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.
Real, physical pinball will make it’s first appearance ON THE MAIN STAGE at the next Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ)!
The full schedule is set to be released on or about May 15th. However we have the confirmation now that pinball, with its real-life level of “RNG”, will get the full spotlight at this year’s charity event.
![Total Nuclear Annihilation Masterclass [SGDQ Speedrun Candidate]](https://funwithbonus.com/wp-content/uploads/TNA-RyanMcQuaid-Speedrun.jpg)
Ryan McQuaid (YouTube: McSquidification) records a submission for the upcoming Summer Games Done Quick speedrunning event.
I hope we see this on the stage at Summer Games Done Quick with Game Designer Scott Danesi “on the couch” for commentary.
Ryan McQuaid and Bre Reynolds join the Games Done Quick livestream, Sonic and the Sega All Stars!
Brianna Reynolds and Ryan McQuaid will be livestreaming speedruns of Sonic Spinball on the Games Done Quick Twitch channel …
It’s Ryan McQuaid, Brianna Reynolds and myself (Steven Bowden), wearing our Galactic Tank Force hoodies, leading a seminar at Pintastic New England.
Watch American Pinball’s seminar on their newest game, Barry O’s Barbecue Challenge, led by: Executive Vice President, David Fix and Game Designers Steven Bowden and Ryan McQuaid.
The one where five worthy challengers visited the Barbecue Festival to take on the Hot Rods and BBQ Stars.
Over two hours of gameplay on the latest beta code version from the day of the stream, April 24th, 2024.
Players: Brianna Reynolds, Ray Leitzke, Ryan McQuaid, David Fix, and Steven Bowden.
Ryan McQuaid from American Pinball explains the Galactic Tank Force editions, features, and pricing. Plus we go on tank patrol, as the Mobile Hunter 1 Unit is on the move to find more pinball players at the Texas Pinball Festival.
They get into the proverbial nitty-gritty of Sonic, Spinball, American Pinball, truths and untruths, plus a bonus, post-credits scene of extra, last-minute debunking.
I am very pleased and happy that this news has finally been released publicly. Ryan is a great friend and colleague and I’m looking forward to making great games with him.
![Sonic Spinball by Ryan McQuaid [The Tutorial]](https://funwithbonus.com/wp-content/uploads/SonicSpinball-Tutorial.jpg)
Let’s get the emeralds!
This game is packed with features, layering, and strategies. I caught myself smiling a good number of times while watching this. I did not want the video to end.
Video description by Backhand Pinball:
“After restoring his grail machine, Twilight Zone, Ryan decided to move onto his dream project of designing and building his own pinball machine. A year and six months into development we filmed this tutorial and explanation video as the next step in the Sonic Spinball timeline.”
