Shamanita
Alpiniste Kundalini
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- 5/1/09
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Heres the infamous Polybius, some crazy arcadegame, with psychedelic mindfucking visuals. According to a urban legend, it was designed by the US government..
[quote:31nzvklj]PLEASE READ THIS OR README BEFORE PLAYING!
WARNING
This game uses strobe, auditory, and visual effects that
could potentially cause seizures, nausea, motion sickness.
DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME IF YOU HAVE SEIZURES, HEART PROBLEMS
OR RHYTHM DISTURBANCES, PREGNANCY, OR ARE ON ANY PSYCHO-
ACTIVE MEDICINES. If you have any of these or other
prohibitive medical conditions, you should not play video-
games in general, including this one.
DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME (may cause
some motion sickness).
Urban Legend?: This game was out for a very short trial run of one month in small arcades in Portland Oregon in 1981. Produced by the company Sinnesloschen, the game gave many players nightmares and many who played it completely swore off all video games afterwards. Others complained of having blackouts and memory loss. Employees of the manufacturer, in black coats came and collected data from the machines as part of a lease agreement. After only one month, all of the machines were removed. ROM’s of this game are rumored to be in the hands of some collectors but at this time they are not generally available.
In actual fact, this game is one of many urban legends and hoaxes found on the internet. The only “evidence
[quote:31nzvklj]PLEASE READ THIS OR README BEFORE PLAYING!
WARNING
This game uses strobe, auditory, and visual effects that
could potentially cause seizures, nausea, motion sickness.
DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME IF YOU HAVE SEIZURES, HEART PROBLEMS
OR RHYTHM DISTURBANCES, PREGNANCY, OR ARE ON ANY PSYCHO-
ACTIVE MEDICINES. If you have any of these or other
prohibitive medical conditions, you should not play video-
games in general, including this one.
DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME (may cause
some motion sickness).
Urban Legend?: This game was out for a very short trial run of one month in small arcades in Portland Oregon in 1981. Produced by the company Sinnesloschen, the game gave many players nightmares and many who played it completely swore off all video games afterwards. Others complained of having blackouts and memory loss. Employees of the manufacturer, in black coats came and collected data from the machines as part of a lease agreement. After only one month, all of the machines were removed. ROM’s of this game are rumored to be in the hands of some collectors but at this time they are not generally available.
In actual fact, this game is one of many urban legends and hoaxes found on the internet. The only “evidence
Lolz
