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News   Record Breaking Attempt
- Posted By Mike Schneider, 07.15.2002

As a supplier of both Nintendo news and a source of videogame news in general, we feel it's our duty to report this to you.

An english man -- aged 25 -- by the name of Jason Read, will begin sitting outside of a London, England Electronics Boutique, for a stretch of 50 days.

The reason: Turok Evolution for his PC.

If Read is able to make his goal, he will smash the longest time anyone has ever queued for a computer game -- by a good 20 days.

When Acclaim heard news of Jason's plans, they immediately agreed to help supply him with many games and plenty of niceties to help make young Jason's stay a little more enjoyable...


The full press release:


OBSESSIVE QUEUER SET TO SMASH WORLD RECORD
Longest Time Ever Queued Set to be Broken in New Record Breaking Attempt

Thursday 18th July 2002, sees the start of a record-breaking attempt by obsessive queuer, Jason Read who is set to place himself in the record books for the longest time anyone has ever queued for a computer game.

Read, 25, is attempting to make the world record by a massive 20 days by queuing outside computer games shop, Electronics Boutique, 100 Oxford Street, London W1.

A keen computer gamer, Read will spend 50 days queuing to get hold of a copy of a new computer game, Turok Evolution, which hits the stores on 6th September.

Read says, "I've been a huge fan of the Turok series and was excited to see that a fourth game is being released later in the year. This gave me the perfect excuse to make my record-breaking queuing attempt and I'm fully committed to going all the way."

In an attempt to break the record, the eccentric Read will be equipped with a state of the art tent, with a TV and games console, powered by a generator, courtesy of Acclaim Entertainment, makers of Turok Evolution.

Says PR Manager, Shaun White, "When we heard about Jason's attempt to get into the record books by queuing for one of our games, we felt that we had to support him and sincerely hope that by providing him with some of our other games, the next 50 days will fly by."

Source: Press Release