MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Assemble the team, we got a red ball!

> > I did not know these facts until today. I get all my best intel from the Venture
> > Bros.
> >
> > Berzerk is the first video game known to have coincided with the death of players.
> > In January 1981, Jeff Dailey made the Berzerk top-ten list after posting a high
> score
> > of 16,660 points and suddenly died of a heart attack at age 19 a few seconds after
> > the game was over.[citation needed] One year later in October 1982, Peter Burkowski
> > entered Friar Tuck's Game Room in Calumet City, Illinois and made the Berzerk
> top-ten
> > list twice in fifteen minutes. Astonishingly, he collapsed just a few seconds after
> > the game was over, before dying of a heart attack at age 18. His high scores are
> > unknown.
>
> Check out Keith's investigation into these urban legends;
> http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/01/video-game-related-deaths.html
>
> - Stiletto

He could at least try to find an image of this supposed original Fire One cabinet design with a rounded base. Its existence would make his "in the know" source a bit more credible.