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Running with Speed

Speed Demos Archiveis a website that originally beganas an archive of quick playthroughs...

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Speed Demos Archive
is a website that originally began
as an archive of quick playthroughs in 1998

Full Transcript

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[Summoning Salt] Speed Demos Archive is a website
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that originally began as an archive
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of quick playthroughs in 1998.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:17
Uploaded
Apr 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Wild Arrow Media,Good Deed Entertainment

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It tells the fascinating story of how the most dedicated and ingenious video game players in the world compete to set the fastest records of all time, and how they unite at @gamesdonequick to raise millions of dollars to fight can...
To go back even further, no one can say - Running with Speed 00:07
To go back even further, no one can say
-[electronic voice] Get set... -[gunshot] - Running with Speed 00:06
-[electronic voice] Get set... -[gunshot]
But many points are in the early '90s, - Running with Speed 00:08
But many points are in the early '90s,
For speedrunning, it wasn't the gameplay that was so important. - Running with Speed 00:05
For speedrunning, it wasn't the gameplay that was so im...
It was the fact that it included a rudimentary way to record gameplay - Running with Speed 00:09
It was the fact that it included a rudimentary way to record...
The way demo files work is the game records your inputs while you're playing - Running with Speed 00:10
The way demo files work is the game records your inputs whil...
The demo files were small and could be shared quickly over the Internet. - Running with Speed 00:06
The demo files were small and could be shared quickly over t...
So now players had a verifiable proof of their runs. - Running with Speed 00:06
So now players had a verifiable proof of their runs.
Leaderboard started popping up and speedrunning was on its way. - Running with Speed 00:06
Leaderboard started popping up and speedrunning was on its w...
[electronic music] - Running with Speed 00:11
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Mike Uyama had taken over as the site's administrator, and, in 2010, - Running with Speed 00:14
Mike Uyama had taken over as the site's administrator, ...
He planned to live stream their runs - Running with Speed 00:07
He planned to live stream their runs
[man 6 speaking inaudibly] - Running with Speed 00:06
[man 6 speaking inaudibly]
-Woo! -[laughter] - Running with Speed 00:05
-Woo! -[laughter]
[Summoning Salt] But when they tried to start streaming, - Running with Speed 00:06
[Summoning Salt] But when they tried to start streaming,
We have to discuss this really badly right now. - Running with Speed 00:05
We have to discuss this really badly right now.
[Mike] Their Internet was very bad DSL - Running with Speed 00:08
[Mike] Their Internet was very bad DSL
Yeah, well, this guy's working on a Linksys router - Running with Speed 00:07
Yeah, well, this guy's working on a Linksys router
So one would think that between the two of them, we could have, - Running with Speed 00:09
So one would think that between the two of them, we could ha...
[Mike] After a lot of deliberating and a lot of confusion - Running with Speed 00:16
[Mike] After a lot of deliberating and a lot of confusion