Summer Games Done Quick 2019 raises US$3M for charity
The money will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
It was an epic finish for the Summer Games Done Quick speedrun marathon event on Sunday.
With just one last game to go — a six-hour Chrono Trigger 100% glitchless run played on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System — viewers were able to raise more thanUS$3 million in donations, with the bulk of it coming in during the speedrun by veteran RPG runnerPuwexil.
The streamer kept audiences entertained throughout the run, and also explained the how and why things were done a certain way throughout the six hours that he played the game, with help from the commentators on the couch. He remained calm even as the hype of breaking the US$3 million mark approached, and finished off the game with a 100% completion.
Still processing last night – 3 million dollars raised for MSF AND a really good CT marathon run to boot (11 1/2 minutes faster than my RPGLB2018 run)! SGDQ is such an amazing event to be part of – thank you so much for all of the kind words via donation comments and Tweets!
The money raised by Games Done Quick during the seven-day event will benefit Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organization that provides aid in nearly 70 countries. There were over 141 games played, and 32,815 donors for a total of US$3,000,7142 raised.
You can catch the full Chrono Trigger run below or hop to theGames Done Quick YouTube channelfor the entire playlist of games.
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