For years a debate has raged on about just how harmful video games can be. While most of the dialogue has been if games harmed people mentally, what if I told you about a game that harmed people physically. That game was Sonic Blast Man, and in the early 90s it took American arcades by storm. It was one of the most popular arcade cabinets of that era, but it was also found to be too dangerous for consumers. This is the story of the quick rise and fall of an iconic Arcade Cabinet, and the hearts and hands it broke.

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Articles used/referenced in the video are here
http://imockery.com/minimocks/50arca...

Playmeter Magazine May61994
https://archive.org/details/playmete...

Wisconsin State Journal
Madison, Wisconsin · Friday, January 07, 1994

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/NewsRe...

Music
Lands Unknown @FutureMono

Time Stamps
0:00 (Intro)
0:40 (Introducing Sonic Blast Man)
02:35 (The Gameplay)
03:40 (The Popularity)
05:00 (Sonic Blast Man on SNES)
05:41(Sonic Blast Man's Demise)
07:47(Conclusion)