Summer Games Done Quick: Total Nuclear Annihilation by Ryan McSquid in 18:45
Summary
McQuaid speedran Total Nuclear Annihilation in 18:45 live at SGDQ, launching an official TNA speedrun leaderboard.
Ryan McQuaid (McSquid) completed the first live speedrun of an arcade pinball game on the main stage at Summer Games Done Quick in Minneapolis, finishing Spooky Pinball's Total Nuclear Annihilation in 18:45 with a Powerball and all nine reactors destroyed. The run qualified TNA for an official speedrun.com leaderboard, and the event raised $2.4 million for Médecins Sans Frontières. The article is a first-person fan account from an attendee, so its enthusiasm and framing should be weighed accordingly.
A genre-crossing milestone in pinball has been reached: The first ever speedrun of an arcade pinball game on the main stage! Ryan McQuaid (McSquid) went to Game Done Quick in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and absolutely CRUSHED the speedrun of Total Nuclear Annihilation (TNA)! LIVE, in front of an auditorium audience and with 35,000 livestream viewers watching, he posted a time of 18:45 for destroying all nine reactors.
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