Here at NAG, we’re barely able to connect four gaming consoles to a single TV. Now we’ve found out that the official Guinness World Record has been set at 444 consoles connected to a single TV. Say What?
Indeed, a gamer from Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim Al-Nasser, set this mind-blowing record, which the official world record body verified a few days ago.
Now, any savvy gamer will immediately ask the question; But how does he manage to connect over 400 consoles to a single TV? The answer is simple: switchers and converters, many of them.
Al-Nasser is an avid console collector, and after a while of collecting, he realised he was stuck with not being able to play many of his consoles. The process of plugging and unplugging consoles was cumbersome, and he was limited by the number of ports available on his TV.
“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,” said Al-Nasser.
He added that his mammoth gaming setup has over thirty RCA switchers and more than twelve HDMI switchers connected. Moreover, he needs to use an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of everything. His spreadsheet helps him find the right switchers to get to the right console.
Al-Nasser’s collection contains almost every console you can think of, including the very first gaming console ever released: the Magnavox Odyssey, released in 1972, right up to the latest Sony PlayStation 5 Slim, released in 2023.
In the video below, you’ll see the layout of his room, which categorises each game console by type, with switchers taking up the spaces in between. His collection includes arcade cabinets, PCs and every obscure handheld you can imagine. He even has the incredibly rare Super A’Can console that was released only in China and Taiwan in the mid-90s.
Al-Nasser says his favourite gaming console of all time is the Sega Genesis, and we honestly can’t disagree with him there.
With so many consoles, cable management must surely be a nightmare. Al-Nasser says that he has used every conceivable cable management product on the market to keep his collection neat. We say this is the real impressive feat of this project.