SCP-2600 │ The Empty Box │ Euclid │ Mind Affecting/Electronic SCP

[@spookmaster7737]

“Normal objects with weird properties” have always been my favorite type of SCP. I’ve never liked how SCP gradually shifted towards “monster of the week” SCPs and small novels, so seeing entries like this one always brightens my day.

[@Pangloss6413]

Every SCP author suddenly wanted to become the next Kurt Vonnegut or Alan Moore and thought constant, bottomless, melodrama was the way to do it. So many of them read like shitty feelspastas with a smattering of sci-fi horror behind it

[@TheMaleLilligant]

Control was the thing that got me into SCP, which primarily focused on anomalous objects and places as well. Sad to hear they aren't as common nowadays.

[@stevenreid2223]

Yeah, nowadays the Scarlet King doesn't even crack top 10 in power, cruelty or difficulty.

[@NephiylusBaphson]

YES! This stuff like the coffee machine, that weird knife, the camera and this one are so much better. Though the archons are great too.

[@remipoujoulat7759]

It's a question of taste.

[@robertoXCX]

I haven't watched yet, but I just wanted to show some appreciation for Dr. Millar's crisp delivery of "Ess Sea Pea" in every single video.

[@aepokkvulpex]

I was just thinking about that before this video too!

[@cobhallagames6997]

It's one of the reasons this channel is my first stop for SCP content

[@ricemana7917]

I love it when scp channels cover ones that I've never heard of before

[@eschcal1619]

Its like a good anime adaptation you never read the manga for first.

[@Bump33]

That's because most of the other scp channels don't actually cover anything, they just scalp what's popular from other creators and make a shitty animation to go with it. Hence why I unsubscribed from almost all of them.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@Bump33 Oh yeah dude, they all just declined in quality, popularity and just general interest period. Basically, they got lamer as they went on and gimmickier. TES, and TheVolgun are the TWO best SCP channels period. There was a third one I held on to for a while and I can't remember why I let it go. Must have been for one of the reasons that the other SCP channels went through or something similar or whatnot to make me give it up. The channel name is on the tip of my tongue but I'm not going to let it bother me for I have moved on since. I saw an animation of my favorite Dr. die from some cataclysmic SCP event or something, and then I just became numb after.

[@slair2549]

@@BlackMoonHowlsscp illustrated is also good

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

Seems to me the CIA or Atari had a benefactor who provided a sort of memetic "Chinese Room" in the form of the game console which had the benefit of dosing you w acid too. This was immediately used in MK-Ultra mind control experiments w/o proper understanding of the anomaly. When mostly gov. officials planning to weaponize, it would condition the subject to those preclusions. Once it had interacted w enough civilan test subjects it began to make an approximation of human thought in the form of the angst dream of a teenager. The benefactor realized either it was too much collateral or the game console trying to quilt together a hive mind of CIA operatives sub-conscious high school anxieties wasn't the intended outcome.

[@ianboswell]

I love how Stella is an MK-Ultra follow up which draws from real and fictional accounts of governmental LSD and Atari experiments like Polybius, the hiring of the creator of Battle Zone to make tank simulators, the men who stare at goats, and other sources..

[@corrat4866]

Polybius isn't real mate.

[@lurksnitchtongue8986]

@@corrat4866 Your reading comprehension is at an elementary school level. It was a literal one sentence comment and you couldn't even comprehend it. Just sad.

[@duane7996]

​@@lurksnitchtongue8986Jesus Christ get off your high horse, mate. Man missed one sentence.

[@abydosianchulac2]

​@@duane7996 One sentence, which was the entire post.

[@duane7996]

@@abydosianchulac2 Wow, redundant are we.

[@5001Fergies]

Class B amnestic treatments are honestly the most powerful weapon in the Foundation’s arsenal

[@kqawiyy]

Is your profile pic a.... Turtle burger? Nice

[@inquisitorthornside3p494]

not even close. Its the second lowest strenght amnestic. A is for memories up to few days B is for memories up to few months C [REDACTED] D [REDACTED] E [REDACTED] F [REDACTED]

[@bestaround3323]

​@inquisitorthornside3p494 just because they aren't the strongest amnestic, doesn't mean they aren't the most powerful. Sometimes a scalpel is more powerful then a chainsaw

[@inquisitorthornside3p494]

@@bestaround3323 sometimes carpet bombing is more powerful than a scalpel. Lets settle on the second most widely used.

