How long do you think you could continuously game for?
The new world record time for playing a football videogame marathon is now 75 hours
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A man from Nigeria has broken a gaming world record by continuously playing a football video game for more than three days.
Oside Oluwole, performed the longest video game marathon playing a soccer game.
He registered a time of 75 hours which was a whole 25 hours longer than the previous record set in 2022 of 50 hours.
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Oside Oluwole played on his mobile phone linked up to a TV
The longest video game marathon playing a soccer game record has previously had seven record holders.
All of them played either Fifa or Pro Evolution Soccer on their attempts.
However, Oside played a mobile game called Dream League Soccer 2023 on his iPhone, which he connected to a TV screen.
During his attempt he played more than 500 matches.
People watched him through the window and cheered him on
Oside attempted the record to raise money for a local hospital in his hometown of Ijebu Ode in Nigeria.
The rules for all 'longest marathon' records for the Guinness World Records allow five minutes of rest time for each hour of gaming.
In these breaks he was able to eat, nap or go to the toilet.
He said: 鈥淚 really enjoyed myself playing for 75 hours straight with just some hours of rest.
鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 an easy task, but I must say it was all fun."
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