In ancient times, long before digital computers of any sort could even be imagined, man was still fascinated by the idea of a machine that could think and move on its own. Science fiction throughout the ages has dealt with this subject, from old tales about statues brought to life by some god to modern ones about a world inhabited entirely by such creatures. The very concept of artificial life stirs something deep within the hearts of men, for the invention of Porygon and its various upgrades has been followed with more interest than any scientific advance in recent memory.

Properly told, the story of Porygon begins with the invention of programming code and goes through the every major breakthrough in the fields of processing power and artificial intelligence, but it was completed (at least in its first form) in the laboratories of Silph Corporation by an eccentric computer geek named Bill. The life of the first Porygon was a stressful one, more for the media attention than any flaws in its code, and it died within a couple years. The next Porygon had some alterations, such as the ability to escape into computers when stressed, and is believed to still be alive today.

These robotic pokemon were so avidly sought by collectors who wanted them for historic value and nerds who sought to tinker with them alike that they became more sought after than Dragonite and Tyranitar. As for Bill, his experimentation was fraught with ethical controversies, for one need not worship Arceus to be uncomfortable with man tinkering with genetic code. After a few death threats from religious extremists, he went into hiding, publishing patched versions of Porygon's software and a pokemon storage system based on Porygon's ability to live in and traverse cyberspace only through the internet.