Guinness World Record for Largest Video Game Collection

Published: April 25, 2019, 8:11 p.m.

 

A Texas man has just won the Guinness World Record for the Largest Video Game Collection.  Antonio Monteiro from Richmond, Texas owns over 20,000 video games, and it took eight days to count the entire collection to verify the record.  He also has more than the 100 consoles required to play them all.

What do you call someone who loves the myths and symbols found in video games?  A Philomythist!

His collection includes rarities, such as a Nintendo game released only to the U.S. military, as well as complete collections of games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Sega Dreamcast, PSP, PS Vita, Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Cube, Wii and Atari Jaguar.

Gamers often like to root for the underdog.  What’s a word for someone who loves to champion the underdog?  An  Infracaninophile!