Omega
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Post by Omega on Aug 10, 2003 10:00:06 GMT -5
Hello, I hear about old arcade game "Polybius", Where I can get more info about it? or a download link for the rom?
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Post by Forbidden on Aug 10, 2003 10:12:21 GMT -5
Polybius was a puzzle game that had a very limited release, reportededly restricted to less than a dozen arcades in a small Portland suburb. The games history is hazy. Reports indicate that children that played Polybius could no longer remember common and basic information critical to their lifestyle such as how to find their home or even recall their own name. It is unknown if these effects of amnesia were permanent. It is known that those that played the program were victims of unbearable nightmares often waking up at night screaming in fear.
One of the previous arcade operators vows that gentlemen dressed in black coats would periodically come to retrieve play statistics and other records from the coin-op. The mysterious collectors failed to take the coin earnings, nor did they seem interested in or recognize any monetary potential that is usually associated with such devices.
Supposedly it is rumored to have been developed by some kind of uncanny military tech offshoot organization. It was said to have some kind of proprietary behavior modification algorithms developed for the CIA or other other secretive outfit. The game itself is very abstract in design with fast action and puzzle elements. While the kids that played Polybius refrained from playing other videogames aftwerwards, one in particular became a big anti-videogame advocate. We have contacted an individual that knows him, and he claims that the Polybius machines were removed from arcade premesis within a period of four to six weeks. For over twenty years all has been silent concerning polybius until the ROM recently appeared. Our source regrets mentioning his involvement, and claims that our hobby is not his hobby, and wishes to wash his hands of the entire story.
You won't find the rom anytime this year.
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Post by ObviousDelirium on Aug 10, 2003 10:18:36 GMT -5
Urban legend is what you can call this,I don't think it exist.
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Zheil
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Post by Zheil on Aug 10, 2003 10:57:06 GMT -5
If it's true, then I'm going to find it...
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Serge
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Post by Serge on Aug 11, 2003 3:50:35 GMT -5
If it's true, then I'm going to find it... Are you crazy?
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Post by Forbidden on Aug 11, 2003 4:52:50 GMT -5
Seriously GS, it's dangerous.
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Kuja
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I have no idea what that was meant to be ^^^
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Post by Kuja on Aug 11, 2003 13:52:57 GMT -5
Yeah, Majin Paul played it then 'forgot vital information' and never returned to the town.
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Post by Forbidden on Aug 11, 2003 15:39:37 GMT -5
Kuja, that's cruel, mean and evil. I like it! ;D
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Zheil
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Post by Zheil on Aug 11, 2003 23:11:19 GMT -5
Seriously GS, it's dangerous. Is it, now? Well, I guess I'll have to see... And if I find it, and I still remember, I'm exposing the government about this... I don't mean to sound like a jackass in that sentence. I'm d**n serious. But how could a game produce such horror? Giving kids nightmares, and erasing shards of their memory?
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Post by ObviousDelirium on Aug 11, 2003 23:36:21 GMT -5
Is it, now? Well, I guess I'll have to see... And if I find it, and I still remember, I'm exposing the government about this... I don't mean to sound like a jackass in that sentence. I'm d**n serious. But how could a game produce such horror? Giving kids nightmares, and erasing shards of their memory? Did it pass through your head that this game might not even exist?
It's an urban legend,that's all,all we got is a title screen,which could just have been made by some bored guy.
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Zheil
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Post by Zheil on Aug 11, 2003 23:44:45 GMT -5
It is true. I've read about 3 different magazines and about 20 different websites about it. I even saw a picture of the arcade console in GamePro. Besides, why wouldn't the military want to do it?
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Post by Nuno on Aug 12, 2003 5:05:28 GMT -5
I'm afraid a game CANNOT cause disturbes on NORMAL people.
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Post by UltimateMaxim on Aug 12, 2003 8:47:51 GMT -5
I'm afraid a game CANNOT cause disturbes on NORMAL people. I don't even get what you're trying to say.... Anywho, yeah, the only thing we got was a title screen. That's not enough proof that the game exists. Urban Legends are urban legends.
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Zheil
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Post by Zheil on Aug 12, 2003 8:56:07 GMT -5
If you don't think that can happen...
Why don't you go find it for yourself?
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Post by Forbidden on Aug 12, 2003 9:06:29 GMT -5
I'm afraid a game CANNOT cause disturbes on NORMAL people. I'm afraid a game CAN. You don't know it all, Nuno. Fortunately.
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