of my favorite games of all time. I love showing it to others!

Paper Mario is a classic RPG for the Nintendo 64. It has a simple yet surprisingly deep battle system along with a variety of platforming challenges. In a speedrun context, battles are largely sped up by the use of badge combinations that greatly increase your power when near death, making for an exciting experience. In the overworld, the game is full of visually exciting glitches that let us sequence break nearly at will, which makes for some truly unique routes.

The Peggle series is a group of pachinko-inspired puzzle games that when speedran, turn into a mesmerizing, high-speed and precision-heavy level-clearing adventure. High level play requires pixel-perfect shots, quick reactions to rng and a masterful use of the game's many powers. Peggle Deluxe, the first game in the series, offers balanced gameplay with a steady difficulty progression that makes the end extremely exciting to watch. Any% is the truest representation of the game--each power is shown off and it is the only category with any 'skips' in it! NG+ allows the player to choose any master for any level--making it the fastest category and a true showcase of how amazing peggle can be. And finally, RMO (random master only) means that the player won't have a choice of which master to use on any given level and incorporates no-resets, leading to some major strategy deviations and wacky rng scenarios. I would love to show any of these on the FF stage!

The Peggle series is a group of pachinko-inspired puzzle games that when speedran, turn into a mesmerizing, high-speed and precision-heavy level-clearing adventure. High level play requires pixel-perfect shots, quick reactions to rng and a masterful use of the game's many powers. Peggle Nights, the full sequel game, is considerably harder than Peggle Deluxe and my personal specialty within the series, offering a different art style, design philosophy and powers to the original game. Any% is the truest representation of the game--each power is shown off including Marina's electrobolt! NG+ allows the player to choose any master for any level--making it the fastest category and a true showcase of how amazing peggle can be. And finally, RMO (random master only) means that the player won't have a choice of which master to use on any given level and incorporates no-resets, leading to some major strategy deviations and wacky rng scenarios. I would love to show any of these on the FF stage!

Plants vs zombies is a tower-defense puzzle game where you defend your house from hordes of zombies using plants! Many people may think that it isn't a very interesting speedrun due to its nature but the 50% rule makes it so that the faster you kill zombies--the faster they appear on screen. This turns the game into an intense real-time strategy experience with critical decisions about plant selection and economy dictating the flow of each level. There is plenty of rng reaction throughout the game, especially in all-minigames. Any% is playing each of the game's 5 worlds (50 levels) front to back from a fresh file. It is a great showcase of the game overall with the difficulty increasing overtime steadily and new mechanics shaking things up every level/world. All minigames is playing each of the game's 20 minigames in a player-determined order, leading to a high-variety, high-rng run with entertaining changes throughout! Any% is a better representation of the game, but it's a long run.

What if Pokémon Stadium had the worst battle formats ever devised? Enter POKéMON BATTLE REVOLUTION, the only standalone battling game with the physical/special split. Gaze helplessly in horror as the worst RNG imaginable happens to me over and over again! Laugh at my poor life decisions as the opponents make decisions so mind-boggling that they wrap around into being genius! You'll laugh! I'll cry! The PBR announcer will narrate the entire thing, seemingly unfazed by the statistical disaster unfolding before us all!

Released in 2019, Pokémon Sword/Shield began the 8th generation of Pokémon. The games are set in the Galar region, a region greatly inspired by the United Kingdom. The games feature new version-exclusive features never done before, such as version-exclusive Gym Leaders and, in the DLC, Rivals! These games follow the more traditional Pokémon formula unlike some Nintendo Switch mainline games coming before and after it; this is the Pokémon you know and love. It does feature some new and unique changes to the formula though, such as being the first Pokémon game to ever receive DLC!

This beloved Pokemon spinoff is a challenging and dynamic speedrun that plays differently on every attempt. The game's fast interface and minimal cutscenes keep the run focused on the action. The high variance in possible outcomes for each duel requires runners to quickly adapt to unique situations on-the-fly. Interesting exploits to manipulate RNG and abuse of save mechanics allow for high-skill, on-the-fly timesaves. In 2021 I created the Bulbasaur & Friends starting deck route, which improves consistency. The route has been tweaked by the community ever since and is slowly dominating the leaderboard. I have earned 2nd place in Any% Glitchless using this basic route, now the most popular with new runners.

Pseudoregalia is a 3D Platformer Metroidvania with retro N64 graphics and fast paced movement! It stars Sybil, the cat-bunny-goat-lady, flipping and flying around a mysterious castle. The game features really creative movement tech as well as tons of cool out of bounds segments and sequence breaks! The game is non-stop excitement for its entire run time!

Ridiculous Fishing is a game with very simple mechanics: avoid fish on the way down, catch as many fish as you can on the way up, then fling all the fish into the air and shoot them.

