Inspired by the mythical '80s arcade game. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jeff Minter—maker of Space Giraffe, Tempest 2000, and ...

TxK and Space Giraffe developer Jeff Minter reveals that his next game is Polybius, a modern take on the 1980s arcade urban legend for PlayStation VR. Arcades were all the rage in the 1980s, with ...

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 ...

The original Polybius arcade machines have not been proven to exist, making it perfect for Loki, but it is a video game urban legend that began in early 2000. The urban legend states that Polybius was ...

Space Giraffe developer and Llamasoft founder Jeff Minter is bringing an urban legend to life with a new PlayStation VR game. The game is named after the fictional Polybius arcade game, which ...

Polybius is an urban legend that has been around for a few decades, with stories detailing a supposedly mind-altering arcade game planted by the government in Portland, Oregon. No evidence exists to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You pilot a ship through 50 psychedelic levels set to a trance-y soundtrack, blasting enemies and ...

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 ...

There probably is no definitive answer to video gaming’s greatest urban legend. Polybius, for which no ROM, no high score leaderboard, nothing exists, still lingers as a total fact in video gaming’s ...