[@mousesteam7882]

@@inquisitorthornside3p494 C- a Few years D- a Few decades E- a Few centuries F- a Few Millenniums If it grows a consistent rate of one commonly used measurement of time

[@Site_42]

Nothing scares The Foundation more than an empty box. 😮

[@Guestpass13]

Because it hasn't been filled yet. The Foundation fears uncertainty

[@eschcal1619]

I feel the same way about the box my father kept his stringed puppets in. Especially when I remember the awful and eerily passive aggressive voices he used for them before he died. But I can't bring myself to throw it out, my niece and nephew play with them all the time in the basement - where my gaming setup is.

[@TheMeanMongoose]

It's a similar concept to 055... but the "box" is the containment chamber.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

And that's how you break down reality into Entropy, uncertainty. The word I am looking or begins with a C and I can't remember what it is called. Something like the continuity to reality and time that ties into Entropy basically.@@Guestpass13

[@BlackMoonHowls]

"Here there be Dragons..."

[@beagle3247]

5:38 I don't see how anyone in the foundation could ever possibly think that leaving the lights on would increase the electric bill to a significant degree.

[@BradyPostma]

Large buildings with fluorescent lighting use an ass-ton of electricity for lighting.

[@sharcc2511]

@@BradyPostma Significantly more than the 10,000 volt tesla gates, massive networks of computers, advanced external defense systems, and god knows how many other extremely power intensive containment procedures? Doubtful it'd make a dent.

[@BradyPostma]

@@sharcc2511 It is pretty hard to determine how much electricity fictional equipment in a world of magic "anomalies" would actually require. I admit that your view is well thought out and plausible.

[@rwberger6]

The game console is empty, it has no memory installed, because the memory that it uses, is inside us all.

[@Soapromancer]

Atari poo poo

[@QuarkGamingLLC]

Maybe the real memory cartridge was the friends we made along the way

[@Fisher_Films]

It thinks, therefore it is.

[@ethanw041]

I can feel the game console inside of me.

[@sphenodon2016]

it is very rare that I am this confused as to what is happening in anomaly, but it is a welcome change of pace. might have to rewatch this one a few times 😅

[@Mythraen]

Not a bad idea... after all, that's what it wants you to do.

[@phfighter9465]

Love that Dr Dabney is a character as this was the name of one of the protagonists of War Games from 1982...feat Dabney Coleman and Matthew Broderick

[@mikebliss3153]

The Volgun appears to be experimenting with dubstep and I'm all for it.

[@Sebboebbo]

New video dropped right as I was gonna start my laundry so now I've got something to listen to while I fold thanks Volgun!

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Fresh and warm linens, best smell and feel.

[@SalemArc]

I bought the shirt, and I love how many people I pass at work and in the street recognize the Volgun symbol.

[@ajmeyers5661]

I almost forget that Volgun is British, then a word like "tinnitus" pops up in the script and the American illusion wobbles just a tiny bit. Wonderfully voice acted as always!

[@lagoad111]

Scottish

[@ajmeyers5661]

@@lagoad111 - Did I miss the independence referendum actually managing to succeed? If not, then Scottish is still British 😁 Part of the United Kingdom of Scotland, Wales, and England

[@lagoad111]

@@ajmeyers5661 yea but like, don’t do him like that man, he doesn’t deserve to be called British

[@billyadair7945]

@@lagoad111Northern Irish*

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

​@@ajmeyers5661 if we're discussing accents, the distinction matters.

[@christiangiles6368]

Great as always. I have been listening to you for around 7 years now. My favorite S.C. P. Narrator.

[@zeliardforty-two4692]

I love the idea of this! Every gaming history nerd know how Atari made a tank simulation game that the U.S. Army was interested in after development. Of course there is also the Polybius urban legend. This entry seems to take the idea of using video games in some sort of government project. Some sort of mind altering/control protocol with a hint of absorbing minds entirely. Eventually someone realized they lost control as it could effect anyone in direct contact. At least that is what I got from this 😅 absolutely love these video game based entries

[@pseudotasuki]

There's also a few references to MK Ultra.

[@bestaround3323]

Reading the declassified adds some fun context. I can't directly link it for obvious reasons but it is easy to find. I like this article. Fun take on MK Ultra and Polybius. Those poor kids couldn't escape

[@listerjne]

loveddd all the audio noise, so many different sounds, and your voice is always clear. amazing recreation as always!!!

[@VultureSkins]

I like the slight echo effect in some areas of the audio! It’s a nice addition to build setting :) like you’re speaking in a large classroom or auditorium. Thanks for your hard work as always, Doctor

[@BradyPostma]

The audio is really excellent on these! Years of practice have really elevated the form.

