Marek Vachousek was the programmer who came up with the name Polybius - he had studied Greek Mythology at Masaryk University and came up with the name because it sounded quite bold and mysterious, which is what we wanted quite simply. qacct:"p-133RSKTXVc7GQ"

For example, say a company programs a game to test the effects of visuals (in this case, the vector format) on the human brain.

Comment: "www.polybiuslives.com © 1995-2020 by WebMagic Ventures, LLC, The International Arcade Museum®, Museum of the Game®. Comment: "I like the way a game that's never been played can cause so much hysteria/hype/discussion.

Comment: "Polybius exists. (in IE, use edit > find on this page, and type 'polybius') Comment: "hi there im just going to say that 2006-01-27 09:15:27Z, by Isaac356. I have collected a file of facts containing everything anybody on the net knows about it.

After playing it I had the WORST nightmares of my life, for at least five days. })(); I called it "inconclusive" in the article because I could not find much out at all, but I think it's pretty safe to call it false. 2004-12-09 13:46:43Z, by Slave2_is_my_bounty. I had to come and warn anyone who will listen 2004-05-02 18:52:16Z, by Siege88. var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; })(); If you dont die at all hard to do by the 6th shape you are on the game will give you yet another 1 up followed by big word coming at you polybius it will then start flashing and display polybius yet again intill you finish the shape" Polybius, who was sort of a Roman apologist, wrote a history of Rome's rise to power in the Meditteranean, which also included long discourses on the Roman constitution & Roman military organization. I do not have a scanner to put the pics on put i can do my best to remake them on photo maker!!!!!!!" Comment: "I wrote a philosophical, argue sort of type essay on Polybius, my views and my arguements. come on. 2003-09-30 23:30:03Z, by kingspider. I have been reseaching Polybius since i first heared about it. A recurring element of the legend is that men dressed in black frequently came to retrieve data from arcades, seemingly interested in the way customers played. . i dont know what he was doing but he came from the same road that leads straight to niagara falls (whare there are at least 10 arcades) mabe the men in black are making another Polybius type video game." 2003-08-10 12:34:16Z, by polybiusinfofinder. I have played a game that uses strobe effects, and cannot play over a few minutes.

At that time the Romans had conquered the Macedonians & established political control over Greece. Feel free to post feedback on the site.

Another member in my group found it on the internet. Sign in to see reasons why you may or may not like this based on your games, friends, and curators you follow. Well I remember playing this game there.

Comment: "anybody out there who has this rom send it to me at waffleking11@juno.com. Comment: "hard to believe this story is true when there is a picture, but nobody is able to get the ROM of where the screenshot was taken. http://6152410.ath.cx/

Managing it should be easy. they just collected information about how the game was played. http://www.kuhilas.com/tom/polybius/" I have been instructed to post this to any site that is engaged in active discussion regarding the subject. Two teenagers supposedly disappeared after playing it. Comment: " I dont find this hard to believe in.I still remember the infamous pokemon cartoon that caused kids to have sezieurs in Japan in 2000.This was probably something similar and quietly covered over by whoever published it for health concerns and liability.I doubt men in black had anything to do with this.Still its an intriging legend.I would love to play this game" And the old cabinets would turn up surplus here and there (chip shop in Glen Innes, Auckland, New Zealand). Comment: "I know this is a very exciting topic for those of you who are into conspiracy issues, but I would highly recommend that you abandon your search for information regarding the subject of this conversation. Every effort was made to withdraw the game from the public domain as quickly as possible but the scaremongering was already out in force and a lot of the children were queueing up or daring their friends to play this supposedly nightmarish game. And not very well done either.

It's probably not true, yeah, but it really IS interesting...mainly because I like to think that there's at least a kernel of truth to all myths." Ernest Cline recalls hearing about Polybius as a whisper across the arcade game floor as a teenage gamer in central Ohio. var elem = document.createElement('script'); just click the maracas to get there." Comment: "fake ...just a legand. " but if u found the rom, wuldnt the government put a failsafe so that it doesnt work?" Yeah, that sort of makes sense, but with extensive use in photoshop and other graphic programs I can tell you it would be MUCH easier to make something comepltely from scratch rather than searching out the right parts, and cutting and pasting them, so your theory does work, but it doesn't, now, supporting the theory of realism, the muliticolored squares could have just been noise eminated from the graphics on the screen, and on the side of skeptscism, it's pretty obvious, no other screen shots, no ROMs, but all I'm saying is that if it was a photoshop job, it was a very bad one. 2004-04-24 17:21:05Z, by Gamer8585. The game was described as a Tempest-like puzzle shooter that caused health issues ranging from amnesia, night terrors, seizures, and even reports of people committing suicide. 2005-07-17 07:00:20Z, by Polybius. well anyways, polybius i believe exists. were not obsessed with the game but we ocassionally play it. the man 1st got out of the car then he stood neer the gas pump, i went out and asked him "How much gas would you like sir", and he handed me a crisp 20$ bill.

I'm a videogame journalist and am investigating this. Polybius is a supposed arcade game that was released in the early 1980s in Portland, Oregon.

The true history of Polybius remains obscure. i found a site that claims to have the polybius rom on it but since i work for a global company i decided not to take the risk of picking up a virus and pretty much destroying everything. Is there anyone who can verify "PRG017"? The image floating around the net is a fake, but there are too many firsthand accounts to be simply a rumor... and for the record, Sinneslöschen means "Loss of Senses" in German." http://www.mausland.de/samba364.html the strobes come in as you rank up. Sorry folks, it's a hoax." The first book series in the world to incorporate A.R.