Our humble adventurers take a trip back in time to discuss the story of Swordquest - a 1983 video-game series by Atari, that had some ambition and a bunch of charm to it.

This side-quest’s accompanying presentation is available at:

• YouTube.
• Google Slides.

 

Episode Breakdown:

• We kick things off by introducing the subject and explaining the side-quest format.
• We then start the side-quest itself by going over the subjects we’re going to discuss (00:03:19):
• A history of the video-game industry. (00:05:49)
• Swordquest! (00:17:28)
• The North-American Video-Game Crash of 1983. (00:34:44)
• Swordquest after the Video-Game Crash. (00:44:57)
• Swordquest - today. (00:49:46)
• We then have a discussion about some conclusions and thoughts. (00:54:09)
• Stick around and listen to a promo for the Play Comics podcast! (@playcomicscast) (01:05:09)

 

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Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

 

The episode was recorded on November 21st, and originally released on December 13th, 2020.