Tag: Marathon

It’s that time of year again; the annual ZeldaDungeon charity marathon has been scheduled to start on July 13th and end on the 17th, this year benefitting Child’s Play. We will be playing through all of the main series Legend of Zelda games as well as the more obscure Zelda titles. Many staff members will be returning from previous marathons, along with a few new faces. Check out the video below for more info!

Yesterday at 4PM Eastern Standard Time this Summer’s semi-annual Zeldathon started streaming to the public. For those who aren’t familiar, Zeldathon raises money for a charity of its choice twice a year by playing Zelda games straight for as long as fan donations meet the goals set to extend playing time. This summer, the Zeldathon team is raising money for Charity: Water, with the mission to bring clean and safe drinking water to people across the globe. Zeldathon worked with…

It’s that time of year again! It’s sweltering hot, the sun is shining, and the outdoors is ready for playing in! Time to leave that until later, and sit inside to watch some awesome speed runs. Summer Games Done Quick, SpeedDemosArchive‘s week-long speedrun marathon, raising money for charity, is starting in July, and Zelda games are on the list of games to be broken, glitched and exploited. Get ready for all the wrong warps, super swims and early items under…

EDIT: The Mini-Marathon has concluded and we raised over $2600. Thanks everybody! You can view the full stream over at our Twitch Channel, as well as take part in the chat. The one-man 21-hour mini marathon will begin at 6am US Central Time, lasting all the way until 3am the following day. We are raising money for the Galloping Ghost Arcade as part of their expansion fundraiser. Be sure to visit their website to find out some information about their…

As of this post, we are less than 28 hours away from the start of the mini-marathon! With that said, the donation widget is now live. Our goal at the mini-marathon is to raise $2500 for the Galloping Ghost Arcade. The marathon is set to last for an estimated 21-hours, but I will need your help in order to complete the marathon. Throughout the marathon, we will need to hit donation benchmarks in order for me to continue playing. With…

A reminder that the One Man Mini-Marathon is set to begin on Saturday at 6am US Central Time. We will be raising money for the Galloping Ghost Arcade with a goal of reaching the $2500 donation mark. Throughout the event, I will be playing through the entirety of the Legend of Zelda, the Adventure of Link, A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, and Ocarina of Time. One man – five Zelda games – in 24-hours. To be completely honest,…

Each Summer we run our annual Zelda Dungeon Marathon, but coming up soon we have something rather special. Starting at 6am US Central Time on Saturday April 12th, Zelda Dungeon will be hosting the One Man Mini-Marathon. Throughout the event, I, Mases Hagopian, have set a goal of playing through the first five Legend of Zelda titles all the way through, one after another. Starting very early in the morning, I will begin my journey with the original Legend of…

Being active Zelda fans in the community, you all are probably not strangers to gaming marathons. Some are just for fun and viewership, but what about one with a cause? Filmed, charity marathons have become a fairly prominent trend among the gaming body recently with great success. Branching from the television to your computer, marathons are still a perfectly effective way to raise money. Hyrule Hustlers just announced their third annual Zelda fundraiser for children’s charity to take place on…

The folks over at Zeldathon are hosting their 10th Legend of Zelda Marathon for charity, this time raising money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Over the years the team has raised an astonishing $170,000 for various charities, all while live streaming some Zelda gameplay, interacting with the chat, and doing a whole variety of wacky things. You can make the jump to check out the live stream, as well as reading the full press release from the Zeldathon team.

Summer Games Done Quick, the speed run marathon for charity, is about to wrap up its five-day event with one final game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The run is scheduled to be roughly 4 hours long at most, and begins at approximately 8:30pm MDT (that’s 7:30pm PST and 10:30pm EST. I didn’t know they were broadcasting from Denver.) The time has been changing frequently, as it depends on the runs prior to it, so please check the schedule here often (it shows the times based on your computer’s time zone). You can watch the marathon live right here.

Any donations you make go to Doctors Without Borders, a France-based humanitarian organization that helps out people of any nation suffering from armed conflict, disease, natural disasters, and anything else of that nature. Your donations will also enter you into a raffle to win prizes. The prizes during Twilight Princess are some Zelda playing cards, faerie bottles, and a replica treasure chest. All of the money goes towards a great cause so please, if you can spare something, make the speed runners proud and donate.

This is the final game in the marathon, and a great one at that. So far in this marathon we’ve seen amazing speed runs of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, a surprise twenty-minute run of Ocarina of Time, A Link to the Past, and now we’re on Twilight Princess. That’s almost every console Zelda game! Did you tune in for the marathon? Are you watching now, or looking forward to Twilight Princess? What has been your favorite run of the marathon so far?