11. High scores and heart attacks

These video game-related deaths had to start somewhere.

Deaths related to gaming are as old as video gaming itself, with the very first fatalities occurring in the early 1980s.

In 1981, 19-year-old Jeff Dailey stepped into an arcade with a single mission: to attain the highest score possible on the robot-killing game, Berzerk. After pushing himself to the limit, he achieved a fantastic score of 16,660 points… only to die of heart failure moments after entering his name on the high score list.

In 1982, a thousand miles from where the first tragedy occurred, 18-year-old Peter Burkowski strolled into a different arcade, but with the same goal, and the very same game. It took him roughly 15 minutes to obtain a score he could be proud of. He proceeded to enter his initials twice in the list of high scorers. You can guess what happened next.

Both cases revealed that the men had already been suffering from weak hearts. In the end, however, the stress they experienced attempting to beat their personal best led to their downfall.

Thus ends 11 Weird Deaths Related to Gaming. Did these horrific tales shock and disturb you? Tell us what you think in the comments section below!

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