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Post by Anders on Mar 19, 2012 18:06:14 GMT
I came across this Angry Video Game Nerd review on youtube. Guys, this be epic stuff:
...So basically, there is supposed to be a one of a kind jewel-encrusted, gold-hilted, silver-bladed treasure sword somewhere in the world, only Atari somehow lost it when they went under?
Damn. :shock:
Is it a wallhanger? Oh, certainly. But man, what a wallhanger!
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Post by Sporkmaker on Apr 2, 2012 21:57:27 GMT
I'm going to have to break out my MAME machine and start practicing in case they ever bring back the contest!
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Post by Warlokk on Apr 3, 2012 0:31:27 GMT
LOL wow... I totally forgot about those games, they were quite the big deal back in the day. I had the first one, but frankly... it sucked. Big time. Contest was a cool concept though, and that sword was pretty amazing to the 11-yr-old me, that's for sure.
I bet my copy of Earthworld is still floating around my parents' basement/attic somewhere with the rest of my 2600 stuff...
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Post by MOK on May 11, 2012 20:56:28 GMT
Yeah, the games themselves were kinda crappy as video games, but the whole thing was really more about the metagame-y real life puzzle built around them. Also hopefully the makings of a future legend archaeologists and treasure hunters of tomorrow will obsess over in centuries to come!
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Post by Don Boogie on May 13, 2012 11:51:26 GMT
WTF?  talking about old school gaming xd  |
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Post by MOK on May 13, 2012 12:31:01 GMT
Yeah... ain't no school like old school! Sadly enough. Just imagine if they did something like this with, I dunno, WoW or something - do in-game quests to discover cryptic clues to an out-of-game puzzle or treasure hunt rewarded with real, literal, honest-to-gods treasure. It'd be crazy cool.
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Post by wolf_shade on Jun 13, 2012 12:47:32 GMT
I think the issue with the modern rendition would be that the winners wouldn't be the one's who discovered the information by playing the game. It'd be the people who datamined the information, likely before the contest even officially started.
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Post by Anders on Jun 13, 2012 14:40:29 GMT
Really, what fascinates me is that this is apparently a real sword that really exists, somewhere, but nobody is sure where it is.
Like, forget the games. We're talking about an actual literal lost treasure here.
Well, that's why you use analogue components, like comic books with hidden ciphers. It's also why you make riddles not any random gamer would be capable of solving. Games these days tend to cater to the lowest common denomitor - with something like this you want to do the exact opposite.
Besides, shenanigans like these are still done today as part of Alternate Reality viral campaigns, which often requires you to do stuff like stumble on obscure websites with hidden information, find specific real world objects, aquire certain phone numbers that lets you call people for more clues, or wait by specific payphones for them to call you, etc.
Heck, the viral campaign for Halo 2 started by a bunch of people getting inexplicable jars of honey mailed to them.
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talking about old school gaming xd 
