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Last year Szabolcs Csépe, who goes by the name Grasshopper online, played Dance Dance Revolution over a six-day period, for a total of 144 hours non-stop.
Now Guinness has acknowledged the record, and interviewed Csépe about how he managed to pull off the accomplishment.
Csépe – who goes by the nickname Grasshopper because he’s always jumping around – says he was inspired when he learned about the previous world record, a 138-hour Just Dance marathon achieved in 2015 by American player Carrie Swidecki.
“Ever since I learned about Carrie Swidecki’s achievements in marathon gaming, I often caught myself thinking about how she pulled the all-time longest session off almost a decade ago,” he told Guinness.
Csépe worked his way up to the record by breaking ‘smaller’ marathon gaming records in recent years. In 2021 he broke the records for ‘longest video game marathon playing a Naruto game’ (28 hours 11 minutes on Narutimetto Akuseru 2) and ‘longest video game marathon playing a puzzle game’ (32 hours, 32 minutes, 32 seconds playing Tetris Effect).
In 2023 he then played Gran Turismo 7 for 90 hours straight, earning the world records for ‘longest video game marathon playing a racing game’ and ‘longest video game marathon playing a simulation game’.
“I set up stepping stones long ago to chase after the No 1 spot by building up the required skills in all aspects. Every time I attempted another marathon, I told myself, ‘it must feel like a dream achievement to all of us’, until the final days of each record attempt actually concluded.”
Last year Szabolcs Csépe, who goes by the name Grasshopper online, played Dance Dance Revolution over a six-day period, for a total of 144 hours non-stop.
Now Guinness has acknowledged the record, and interviewed Csépe about how he managed to pull off the accomplishment.
Csépe – who goes by the nickname Grasshopper because he’s always jumping around – says he was inspired when he learned about the previous world record, a 138-hour Just Dance marathon achieved in 2015 by American player Carrie Swidecki.
“Ever since I learned about Carrie Swidecki’s achievements in marathon gaming, I often caught myself thinking about how she pulled the all-time longest session off almost a decade ago,” he told Guinness.
Csépe worked his way up to the record by breaking ‘smaller’ marathon gaming records in recent years. In 2021 he broke the records for ‘longest video game marathon playing a Naruto game’ (28 hours 11 minutes on Narutimetto Akuseru 2) and ‘longest video game marathon playing a puzzle game’ (32 hours, 32 minutes, 32 seconds playing Tetris Effect).
In 2023 he then played Gran Turismo 7 for 90 hours straight, earning the world records for ‘longest video game marathon playing a racing game’ and ‘longest video game marathon playing a simulation game’.
“I set up stepping stones long ago to chase after the No 1 spot by building up the required skills in all aspects. Every time I attempted another marathon, I told myself, ‘it must feel like a dream achievement to all of us’, until the final days of each record attempt actually concluded.”
