What would it look like if you had 974 people play the same level of Super Mario Bros against the clock - and then overlaid all the footage onto one video clip? Exactly like this.
The clip is the work of Maurice Guégan, who spent his Gamescom this year compiling the footage. Apparently the best run was timed at 41.32 seconds, with a three second penalty applied to anyone who died.
He added that more than 1,000 games would have been played, but the competition was so fierce there were too many resets by the end to complete many full runs.
"We would've had more, but at some point getting the high score became really serious business so there was probably about 1000 game resets after the first 3 jumps didn't work out."
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A controller for the new PlayStation 4 is on display at the Sony PlayStation E3 media briefing in Los Angeles, Monday, June 10, 2013. Sony is giving gamers their first look at the PlayStation 4 and it's a rectangular black box, just like all the previous PlayStations. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (credit:AP)
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Sony CEO Andrew House unveils the new PlayStation 4 at the Sony E3 2013 press conference in Los Angeles, California June 10, 2013. House said that the new PlayStation 4 will cost USD $399 and it will be available in time for the 2013 holiday season. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Sony Computer Entertainment president and CEO Andrew House introduces the new PlayStation 4 at the Sony PlayStation E3 media briefing in Los Angeles, Monday, June 10, 2013. Sony is giving gamers their first look at the PlayStation 4 and it's a rectangular black box, just like all the previous PlayStations. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (credit:AP)
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Sony Computer Entertainment president and CEO Andrew House introduces the new PlayStation 4 at the Sony PlayStation E3 media briefing in Los Angeles, Monday, June 10, 2013. Sony is giving gamers their first look at the PlayStation 4 and it's a rectangular black box, just like all the previous PlayStations. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (credit:AP)
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Sony Computer Entertainment president and CEO Andrew House introduces the new PlayStation 4 at the Sony PlayStation E3 media briefing in Los Angeles, Monday, June 10, 2013. Sony is giving gamers their first look at the PlayStation 4 and it's a rectangular black box, just like all the previous PlayStations. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (credit:AP)
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