In 1981, a strange arcade game appeared in Portland. Then kids got sick—seizures, hallucinations, even memory loss. And then the game vanished. The legend of Polybius became infamous, but hidden in ...

If you’ve ever wandered into the weird side of gaming lore, you’ve probably bumped into Polybius—the “lost” arcade cabinet that supposedly showed up, messed with kids’ brains, and then vanished. The ...