There was so much going on. Land tension, sexual repression, but also classism. And young girls getting attention. I think the fungus theory is too easy. People go bat guano crazy for no reason all the time and in groups at that. No one thought Barack Obama was born in Kenya until he ran for President of the United States of America and then millions of people lost their minds.
"Prior to the NES I don’t recall people blowing into Atari or any other cartridge-based hardware that predated the NES " We totally did. On our Commodore 64 too.
We totally did. On our Commodore 64 too.