Japanese armwrestling game proves too strong

[Singapura]

I guess this one will have collectors value 

Japanese arm-wrestling game, Arm Spirit, had to be yanked from Japanese arcades this week after displaying inhuman strength and breaking the arms of three would-be challengers. This bicep battle between man and machine is obviously similar to real arm wrestling, with the disturbing exception that your opponent's cold hand has no body to go with it. Instead, the appendage is part of an electronic box which mocks you in beeps and boops as it snaps your arm like a twig.

A spokeswoman for game distributor Atlus told the Associated Press that the recall was a "precaution," implying that the organic meatbags of Japan should put some effort into it and realize that the world meets nobody halfway. "The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man," said Ayano Sakiyama. "Even women should be able to beat it."

We're not sure how Ms. Sakiyama would fare when pitted against the mangler of limbs, but she apparently had enough energy to manage a firm shrug. "We think that maybe some players get overexcited and twist their arms in an unnatural way."

[Raleigh]

I remember playing a similar arm wrestling game as a kid and like three of us would grab/pull/hang on the arm to beat it.

I like how they incorporated the 55 gallon drum into the game, I've got a number of them laying around here...  I think I've got another project.

[AtomSmasher]

My dad used to arm wrestle in a local club.  He stopped after a professional arm wrestler came by and ended up breaking my dads arm during a match.  The way an arm gets broken is when you begin to win the match and you move your upper body in a way to help put your bodyweight into the push.  The problem is that once you do that you remove the ability to rotate your arm all the way back to the table, so if you end up losing you will also get a broken arm.  Thats the problem with building an arm wrestling machine, you can't control the form people will use on it, so eventually someone will get into the wrong situation and get a broken arm.