Awesome Games Done Quick’s adorable dog speedrun was just the start
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#6HX7N)
Photo: JSR_ Though Awesome Games Done Quick will go on for the rest of the week, the charity speedrunning event may have already peaked with a run performed by Peanut Butter... a Shiba Inu.
Using a custom-made controller and spurred by commands and treats, Peanut Butter button-pressed his way into our hearts and the speedrunning history books with his run of Gyromite in the first-ever speedrun done by a dog. Gyromite is a game where the player guides a sleepwalking scientist through his lab by pressing buttons to raise or lower colored pillars in the scientist's way. To successfully complete a level, players must not get squished by releasing a pillar too soon and avoid monsters called smicks" that can kill the player in one hit.
For the run,...