+Allan Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Interesting story about the swordquest contest from the person who wrote one of the manuals. He also wrote 5200 football and space dungeon. http://www.galileoii.com/portfolio_samples/video_game_manuals/video_games.html Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Interesting story about the swordquest contest from the person who wrote one of the manuals. He also wrote 5200 football and space dungeon. http://www.galileoii.com/portfolio_samples/video_game_manuals/video_games.html Allan Yes, *very* interesting, especially the riddle clues for the EarthWorld contest. I wonder if anyone will ever find/release the riddle clues for the FireWorld contest? Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 This is the info that will have people going crazy: [Update: 1 October 2009. ATARI VIDEO GAME EPROM AUCTIONS: While rummaging around in my attic recently, I came across several EPROMs of the Atari video games that I had worked on, including the probable one-of-a-kind EPROM that was used for the actual SwordQuest EarthWorld playoff contest, for which I wrote the arcane clues that turned that brute-force monster into a playable game. I'm considering auctioning off these EPROMS, including the one for the SwordQuest EarthWorld playoff contest. However, I would first be interested to know if some technical wizards out there know of ways to convert, or adapt, or emulate the SwordQuest EarthWorld playoff contest into a playable video game that might appeal to legacy video game connoisseurs or collectors. Anyone who can enlighten me technically on this subject, please email me with details. If interested in participating in a future EPROM auction, then email me to get on a list of people to be notified when—and if—I actually go ahead and auction off these legacy items. No phone calls, please.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) Interesting. AFAIK seven contest versions of EarthWorld were ever made and they played exactly like the PAL version. Interesting Sears manual, btw... Edited October 1, 2009 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Interesting Sears manual, btw... Eh? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prorobb Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Here's a cool interview article I found of the guy who actually won the FIREWORLD contest - Michael Rideout FIREWORLD CONTEST WINNER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhfreak Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Interesting. AFAIK seven contest versions of EarthWorld were ever made and they played exactly like the PAL version. Interesting Sears manual, btw... that IS a cool manual! I never knew that existed.....Would that be considered a 'grail' for manuals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Here's a cool interview article I found of the guy who actually won the FIREWORLD contest - Michael Rideout FIREWORLD CONTEST WINNER Look who posted four posts before you. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 (edited) Yes, *very* interesting, especially the riddle clues for the EarthWorld contest. I wonder if anyone will ever find/release the riddle clues for the FireWorld contest? Michael, weren't the contest versions of EarthWorld and FireWorld identical to the PAL versions? Edited October 3, 2009 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Yes, *very* interesting, especially the riddle clues for the EarthWorld contest. I wonder if anyone will ever find/release the riddle clues for the FireWorld contest? Michael, weren't the contest versions of EarthWorld and FireWorld identical to the PAL versions? I don't know anything about the contest version of EarthWorld except what I've read about it, as I wasn't in that contest. I guess we could look at the clue sheet and see if it matches up with the solution to the PAL version. As for FireWorld, the PAL version does seem to be very similar to the contest version. I'm not sure if it's identical, and I don't know if anyone has the clue sheet from the contest (we weren't allowed to keep them), but the solution to the PAL version matches what I remember about triggering the clue displays during the contest. Unfortunately, I can't verify which objects needed to be in which rooms to trigger the clue displays, because once I guessed what the correct room order was, I was just moving all of the objects from one room to the next without paying any attention to which objects were in a room whenever a clue display popped up. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 So what's ever become of this 'possible one-of-a-kind EPROM'? Was it sold? Does he still have it? It's obviously never been dumped... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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