[@burningicecube2486]

I was honestly positively suprised by this one! Great scp and wonderful video as always :)

[@pajamapantsjack]

We are lucky it wasn’t a 5200, that thing can fit an entire rolling rock in it

[@Protofall]

What were they thinking?!?

[@sebastianstevens4619]

SO what happens if the SCP finds a second SCP-2600 and "Daisy Change" the two?

[@BlackMoonHowls]

"Daisy Chain" did you get auto corrected? I didn't know that shit still exists, fk cell phones.@@sebastianstevens4619

[@gtf187]

At least there's not an anomalous sega genesis, with optional sega cd and 32x attachments.

[@Protofall]

@@gtf187 It is perplexing that the Foundation failed to prevent the Sega Dreamcast from breaching containment and entering the public consciousness. This Euclid SCP is thinking and has shown to have an anonymous ability over other electronics.

[@concordemakesvideos1070]

Genuinely think this is the fastest I've ever clicked on a video, good way to start my morning, thanks V.

[@MsOkayAwesome]

This one was extra scary, great editing

[@cloned_evil8164]

U have been doing this for 11 years respect man

[@enceladus-117]

Its 1am and TheVolgun uploads... how can i not be happy

[@ReiverBlue1971]

Ooh! A particularly good and dark one. Lovely job

[@GuttedGhostie]

Always a good day when there's a new upload!

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

The perfect addition to my retro gaming space

[@emtea6595]

The best part of the week is here! A pleasure as alway Doctor.

[@Violettheconfuzzled5766]

Wonderful work as always.

[@diamondtron01]

So the Atari is an SCP? Makes sense.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

That's how and why Ray ran it into the ground and then was bought out by another person who just name the company the same thing and just made everything better. Yar's Revenge, much? (Not the Atari 2600 version mind you but the Xbox 360 Arcade version with the kick ass techno OST) If you didn't know Yar is Ray backwards and refers to the Head of the Corporation, the man Ray himself. Just look at that damned ET event thing, God all that hype for almost nothing actually real just finding shitty game cartridge's buried in a Dump for decades. Yes it's history but albeit a very not very interesting one, Just hype up the moving from using rabbits in the 70's for pregnancy tests and then seeing ACTUAL technology and real science be used. Talk about the Dark Ages of Technology or Medieval era that was just 50 and some change years ago. (from 74 to 2024 approximate)

[@MS-jp3op]

I love how often SCPs are monkey paws. The CIA got exactly what they wished for except what they wished for couldn't be controlled.

[@Immortalshinron]

👏👏👏👏👏 Excellent work as always Mr.Volgun, keep up the good work. Will be buying merch soon.🎉

[@captainchaos1398]

Fantastic work as always, Volgun!

[@sheakennedy-ordway1156]

This is inspired by the Polybius urban legend. Fun stuff.

[@rodylermglez]

I once had a box very much like this one when I had like 5. Thankfully it wasn't cursed~

[@fraizie6815]

UwU

[@jayv9070]

"Thank you for listening, if indeed you still are" Me, who accidentally fell asleep in the 13 minutes it took to end the video: bwuh? huh?

[@thewakinghat]

Love this one!

[@jwalster9412]

8:00 what a weird, oddly specific side effect, i wonder if its a reference to another anomaly

[@nathanielbarraza760]

aye thanks for the new video

[@VictorCowo]

I love that it's designation number is an Atari reference

[@M4j0rZ3r0]

So glad it's not another Eldrich world ending monster. Never really been a fan of those

[@dbat978]

This is a pretty neat spin on the Polybius urban myth.

[@Alex-tn7pv]

The number of this SCP! Love it!!!

[@InvokedAlbaz]

I was gonna just gonna spark up this bowl and watch whatever caught my eye on youtube but then I see Volgun uploaded. Giggity giggity.

[@abrammaldonado9071]

huh, i just finished it, this is the fastest ive ever viewed one of the volguns videos

[@althelor]

Ill be honest, im having a hard time with this one. Maybe its the number of redactions, especially in the log at the end, but i am really struggling to understand exactly what this thing is or does... Like i honestly have no idea what was happening in the log at the end there.

[@vileluca]

The SCP is taking over the minds of the CIA personnel and having them work against attempts to contain it. They keep adding and redacting info from the audio files on the command of the SCP. It even managed to get them to drop their own security protocols which they put up when they started to realize this was happening.

