4: Descent Into Darkness

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10/03/24 • 39 min

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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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In August nineteen eighty six, Stephen Bell decides to check his mailbox. He walks over, opens it and begins sorting through pizzaflyers, bills and letters, junk, junk, and more junk. One envelope, though, catches his eye. It has a return address from Atari Holdings Incorporated, out of New York. Stephen thinks this is a little strange for one. Atari's headquarters are in Sunnyvale, California. That's where he'd become the first ever winner in th