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34 - The Swordquest Side Quest

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:


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.