Ontario student builds world's smallest arcade machine

Dec. 11 (UPI) -- An Ontario, Canada, college student constructed what is believed to be the world's smallest arcade machine, measuring just 2.5 inches tall.

Victoria Korhonen, an electromechanical engineering student at Fanshawe College, unveiled her creation Tuesday: a machine measuring 2.5 inches tall, 1 inch wide and 1.3 inches long.

The working arcade machine runs the classic game Pong.

Korhonen's machine was officially measured by Fanshawe College civil engineering Professor Matt Carson in the hopes of capturing a Guinness World Record for the smallest arcade machine.

"I decided to look at smaller records that I could beat and found the arcade machine and completely fell in love with the design," Korhonen told CBC News. "Size is definitely something that is cool to me, to have the smallest something."

Korhonen was previously part of a high school team that broke the Guinness World Record for the longest selfie stick.

Evidence from Tuesday's official measuring must now be reviewed by the record-keeping organization to see if Korhonen has a second title to her name.

"I wanted one where I had the certificate in my name where I could frame it, so that was the goal," Korhonen said.

The current record is held by North Carolina man Jonathan Charles, whose Space Invaders game was measured in 2018 at 2.61 inches tall, 1.32 inches long and 1.17 inches wide.