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''Polybius'' is an arcade cabinet described in an urban legend,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Polybius: Video Game of Death )〕 which is said to have induced various psychological effects on players. The story describes players suffering from amnesia, night terrors, and a tendency to stop playing all video games. Around a month after its supposed release in 1981, ''Polybius'' is said to have disappeared without a trace.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Polybius Entry at coinop.org )〕 There is no evidence that such a game has ever existed. ''Polybius'' is thought to take its name from the Greek historian of the same name〔 who was known for his assertion that historians should never report what they cannot verify through interviews with witnesses. ==Story== The first documented reference to the game was an anonymously authored entry added to the site coinop.org on August 3, 1998.〔 The entry mentions the name ''Polybius'' and a copyright date of 1981. The author of the entry claims in the description to be in possession of a ROM image of the game, and to have extracted fragments of text from it, including "© 1981 Sinneslöschen".〔 The remainder of the information about the game is listed as "unknown",〔 and its "About the game" section describes the "bizarre rumours" that make up the legend.〔 The story tells of an unheard-of new arcade game appearing in several suburbs of Portland, Oregon in 1981, something of a rarity at the time. The game is described as proving popular to the point of addiction,〔 with lines forming around the machines often resulting in fighting over who would play next. The urban legend describes how the machines were visited by men in black, who collected unknown data from the machines,〔 allegedly testing responses to the game's psychoactive effects. Players supposedly suffered from a series of unpleasant side effects, including amnesia, insomnia, stress, nightmares and night terrors. The story tells of how ''Polybius'' players stopped playing video games, while one became an anti-gaming activist. The company named in most accounts of the game is ''Sinneslöschen'',〔 described by writer Brian Dunning as "not-quite-idiomatic German" meaning "sense delete" or "sensory deprivation" (derived from ''Sinne'', 'senses' and ''löschen'', 'to extinguish' or 'to delete').〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polybius (video game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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