Gaming is serious business for man with 444 consoles hooked up to one TV
Gaming isn’t just about fun for Ibrahim Al-Nasser – it’s serious business!
The gamer, from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has hundreds of consoles in his collection, and 444 of them earned him the record title for most gaming consoles connected to a single TV.
We know what you’re thinking, how many HDMI ports does this man’s TV have?
You couldn’t even connect your Fire TV Stick and your PS5 at the same time, could you?
Ibrahim is an absolute pro when it comes to making connections between his TV and gaming consoles.
His set up even involves an Excel spreadsheet that he can refer to when he wants to play a particular console.
The sheet will tell him which switcher he needs to turn on in order to display that console on the TV.
He told us: “I have so many video game consoles.
“After a while I noticed that I had a big stack of gaming consoles that I couldn’t play.
“The TV ports are limited and if I wanted to play I could either unplug the existing console or I could keep everything and add more switchers and more convertors.
“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.
“It includes hundreds of video game consoles, all different to each other.
“All of the consoles require a special set up and cable management as well.”
Ibrahim’s collection is hooked up with over 30 RCA switchers, more than 12 HDMI switchers, and connections the young’uns out there won’t have even heard of for his classic consoles.
He has everything from a Magnavox Odyssey, the first ever gaming console released in 1972, up to the PlayStation 5 Slim, released in late 2023.
His collection includes Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Sega Genesis, and super rare consoles like the Super A’Can.
Ibrahim’s collection also includes plug & play games, HDMI game sticks, android games and more.
“For me, the best gaming console of all time, number one always, forever, Sega Genesis,” he confessed.
Anyone stressing out about all those messy cables behind the TV stand need not fret.
Ibrahim explained: “A very important thing, if you notice here, the cables are almost hidden.
“I used all the tools available in the market in order to organize the cables.
“Also to have a set up that’s not only to play, it’s like a museum and that’s why this set up and this record took so much time from me.”
He added: “I’m so happy and proud that I’m officially a record holder.”