Creepypasta: El Juego que devoraba mentes (Polybius Retake)

Channel Intro / Premise

Supermadec Bros. opens by explaining why the video upload was delayed—switching from Windows XP to Windows 7 and finishing other series—then teases that this is his first creepypasta on the channel. He says he’s trying to avoid overused horror tropes and instead share a different tale: “Polybius Retake.”

Main Plot / Key Events (Polybius in Oregon, 1981)

The mysterious arcade machine

• In Oregon in 1981, arcade games are booming.
• One machine stands out because it looks almost plain and unappealing:
  • A dark cabinet with a green name reading “Bolivius.”
• For days, nobody cares—until a boy plays it.

The addiction escalates

• A crowd gathers, assuming it’s just another arcade shooter (similar to Tempest).
• After about two weeks, the “euphoria” shifts into worsening effects:
  • People feel repulsed yet keep returning, coming back minutes or hours later—without remembering what they played.
  • Some report disturbing on-screen messages, including:
    • Commands like “kill yourself”
    • Insults aimed at their imagination
  • Others develop:
    • Nervous tics
    • Nightmares, including eyes watching in the dark while the music continues
    • Increasing hallucinations—visual, auditory, and “messages” that feel like they’re happening around them

Social Chaos and the Crackdown

• The addiction causes fights over turns, injuries, and damage-management problems for arcade owners.
• Even when someone suggests removing the game, owners say they can’t—deferring it as “for later.”
• The game appears to spread to other arcades, disappearing only temporarily as if it “moved.”
• Roughly one month after arrival, consequences become worst-of-all:
  • Vomiting
  • Insomnia
  • Dizziness
  • Withdrawal-like symptoms
  • Self-harm issues

Climax: Tiler Hits a Million—Then Collapses

• At 8 PM, kids line up to play.
• A kid named Tiler is the one playing.
• No one has ever reached the top score: 1,000,000—but Tiler does it anyway.
  • He dodges puzzles flawlessly
  • Reads all the messages in time
  • His score rises rapidly second by second
• Immediately after reaching a million:
  • Tiler screams
  • Then collapses in violent convulsions
  • He falls lifeless onto the control panel
  • Flickering lights cause collateral harm to nearby teens

Before police arrive:

• A group of men wearing black sunglasses and gloves appear
• A biological containment team seals off the scene
• Resuscitation attempts fail, and teenagers are moved away

Afterward:

• Over the following days, all Polybius machines vanish
• Owners never explain why
• In the years afterward, the incident becomes a myth / urban legend—faintly remembered or not remembered at all

“It Existed” Twist: The Narrator Is Polybius’s Son

The video’s narrator claims the creepypasta isn’t just “a story.” He says he is:

• the son of the man behind Polybius

He explains that:

• His father cooperated with the Department of Defense, using his technical skill to control human behavior.
• His mother thought his father was kind and loving until the government involvement—and the subsequent cover-up—broke the illusion.
• Later, the narrator finds surviving documents suggesting Polybius was tied to a German shell company used to:
  • launder Defense funds
  • evade responsibility
• Arcades were coerced using money and threats:
  • Those who refused either left Oregon or sold their businesses.

Proof, memory confusion, and silencing

• He tries to show others proof (including a photo), but people don’t remember Polybius.
• He says they confuse it with other games—like a Mandela Effect.
• He insists the government benefits from the public treating the event as unreal.
• Anyone who tries to speak up will be dismissed as crazy.

Final monologue tone

• The video ends with a deeply personal, hateful monologue toward his father:
  • wishing him dead
  • furious he chose money over family
  • demanding to know whether he’ll be buried with it

Standout Tone Elements

• Arcade addiction horror:
  • forgetting what you played
  • messages
  • hallucinations
• Conspiracy / cover-up horror:
  • black-clad men
  • containment response
  • shell-company funding and evasion
  • enforced memory loss
• A dramatic climax centered on Tiler’s million-score collapse
• An abrupt “reality” angle in the final section, reinforced by anger aimed at the father figure

Post-Horror Channel Humor

After the creepypasta ends, the video switches to a comedic “YouTube fails” segment with profanity and insults—used as tonal contrast. Subtitles include homophobic slurs.

People Mentioned

• Supermadec Bros. — host/narrator introducing the video
• Tiler — the kid who reaches 1,000,000 and collapses
• The narrator — claims to be Polybius’s son
• The father — Defense-linked technologist behind Polybius; tied to a shell-company laundering scheme
• The mother — father’s spouse; largely kept in the dark, later receiving answers
• Government / DoD personnel + containment team — black-suited men, plus biological containment response