Quake Speedrunner Beats Quarter of a Century Old Record

Given the general fast pace of the original Quake, it’s hardly surprising the iconic gothic shooter is popular among the speedrunning community, and someone has managed to do the impossible by beating E2M1 in less than seven seconds. Hailing from PC gaming’s MS-DOS era, id Software’s legendary post-Doom 2 release left as much of an impact on the genre as its predecessor, to such an extent that fans are still willing to dive into this dark and action-packed world some 27 years later.