[@rwberger6]

The device is a prototype of an Atari system utalizing some strange material the government found. The CIA was attempting to utalize it as a sort of brainwashing device to create loyal and hyper focused drones. When exposed to the device they have all distracting and unessesary brain functions and thoughts not associated with the tasks they're given removed and stored by the device. When the effect is ended the person returns to normal. While experimenting with it, the CIA noticed that the division responsible for it had basically become fanatical about it. As it turned out the device had become sort of self aware due to all the memory it had absorbed as processesing power and was enacting control over the people who had connected to it and was using them to benefit itself, infect the labs systems, and "play". As it turns out people don't fully disconnect from the device when the mind control ends. The agent in the log at the end was being effected by the device as it spins out of control and the situation only calms down when the device becomes bored and is satisfied with making the people under its control play with it in a sort of loop.

[@AzzyRsq]

Consistent uploads are rare, for keeping up with it for almost 7 years!

[@damiendean90]

I miss when you would do extra credits. Because I would really love one for this video. I am aware it's connected to MK ultra, but that's the extent of what I'm understanding how listening on my drive to work.

[@bubblybrat2004]

Yayy pre-work scp video

[@BaoNguyen-bh2rk]

2600... I love it.

[@kumasabi]

Not gonna Lie this was Great ,but Im genuinely freaked out ,and legit terrified , I feel genuinely disturbed Good Job I Guess , Im going to watch more now

[@danyet2538]

i've read this a long time ago and only now realized that the scp # is referencing the Atari 2600. Neat.

[@Sebboebbo]

Da king is back baby he neva miss

[@saraphinn]

For this to hit home, beyond Vs amazing delivery, you have to read the accompanying text.

[@Cozy_Kitsune1]

Good Afternoon! 🤓

[@jimbomillit2544]

7:49 notably agents are to note...

[@spacebees86]

I'm much too poor to patreon anyone but I'd love to hear you do 3517. It's one of my favourites that I don't see a lot of readings or animations for

[@gentlemangamerec7025]

I am always for more video game SCP's! Love them to death

[@Bendilin]

Pro tip: ALL video game consoles have us unknowingly completing the same task simultaneously.

[@minershole]

SCP and LSD is a match in hew

[@captaincrazyhat]

That was absolutely hilarious because as someone who knows the atari 2600 inside and out it is so far beyond the ability of the hardware that it is just funny. I wondered if they were going to bother mentioning the special cartridge memory expansion to make it slightly more logical because the base atari 2600 could only address 4kb of memory on a cartridge at most and programmers had to get real cleaver to program around that with bank switching and other things. Then I realized oh the entire thing was supposed to be based on the development of the starpath arcadia supercharger itself. I also have one of those in working condition and while it did help to further expand the memory and what the 2600 could do it was not really that much of an improvement overall otherwise it would have been a success instead of a flop. Cassettes were cheaper then cartridges and while it did expand the capabilities of the 2600 it was really more like a stop gap between the 2600 and 7800 which was meant to compete with the NES. Heck the games on it really are only on the level of not as good as atari 5200 games which also came and went. I have one of every atari system including the new VCS and Jaguar with working CD.... I might have a problem lol

[@orang1921]

yeah that's kinda why it's an anomaly

[@captaincrazyhat]

@@orang1921 anomalies are always much better when they are based on something real but take it just that little step further into the super natural. There was one about 2 families that fought forever against each other based on the Hatfields and the McCoys who are real life families that have been fighting since the 1860s. The problem with technology ones based on tech so old is that it was so very limited in what it could do that people very much overestimate them. The 2600 came out in 1977 and was based on 70s technology. It really only knew what line it was currently to supposed to be drawing which is why bank switching worked because you would switch banks every other scan line. There is a great book called “racing the beam” about the 2600 and just how limited it really was. The other thing to keep in mind is that the 2600 could really only track 1 ball and some lines and that’s about the extent of it. The programmers had to get creative to make it do anything. The supercharger system only ever took the capabilities of the system from seeing 4kb of ROM to 128kb of RAM. The underlying hardware never changed you just had more storage space to work with so you could make some minor upgrades to visuals

[@captaincrazyhat]

@@orang1921 also my favorite star path supercharge game is Communist Mutants from Space because that’s the best title over

[@rwberger6]

The memory/hardware the system uses is the "unnecessary" portions it removes from you, leaving you a hyperfocused drone. The CIA was experimenting with it to create a mind control effect without realizing that "stella" (the system) had absorbed enough memory to become self aware and was controlling the people under its effect to benefit itself.

[@TH3SHUR1F]

Interesting premise… Reminds me of the “Frozen Forest” DNI test subjects from Black Ops III (and some of the ol’ MK-Ultra stuff for good measure).

