Displaying a image is alot different than drawing pixels and polygons. The main reason it didnt happen alot was storage issues. But think of the old carmen san diego games.

I would say its bullshit but it makes me think of this article I read once, where the american government's scientists used a arcade game to test people at a toronto fair I think, for latent psychic ability.

Last time I looked for this article or maybe it was a video, I couldnt find hide nor hair of it.