The Legend of SwordQuest

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Introducing: The Legend of SwordQuest

2024-09-0502:261

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1: The Sword and the Stoned

2024-09-1346:34

In the early 1980s, Atari is one of the biggest entertainment brands in the world and seeks to promote the biggest video game contest to date, promising $150,000 in prizes. But what starts out as a promising adventure quickly devolves into chaos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2: Gentlemen, Start Your Joysticks

2024-09-1946:09

Expert gamers are invited to an all-expenses paid trip to California for the first round of Atari’s SwordQuest contest and a chance at the first treasure: a $25,000 medallion. The problem? Solving the game’s central puzzle will prove nearly impossible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3: The Chalice

2024-09-2643:42

SwordQuest players discover that being video game rock stars comes at a price. Meanwhile, delays in the contest raise suspicions among contestants that Atari may not intend to see it through to the end—and that the prizes may not even exist at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4: Descent Into Darkness

2024-10-0343:15

Atari’s financial problems force the company to issue an ultimatum to SwordQuest players—one that may involve a top-secret gaming tournament closed to the public.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

5: Stay Gold

2024-10-1050:26

Years after SwordQuest came to an abrupt and disappointing end, a gamer makes a surprising discovery in a Brooklyn thrift shop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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