#swordquest

[swordquest]

SWORDQUEST SHAMECUBE VOL2 ART BY @goolfriend

#UPLOAD #CDI ZELDA #SWORDQUEST #GNA START ARCHIVING SOME OF THIS STUFF

[atariforce]

ATARI X BUTCHER BILLY Collection: Swordquest: Earthworld by Butcher Billy

#Atari #Atari 2600 #Swordquest #Swordquest: Earthworld #poster art #illustration #graphic design #video games #retro gaming #Butcher Billy

[hughjidiot]

Has anyone here heard the story of SwordQuest? If not buckle up, because have I got a tale for you.

In the early 1980s when Atari was at the height of its power, the company had an ambitious idea the likes of which the gaming world had never seen before, with genuine treasure on the line. The Franklin Mint was commissioned to create five prizes valued at $150,000. And everyone who bought one of the SwordQuest games had a chance to win.

The concept was simple: a quartet of fantasy-themed games based on the four elements - earth, fire, water and air - as well as different aspects of classic mythology; the Western Zodiac, the Tree of Life, Chakra points, and the I Ching. The games were essentially a collection of mini games that rewarded you with secret codes. Each game was sold with a comic book that held within its pages a hidden message, and the codes from the game were used to decipher it.

How the contest worked was that gamers who thought they figured out the message would mail their guess to Atari. The first eight people to correctly guess the message would be invited to participate in a contest where everyone would simultaneously play a custom version of the game, which also had secret codes and a hidden message to uncover. Whoever figured it out first would win one of four prizes: a chalice, a medallion, a crown and a philosopher's stone, each made of gold and other precious metals/stones, and each valued at $25,000. And if that wasn't enough, the plan was for the four contest winners to compete in one final tournament, with the winner receiving the Sword of Ultimate Sorcery worth $50,000.

Sadly, the Video Game Crash of 1983 ended the contest prematurely. Only the first three games Earthworld, Fireworld, Waterworld were released - it wouldn't be until four decades later in 2022 when Airworld finally saw the light of day with the Atari 50th Anniversary Collection. As a result, only the contests for those three games were held, with only the chalice and medallion confirmed as being awarded. (The contest for Waterworld occurred during the height of Atari's financial problems, was hosted for legal obligations and open to a very limited number. It is unknown if the crown was rewarded or if the winner received the cash value of the prize.) The fate of the remaining prizes has long been an urban legend in the world of gaming: some have claimed they were in possession of the man who bought out Atari in 1984, but the likelier explanation is that they were returned to the Franklin Mint and melted down for their base components.

Video games as a whole made a comeback following the Video Game Crash, and even Atari still soldiered on as a shadow of its former self, but SwordQuest was never revived. There have been plenty of video game contests over the years, and these days we have e-sports leagues with huge cash prizes. But nothing like SwordQuest has ever been repeated.

They weren't just video games; they were a true quest, an adventure for the ages.

#hugh jidiot rambles #atari #swordquest #video game history

[mapleleigh]

Know what this is, hotshot? I’ll even give you a clue. . . . It’s an Atari game, released as part of a contest. It contained several puzzles, and if you solved them, you could win a prize. Sound familiar? #atari #atari2600 #mapleleigh #gamergirl #gamergirlsofinstagram #gamergirlfriend #nerd #nerdygirl #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer #gamerlife #gamerlifestyle #gamingcommunity #readyplayerone #irok #gunter #swordquest #swordquestearthworld https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm0nmnBsjqq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#atari #atari2600 #mapleleigh #gamergirl #gamergirlsofinstagram #gamergirlfriend #nerd #nerdygirl #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer #gamerlife #gamerlifestyle #gamingcommunity #readyplayerone #irok #gunter #swordquest #swordquestearthworld

[solarsyrup]

recommend any dungeon synth ?

these are a couple of my favorites so far! they're a little on the softer side but they're got some really cool theming going on

#I used to check out ancient meadow records cause they do a lot of physical releases and stuff for these kinds of albums #but their website is currently out of commission #that youtube channel is pretty good in general for finding new albums too! I feel like it's got a good selection of subgenres #or like... subsubgenres #also: thank you! I can't believe I get to tell people about DUNGEON SYNTH #swordquest

[smbhax]

#swordquest #earthworld #atari #atari 2600 #box #instructions #game instructions #game box #joystick #joystick controller #game program #one player #diagram #video game #video games #tm

[orchidblack]

There's blood in the sun / but I'm not afraid / I cut myself / with Heaven's blade

#atari 2600 #swordquest #retro graphics #coil

[shadowwingtronix]

