If you are one of those who have collected video game consoles for a long time or are curious now that the retro boom continues to inflate, wait until you see this collector, who with his peculiar collection has managed to win the Guinness World Record in a way very particular. And in addition to having hundreds of different consoles, what is most striking about his setup is that They are all connected to the same TV.
One TV to rule all consoles
Using an AV Amplifier may be the most common option these days when you have the trio of dominant consoles at home, but what do you do when you have 444 consoles? How do you connect them all at once? This incredible piece of engineering is what Ibrahim Al-Nasser, current Deputy Undersecretary of Financial Affairs of the Riyadh Region, and an incredible lover of video games, has set up at home. Such is his passion for consoles, that he has a spectacular, perfectly organized basement where his 444 consoles are working perfectly.
Its collection covers from the first console, the Magnabox Oddysey from 1972 to the current PlayStation 5 Slim, passing through many Plug-and-play consoles, game controllers with HDMI output and PCs.
To achieve this, the installation It has several RCA Switches, HDMI Switches and various controllers, so that, with the help of a complete Excel (which we would love to be able to take a look at), our protagonist only has to check the switch and the outlet to which the console is connected to select it manually and have it image appears on the screen.
Thus, it is most likely that the final installation on the TV will only have one set of cables per signal, connecting only one RCA, one set of components and one HDMI (or perhaps one more to reduce the total installation somewhat). The result is a perfectly organized swarm of cables, although unfortunately this aspect cannot be seen in detail in the video.
An almost impossible installation
At first it may seem to you that the placement of the consoles is a bit chaotic, but in reality everything is quite organized. Considering the number of cables that have to be managed and the numerous controllers that must manage all the inputs, it is incredible that everything works perfectly no matter which console you want to play on. Although as he himself defines his stay, more than a place to play, it is a museum to enjoy.
To all this we must add the incredible sum that the prices of all these consoles can reach. In the video you can see quite rare models, and even different versions of the same platform, so the total value of this collection could be incredible.