The polybius myth

[Jason42]

That's strange nobody made a thread about it

it's a arcade mysterious game that, as the legend says, made the players have amnesia, motion sickness or nightmares.
Looks like a early name for a tempest prototype that was know to give motion sickness.

There's more info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_%28video_game%29
http://www.coinop.org/g.aspx/103223/Polybius.html
http://www.joltcountry.com/polybius.html

[level42]

All of those rumors were pretty much debunked in an article by Cat deSpira in Retrocade Magazine Issue #2:

http://www.retrocademagazine.com/issues.htm

[Etienne MacGyver]

Reminds me of a scene from a super 80's movie :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGj-F3meGxo

Maximum Overdrive !



And ofcourse one of the best songs by ac/dc

Who made who !

[Jason42]

All of those rumors were pretty much debunked in an article by Cat deSpira in Retrocade Magazine Issue #2:

http://www.retrocademagazine.com/issues.htm

I just bough that issue and, well, that's funny how 3 separate events can mix into one of the best urban legend