Tag: Marathon

This is your friendly reminder that the speed run of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is going to start at about 8:20pm EST. Times change frequently so please check here to find the current schedule as the event draws closer. The prizes for donating this time are a Super Nintendo with a boxed copy of Super Mario Kart, a baby Link outfit, a Zelda cross-stitch, and a boxed Japanese 1.0 cart of A Link to the Past. Once again, you can find the marathon stream right here.

This speed run is part of the Summer Games Done Quick marathon to raise money for charity, hosted by Speed Demos Archive. All donations during the marathon go towards Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian organization made up of medical professionals who treat people around the world who have been afflicted by ‘armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, natural disaster, or exclusion from health care’. Your donations will also enter you into a drawing for the prizes mentioned above, with donation price brackets to be announced when the run starts.

There’s only one more Zelda game in the marathon left: Twilight Princess, scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Expect another reminder then, and please donate if you can. Enjoy the marathon!

UPDATE: They’ve met a donation goal to have Cosmo run Ocarina of Time at any percent, meaning we’re in for a treat with a heavily glitched run where the game is beat as child Link. It’s starting right now, right before ALttP!

This is just a reminder for anyone interested in watching the back to back speed runs of The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link coming up soon in the Summer Games Done Quick charity marathon. The set begins at 1:24pm EST today. You can check the schedule here to confirm the time, as it is subject to change, and you can click here to watch the marathon (which is currently running).

The marathon is a charity which donates to Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian organization which ‘delivers emergency medical care to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, natural disaster, or exclusion from health care in more than 65 countries’. Each donation within a certain price bracket will also enter you for a prize. The prizes during the Zelda NES block are some sprite perlers of various characters in The Legend of Zelda, and some really sweet posters.

I’ll also be throwing up reminders for A Link to the Past and Twilight Princess shortly before the runs are to begin, so keep an eye out if you’re interested! And please, if you can, consider donating. It’s for a good cause.

This August, the Zelda Dungeon team gets back together for five days of epic adventuring. Starting on August 7th and carrying through the weekend, you will see every Zelda game played by the Zelda Dungeon staff. From NES to Wii U–and even CD-i–every last game will be played. We have more surprises in store to reveal at a later time, but read on to get an idea of what we’re doing, who we’re supporting, and what you can do to…

The folks over at Hyrule Hustlers just started their Zelda Marathon. They will performing a multi-day Zelda Marathon playing through 8 Legend of Zelda titles, including all of the major home console releases. The Marathon began early Friday morning and is set to last throughout much of the weekend. The team will be giving out a selection of prizes and hosting contests as they raise money for the Child’s Play Charity. This charity is very important to us here at…

Our friends over at Zeldathon are currently in the middle of their semi-annual Zelda Marathon. Among the dozens of groups that run Zelda marathons for charity, Zeldathon is one of the most established teams and have put on Winter and Summer marathons for the last several years. This time around they are raising money for Charity: Water, a non-profit charity that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. This years Winter Zeldathon will cross into the…

The folks over at Marathon Man are hosting their third Marathon, this one raising money for the Autism Research Institute. This marathon is set to run for four days and will cover virtually all of the Legend of Zelda titles. Starting with Skyward Sword, what this marathon does that is unique from most, is that almost all of the games will have multiple playthroughs, where two people are playing simultaneously. You can head on over to Marathon Man to participate…

Earlier today, fan site Zelda Eternity posted their final schedule for their upcoming Zelda marathon. They are covering most of the same games that we covered in our own marathon earlier this year. Make the jump for their schedule info and information on how you can watch their marathon!

The first day of the Zelda Marathon has passed and our host, Mases, has already created a new meme based off of the song “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen. Every time Mases beat a boss in Phantom Hourglass, the first game of the marathon, he showcased his Link bobble-head and someone happened to snap a picture off that, adding the words that Mases had sung to his little cover of the song. Congratulations team on a great first…