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Title: Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 will include Crazy Taxi with a live
backing band

Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:34:26 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/awesome-games...

ItΓÇÖs almost time again for Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), the zany
speedrun-fest for a good cause. The hook for this yearΓÇÖs event is a run of
the Dreamcast classic Crazy Taxi with a live backing band. Funds raised from
this yearΓÇÖs showcase will benefit the nonprofit Prevent Cancer Foundation.
AGDQ 2025 runs from January 5 to 12 in Pittsburgh.

The live instrumental band rocking out during a Crazy Taxi run sounds like a
fun centerpiece. You can check out a preview in the video below, which showed
the same band rocking out to a recorded run of the game at Summer Games Done
Quick (SGDC) 2024. On Saturday, January 11 at 4:48PM ET, you can catch a
fully live version.

Other highlights on the agenda include a run of the instant PlayStation
classic Astro Bot on Sunday, January 5 at 6:30PM ET, a speedrun of Pokémon
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire for 3DS on January 11 at 8:18AM ET and a play-
through of the Wii port of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the same
day at 4PM ET. You can check out the full schedule for more.

Last yearΓÇÖs AGDQ (also in Pittsburgh) raised $2.5 million for the Prevent
Cancer Foundation. Among its best bits were a no-hit run of Resident Evil 2
(2019), Super Mario 64 completed on an electric drum kit and a pup named
Peanut Butter lending a paw to help his person beat the NES classic Gyromite.
The Games Done Quick Organization has raised $51.8 million for various
charities throughout its 15 years.

You can stream AGDQ 2025 on Twitch. Or, if you want to attend live at the
Wyndham Grand in downtown Pittsburgh, you can register now.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/awesome-games...
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