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Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 10:42 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 3:55 am
by RealNC
It's gonna be in cg, isn't it.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:39 am
by pinback
How many times is your cab used in this without permission

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:27 am
by Ice Cream Jonsey
Zero! Stuart contacted me. I haven't had a chance to watch the whole thing yet, but I gave him some audio answers to some questions he provided. He asked if he could use my Polybius video in his episode here, which was of course fine.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:24 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
Oh, he used an audio quote. Aces! I listened / watched the whole thing today, it's great.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:52 pm
by Tdarcos
What's interesting from the video, (I have only watched a few minutes) is that the claim the game was being used by the government for some testing initiative seems to mirror the role of Robert Preston as an intergalactic con man who installed training simulators in earth arcades masquerading as video games to find those good enough to fight their war for survival in the movie The Last Starfighter.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:46 pm
by RetroRomper
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Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:48 am
by Ice Cream Jonsey
Stuart Brown has done another half hour video on the Amiga. It's really well-done, as is all his stuff.


Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:58 pm
by RealNC
My favorite computer of all time. I spent countless nights playing Monkey Island on that thing. An amazing piece of hardware for its time.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:02 pm
by Flack
I watched the whole thing, and the next video that started playing was the story of Monkey Island. Win/win.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:19 am
by Tdarcos
The issue of the video game Polybius seems to be another example of "The Mandela Effect," a condition where people have false memories of something that did not happen. A number of people remember Nelson Mandela dying in prison when he actually was released from prison, ran for and was elected President of South Africa, and lived for several years in his home after he left office.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:42 pm
by Flack
Shortly after Mandela was released from prison, his supporters built a cover out of what they had on hand (hazelnuts and cocoa, mostly) to prevent his statue from getting wet during the seasonal monsoons. Many people falsely remember reading a short book about the event, although there are no records that one was ever officially published. It has come to be known as the Mandela Nutella Umbrella Novella Effect.

Whole no book was ever found, someone did write a song to honor the event; no music, just lyrics. A capella.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 1:39 pm
by RealNC
Flack wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:42 pmShortly after Mandela was released from prison, his supporters built a cover out of what they had on hand (hazelnuts and cocoa, mostly) to prevent his statue from getting wet during the seasonal monsoons. Many people falsely remember reading a short book about the event, although there are no records that one was ever officially published. It has come to be known as the Mandela Nutella Umbrella Novella Effect.

Whole no book was ever found, someone did write a song to honor the event; no music, just lyrics. A capella.
I don't know if I just happen to be in a good mood, but I think this is the best post ever posted on any forum.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:43 pm
by RetroRomper
Apparently Polybius is now both a (strange digital) bank and a cryptocurrency with an actual ICO?

https://polybius.io/

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:47 pm
by RealNC
Here's something to geek out on. The fastest Mac is an Amiga:


Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:47 pm
by Flack
From "The Summer of '84" (2018)

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Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:14 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
hahah, I put the stripes on my Polybius cab one night in the middle of summer in Thornton, Colorado.

And now it shows up on retro-based movies.

It's being moved to the new place tomorrow! I don't have the monitor in it bolted down. I had to take it out tonight, so it's on my dinner table and will go into the passenger seat of my car after all the games make it up to the mountains.

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:24 am
by Flack
Copy of Polybius found for the Commodore 64.


Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:55 pm
by AArdvark
Well the gameplay isn't much to look at, although I could see why it would induce headaches and nightmares.
Man, those 1541 drives were slow as hell weren't they. I fast forwarded a full minute and it still wasn't done. You kinda forget that stuff with emulation.

THE
CIA PLOT
TO SLOW DOWN THE
AARDVARK

Re: Polybius: The Game That Doesn't Exist

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:29 pm
by pinback
This is what Yar was getting revenge for.