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"It had seemed like a great idea, just two years prior." - JAMIE LOFTUS, Descent Into Darkness, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #JamieLoftus

"The game didn't tell them!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, Gentlemen, Start Your Joysticks, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #JamieLoftus

"There are a lot of unknowns here!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, Endgame, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #JamieLoftus

"It also meant meeting Steven Spielberg to get the director's approval!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, The Sword and the Stoned, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #HappyBirthdayStevenSpielberg #StevenSpielberg #JamieLoftus

"Atari is one of the most well-known brands in the world!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, The Chalice, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #NationalBrandDay #JamieLoftus

"Make sure it smells terrible!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, Bonus Episode: The Landfill, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #JamieLoftus

There is a podcst about one of my favorite tech history stories (that involves litteral lost treasure)

When I was 5ish, my older cousin gave me his old Atari including Swordquest and it's comic. I was intrigued by it even though I had no idea what to do. I eventually found out about it being a contest (which was over by the time I had the game) in order to win real treasure which have been eventually lost through Atari's backruptcy. I still hope that the sword turns up in a landfill in New Mexico like the ET cartriges :) #retrogaming #swordquest #unsolvedmysteries

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-legend-of-swordquest/id1766671671

"Gremlins, based on the movie, is one of the more rare Atari titles!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, Stay Gold, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #JamieLoftus

"Sometimes he grabbed a dictionary!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, Gentlemen, Start Your Joysticks, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #DictionaryDay #JamieLoftus

"To be clear, E.T. didn't kill Atari!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, Descent Into Darkness, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #JamieLoftus

"Only the best of the best had a hope in Hell, or FireWorld, of doing it!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, The Chalice, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #JamieLoftus

"Each would have a comic book, created by DC Comics!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, The Sword and the Stoned, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #NationalComicBookDay #JamieLoftus

"It was ubiquitous!" - HOWARD SCOTT WARSHAW, The Sword and the Stoned, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #HowardScottWarshaw

"At the time, Atari was the cutting edge in video games!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, 1: The Sword and the Stoned, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #NationalVideoGamesDay #JamieLoftus

"You can't do THAT at a Pizza Hut!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, 1: The Sword and the Stoned, The Legend of SwordQuest #SwordQuest #Atari #JamieLoftus

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It's about SwordQuest
#SwordQuest

Jack Tramiel decked out in the lost prizes from the cancelled SwordQuest: Waterworld and Airworld competitions, along with the overall prize for winning the cancelled final contest between the earthworld, fireworld, waterworld, and airworld winners

A lot of people used to make a big deal about the millions of ET Atari cartriges in the landfill in New Mexico. But the Atari legend I want to know of, is where the Sword Quest treasures are today.

(I had the first game as a kid when my older cousin sold me his old atari. The comic that came with it was actually the first comic book I ever owned)

#atari #swordquest #gamehistory #gamedev #comics

https://youtu.be/qN-RxMshzsc

Just one more #Swordquest chapter to go, let's dive into Waterworld. If after the previous one, you don't feel like checking this one out at all, let me assure you this one isn't just the best of the three, but by any standards quite solid. Now, if only the final chapter, Airworld, would finally appear! Well, the game is out, but what about the comicbook? We demand to know what became of Torr, Tarra and Tyrannus!

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1513/Swordquest-Waterworld.html

#RetroGaming
#AtariVCS
#Atari2600

Two scenes from the comicbook, one showing Tarra on a floating ice sheet and one showing Torr surrounded by sharks. Both scenes which appear in the game verbatim.

Wait, #She-Ra, He-Man's twin sister, appeared in an #Atari game? Sure looks like it. Just that #Swordquest Fireworld pre-dated the Princess of Power by several years. #Fireworld once again was the basis of a $25k contest. The winner received a gold chalice. An actual one. The game actually proved completely useless to aspiring contest winners, due to being an unfinished mess. Hard to believe, considering what was at stake for Atari.

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1512/Swordquest-Fireworld.html

#RetroGaming
#AtariVCS
#Atari2600