Allegedly first and original DUMP of POLYBIUS found.

#1

This happened in Argentina, it was in hands of an engineer and were stole by a hacker in 1996, he found the file now 'cause he couldn’t decrypt it back in those times(and even today) and were in an old Hard Disk. The coding is very interesting and weird for those times. You can check the file and try to decrypt it if you’re an old programmer, but maybe it’ll cost much more than it looks.

Check the file out:
https://newserverclear.site90.com/polybius/POLYBIUSDUMPBCK.7z

And check the post in an Argentinian website.

https://www.taringa.net/posts/juegos/9932721/Primera-parte_-Al-fin-la-verdad___-Polybius.html

I post this because it looked very… VERY interesting and extremely consistent history. This file will go over the world, i’m sure of it.

#2

Shit I can’t understand this magnitude of spanish

#3

I’m sure you could understand some shitty Google translation maybe. It’s very interesting.

Start where says:

Veamos… desde donde comienzo?

#4

https://www.7-zip.org/history.txt

#5

That was beta graphic version.
I’m just reppeating whatever that guy said.

#6

someone wanna describe what this is to the few laymen among us like me? :retard:

#7

You can google ‘polybius’ for the story. It’s an old urban myth from usenet. Taringa is a link dump site. I’m familiar with it. A guy posted a link to this file on Taringa.

The poster tells this big, long, irrelevant story about how he came across the file in 1996. The file he downloaded from some random guy in 1996 was POLYBIUSDUMPBCK.7z. There was no such extension in 1996. That’s why I posted the link to the 7-ZIP history.

The guy is a dumbass. If you’re gonna pull a hoax, it should at least be plausible for more than a few paragraphs. The rest of the post is another big, long, irrelevant story as to why he has only just revealed the file now. At the end, he posts the link to the file.

It’s all a bunch of bullshit, and he’s a lame hoaxter - fucking amateur.

EDIT: I read some of the comments on Taringa, someone pointed out the 7z extension (scroll way down). The OP’s response was something about how the 7z format existed long before and independent of 7-ZIP. That’s complete bullshit - the 7z format is native to 7-ZIP, which was released in 1999.

After reading a few of OPs responses to comments, this seems less like a classic hoax and more like a personal attention-seeking kinda thing.

#8

Packing format considerations aside, inlined assembly includes PSRLW instructions which are MMX-specific ie. non-existing until 1997 vs. Polybius alleged release in the 80’s :bulb:

#9

Anyone ever see that John Carpenter episode of Masters of Horror called “Cigarette Burns” with La Fin Absolue Du Monde?

That movie was way cooler than Polybius.

#10

I found that fascinating. Wish I could have played that game :frowning:

#11

https://www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php

Somebody made this game based on mythical descriptions of what Polybius was supposed to be. I haven’t played it but I imagine it’s a bunch of strobey, flashing, oscillating primary colors designed to give you a headache.

Have at it.

#12

:hmph:

#13

I have no idea what this thread is about.

Could someone explain what’s this polybius business in a nutshell?

#14

a password protected archive file with a fake description on a spanish warez site

#15

It’s a myth. Videogame designed specifically to control children’s minds and force them to commit suicide and shit like that.

All bullshit. It was from an anti videogame propaganda campaign. Back when their lies still had some class.

#16

oh wow

:expressionless:

#17

Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing?

#18

If any game fits the bill, it’s this one right here.

#19

Some of you seem incapable of doing any searching. Here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(game)

#20

@Patrick

Like I said before - the guy is lying. His explanation is a bunch of bullshit to save his story.

7z isn’t a compression algorithm, it’s the archive format native to 7-zip - native to 7-zip - native to 7-zip.

https://www.7-zip.org/7z.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7z

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