Tens of thousands of people are simultaneously playing an online version of video game Pokemon in what its creator calls a social experiment.
They are all trying to control one character in the game at the same time, using social gaming video site Twitch.
Twitch is a website that lets users broadcast and watch games and use an online chat function while playing.
The game, Pokemon Red/Blue, was originally launched on Nintendo's Game Boy handheld in the 1990s.
Players use Twitch's chat function to type in one of the original game's eight commands - up, down, left, right, A, B, start or select - to move the main character in the game.
Some users are hailing the development as part of internet history, while others question the point.
Five-second rule
Only one command can be typed at a time, and because of the way Twitch's servers work to allow a lot of people to view at the same time, it can take up to 40 seconds for the command to register.
A five-second rule was introduced at one stage to try to bring some order as several players typed commands at the same time. Whichever command was typed the most over a five-second period was carried out.
More than eight million people have viewed the game since it was put online last week.
In an interview with gaming news site Polygon, the creator - who is remaining anonymous - said: "I didn't really have any plans for it from the beginning. I just wanted to put it up to see how people would respond."
In an official blogpost. staff at Twitch said as many as quarter of a million people had participated in the game, and they suggested it could be a pivotal moment in gaming.
