For decades, rumors have circulated of a strange game that supposedly appeared in several arcades around Portland, Oregon, in 1981. It was so unsettling that it allegedly caused seizures, ...

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In the early 1980s, rumors began circulating about a strange arcade machine that appeared in Portland. Players claimed the game was unusually addictive and caused disturbing effects, fueling ...

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Was Polybius real? In 1981, an arcade in Portland was the scene of countless gamers coming down with migraines, having heart attacks, seizures and strokes. Local teens were suffering from amnesia and ...