We used to have this old baseball video game when I was a kid. When You hit the ball a certain way it would foul and the ball would pop straight up toward the screen. My father told me if you hit it hard enough it could break through the screen.
A childhood belief about computer games

others believed things like this
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- I used to think volleyball was actually called "ball-y ball"Anon
- I was told as a kid that when it thundered, God was playing basket ball. LOL! — Tony
- I used to believe that if I sat behind the tv set, my family could see me on the screen.— Jenny
- I used to belief that if you stood behind the TV, you would appear on the screen.— Gen Rodenis
- I used to believe that if I broke the glass on the tv screen, I could go into the tv show...— Karyne