Ha Dong - The only Vietnamese in Guinness 2016.

The author of Flappy Bird became the only Vietnamese person to be recognized in a record category of the Guinness World Records 2016.

Flappy Bird and its creator have emerged as the first game to be taken down after topping the App Store charts.

The Guinness Book of World Records mentions Ha Dong. Photo: Internet

On his Facebook page, Nguyen Ha Dong said that this record “has no meaning, but in fact it is still a life achievement”.

The 2016 Guinness Book of Records devoted a third of its page to Nguyen Ha Dong's journey before achieving success with Flappy Bird. According to it, he had a passion for games since childhood and wrote his own program at the age of 16. The device that Dong "loved" the most was the Nintendo system that his parents bought for him.

The game Flappy Bird was written to target the time when users travel by train and usually use only one hand to use. This application was released on the App Store in May 2013 but became famous a few months later. At its peak, Flappy Bird brought Ha Dong about 50,000 USD per day and became a fever not only in Vietnam but also in the world.

Since Flappy Bird disappeared from the App Store, mobile phones that had downloaded the game have continued to make a killing reselling it through eBay. Many “Flappy Bird” clones have also appeared on the App Store.

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