New Metro Memory Game for London’s Tube stations takes UK by storm

A brand new recreation the place gamers should appropriately title all 416 Underground, Overground and Elizabeth line stops throughout London has taken the UK by storm. 

The London Metro Memory Game requires customers to attempt to guess each cease alongside the 14 rail traces that embody the capital, which is proving difficult to even essentially the most educated Londoners. 

There isn’t any time restrict for the sport which has thus far been successful throughout the nation since its launch on Friday, with greater than 150,000 guests to the location already. 

Remembering all of the stops on the London Overground has confirmed to be essentially the most tough activity, because it contains 112 stations, whereas the Waterloo & City Underground might be the simplest, with solely two stations to recall. 

You can have a go on the recreation your self on the map beneath. How many will you be capable of title? 

A brand new recreation the place gamers should appropriately title all 416 Underground, Overground and Elizabeth line stops throughout London has taken the UK by storm (pictured: A screenshot of the sport)

The London Metro Memory recreation requires customers to attempt to guess each cease alongside the 14 rail traces that embody the capital, which is proving difficult to even essentially the most knowledgable Londoners

Even the sport’s creator Benjamin Tran Dinh, 32, has admitted that his personal information of London’s stations was ‘not excellent’ and he had to make use of the assistance of a map when placing it collectively. 

Mr Tran Dinh informed the The Telegraph he first made a model of the sport for his hometown of Paris and plans to introduce additional iterations for cities the world over.

A Berlin model of the sport launched on Monday, whereas one for the New York subway is subsequent on his listing. Mr Tran Dinh added that he had had requests ranaging from Washington DC within the US to Vienna in Italy. 

Mr Tran Dinh stated: ‘I undoubtedly cheated in growing the map, I did not play the complete recreation creating it. 

‘I used to be impressed by a recreation in San Francisco about naming as lots of the streets as attainable. I created the Paris one as a result of it has plenty of tiny streets with obscure names. 

‘The scores are saved regionally. It’s additionally simple to cheat so there isn’t a leaderboard however I’ve seen just a few screenshots of 100 per cent scores.’

‘You might describe me as a little bit of a transit fan however there are some very passionate folks on the market, hopefully they’re enjoying.

‘I launched the Berlin map, it is a slower take up than London. Maybe it is as a result of the tube in London could be very a lot a part of the tradition extra so than different cities.

‘It’s the oldest metro on the earth, I believe London does take a variety of satisfaction of their metro system. The maps are very iconic.’

While there’s nothing stopping folks from dishonest, customers are inspired to attempt check their reminiscence as finest they’ll. 

There isn’t any leaderboard to showcase the very best gamers, however some have been sharing screenshots from the sport after impressively attaining 100%.