SwordQuest - WaterWorld [Model CX2671]

Atari 2600 cart. published 41 years ago by Atari, Inc.

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SwordQuest - WaterWorld [Model CX2671] screenshot

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SwordQuest - WaterWorld © 1983 Atari, Incorporated.

WaterWorld is primarily a puzzle. There are seven rooms. Scattered throughout these rooms are 16 magical objects which are related to each other and to the seven rooms. Isolating the rooms from each other are three skill-and-action tests which you'll need to master in order to successfully enter a room and manipulate all the objects in that room.

Your task, SWORDQUEST CHALLENGE, is to travel successfully from room to room; discover the relationships of the objects to each other and to the rooms; and then place a correct combination of objects in the appropriate room to get a numerical clue.

Each room needs a unique set of seven objects to trigger a clue. If you correctly place at least four of the seven objects designated for a specific room, a numerical clue will momentarily be revealed to you at the bottom of the screen. Use this numerical clue to search for a word clue in the accompanying comic book.

You can carry a total of six objects in your carrying pouch. You gain information about the objects and their interrelationships by transferring the objects back and forth from the room to the carrying pouch in each of the seven rooms. Interrelationships between the objects and the rooms will be displayed as 'hints' at the bottom of the screen. Writing down these interrelationships and interpreting the resulting information is an essential prerequisite to successful game play in a puzzle like WaterWorld.

TECHNICAL

Model CX2671

TRIVIA

WaterWorld was the third and most rare of the three released SwordQuest games. It was originally only available via mail order from the Atari Club, but was later sold in stores in limited quantities (with a Swordquest - WaterWorld comic book). The fourth and final SwordQuest game, Airworld, was never finished.

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TIPS AND TRICKS

* In order to receive a numerical clue, all the objects you leave in a room must be part of a set that is designated for that particular room. If you include any object which does not belong, you cannot trigger a numerical clue.

* For each skill-and-action test, there is a different magical object which will allow you to pass directly into the next room without having to undergo that specific test. There is also one overarching object which will allow you to travel successfully from room to room without having to undergo any of the skill-and-action tests.

* WaterWorld demands logical thinking along with trial and error methods. You will need to try several types of combinations before you discover a set which will work.

* All of the hints are true. Some hints may not appear to be perfectly clear; they are capable of being interpreted in more than one way. Don't get lost. Make notes. Keep a journal.

STAFF

Programmer: Tod Frye

PORTS

CONSOLES:
usa Microsoft XBOX (nov.16, 2004) "Atari Anthology [Model 26084]"
usa Sony PS2 (nov.22, 2004) "Atari Anthology [Model SLUS-21076]"
europe Sony PS2 (feb.18, 1005) "Atari Anthology [Model SLES-53061]"
europe Microsoft XBOX (nov.26, 2004) "Atari Anthology"
japan Microsoft XBOX (aug.4, 2005) "Atari Anthology [Model B7X-00001]"
usa Sony PlayStation 4 (oct.18, 2016) "Atari Flashback Classics Vol.1"
usa europe Microsoft XBOX One (nov.1, 2016) "Atari Flashback Classics Vol.1"

HANDHELDS:
usa Nintendo DS (nov.2, 2010) "Atari Greatest Hits Vol.1 [Model NTR-BR6E-USA]"
europe Nintendo DS (feb.24, 2011) "Atari Greatest Hits Vol.1 [Model NTR-BR6P-EUR]"

COMPUTERS:
PC [MS Window, CD-ROM] usa (nov.11, 2003) "Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! [Model 25069J]"
PC [MS Window, CD-ROM] europe (june.10, 2005) "Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! [Replay]"
usa Steam (mar.24, 2016) "Atari Vault [Model 400020]"

OTHERS:
usa "Atari Flashback 6" (sept.15, 2015) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 7" (oct.1, 2016) by AtGames
usa "Atari Ultimate Portable Game Player" (nov.2016) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 8" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 8 Gold Edition" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 8 Gold Activision Edition" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback Portable Game Player" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames

SOURCES

Game's ROM.