Could this urban legend have grown from a seed of fact? The story of Polybius has all the markings of a made-up urban legend, but as dedicated gamers are a social bunch, the tale has persisted to the point that many people today are not so sure. Soon the games were removed, never to be seen again. Later, some who played are said to have committed suicide or mysteriously disappeared. The most ominous part of the story is that men in black suits would come to the arcades and download the data. It was called Polybius, and the legend says that players reported nausea, headaches, nightmares, and an aversion to video games. Popular tales on today's Internet hold that there was a mysterious video game, introduced into only one or two video arcades in the Portland, Oregon area. Today we're going to delve into the urban legend files, and dig back to the year 1981.
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