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BEN the Iron Terrier
Polybius
Legacy Name: Polybius_405
The Steamwork Kumos
Owner: Draikinator
Age: 12 years, 10 months, 2 weeks
Born: June 30th, 2011
Adopted: 12 years, 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Adopted: June 30th, 2011
Statistics
- Level: 11
- Strength: 28
- Defense: 20
- Speed: 16
- Health: 15
- HP: 10/15
- Intelligence: 9
- Books Read: 9
- Food Eaten: 0
- Job: Stock Worker
The origin of the legend is unknown. Some internet commentators think it originated as a usenet hoax. Other bloggers believe the story is a true urban legend – one that grew out of exaggerated and distorted tales of an early release version of Tempest that caused problems with photosensitive epilepsy; the game was reported to have caused motion sickness and vertigo, and was therefore pulled.
Several people have claimed to have a ROM of the game, but none of them have made it available for public scrutiny, a "lack of hard evidence" situation typical of hoaxes and conspiracy theories. Conflicting information is even circulated regarding the style or genre of the game. Some sources claim it is a maze-style game, while others describe it as an action space-fighter.
The Polybius legend received some mass-market attention in the September 2003 issue of GamePro magazine, as part of a feature story on video game urban legends called "Secrets and Lies". The magazine determined the legend to be neither true nor false, but "inconclusive". Additionally, Snopes.com claims to have debunked the myth as a modern-day version of 1980's rumors of "Men in Black" visiting arcades and taking down the names of high scorers at arcade games.
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