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Microsoft Minesweeper
Microsoft Minesweeper (1990)
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Bill Gates became so addicted to Minesweeper that he had to delete it off of his PC to focus on work. He would then go to then-Microsoft president Mike Hallman and borrow his PC when he wanted to play the game, and eventually got a record of 5 seconds. Following this, Microsoft development manager Tom Reeves would cheat at beating Gates' time by building a macro to automatically complete the game. Gates would respond in an email:

"My critical skills are being displaced by a computer. This technology thing is going too far. How can one retain human dignity when computers do the important stuff better than people?"
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General, Real Life, Record, Speedrun, Technology
Contributed by Rocko & Heffer on November 20, 2023
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Dog's Life
Dog's Life (2003)
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Dog's Life holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Named Characters Voiced in a Videogame by a Single Actor", with 32 of the game's characters being voiced by Kerry Shale.
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General, Real Life, Record
Contributed by chocolatejr9 on November 14, 2023
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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
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There are two different candidates for the video game console with the longest lifespan, from official introduction to discontinuation, and which one holds the distinction depends on one's metrics.

In terms of support from its original developer, the longest-lasting video game console is the Famicom, the Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Famicom was introduced in 1983 and remained on store shelves until 2003, lasting twenty years on the market.

However, when counting support from third party manufacturers, the distinction instead goes to the Sega Master System. While Sega incrementally discontinued the device between 1991 and 1994 depending on the region, Brazilian manufacturer Tectoy received a license from Sega to continue manufacturing clones of the Master System due to its high popularity in Brazil. These clone consoles continue to be manufactured in the present day, decades after the original Master System's launch in 1985.
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Real Life, Record, Sales
Also Appears On: Sega Master System/Mark III (Platform)
Contributed by VinchVolt on November 10, 2023
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IGN South Africa article:
https://za.ign.com/ps4/64636/feature/the-5-longest-console-lifespans

Archived page from Sega of Japan's website clarifying the launch year of the Master System:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140716112819/http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mk3/
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 (1996)
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Attachment The title of "first 3D platformer" is often erroneously given to either 1996's Super Mario 64 or 1995's Jumping Flash! - despite this, neither game can factually claim that title, with 1990's Alpha Waves being the true owner of the title according to Guinness World Records.

Additionally, 1984's I, Robot - while primarily a shooting game - did feature 3D platforming segments.
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General, Mistake, Record, Statistics
Also Appears On: Jumping Flash! (Game), Continuum (Game), I, Robot (Game)
Contributed by Rocko & Heffer on November 10, 2023
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Guinness World Record for First 3D Platform Video Game:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/89373-first-3d-platform-videogame

Hardcore Gaming 101 I, Robot article:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/i-robot/
Franchise: Mario
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As of 2023, Mario has prominently appeared in at least one theatrical film per decade since he was created in 1981:
•1986’s Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, which is one of the first film adaptations of a video game.
•1993’s Super Mario Bros, the first live-action film adaptation of a video game.
•2007’s The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary that revolves around Steve Wiebe attempting to usurp Billy Mitchell’s high score on Donkey Kong.
•2015’s Pixels, which incorporates Donkey Kong as the final boss of the film’s climax (alongside Mario making a brief cameo).
•2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is the first video game film to make $1 billion dollars at the box office.

Interestingly, the two films that weren’t direct adaptations of the games, The King of Kong and Pixels, were directed and produced respectively by Seth Gordon, who considered making a 3D film adaptation of Super Paper Mario back in 2008.
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Adaptation, Coincidence, Record
Contributed by NintendOtaku on October 19, 2023
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Dance Dance Revolution A20
Dance Dance Revolution A20 (2019)
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As of October 8th, 2023, "MAX 360"'s Singles Challenge Chart holds the record for highest note count of all DDR songs (excluding long versions of songs), at 1,000 steps.
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General, Music, Record
Contributed by aa1205 on October 9, 2023
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RemyWiki Page for the song:
https://remywiki.com/MAX_360

MAX 360 Challenge Chart:
https://youtu.be/s3-fp5Mnme4?si=1YkekY_o-kvRl5MQ
Hopping Mappy
Hopping Mappy (1986)
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Hopping Mappy was the first Namco arcade game to allow scores not ending in 0.
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Record
Also Appears On: Namco (Company)
Contributed by Rocko & Heffer on September 29, 2023
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Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2
Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 (2007)
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Boss Rush (Ver. SN2) is widely considered one of the hardest Challenge Courses in the Dance Dance Revolution series, if not the hardest overall.
As of September 25th, 2023, there are only two recorded instances of people beating this song on original arcade hardware: first by Kaze.573 on February 14th, 2017, and second by FEFEMZ on September 28th, 2018.
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Competitive, General, Real Life, Record
Contributed by aa1205 on September 26, 2023
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Video detailing the course and its history:
https://youtu.be/R5hLBKsKSZw?si=I90Hq5CjZvmREY4K

Video of Kaze.573's clear of the course:
https://youtu.be/nDj0EmIfKBM?si=-4bS7Km4ciMvWzWN

Video of FEFEMZ's clear of the course:
https://youtu.be/bqUS8jUwI64?si=1aMLfNxFdN2i9kMy
Chrome Dino
Chrome Dino (2014)
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The Google Chrome dinosaur game is coded to conclude after playing for 17 million years straight, the same amount of time between the dinosaurs' evolution and extinction. This is, quite obviously, not realistically possible for any player.
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Easter Egg, Record, Secret, Unused Content, Unwinnable
Contributed by Rocko & Heffer on September 7, 2023
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Annalynn
Annalynn (2021)
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As of version 1.3, after inputting a secret code on the Practice Mode select screen, "Mike%" is activated, which adds a timer to the game which stops once Mike is defeated. This is presumably a nod to the Mike% speedrunning category found on Speedrun.com.

If this code is active while playing the game's final level, Mike is found sleeping in the corner of the boss room.
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Bonus Content, Cheat, Competitive, Easter Egg, Meme, Record, Reference, Secret, Speedrun, Update Difference
Contributed by FazDude on September 7, 2023
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Not for Broadcast
Not for Broadcast (2020)
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Not For Broadcast currently holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Full Motion Video footage in a videogame" at 42 hours, 57 minutes, and 52 seconds.
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General, Real Life, Record
Contributed by chocolatejr9 on September 5, 2023
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