Rumble Roses is an All Female Fighter Wrestling game. Wrestlers from around the world come together to compete for the top title in the Rumble Roses female wrestling competition. The attacks and different wrestling moves in the game come from real life wrestling.

Splatter Master is a Side Scrolling Beat'em'Up from the Japanese Simple 2000 Series. It is a cute, somewhat creepy game. You play as a scarecrow, and beat your way through 7 colourful and spooky stages. You verse such enemies and bosses as a Tractor, a Crow, A Big Poisonous Mushroom, A Demon Train, and The Moon.

The first game on the PS2 that started off the Onechanbara series, in Zombie Zone you play as Aya, a cowgirl who wears a scarf and wields a katana, who is pitted against hordes of zombies and other monsters searching for her long lost sister.

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a super stylish arcade-style runner game with rhythm elements, with each level designed based on one of the songs in the album. The score system is based on picking up hearts and other collectibles, with a combo that builds as long as you avoid dying, and bonus points based on performing certain maneuvers or getting dangerously close to obstacles. There isn’t a lot of focus on plot, but the end is often emotional because the themes of self-acceptance and overcoming difficulties manage to resonate anyway.

Skator Gator 3D is an adorable 3D platformer that switches between on-rails movement and more open 3D platforming. We follow Greenjamin, the titular Skator Gator, as he tries to reclaim the deed to his swamp that was mysteriously stolen from him. This game is a time trial game across 13 levels and was made to go fast. The game showcases shortcuts, skips, speedtech, and more.

Smushi Come Home is still one of the best Indie Game releases of 2023! Overall genre I picked 3d platformer but this can be in a cute/3d platformer/adventure technically too (feel free to adjust if necessary tyty). Venture through a cute FernGully-esk world filled with adventures, surprising jumps, bugs that just want to help (or not), and random side quests to help friends in need. Currency routing, saying "heck it I'm going to jump anyways," and expert knowledge of the game really comes through in the No OOB category. Playing the game as intended, just a lot faster :)

A fan-made project, taking the decompilations of the 2013 mobile ports, and adding some real love and polish.

Sonic Adventure is a fan favorite title within the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise! Being one of the earlier entries to "Sonic's transition to 3D", Sonic Adventure offers an exhilarating speedrun experience for both runners and spectators. With 6 unique stories (and one SPECIAL FINAL story), each character gets a chance to shine with their own speed-tech and character progression. Truly one of the Sonic games of all time!

Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home? It won’t be easy. Ever since Joja Corporation came to town, the old ways of life have all but disappeared. The community center, once the town’s most vibrant hub of activity, now lies in shambles. But the valley seems full of opportunity. With a little dedication, you might just be the one to restore Stardew Valley to greatness!

Stardew Valley is a delightful farming simulator which was released in 2016 but has continued to surge in popularity since. With a plethora of options, the game is a fascinating speedgame due to the extent of the variety and the exploits that can come from the pseudo-random nature of the game.

Stardew Valley is a delightful farming simulator which was released in 2016 but has continued to surge in popularity since. With a plethora of options, the game is a fascinating speedgame due to the extent of the variety and the exploits that can come from the pseudo-random nature of the game.

Stardew Valley is a delightful farming simulator which was released in 2016 but has continued to surge in popularity since. With a plethora of options, the game is a fascinating speedgame due to the extent of the variety and the exploits that can come from the pseudo-random nature of the game.

Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home? It won’t be easy. Ever since Joja Corporation came to town, the old ways of life have all but disappeared. The community center, once the town’s most vibrant hub of activity, now lies in shambles. But the valley seems full of opportunity. With a little dedication, you might just be the one to restore Stardew Valley to greatness!

Stardew Valley is a delightful farming simulator which was released in 2016 but has continued to surge in popularity since. With a plethora of options, the game is a fascinating speedgame due to the extent of the variety and the exploits that can come from the pseudo-random nature of the game.

Stardew Valley is a delightful farming simulator which was released in 2016 but has continued to surge in popularity since. With a plethora of options, the game is a fascinating speedgame due to the extent of the variety and the exploits that can come from the pseudo-random nature of the game.

Sticky Business is a business management sim where you run your own sticker shop! Players create stickers, manage orders, and unlock upgrades for their shop, all while learning about their customers and their lives. It features an adorable pixel art aesthetic and chill low-fi beats to make stickers to. The run balances both speed and aesthetic as all stickers created have to have charming designs, and assembling them quickly is part of the fun!

Super Mario Sunshine is one of the most interesting 3D Mario games, showcasing dozens of movement options and skips, as well as tons of technical intricacies and routing choices. This game is notorious for its wacky nature and difficulty, making it a black sheep of the 3D Mario lineup, but sure to be entertaining.

