Polybius was a 1980s arcade machine that had a picture of hell at the end of the game and a video camera behind the screen to record People’s reactions. Players were disturbed by the image. - Conspiracies

Polybius was a 1980s arcade machine that had a picture of hell at the end of the game and a video camera behind the screen to record People’s reactions. Players were disturbed by the image. (media.scored.co)

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– Geek-the-Mage 5 points 1 year ago +5 / -0

Explain "picture of hell." Games of that era had poor graphical capabilities, so it would have looked like a cartoonish depiction. How disturbing could it have been?

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– Filo76 2 points 1 year ago +2 / -0

Imagine something out of Doom or Diablo but super pixelated and only 16 colors.

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– free-will-of-choice 2 points 1 year ago +2 / -0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NylNXBMxVAY&t=8s (Atari 2600 Port of Doom)...scary as fuck flicker-rate.