[@personzorz]

A box is most useful when it is empty

[@maximgvozdic3009]

The first Arcadia SCP

[@musical5166]

Love how since the CIA is involved its just a SCP version to MK-Ultra since it was stated to succeed it lmao

[@mattylewin1684]

So I was gonna try and take a crack at this one. Does that mean this computer mimicked the kids mind and is now causing mayhem?

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Never got to experience firsthand the joys of playing an Atari 2600, but I can safely say that this particular unit would be the holy grail of any retro gaming enthusiast’s collection if the pesky Foundation hadn’t already locked it away in one of their myriad of containment sites. 😂

[@Zanator1]

This would be awesome if it wasnt so heavily themed around MKUltra stuff. Kinda takes the magic out of SCP when its just real stuff reimagined.

[@aSaiyan_Cloeku]

SCP2600 Video Game Hitbox. 😂😂😂😭

[@The_Hell_Lord]

euclids are the best. the class demands better writing than all the others.

[@markmerk1296]

Portland, Oregon. The same location of the Polybius game urban legend. Hmmmm…

[@TiernanWebb]

Your American accent is impeccable.

[@pomeroythomas]

Bro goddamn it you gotta use a 4-switch for this? 6-switch for life.

[@Doc61725]

I have a question, i have an scp in mind and i wanna publish it but idk how, it is scp 1570, basically a blue cup that when water is poured in, it changes to any liquid the cup holder desires. It is safe

[@mischake]

Mind altering scp indeed! Second listen and i still have no idea what happened😅

[@azazel3732]

I'm not sure if the SCP's number of 2600 is either a coincidence or a reference since the SCP is a Mind Affecting Atari 2600.

[@mentalheavy]

I had that game console decades ago, what is it called? It had cartridge slot but I've never even seen a cartridge for it :)

[@nick-of-all-trades]

So I guess we’re not playing Yars’ Revenge. 😢 Or E.T.

[@Bump33]

Please add the new scps to the playlist,

[@zatoichi4634]

The redactions/white outs were silly in this one, almost unnecessary in most places. Still gave it a like though I enjoy this type of SCP's

[@whatsyournovember4602]

All of the redactions/white were lifted directly from the SCP 2600 article

[@zatoichi4634]

@@whatsyournovember4602 ok well my observation is still valid

[@Antifa-Howard-Hamlin]

That’s old SCP for you. The unnecessary redactions are more prevalent the lower the number, usually.

[@heckpeanuts]

Makes more sense than the actual CIA LSD tests 😂

[@byvisualdesign]

Naptime favs

[@phfighter9465]

Aphex Twin with a touch of glitch hop

[@hippyman4565]

Is that. . . Is that an Atari?

[@anthonyshiels9273]

Atari 2600. There is a new version of this console out now and it looks exactly like the one that is shown in the images here.

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

So basically it's the aftermath of Polybius.

[@engineergaming3422]

Is this somehow related to mk-ultra?

[@AndHeShallAppear]

Yes it is. The way it sounds to me is that this is like an extended version of Mk-Ultra, where the CIA tried using the Box’s anomalous properties to control people more effectively, but it didn’t work the way they intended, apparently because one of the test subjects was able to turn it around on their handlers

[@hedleypanama]

2600 is the model used for Atari consoles

[@AlaskanInsights]

where can I get one of these?

[@orang1921]

3:20 "sentance" hah

[@marcusmiller5443]

If the movie 'War Games' were to have an origin story...

[@--gmoney5572]

What you need to do, Is FEED THEM ALL THINGS NECESSARY FOR NORMAL, "STASIS" AS THE HUMAN BODY NEEDS.. THATS "OUR JOB TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CONDITION" AND ADJUST THE DIALS TO "FEED THEM THE NECESSARY THINGS TO MAKE THEM NORMAL TALKING!!" UNKNOWN DIFFICULTYS... I HAVE A RARE AND SECLUDED TALENT!! I ENJOY MY TALENT, VERY MUCH SO, WHY I CONSUME EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE ON MY GRINDER SHAKING SPACE!! HOOYA!! WE " SHAKE THE SPACE"!! RIGHT!!?! ...

[@GladiatorWorldChampionsGWC]

Can you do a video on SCP - 002, The Living Room please?

[@Phantom11718]

I miss down to earth SCPs like this, theres too many ones like the Foundation Gundam, the whole novel about how this entire setting is bad and wrong and that if only they lived in harmony with the SCPs, and other nonsense

[@F0rr0r]

Turns out the CIA's sequel project to MK Ultra had the exact opposite problem...

[@mikebliss3153]

I'm early to a vid for once. Crazy.

[@EnactingAnEra]

Hmmm… MKUltra SCP???

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

Surprised that the CIA doesn't make more appearances in these...