Super Mario Sunshine is the 3D Mario game released on the GameCube. As with other 3D Marios, this game is full of interesting and nuanced movement, unique routing options, and plenty of cool tricks. It's an interesting and challenging speedrun that is sure to make a great showing.

Mario and crew's latest 2d adventure "Classic Mario gameplay is turned on its head with Wonder Flowers in the Super Mario Bros. Wonder game! These game-changing items can make some wonderfully weird stuff happen. Witness pipes coming alive, wreak havoc as a giant Spike-Ball, and lots more!"

Your normal, beloved, randomized A Link to the Past ... but it's all Christmassy! Enjoy a nice cup of hot coffee while travelling among Hyrule in the winter, going through familiar dungeons in new ways, all while your items are scattered all throughout the winter wonderland, finding rupees, and Santa's Presents, while looking for Santa's Seven Reindeers ....because... Rudolph just doesn't exist, I guess? In any case! It's your winter-themed A Link to the Past Randomizer.

The remake of Link's Awakening now in stunning, beautiful, full color! This classic 2 dimensional Zelda game packed to the brim with adventure AND action is liked by some and loved by others. Some say scores of shocking, spooky, scary, surprises await an uninitiated interloper who may be scouring the shorelines of Koholint for the first time....

Timespinner is an indie metroidvania made by a single developer. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Lara Croft gracefully runs and jumps her way across the world in her very first adventure, in search of pieces of the mysterious Scion. Along the way she fights dinosaurs and mummies with nonchalant energy, and she does it in style.

Turnip Boy doesn't pay his taxes and is sent on quests by Mayor Onion for community service. During this he uncovers both how they all came to be alive as well as the evil plot Mayor Onion's evil plot.

In this silly game made up of microgames, two players use the motion controls to complete microgames. It tells the story of Wario and his coworkers going on vacation together and the trouble they get into.

Everyone knows the world famous, friendship ending card game UNO, get rid of all your cards and win! But it's way less widely known that you can speedrun UNO. This is Ubisoft's 2016 UNO, a run that showcases shennanigans that are the UNO AI, awesome DLC decks and all around teaching those about the interesting world of UNO speedrunning.

Wolfenstein: The New Colossus is the third game released in the Wolfenstein: Alt Timeline Collection, a revival of the Wolfenstein series created by Machinegames. It tells the story of an alternate timeline where the allies did not win WW2 and Nazis have taken over the world. TNC takes place directly after The New Order and follows another fast-paced and action-packed adventure with BJ Blazkowicz as he takes on General Engel and the Nazis to help the resistance in the United States.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the latest game released in the Wolfenstein Alt Timeline Collection, which follows an alternate timeline in which Nazis won WW2 and have since taken over the world. Youngblood takes the series into the 1980s as it follows BJ Blazkowicz's twin daughters Jess and Soph as they fight their way through Nazi occupied Paris to find their dad. This game is big departure from the others, is it is based around co-op and follows the first female and non-BJ protagonists in the series.

Unpacking is a cute atmospheric puzzle game about unpacking for moving, released in 2021. We remove items from the boxes and places them in the new house. The number of items and rooms increases as the game progresses to the later stages of the game. While there are few elements that affect time, such as luck, the game requires knowledge of items and their placement, as well as speed and precision in manipulation, making it a simple yet profound speedrun.

An RPG/third person shooter that takes place in a time period similar to World War II. It involves real time sections for moving around the map, and becomes a turn based RPG when you begin aiming.

A side story following the events of Xenoblade 1. It takes places on the Bionis Shoulder, which was an early previously cut from the Wii release. Features MMO-like combat with auto attacks and cooldowns, with a focus on positioning and splash damage attacks to build a meter that lets you do a super attack later in the game.

Waluigi's Taco Stand is a short fangame version of Super Mario 64. In it, we play as Waluigi, a man on the brink of financial ruin who is forced to renounce his gambling ways and pay off his debts by working at a taco stand. This game features the beloved 3D platforming and movement of Super Mario 64, the meme potential of Waluigi, and offers the universal appeal of tacos. It's certainly a game that people will love to...taco-bout.

Have you ever wondered how Waluigi repays gambling/rent debts to his Koopa landlord for his apartment that he shares with Wario? Now you can see the incredible world of Bowser Kingdom through the lens of the relatable Taco Stand as we collect ingredients as Waluigi so we can feed the masses and get that RENT PAID.

Future Redeemed is the DLC story expansion for Xenoblade 3 which takes place yeas before the main game and brings back fan favorite characters Shulk from Xenoblade 1 and Rex from Xenoblade 2 and also combines a lot of world building and gameplay aspects of both of those games. Future Redeemed is also the end of an era for Xenoblade which fans know as the Klaus Saga so it is full of fanservice to everything that came before.