Free Comic Inside> Swordquest: Fireworld

BW Media Spotlight's Free Comic Inside goes back to the world of the ambition Atari 2600 unfinished game contest with Swordquest: Fireworld

We return to the world of Swordquest. If you want to know the full history of this game I summarized it in my review of the first minicomic in this series, Earthworld, or I found this article covering the game and the prizes. The highlights are thus: Atari came up with a quartet of games for the Atari 2600 where the players could win actual prizes based on the treasures in the game. However, only…

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#Atari 2600 #Free Comic Inside #Herminus #Konjuro #mini-comic #Minicomic #promotional comics #Swordquest #Tarr #Tarra

[g4zdtechtv]

G4EVER PRESENTS: Freeplay Review - Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (Multiplatform)

Along came Atari.

(STAY PLUGGED IN)

(4GTV - STREAM WHAT YOU PLAY! WATCH NOW!)

#G4ever #B4G4ever #Freeplay #Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration #Atari #Pong #Asteroids #Breakout (Classic) #Tempest #Tempest 2000 #Millipede #Miner 2049er #Missile Command #Ninja Golf #Solaris #Swordquest #Trevor McFur in The Crescent Galaxy #Yars' Revenge

[spice-hill]

In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These recovered objects are evidence of the world's first video game excavation.

This display contains an Atari 2600 Video Touch Pad, Centipede, Swordquest, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and genuine dirt from the New Mexico landfill.

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Located at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI

#history #video games #video game crash #Atari 2600 #E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial #Centipede #Swordquest #The Henry Ford

[swordquest]

Omg omg omg I hadn't heard ur code lyoko demo yet, its super cool!!! ♪♪♪ Fucking beautiful show. Do you have a soundcloud or somewhere you post music btw?

THANKS SOOO MUCH!!🌃

TBH MOST OF MY MUSIC IS HALF FINISHED AND SCATTERED. THE TIDY STUFF IS AT SOUNDCLOUD.COM/SWORDQUEST

MUCH OF MY NEVER-QUITE-FINISHED STUFF IS ON TUMBLR AT SWORDQUEST.TUMBLR.COM/tagged/CHIPTUNE SWORDQUEST.TUMBLR.COM/tagged/MASHUP calder.tumblr.com/tagged/SIGNALS taragrimface.tumblr.com/tagged/chip

FOR A LONG TIME I EXPERIMENTED WITH WITCHY MASHUP STUFF BUT I STARTED DOING SOME MATH ROCK INSPIRED SYNTH STUFF LAST YEAR

IT MEANS A LOT WHEN PPL SHOW INTEREST. IT'S EASY TO FORGET THIS IS ANYTHING

#UPLOAD #CHIPTUNE #MASHUP #SWORDQUEST

[atariforce]

Swordquest: Waterworld by Warren Chang

#Atari #Atari 2600 #Swordquest #Swordquest: Waterworld #box art #illustration #video games #retro gaming #Warren Chang

[vicsage2005]

Friends, I have been having a blast playing the recently released Atari 5O: The Anniversary Celebration by Digital Eclipse. Interviews, quotes, historical artifacts, original artwork, and more make this a worthy addition to your games library. Although I will add that the fact that Digital Eclipse was kind enough to produce the fourth title in the Swordquest series - this made me tear up something fierce. For those of you that listened to the Diary of An Arcade Employee podcast or read my stuff for the Retroist or Pop Culture Retrorama - you know that Swordquest was an important game series for my Grandmother and I back in the day. That is why I'm attempting to beat Airworld - with her notebook of original Swordquest notes right beside me. #atari #swordquest #digitaleclipse #nerdlyfe #haveyouplayedataritoday #popculture https://www.instagram.com/p/ClE-uNuuYxp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#atari #swordquest #digitaleclipse #nerdlyfe #haveyouplayedataritoday #popculture

[calder]

i'm in the red this month and supposed to move very soon. we're struggling to keep our head above water after our cat needed surgery

my wife also had to cut off a far-right parent & is rly struggling. we are autistic and could really use a little help right now. anything helps

p-ypal.com/paypalme/atlpond

v-nmo/c-shapp: @/$swordquest

[smbhax]

The Swordquest-themed George Perez cover of Atari Age magazine volume 1 issue 3, September / October 1982--as seen in Atari 50 on PS4

#atari age #magazine #game magazine #1980s #george perez #atari 50 #ps4 #atari #swordquest #illustration #discounts #atari club #members only #magazine cover #video games

[retroscifiart]

Art by Warren Chang for SwordQuest Fireworld (Atari, 1982)

#Warren Chang #Atari #sword quest