The Guinness Book of Records has recorded many absurd and incredible records, but video games rarely make it onto the pages. In 2025, a title was added that was originally released in 1996.
What game is it? The video game classic Super Mario 64 was newly added to the Guinness Book of Records in 2025. This jump-and-run adventure is one of the Mario classics that have led Nintendo, as well as the series itself, to great success.
The objective of the game is to collect stars in various levels. This requires opening doors repeatedly to unlock new areas. In addition to the typical jump-and-run, players must also win races against computer opponents or shoot themselves to the right location with cannons, for example.
Even if one might think that the nearly 30-year-old game would not be relevant in 2025 and has been forgotten, it is still popular among a certain type of player, which has brought it into the record book.
Another old game recently received its remake after 33 years:
The Perfect Speedrun Game
Who still plays Super Mario 64? Super Mario 64 has been a popular title among speedrunners for years. The classic is so popular that it now has the most valid speedruns of any video game. More than 50,000 players have already submitted their speedrun of Super Mario 64 on Speedrun.com.
That’s more than any other game, making it a record. This record, where over 50,000 attempts have been made to complete the game as the fastest player overall, was added anew to the Guinness Book of Records in 2025.
The fastest player in the categories of 0 stars, 1 star, 16 stars, 70 stars, and 120 stars is the same person, the Canadian “Suigi”. He holds all records on the original console without an emulator.
Which titles are also popular? While Super Mario 64 is likely the most well-known speedrun game, two other titles are closely following it. There are currently more than 48,000 speedruns of the game Celeste on Speedrun.com.
The mobile title Subway Surfer is also often played by players. Here there are more than 46,000 submissions from players who have attempted to complete the title as quickly as possible.
With Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, Mario as a character appears three times in the top 10 games with the most speedruns.
Mario is one of the most popular characters in the entire history of video games. However, he only exists because the creators originally wanted to make a game about the spinach eater Popeye. How Mario came to be can be found here: Only thanks to Popeye does the universe of Mario exist as it is today.
