Polybius (video game)

In Polybius is a modern legend says that a 1981 from a manufacturer called sense Loschen produced arcade game. The game is similar to the legend, Tempest, however, has a more abstract graphics and puzzle elements. Producer is an Ed Rotberg been, the famous developer of the game Battlezone. The game had been under the suspicion can cause epileptic seizures in photosensitivity, and disappeared after a few weeks on the market.

Polybius machines were set up according to legend, only in Portland. The game consists of a flight through a tunnel surrounded by kaleidoscope -like -changing and flashing colors and shapes, accompanied by repeated in rapid succession sound effects. The game could have been an addiction. There were allegedly queues at the machines. Among the reported side effects of the game include: Epileptic seizures, memory problems, seizures, hallucinations, insomnia, panic and depression. Cases of suicide have been associated with the game.

In the early days of Usenet and the Internet rumors were spread rumors that the machines were observed between men in black suits. This would now and then read data from the machine and picked up the machine again. The game also have subliminal messages like "Obey! " or " drug users " included.

In the Simpsons episode Homer, get the hammer out a Polybius machine can be seen. In the U.S. broadcast of the blister Moderator Bill Sindelar tried unsuccessfully to raise the game. In the American edition of GamePro editor Dan Electric came to the conclusion that there was no reliable evidence that the game had ever existed.