 Item number SCP-1881 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-1881 is to be kept unplugged in a regular storeroom, direct testing of the items restricted to D-classes, which are to be interviewed weekly regarding potential after-effects. Description SCP-1881 is an arcade machine of early 80s design. The design is consistent with the ██████ brand, but most identifying marks on the casing have been removed or painted over. A joystick and a single button are set on the console. A similar setup for a second player appears to have been removed. The machine's internals are ██████ resolution of 256x224 with 16 colors. The machine is functional even though the hardware appears to be partially damaged. The screen frequently displays rendering glitches, a good section of the game's images and text are corrupted, and the sound often cracks in the storts. The title screen does not display a title or any credits, only the phrase, Insert Coin. The machine works for a standard United States quarters and only one quarter may be used at a time. Once a quarter is inserted, SCP-1881 launches its game, termed SCP-1881-B. SCP-1881-B is divided into stages, each of which has different rules of gameplay and which succeed each other apparently at random. Commonly seen stages are ████ Spaceship. The player controls a spaceship under siege by an alien horde. Maze. A humanoid player control figure moves around a maze chased by bats or dragons. The goal is to acquire as many golds as possible before leaving the maze. Insect. The player avatar is a diminutive insect-like creature that must work its way up a large structure while avoiding spiders and frogs. Drive. The player controls the car driving a curvy road while avoiding obstacles. Lines. An abstract puzzle game where the goal is to push lions around a field so as to surround bouncing balls. Jungle. The player avatar is a human movement through a forest-like environment populated with thematic enemies and obstacles such as crocodiles, snakes, and quicksand. Other stages appear more rarely, offering various skill and or strategic challenges. Notably no luck-based games appear to be represented, nor sports games where the opponent is of equal strength to the player. The stages themselves do not play in the same way when seen again. Enemies increase or decrease in number. The player's movement and abilities change and obstacles vanish and reappear. Several cases include the Spaceship stage appearing with no enemies whatsoever don't entity visible on screen with the player's ship floating in empty space. The stage continues for about three minutes before the game declared stage clear. The insect stage not documentized from the player upon death, instead keeping the character's corpse on the screen, reaching the top of the construction required assembling a mountain of the character's own corpses. The jungle stage is scenery being upside down except for the player character who fell off into the sky. The jungle stage featuring ██ as enemies. The maze stage having no exit, no power-ups, and progressively larger number of enemies until the player was overwhelmed. About 30% of SCP-1881 players report lasting psychological effects afterwards, in the form of nightmares related to its contents and occasional visual auditory hallucinations. A common complaint is hearing sounds from the game when unaccompanied and in quiet areas. One interviewed case who had accessed SCP-1881 before it was contained reported his home video game console would occasionally launch SCP-1881-B instead of whatever game was inserted. Note, SCP-1881 was recovered in ██, 1982 from an arcade in ██, Iowa after a string of unexplained deaths of 17-agers mostly males called to Foundation detention. All the victims died in their sleep, of respiratory arrest and or cardiac arrest. None of the victims suffered from life-threatening conditions beforehand. Only two of the victims had a family history for heart conditions, and one for epilepsy. Of note is the names of five of the victims' match initials in the SCP-1881-B's high score screen.