Why is a 30 year old Mario game still the most popular Speedrun?

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United States GSA - Speedrun Lore
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Super Mario 64
Game:
Super Mario 64 (1996)
Duration: 0:00
9,027 views
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Thousands of retro games have come and gone, so what makes Super Mario 64 speedrunning special?

We hope you enjoy our first scripted video, let us know what games you'd like us to cover next!

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Super Mario 64 Statistics For GSA - Speedrun Lore

GSA - Speedrun Lore currently has 293,563 views spread across 57 videos for Super Mario 64. The game makes up over 2 days of published video on his channel, or 15.78% of the total watchable video for Super Mario 64 on GSA - Speedrun Lore's YouTube channel.