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Jason42

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The polybius myth
« on: February 15, 2013, 04:15:15 AM »
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

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Re: The polybius myth
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2013, 08:04:50 AM »
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

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Re: The polybius myth
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2013, 08:25:41 AM »
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 !

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Re: The polybius myth
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2013, 05:47:19 PM »
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 :)