So I played Polybius...

Post by **marlin29311** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:19 am

RCA wrote:What the hell is this! An hour of anything similar to this would drive you nuts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDwgqI0ak4s

If thats the gameplay, then WTF do you do in the game?

Post by **RCA** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:35 am

marlin29311 wrote:If thats the gameplay, then WTF do you do in the game?

numbnuts240 wrote:that's what i'm saying, i see no game play, just a bunch of crappy, psychedelic visual effects. some one explain to me what i am looking at or do i have to play to understand.

btw, i watched the video yesterday and slept better last night than i did the previous night

Yea the video doesn't mean much. Playing the game requires a more attention then a video so imagine staring at this while making a conscious effort to shoot things, aim bullets and dodge things. If played long enough you might go a little kouki.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3LN23nYV3A

This video covers the first stage of the game. You can see how simple it is.This is the instructions to the game:

POLYBIUS Instructions wrote:Use left/right/up/down to maneuver ship clockwise/counter and towards or away from the base. Use fire to destroy enemies. Occasionally, glowingshapes will launch from the base with a red number circling them. If thenumber matches either digit on the base number (on each arm of the base)or is evenly divisible within, shooting it will reduce the base number bythe polygon number. Getting the base number to zero advances to the next level. Intercepting the polygon will increase shields. Colliding with enemypawns, missiles, or mines reduces shields. Scoring is based on enemies killed,reducing base number, and level change. The largest score increases are withdivisible numbers, especially square roots. At higherlevels, the base shoots a paralysis beam which may briefly immobilize the player. This occurs when all arms of the base align.

And the link to DL the game:http://rapidshare.com/files/11....html

(after DLing it I AVG scanned it and nothing came up. If you DL it I would scan it again)

Post by **numbnuts240** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:38 am

i'll try it when i get home. i may or may not be here in the morning

Post by **Pento240sx** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:28 am

If you look closely, there are subliminal messages too:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-VP1WDVxQLike "OBEY", "DON'T QUESTION AUTHORITY", "FALL ASLEEP", "FORGET" and many more messages. The more you play it the more you see and experience things.

Post by **numbnuts240** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:39 am

subliminal message, eh? my brain has been pretty dirty, i guess i could go for a good washing...

Post by **s0m3th1ngAZ** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:43 am

Yes, we have an actual cabinet here. Like I said, I doubt it's the original...but still pretty cool. I haven't played it.

Post by **numbnuts240** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:44 am

it's ok to be scared. i refuse to play certain rpg's alone in the dark. see? you're not alone

Post by **Pento240sx** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:24 pm

ScorchedNX2K wrote:Yes, we have an actual cabinet here. Like I said, I doubt it's the original...but still pretty cool. I haven't played it.

Wow. There are really rare there is only like 3 or 4 know to some people. If is not as much problem can you take some pics. I would appreciated

EDIT: According to the story, an unheard-of new arcade game appeared in several suburbs of Portland, Oregon in 1981, something of a rarity at the time. The game, Polybius, proved to be incredibly popular, to the point of addiction, and lines formed around the machines, quickly followed by clusters of visits from men in black. Rather than the usual marketing data collected by company visitors to arcade machines, they collected some unknown data, allegedly testing responses to the psychoactive machines.

No wonder there is a machine there. Awesome.
Modified by Pento240sx at 4:32 PM 9/1/2009

Post by **Captain Slow** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:54 pm

So, I played the game. I am still here. All I have to say is Tempest is better. Staring at the screen for 10 min. at a time did make me a bit woozy, but no ill effects. I am actually quite dissapointed. I had heard about this game so long ago and was hoping that it wasn't a hoax, that some of it was fact. I guess this was a case of don't meet your heros.

Post by **Pento240sx** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:59 pm

Captain Slow wrote:So, I played the game. I am still here. All I have to say is Tempest is better. Staring at the screen for 10 min. at a time did make me a bit woozy, but no ill effects. I am actually quite dissapointed. I had heard about this game so long ago and was hoping that it wasn't a hoax, that some of it was fact. I guess this was a case of don't meet your heros.

Did you follow my instructions on putting on all the settings or not?

Post by **Captain Slow** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:57 am

Yeah, I set all of the Higher Functions to "über f*** up your mind" Still all it did was make me a bit woozy. I did have a good nights sleep that night though.....

Post by **RCA** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:56 am

And you didn't try to kill yourself? Thats strange....

Wait until the subliminal messages kick in and you start subconsciously try killing things.

Post by **ddgsxr504** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:44 pm

This game is like hypnosis, it only works if you are dumb enough to let it.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:40 pm

RCA wrote:And you didn't try to kill yourself? Thats strange....

Wait until the subliminal messages kick in and you start subconsciously try killing things.

Well that blows. If that's what happens I'll never know if it was the game taking effect or just an average day.

Post by **RCA** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:56 pm

....

Whoa

Your deep MoD... your deep

Post by **GamerField** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:52 am

Hey so I know I'm late on this but could I have the link, cause I really wanna play and I can't find it anywhere!

My e-mail adress: *REDACTED*

Thanks!

peter85444 · Post by **peter85444** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:03 am

Please send the Polybius rom to this email address
*REDACTED*

roberto88 · Post by **roberto88** » Sat May 06, 2023 2:59 am

I bought the polybius original rom from this guy
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5451031.new#new

Post by **macgiver** » Sat May 06, 2023 1:27 pm

by the perveyers of MK-ULTRA

Post by **Pento240sx** » Tue May 30, 2023 12:18 pm

Zombie thread. Man was I young and a bit dumb lol. The game is long gone, it is probably on my old HDD which is lost somewhere in storage.

So I played Polybius...

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