ITT: Polybius
>let us discuss conspiracies and general knowledge of this enigmatic game
Didn't miyamoto and the army get involved or some shit?
Polybius was most likely just a one off game made by an arcade owner, he probably modded an existing cabinet. From the supposed claims of what the game plays like, he probably hacked Tempest.
I'm more curious as to why it was called Polybius if there's any other reason than simply being a reference to polygons
Ice cream? god I love ice cream!
>>330671108
I keep hearing this...That the military may have been testing some type of new mental shit or something and someone would visit the machine ever so often to extract data(?) idk, just shit I've heard.
Too vague
>>330671108
I mean, why isn't there an original polybius out there? Just some replicas, no originals.
Miyamoto has an original polybius locked up in his relics vault somewhere
>>330671487
ya, my favorite flavor is vanilla
>>330671654
you should shut up before something bad happens to you
you have been warned
they are coming
>>330671807
Ya, that stuff is good, sometimes I dream about snowboarding through a valley of vanilla ice cream.
>>330672130
I await the arrival of the Nintendo G-men
Idk.
Why won't Miyamoto let anyone play it?
>>330672148
Ice cream? god I love icI̡̭̥̝̳̥͙ ̨̘̣̟̘̟ͅl̴̺̭͕̱o̙̟̠̻̬̕v̮͢e̗̙̼̼̕ ̣̹̥̦̱í̠̟͕͎ͅͅc̯̥̟͟ḛ̖͘ͅ ̹̲͚̺͔́c͔̹͚͡ͅr̲̝͈͚̦̹̪͝e̖̹͔͉͕̕a̰ṃ̞̖̮̺I̡̭̥̝̳̥͙ ̨̘̣̟̘̟ͅl̴̺̭͕̱o̙̟̠̻̬̕v̮͢e̗̙̼̼̕ ̣̹̥̦̱í̠̟͕͎ͅͅc̯̥̟͟ḛ̖͘ͅ ̹̲͚̺͔́c͔̹͚͡ͅr̲̝͈͚̦̹̪͝e̖̹͔͉͕̕a̰ṃ̞̖̮̺
>>330670330
I tried installing it but always got a 'dll' error.
>>330672309
BecauseMiyamoto has been brainwashed by his own game.
Where can a fellow find information and speculation on this topic?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(video_game)
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cs-bot-ice-cream-meme
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Black
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Misfortune.gb
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Fallout+new+vegas+creepypasta+this+shit+unsettled+me_5293a1_5307624.jpg
Hey, guys, I've played polybius before, my dad was the owner of an arcade center and I found it in the warehouse we have rented, ask anythnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
>>330673059
Whats it like?
>>330673059
NUTS POUND
>>330672534
Holy shit....
...This I had not considered
Wonder when the polybius control squad is gonna eradicate this thread & triangulate our locations
Kek[?]
>>330673526
haha, that's the most stupid thing i've heard all day, just keep posting, it will be all over soon
>>330673059
Did your dad work at Nintendo TOO?????//???////
>Polybius
DUDE AYBABTU LMAO DONT STOP THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW 2!!!!111ELEVENTY ONE
WHICH YEAR IS IT AGAIN, FAGGOTS?
Reported OP for spooping me. Enjoy your ban faggot.
>>330673789
DRUMPF
>>330670330
The real truth behind it is that it WAS a gov't project about mind control but, not in the way you'd expect. More so about how to control information.
There's a website dedicated to the truth about this game.
>>330674590
Link?
so fucking sick of creepypastas that involve some type of media that'll drive you to suicide or something stupid if you consume it
>>330674590
Raiden, we're in trouble
Does anyone have the link to the fan made game? I remember playing on my old computer few years back and enjoying it.
>>330675369
Except it isn't a creepypasta and there's some merit to it.
Creepypasta just ruined shit for real theories and such. I hate that shit too man
>>330676242
>Except it isn't a creepypasta and there's some merit to it.
If there is merit, how come there's no actual documentation on the cases of kids getting amnesia or records of the game's release at the time? All I can find is rumours or speculation.
>>330676982
Wish I could say I've seen but no
Idk, controlled info? Lol seriously, no idea, but that is the stigma associated with Polybius
No one really asks, & they definitely aren't telling.
>>330676242
>there's some merit to it.
The only merit to it is reports of people getting sick playing Tempest and the FBI monitoring arcades in the 80's because of suspected gambling. Those two things got combined into the urban legend.
>>330678353
I could buy that
what's so spooky about a video game that makes you feel sick and causes memory loss when actual video games do that to you?
>>330678637
How do you remember feeling sick if it causes memory loss as well?
>>330678810
i don't remember
>>330678810
This is the real mystery behind polybius
>>330676242
I kinda like shitty creepypasta for the shame reason shitty horror films can be enjoined. Good creepypasta are rare but pretty interesting.
>>330678903
Mild kek
>>330678903
>>330679447
UNLESS, the illness is amnesia!
>>330680289
>>330679801
Oh shit
>>330672983
I suppose it's nice to have a single site containing most notable creepypasta so you don't have to go searching around for it, but I wish people wouldn't post their pastas just to creepypasta wiki and nowhere else.
I think they should post it elsewhere first because part of the appeal of stories like this is the notion that they're true, which is completely absent on sites like that, as opposed to stories posted on places like /x/.
I mean, everybody knows that they're bullshit, but I still think it adds something when they're presented as though they were true.
>>330671108
All polybius stories i heard had nothing to do with Miyamoto or Nintendo
oh look, /x/ decided to visit us.
>>330675369
don't read infinite jest then
>>330681181
i actually find DFWs writing interesting
but i'm autistic so
>>330674590
sauce you dense motherfucker
>>330674590
>>330674810
Or not.
>Time for some Google magic
>>330682114
>jpg.jpg
oh boy
the shitty candlejack meme
before the candlejack figure
>>330683334
Quick search but idk if this is the one anon was speaking of:
http://www.joltcountry.com/polybius.html
I hate when memes mutate like this.
If you played polybius you'd die or go crazy
Why are you guys talking about miyamoto now
Just look it up on wikipedia
>>330684121
>Cause Wikipedia is always 100% fact and never wrong with ALL the info available & needed
Do you even conspiracy, bro?
>>330670330
Delete this thread, final warning
>>330670330
Back in the day of arcades videogames were not much different in how they were dealt with on a market level.
You couldn't just release the game, you had to test to see if people would actually play it.
To save money, companies would discretely make a deals with arcade owners to set up an arcade game and then observe how many players were lining up to play it for a short period of time.
Obviously not all these companies were subtle, and likely sent men in their business suites to sort of spy on their game and record it's progress.
When they got the results from the testing trails they would then swiftly remove the game from the arcade, which is generally given a fake name, to plan the release of the official game.
This is most likely what Polybius was, a test arcade box set up in a few arcades that was watched over by company employees who weren't subtle at all.
Because of shit about the men in black, government agencies and the myth that the government was looking for skilled potential pilots based on arcade skills, as well as how swiftly the game disappeared from the arcade and the denial of arcade owners from disclosing information about it, all combined to form the Polybius legend.
>>330673914
>announcing a report
>spooping
Guys I found the newfriend!!!
>>330685462
So, polybius may have just been that: a beta version of a game with games/dev companies just gathering basic info(?)
Highly plausible.
But I dunno man, the stigma with polybius is what makes it so interestingly engaging.
>nothing definitive ever
>>330686297
Some people believe it was the beta machine for Tempest, though I don't remember if the years match up.
>>330684807
Mod me then bro
