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submitted 2 months ago by ptz@dubvee.org to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

Ibrahim Al-Nasser, a gaming enthusiast from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has set a Guinness World Record for the most video game consoles connected to a single television, with 444 systems hooked up simultaneously.

Al-Nasser's collection spans five decades of gaming history, from the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey to the 2023 PlayStation 5 Slim. It includes mainstream consoles like the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Switch, as well as rare items such as the Super A'Can. To manage the complex setup, Al-Nasser employs over 30 RCA switchers and 12 HDMI switchers, along with various converters for older systems. He maintains an Excel spreadsheet detailing the location and activation procedure for each console. "After a while I noticed that I had a big stack of gaming consoles that I couldn't play," Al-Nasser said. "By adding more switchers, the idea came to my mind to connect all of the gaming consoles I have to the TV then contact Guinness World Records because this project is unique."

Engadget adds:

He's even organized his collection so the cables aren't showing or creating the kind of tangled mess most of us have to deal with when we have just two consoles hooked up to a single television. That may sound like a lot of video game consoles for one collection but it's far from the actual record. Linda Guillory of Garland, Texas currently holds the record for the largest collection of playable gaming systems with her collection of 2,430 items, according to Guinness World Records.

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[-] EveningPancakes@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

I can appreciate the setup and dedication. However, I feel it falls flat when the older consoles are output to a LCD/LED/OLED display and not to a CRT.

[-] kerobaros@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

look up youtube videos about the Retrotink 4k and the OSSC, there's a whole world of technology designed to fix this exact problem

[-] EveningPancakes@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Oh right I forgot about that, never mind then

[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

It's either that or playing your PS5 in 480p

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I remember back when my nephew first got a PS3 and all of the TV's in the household at that point were analog standard def. It was at that exact moment that we discovered that Metal Gear Solid 4 is essentially unplayable at standard def because some of the menu text is then too tiny to be readable. The more you know.

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What's the largest CRT they had? I know those rear projection DLP TVs in the early 00s were 60" and flat screen/16:9. But I'm not sure they were CRT?

this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
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