One of the Urban Legends in the U.S. is an imaginary arcade game "I was working in 1981"Polybius"there is. It is not clear whether Polybius is a real arcade game or an imaginary game developed from ...

Jeff Minter, the man behind Space Giraffe, TxK and GoatUp, is re-imaging the classic arcade game Polybius (you know the one) as a PlayStation VR exclusive. If you don't remember Polybius you're not ...

The game is named after the fictional Polybius arcade game, which supposedly caused psychological effects, seizures, amnesia, and men in black suits to show up at your door. Like the urban legend, the ...

According to legend, a mysterious new arcade game swept through Portland in 1981. It was incredibly addictive; people lined up for hours just to get a shot at playing it, even fighting over who got to ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

Game developer Jeff Minter, creator of trippy arcade game fare like Tempest 2000, Space Giraffe, Gridrunner and TxK, is bringing his next game to PlayStation VR exclusively, according to a post on the ...

From the beginning, video games have been burdened with ulterior motives. For instance, Willy Higinbotham made the first computer game, “Tennis for Two,” for the annual visitors day at Brookhaven ...

The internet is full of really creepy stuff if you know where to look. One of Portland's most notorious contributions to the urban legend community is about an arcade cabinet called Polybius. Much ...

Jeff Minter returns with one of the best – and strangest – arcade games you’ll ever play… When you first start Polybius there’s no explanation of what the game’s about or what the controls are. It ...

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 ...