Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Full video at youtube.com/watch?v=WnEL8dFc0cQ ~ In 1976, a simple arcade game called Death Race triggered America’s first video game panic.

Parents protested.The National Safety Council called it “sick, sick, sick.” Newspapers claimed it “taught players to kill.”

But the truth? You were just running over little stick figures that turned into gravestones. Death Race wasn’t violent — it was pixel-cute chaos that exposed how easily new technology can spark moral outrage.

From Exidy’s “Excellence in Dynamics” branding to the headlines that made history, this was the moment video games became “dangerous.”

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