Did This Game Kill Three People?

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Published on May 26, 2025 12:34:20 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgZoCyd_cSk

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Head to https://squarespace.com/nostalgianerd to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code NOSTALGIANERD ~ Berzerk, an arcade game designed by Stern Electronics, was apparently responsible for three deaths during the 1980s. Jeff Dailey, Peter Bukowski and Edward Clark Jr. were all supposed victims to this intense arcade machine. In this video, I attempt to substantiate the facts and discover whether any of this is true.

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⌚ Timings⌚
00:00-04:31 Berzerk
04:31-05:55 Jeff Dailey
05:55-09:06 Peter Bukowski
09:06-09:57 SqSp
09:57-12:43 Edward Clark Jr.
12:43-28:32 Exploring the Facts
28:32-30:34 Truth
30:34-35:05 Video Games Article
35:05-36:09 Just one more thing...
36:09-36:40 Credits

🔗 Video Links🔗
Retrobitch https://retro-bitch.com/2015/11/04/dying-to-play-the-berzerk-curse-fact-or-fiction/..
Usenet Post https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.mame/c/ex-lLxU2ouA/m/T-KtKmZjLzMJ..
arcade-history.com https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/arcade-history.com..
arcade-history Berzerk https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=berzerk..
classicgaming.com https://web.archive.org/web/20021126091232/http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/bezerk/..
thedoteaters https://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=bitstory-article-2/berzerk..
Death of a Video Gamer article https://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/cvg/death.html..
Ghostinmymachine https://theghostinmymachine.com/2024/01/29/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-the-cursed-berzerk-video-game-arcade-cabinet/..
littlebitsofgaming https://littlebitsofgaming.com/2019/10/27/berzerk-the-killer-arcade-game/..

Some online news sources;
Chicagotribunehttps://web.archive.org/web/20240518042345/https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/03/22/youth-charged-in-stabbing-death/..

Smiley water tower https://www.reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace/comments/14rhqri/smiley_face_water_tower_calumet_city_il/  

Other links and references can be found ahttps://www.nostalgianerd.com/did-berzerk-kill-three-people/..

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