Guinness World Records, Videogame Edition 2008

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With the Guinness World Records - Videogame Edition 2008 arriving in a bookstore near you. Will any of you be mentioned in the high scores, fast times, pimp scores, etc section?...because I think my mate, Han (PSF: han83) will be mentioned in the High scores from XBOX LIVE Lumines? *crosses fingers* :)

Anway...
I hope I get mentioned for making 9,999,999 in TETRIS DX (on the highest level - fastest drop speed) GameBoy Color or for making well over 1,000,000 points on the hardest level of Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting (on the highest difficulty level) on the PSOne and PS2 version.
I prolly won't. :(

Note: I've also smashed records in Mario Kart DS and Tetris DS. :)

QUOTE(Matt Martin of gamesindustry 13:00 (BST) 11/04/2007)
Guinness World Records to produce videogame edition

New title to be launched at London Book Fair

Guinness World Records has announced plans to launch a new videogame edition of the famous annual book, featuring a wide range of game-related achievements and information.

The original records book was first published in 1955 and is today available in more than 100 countries, with over 3 million copies sold annually. The new book will be titled Guinness World Records - Videogame Edition 2008 and will be the first in a series of books focusing on specific topics.

It will include reviews of the 20 biggest games of the year, record scores and fastest times, hardware profiles, sales figures and technical achievements made by individual games.

The book will also answer questions such as which pro gamers earn the most money, what is the single highest score ever achieved in a game and which is the most successful games console of all time.

Guinness World Records is already putting together a team to work on the videogame edition, and GamesIndustry.biz editor Ellie Gibson has been appointed as official consultant.

"We reintroduced videogaming world records to our annual book a few years ago, and it’s proved to be one of the most popular sections with our core readers. It makes sense, therefore, to dedicate an entire annual to the subject," said Guinness World Records editor in chief Craig Glenday.

"Our record researchers are already scouring the videogaming community for superlatives, and the vast number of games, gamers, developers and platforms mean that we have an incredible pool of content to dip into each year. It's going to be a very exciting project."

Gibson added, "The news that Guinness World Records has decided to produce a book devoted to games is great for both gamers and the industry. It's another boost for the profile of gaming, and I'm very much looking forward to getting started."

The Guinness World Records - Videogame Edition 2008 will be officially unveiled on stand D505 at the London Book Fair, which takes place between April 16 - 18.


http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=24113
 
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daclassicgamingmaster said:
craigix said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF6o9Vgo4qc

is that you playing then?


Holy FU‭CK, that's freakish!

agreed and why do you get to swear it does this ( [****] ) for me :(

edit: maybe the censor is gone.. [****] YES!! :p
edit 2: :( oh no! it's not
 
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purple_goat said:
daclassicgamingmaster said:
craigix said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF6o9Vgo4qc

is that you playing then?


Holy FU‭CK, that's freakish!

agreed and why do you get to swear it does this ( [****] ) for me :(

edit: maybe the censor is gone.. [****] YES!! :p
edit 2: :( oh no! it's not

Hmm...let me try.

[****]

lol I have no idea how he did it. Check the discusion cube, they were talking about how to get passed the censoring.
 
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TelcoLou said:
Don't bother ... saying that word is SOOO yesterday!
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purple_goat said:
TelcoLou said:
Don't bother ... saying that word is SOOO yesterday!
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Huh?

... it shrinks down the image to fit 80X100 if it's too large.
 
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CABBAGES said:
some of those moves looked impossible tho. liek it would have to have went through other blocks to turn that way :blink:
Yeah, that bit at 50 seconds with the orange L shape. You would't be able to do that move in the versions of Tetris I've played.
 
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You guys think maybe it's doctored? I mean, the brain can't compute that fast. Not only was he blasting each shape down in a split second, but he was also changing them to fit perfectly? Seems odd to me :huh:
 
daclassicgamingmaster said:
You guys think maybe it's doctored? I mean, the brain can't compute that fast. Not only was he blasting each shape down in a split second, but he was also changing them to fit perfectly? Seems odd to me :huh:
I did have my doubts but I tried it out in MAME and it did let me place a T shape into a spot that say the Game Boy version wouldn't let me as long as I placed it in the right place and then quickly rotated it to make it line up before it "stuck".
I'm my opinion that shouldn't really be possible but they've made it so in this version.
 
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