We all sit here with a bunch of unplayed games sitting in our Steam and other digital distribution hubs of games, but I'm sure none of us have 20,000 games like Antonio Monteiro has just shown off.
Guinness Book of World Records went and checked out Monteiro's insane collection of games in his Richmond-based house, with games for consoles from the second-eighth generation of games, with the company taking 8 days to go through his collection before he received the award.
Monteiro began collecting games after his addiction started with Golden Axe, something that is close to his heart even today. The collection is mind blowing, flowing in multiple rooms from floor to ceiling and had a smile on my face the entire time.
He added that he has over 100 consoles in his collection which means the 20,139 games (and growing) in his collection can be played. He even has the complete collection of Nintendo 64DD games which were only released into the Japanese market, an impressive thing to see. I remember reading about Nintendo 64DD at the time, but didn't know anyone with it or the games. Impressive stuff!
The complete list:
- More than 1,000 PlayStation 1 games
- Complete PlayStation 2 collection for North America
- Complete PlayStation 3 collection for North America
- More than 900 PlayStation 4 games
- Every PS Vita game released to-date in North America
- Complete PSP collection for North America
- Complete Xbox collection for North America
- Complete Xbox 360 collection for North America
- More than 500 Xbox One games
- Complete collection of Wii U games for North America
- Complete Game Cube collection for North America
- Complete Wii collection for North America
- 118 Nintendo Switch games
- Turbografx games
- Super Famicom games - equivalent of the Super Nintendo for Japanese/European marketplace
- Complete Sega Dreamcast collection for North America
- Complete collection of 32X
- Complete Atari Jaguar System collection for North America
- Atari Lynx, complete collection of retail releases for North America
- Complete collection of SEGA CD games for North America
- Japanese Saturn games
- Japanese Dreamcast games
- Complete Game Boy collection for North America
- Complete Game Boy Color collection for North America
- Complete Game Boy Advance collection for North America
- More than 1,100 Nintendo DS games
- Every Neo Geo Pocket game released in North America
- Nintendo 64 collection
- Atari and Gauge games
- SEGA PICO games
- Complete collection of NES games for North America including unlicensed games