No joke, no exageration.
Illegal. It is now illegal to own, not just play but OWN, a video game within the country of Greece.
I'm sure people in Greece are well aware of this and most of Europe is up-to-date but many may not be, so if you're planning a trip leave everything.
No Gameboy.
No PC if there is a game on it.
No VMU's (if you're like me, you have tetris or pac-man on it)
NO CELL PHONES if they have a game on it, even dice.
Don't even try to play a web game.
So far they're just arresting people playing in public, they aren't raiding people's homes and most likely the law will be ammended before it comes to that. As is right now it's just a poorly poorly poorly written law designed to prevent gambling ( <img src="graemlins/spock.gif" border="0" alt="[Spock]" /> ).
So don't risk it, they WILL throw you in jail and fine you.
I feel bad for Greek Gamers, hopefully this will be fixed very soon.
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Illegal. It is now illegal to own, not just play but OWN, a video game within the country of Greece.
I'm sure people in Greece are well aware of this and most of Europe is up-to-date but many may not be, so if you're planning a trip leave everything.
No Gameboy.
No PC if there is a game on it.
No VMU's (if you're like me, you have tetris or pac-man on it)
NO CELL PHONES if they have a game on it, even dice.
Don't even try to play a web game.
So far they're just arresting people playing in public, they aren't raiding people's homes and most likely the law will be ammended before it comes to that. As is right now it's just a poorly poorly poorly written law designed to prevent gambling ( <img src="graemlins/spock.gif" border="0" alt="[Spock]" /> ).
So don't risk it, they WILL throw you in jail and fine you.
I feel bad for Greek Gamers, hopefully this will be fixed very soon.
<a href="http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1040-956357.html?type=pt&part=msnbc&tag=alert&form=feed&subj=cnetnews" target="_blank">Link</a>