10 Scary Video Game Urban Legends Everyone Believed Were True
3. Taboo: The Sixth Sense
Although arguably the least well known myth on this list, this one was too bizarre to leave out.
In 1989 Nintendo published a game called Taboo: The Sixth Sense and it's safe to say it was a departure from the company's usual product. It is, according to Wikipedia, the only NES game to be given two separate warning labels - that it was suitable only for people aged 14 and above, and that it was to be used for entertainment only.
Presumably this was to drum up interest in what was a dud game. The entire experience was essentially a ten minute tarot reading, repeated for as long as the player's interest held. Given that the game sold terribly, it's safe to say that the interest was never really there to begin with.
However, the tale of Taboo would not end there. A relatively recent urban legend sprang up positing that Taboo had accurately predicted the deaths of several children who had played it. Although this legend hasn't quite gained the tractiton of the others on this list, it serves as a reminder that no matter how obscure a game is, there will always be the potential for it to become part of video game mythology, even if it is as a footnote.