Friar Tuck’s Game Room

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Friar Tuck's Game Room in Calumet City, Illinois, was a notable arcade during its time, particularly in the early 1980s. It gained a certain level of infamy due to an incident involving the arcade game Berzerk. In 1982, a young man named Peter Bukowski tragically passed away from a heart attack shortly after achieving a high score on the game. This event is often cited as one of the first recorded deaths associated with video gaming. There was a 2nd death reported just outside the arcade 6 years later and there are rumors that it began with a fight in front of the same Berzerk machine.

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  1. https://archive.org/details/video-games-volume-1-number-2-october-1982/page/14/mode/2up
  2. https://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=bitstory-article-2/berzerk
  3. https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/03/22/youth-charged-in-stabbing-death/

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