Summer Games Done Quick 2019 raises US$3M for charity

It was an epic finish for the Summer Games Done Quick speedrun marathon event on Sunday.

With just one last game to go — a six-hour Chrono Trigger 100% glitchless run played on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System — viewers were able to raise more than US$3 million in donations, with the bulk of it coming in during the speedrun by veteran RPG runner Puwexil.

Summer Games Done Quick 2019 raises US$3M for charity — Screenshot by Aloysius Low/ONE Esports

The streamer kept audiences entertained throughout the run, and also explained the how and why things were done a certain way throughout the six hours that he played the game, with help from the commentators on the couch. He remained calm even as the hype of breaking the US$3 million mark approached, and finished off the game with a 100% completion.

Still processing last night – 3 million dollars raised for MSF AND a really good CT marathon run to boot (11 1/2 minutes faster than my RPGLB2018 run)! SGDQ is such an amazing event to be part of – thank you so much for all of the kind words via donation comments and Tweets!
— puwexil (@puwexil) June 30, 2019

The money raised by Games Done Quick during the seven-day event will benefit Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organization that provides aid in nearly 70 countries. There were over 141 games played, and 32,815 donors for a total of US$3,000,7142 raised.

You can catch the full Chrono Trigger run below or hop to the Games Done Quick YouTube channel for the entire playlist of games.