The $1.6 Million Video Game Collection Is The Largest In The World | The Vault | Forbes

Antonio Romero Monteiro has almost every video game you've ever heard of - from Nintendo to Poop Slinger. He started collecting as a kid, enjoying the gameplay and fantasy stories. According to The Guinness Book Of World Records, Monteiro has the biggest collection of video games in the world. At 23,063 games, Monteiro estimates his collection to be worth around $1.6 million. In this episode of The Vault, Monteiro shows us some of the rarest games and consoles he has from around the world.

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[captaincosmotron]

GameStop estimates this to be valued at $312.16 cash or $352.65 store credit

[antoniosgamecollection]

Thanks for the kind words. Family and I had a blast hosting the interview. Hope you enjoy a glimpse of my collection 🙂

[derwynsharp]

My biggest hope for him is that he has documented every one and has them insured.

[cometome]

The way he enjoy his life through that collection..so cool and great!

[supersmashmaster]

This man and his kids literally can play any game they want to

[Marzetty]

I hope one day collections like this can be made into a museum. It would be amazing to look at all the things up close and discover things we never knew about.
Amazing colelction !!!

[SimonJones]

Whatever makes you happy. I can imagine the great feeling this guy has every time he enters the games room.

[travisbickle]

As a huge Hitman fan that Ps4briefcase is mind blowing

[Spietler]

The only person in the world that plays Retroarch fully legal. 😄

[stonerdemon]

I've worked very hard to have a 700+ games collection. Not even close to Antonio's, but the motivation is the same: playing the games that I loved as a kid and getting the games that I love as an adult.

[douglaschilders]

Hello, Antonio! I'm a member of your club on Facebook and I feel the same way about video games. I played PS2 games since I was a toddler and I'm still playing video games, today. I was shocked and amazed about how much video games you have collected through your life. I'm glad to meet someone who has the same passion for video games as me.

[mjdf]

This man is the greatest I’ve seen him before on here he literally has every console and every game full complete sets think the only one he still has to work on is the rest of the ps1 games

[lyrand]

There's a higher value in money in his collection than the total amount of money most people will ever get in their lifetime by working. He must have a pretty good job.

[byron]

Whats crazy is he has them organized in alphabetical order. Lol wow

[willienelsongonzalez]

Wow! That’s passion, dedication and just fascinating! An amazing story. The Hitman PS looks fantastic!

[GK-loyd]

Dude I would pay an entrance fee just to walk around and check out this collection for some hours. This is amazing

[bucketbucket.]

I love how he has started this collection world record, but Last Gamer 3 years ago had 44k. This WR Antonio has currently is 23k.

[JohnM-jidb]

I think "The Last Gamer" in Australia may have this beat. He took the Guinness World title in 2009 but never re-upped it due to it taking 3 weeks to inventory his then massive collection. Currently, he has a custom-built warehouse that is approximately the size of 4 Super Walmart Centers showcasing his Unbelievable collection of Arcade cabinets, Computer Gaming consoles, Game Consoles, & Handhelds. He has his very own Food court inside of it which he often caters to private parties. He keeps adding to it daily and gets over several tons of donations monthly. It's like a living museum of video game history.

This is still nonetheless an impressive collection!

[MsCristina]

Happy to see you enjoying your unique collection!

[MMilitary]

That hitman Playstation is by far the coolest console I've ever seen. Nothing comes close. Imagine a partially opened suitcase sitting on the table plugged into the TV. What a conversation starter