Unsolved Mysteries Of The World

Please remember to visit our show sponsor: www.experiencethis360.com for travel destination guides and savings on car rentals, hotels and flights!Welcome to Unsolved Mysteries of the World, Season 6 Episode 4, PolybiusIn the early 1980s, arcades were popular among all age groups and in 1981 a cabinet game was shipped to Portland, Oregon's most popular arcades. The game cabinet was black and the title was unusual. The game featured the usual, 25 cent slot for one life and it was tucked into the corner of the arcade room, an odd placement for a new game.Unlike Pacman or Donkey Kong or other games released at the time, Polybius seemed to only be available in the Portland area. Yet, despite this localization, it was a very popular game with witnesses claiming that there would be lines forming to play it, fights would break out, for who was actually next in line and the arcade owner would smile as the tank holding the quarters had to be emptied quite regularly.About a month after it was introduced, the arcade mach