http://recordsetter.com/feed/Q Bert?likes=10 The new home of world records https://recordsetter.com/world-record/attempt-world-record-cut-short-an-act-nature/16072 2012-06-12T17:00:23Z https://recordsetter.com/world-record/attempt-world-record-cut-short-an-act-nature/16072 <p>Ed Heemskerk planned to play <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q*bert">Q*Bert</a> for 100 hours on a single coin and set a world record for Longest Time Playing a Video Game Using One Quarter. </p> <p>After 56.5 hours, a power surge caused by an electrical storm brought unexplained death to Heemskerk's on-screen player and somehow reset the game. Read more about the unfortunate feat <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/100-hour-q-bert-world-record-attempt-cut-short-by-glitch">here</a>.</p> ]]>