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The Legend of SwordQuest
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Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 12
What started as a promotion for a new Atari game would become one of the most controversial moments in ‘80s pop culture, with a central mystery that’s consumed fans for decades: what happened to the missing SwordQuest prizes?
To unlock the biggest mystery in video game history, host Jamie Loftus is going on a treasure hunt 40 years in the making.
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Introducing: The Legend of SwordQuest
jeudi 5 septembre 2024 • Duration 02:26
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1: The Sword and the Stoned
Season 1 · Episode 1
vendredi 13 septembre 2024 • Duration 39:21
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.
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2: Gentlemen, Start Your Joysticks
Season 1 · Episode 2
jeudi 19 septembre 2024 • Duration 36:36
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.
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3: The Chalice
Season 1 · Episode 3
jeudi 26 septembre 2024 • Duration 35:31
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.
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4: Descent Into Darkness
Season 1 · Episode 4
jeudi 3 octobre 2024 • Duration 39:49
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.
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5: Stay Gold
Season 1 · Episode 5
jeudi 10 octobre 2024 • Duration 41:13
Years after SwordQuest came to an abrupt and disappointing end, a gamer makes a surprising discovery in a Brooklyn thrift shop.
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8: Endgame
Season 1 · Episode 8
jeudi 31 octobre 2024 • Duration 42:41
After decades of speculation, a mysterious source emerges that may solve the mystery of the missing SwordQuest treasures once and for all.
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7: The Swordsman
Season 1 · Episode 7
jeudi 24 octobre 2024 • Duration 35:35
The trail to find the missing SwordQuest treasures leads back to one of the most controversial figures in Atari history.
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6: Plunder
Season 1 · Episode 6
jeudi 17 octobre 2024 • Duration 37:04
An unreleased SwordQuest game suddenly surfaces online; the fate of the missing prizes undergoes fresh scrutiny by gaming historians.
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Bonus Episode: The Landfill
Season 1
jeudi 14 novembre 2024 • Duration 26:06
A waste management specialist unearths thousands of Atari games buried in a New Mexico landfill. As gaming historians rejoice, he plots to turn Atari’s unwanted trash into cash.
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