Guinness World Data lately introduced a brand new world file within the class of most gaming consoles linked to a single TV. Sport collector Ibrahim Al-Nasser managed to attach all of his gaming consoles to only one tv set.
In line with the video revealed on YouTube, that concerned 444 completely different consoles, beginning with the Magnavox Odyssey (which was the primary house gaming console in 1972) and ending with the PlayStation 5 Slim (which Sony launched in 2023).
Al-Nasser’s console assortment isn’t simply spectacular for its measurement, but additionally as a result of he owns a really uncommon system known as the Tremendous A’can, a fourth-generation 1995 console that was solely shortly accessible in Taiwan. (Solely 12 video games had been launched for it!)
Peek into Al-Nasser’s recreation room
Within the Guinness World Data video, Al-Nasser provides us a glimpse into his recreation room the place we see his setup: a complete of 12 HDMI switches and 30 RCA switches so he can change backwards and forwards between the various gaming consoles on demand.
The TV itself solely has 4 HDMI inputs, so Al-Nasser retains an Excel spreadsheet that tracks the best buttons to press when he desires to play on a selected console.
Surprisingly, there are not any cables to be seen wherever, which signifies glorious cable administration. “I used all of the instruments accessible in the marketplace to arrange the cables,” explains Al-Nasser.
Al-Nasser’s favourite gaming console
When requested which gaming console is “the very best gaming console of all time,” Al-Nasser has a transparent reply as he kisses his Sega Genesis, the 16-bit gaming console launched by Sega towards the top of the Nineteen Eighties.
Within the close to future, Al-Nasser will most likely have to consider how he can incorporate newer consoles. We anticipate the PlayStation 5 Professional and Nintendo Change 2 to be launched in 2025, and Microsoft can be prone to launch an improved Xbox Sequence X in the marketplace.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.