One such gamer is Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios, who appears in the Guinness World Records 2017 Gamer’s Edition for setting the record for the longest tournament winning streak in Super Smash Bros. Playing on the Wii U, Barrios won 53 consecutive tournaments (not just single matches) between November 2014 and October 2015.
Barrios’ streak came to an unfortunate end when he lost to Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada during the MLG World Finals on October 18, 2015. Despite the high-setting number, Barrios does not hold the record for most tournament wins—that record belongs to Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman, who has won 339 eSports tournaments in his professional gaming career and also appears in the 2017 Gamer’s Edition.[/nk_text]
World’s largest arcade machine
Years before the advent of console gaming, there was the arcade—and an entire culture of arcade gamers. People may not go to arcades as much as they did back in the 80’s, but that doesn’t mean companies have stopped manufacturing arcade machines. In fact, some people have even installed them in their homes, I’ve had a couple myself. One person, though, took things a step further and not only built his own arcade machine, but built the world’s largest.
In 2015, 44-year-old network engineer Jason Camberis from Chicago, IL, finished construction on the world’s largest arcade machine, measuring 4.41 meters tall and 1.06 meters deep. To put that size into perspective, according to the Guinness World Records, the machine is larger than a fully grown African elephant and can even occupy the equivalent of 112 bathtubs of water. It also has the ability to play over 200 classic arcade games.
Camberis said he wanted to recapture that joy he felt playing at an arcade when he was younger—it inspired him to pursue a living of building custom arcade machines as a side job, while he continues to install security systems during the day. “I wanted to bring joy and happiness to people, and my arcade machine certainly makes people smile,” Camberis said of the impetus behind the project. “My wife wonders what I will do next, but I already have a plan!”
Tetris – Highest score on NES
Tetris is undoubtedly one of the biggest video games the world has ever seen. In fact, it currently holds the record for being the most ported video game in history—on 65 platforms since its initial release in 1984. It stands to reason that almost everyone with access to a computer or video game platform has played the game at least once in their lifetime, but how many of those people are Tetris Masters?