Guinness book of gaming records coming in February

by Griffin McElroy { Jan 6th 2008 at 2:00PM }

Think you've got the fastest speed run of Sonic the Hedgehog's Green Hills Zone? The highest single-quarter score on Galaga? The most legendary hip-hop masterpiece on Kriss Kross: Make my Video? Sure, you can make these claims on the boundless boasting box known as the internet, but there's never been a method of truly officializing your universal gaming dominance. Until now, that is.

The Guinness World Records company recently announced that they would begin releasing a Gamer's Edition of their wildly popular series of books on a yearly basis, the first of which will be available at most games retailers on February 8. The book will focus on fast completion times, sales records, and various record setting gameplay elements. Check out their interactive preview of the book -- maybe you'll see one of your own gaming achievements, and wonder if it's a fitting reward for the hundreds of hours you spent mastering the pixel-perfect jumps in world 1-2.

Tags: gaming-records, gamingrecords, Guinness, speed-run, speedrun

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

tc @ Jan 6th 2008 2:03PM

It's a shame that the book is never as good as the drink!

Naota @ Jan 6th 2008 2:04PM

i can only question the accuracy and content of this book.

Huey2k2 @ Jan 6th 2008 2:15PM

I can't see why it wouldn't be accurate. The Guinness book of world records is accurate as far as I know.... So why wouldn't this be?

LaughingTarget @ Jan 6th 2008 3:22PM

We would have to question a lot of the claims on old school games. Guinness requires documentation, something that hasn't been going on that much, especially in the early days of the consoles. Is that speed run really the fastest? Someone could have the best run but due to lack of any documentation, we can only get who did it the fastest this decade.

Plus, it would be really tough to make some rules. I would personally deny any records made on an emulator since it is no longer under the conditions the game was made to be played under.

eldee @ Jan 6th 2008 2:29PM

because it's hard to use emulators and hacks to fake long fingernail growth or how many times you can hold your breath before you pass out.

eldee @ Jan 6th 2008 2:30PM

hey, go go reply system. that was directed at Huey2k2

Neebs @ Jan 6th 2008 2:45PM

Weaksauce on the new RSS feed design, Joystiq!

hollywood @ Jan 6th 2008 2:49PM

hehehe, sweet i look forward to reading. IF my reading eyes still work.

playwhutyalike @ Jan 6th 2008 2:51PM

Catergories to include:

Biggest Pompous/Jerk/Asshole Who Plays Rockband and/or Guitar Hero and Posts In Forums How He Beat Some Song On Difficult So Now He Is Cool.

Most Posts In Forum Concerning The Superiority Of His/Her Console

Most Posts In Forum Concerning The Superiority Of His/Her Console That His Parents Bought Him/Her.

Most Racial/Homophobic Slurs Used In Online Gaming Voice Chat (excludes Nintendo)

Obie @ Jan 6th 2008 3:06PM

lol, in the preview the book seems cool. Not something I would buy, but I would borrow it for toilet literature.

jamma @ Jan 6th 2008 3:16PM

Why does it exclude Nintendo??

"U R MR GAY" comes to mind

playwhutyalike @ Jan 6th 2008 3:34PM

Voice chat. Well, that might change in the future. I can't wait to get online and call somebody in Europe a fa**ot.

Secre @ Jan 6th 2008 3:13PM

Heh, no way am I making it into that book. Stop trying to give me goals that I'll never live up to, Joystiq!

Sam406 @ Jan 6th 2008 3:13PM

I think it's great this book is being made, not because I care which korean has the biggest score in DDR, but because it's undenniable proof that the gameing industry is growing bigger and bigger as the years go by.

Secre @ Jan 6th 2008 3:15PM

I bet Jack Thompson makes it in there as Gaming's biggest enemy. Then he'll try to sue because he doesn't like being associated with video games.

Neebs @ Jan 6th 2008 3:32PM

Actually, looking at the preview, it does look kind of cool.

finnith @ Jan 6th 2008 3:41PM

This is something I might borrow from the Library...

Mr Khan @ Jan 6th 2008 3:53PM

For pretty much any single-player feat, they would have to be there to see it, and any online multiplayer feats would have to be conducted on network services with strong measures against cheating

Godmil @ Jan 6th 2008 3:55PM

looks pretty well put together, I'll probably grab a copy when it's out. And it seems to be made in colaboration with Twin Galaxies, so thats some added cred bonus.

WiNG @ Jan 6th 2008 4:03PM

Every single name in the book will be Korean.

Except under "biggest sellout" there will be a picture of Fatal1ty whoring some new gamer drink.

jackbauer @ Jan 6th 2008 4:18PM

10% American record holders. 90% other country record holders.

T3H WICKERMAN (FDF) @ Jan 6th 2008 4:57PM

I will be in there for having a gamerscore higher than yours! ;)

GMonkey @ Jan 6th 2008 5:46PM

It states that Super Mario World is the best selling 32 bit game of all time. Schmucks.

tc @ Jan 6th 2008 5:48PM

apparently i was the quickest person to submit my weighted companion cube for euthanasia.

award plz

ThornedVenom @ Jan 6th 2008 6:11PM

Mario and Master Chief?
Wii60?!

GUINNESS IS TOBIAS!!!11

JustinCredible @ Jan 6th 2008 7:02PM

Um... it's flawed. It says Super Mario World was a 32-bit game, there are 12 Mario Party games, and 8 Mario Kart games. WTF?

Sora267 @ Jan 6th 2008 7:41PM

Mario Party:
"The game has spawned seven console sequels with Mario Party 8 being the most recent one; there have also been Arcade, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and e-Reader versions, making a total of twelve games in the series."

Mario Kart:
"To date, there have been seven Mario Kart games, with the latest installment, Mario Kart Wii, due for release sometime in 2008. Ign.com recently changed the placeholder date to Q2 2008, due to lack of info. released about the game." (That's eight counting MKWii.)

I love Wikipedia.