![]() Without going into the man’s accolades too much here, AndrewG is considered to be the most influential Super Mario Bros. And he still has a lot in the tank, but his reputation definitely proceeds him. speedrunners use in modern runs all derived from AndrewG’s own strats that he came up with over a decade previously.Īnd that’s no knock on newer runners, not at all! That just goes to show you that the man has been around for a while, despite his young age. I don’t know, it’s weird to be that person.” But it’s more than true: the vast majority of strategies that Super Mario Bros. ![]() (But) I feel like it’s weird being the person that a lot of people, (or) speedrunners you watch, they got started because they watched my stuff. “It’s always funny when people say that,” AndrewG mentioned, “because that’s kind of cool. This speedrun was the first-ever recorded 4:59 in Super Mario Bros. And, when you talk about Mario speedruns, there’s one person that comes to mind when you talk about milestones: Andrew Gardikis.ĪndrewG’s 4:59 speedrun from 2010. But it’s hard to say that many games out there are as eponymous with speedrunning as “Super Mario Bros.” on the NES. ![]() For others, perhaps it’s Portal, Pokemon, or even GoldenEye. For some, titles like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Metroid, or Super Mario 64 come to mind. When you think of a speedrun, there’s likely only a few games that come immediately to mind. “It… it’s like, it’s been longer than like, I think it has… like, that was something like 4 or 5 years ago… it was (more like) 10 or 11 years ago.” ![]() “I hope that I’m accurate,” AndrewG laughed as he talked to us in 2022 about his sub-5, “because it’s been a while.” Laughing as he remembered back, the realization of how fast the flow of time really is. Moment #1: Sinister1 & Zallard1 perform a blindfolded race of “Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!” at AGDQ 2016 This month, December 2022, marks our 2nd class for this gallery, and now it’s time for YOU to pick which of these Phenomenal Feats will be immortalized in the Speedrun Hall of Fame! ![]() These are the moments in time we want all of speedrunning to remember. Welcome to “Phenomenal Feats”, brought to you by the official Speedrun Hall of Fame! These moments will be forever remembered in a special gallery, designed for those moments in time where a specific runner, run, or accomplishment deserves to be forever chronicled. ![]()
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