SwordQuest (Atari 2600) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) 

Holy shit! You get the shirt and a comic just by buying a game? Nowadays you have to buy the game to be allowed to buy the rest of the game

This episode made me realize that AVGN is actually an excellent documentarian.

Airworld is being completed for Atari's 50th Anniversary Anthology. Spread the word!

This entire SwordQuest event could make for a great movie.........or AVGN movie sequel.

I think this is the only AVGN video where he doesn't say fuck.

This was probably one of his most positive episodes

The reason something like this couldnt happen today is because within seconds of the games release, everyone with access to the internet would know all of the clues and secrets. Thanks information superhighway.

Anyone else think this is one of the very best AVGN episodes? No shouting or swearing just a straight up history lesson

Wikipedia says that the chalice is still in the possession of its winner, Michael Rideout, who, last anyone heard from him, was treating it as the part of gaming history it truly is: He's keeping it in a bank vault and considering making it a family heirloom. The medallion was sold by its winner, Steven Bell, for college money and ultimately melted down, though reportedly the jewels and miniature sword on it were kept by Bell, though the tiny sword was eventually stolen, its ultimate fate unknown. The crown, the philosopher's stone, and the sword were never legally owned by Atari, and went back to the Franklin Mint after Atari's sale, which eventually melted them down for use in their other items.

This could be a great premise for a second AVGN movie.

still one of the best AVGN rants and one of the saddest moments of videogame history. One of the best episodes James has ever did.

Can we all take a moment to appreciate the epic, orchestral version of AVGN's theme song in this episode?

In the unlikely event James ever made an avgn movie 2, it should be where the nerd goes searching for these treasures.

It's kind of surreal to see an AVGN episode that doesn't end with him either breaking something or screaming in rage. But, at the same time, it's nice to see something like this end on a positive note.

This is the AVGN's cleanest video and most informintave

I really would love to see an AVGN episode where the Nerd plays SwordQuest AirWorld on the Atari 50th Anniversary Collection

finding the prizes could be the plot to the next AVGN movie

They don't make clever contests like this anymore

"It belongs in the hands of gamers!" - Nerd-iana Jones 2011

Update: After ALL these years, AirWorld will FINALLY be released as part of Atari 50 for the Nintendo Switch, PS5, XBOX One, and PC.

This contest would've been amazing... but everything changed when Fireworld was released Swordquest, the last AirWorld cartridge

Fun Fact: The Nerd doesn't say "fuck" in this episode.

I don’t think there will ever be a game more ambitious than SwordQuest.

1982: we pay for the players 2020: we suck the pockets of the players

AVGN The MOVIE 2: Quest for the Sword

I did the calculations. Today, the Talisman, chalice, crown, and philosopher's stone would be worth $61,427.72 each. The sword would be worth $122,855.44. Altogether, that's $368,566.32 in prizes!

Fun fact: this is the only AVGN episode that doesn't have a single swear word in it, excluding the intro.

*"THESE SWORDQUEST PIECES BELONG IN A MUSEUM!"*

Its always nice to see Rolfe not always be, like, verbally shitting on something while still being informative and in character.

This is one of my favorite episodes of the nerd, actually, its one of my favorite video productions ever... I remember watching it when it was released and felt really happy about it, there is something magical about this episode, the collection of items, the contest...

I hope you've heard the news. After over 40 years, Swordquest Airworld is finally being released as a new game in Atari's upcoming 50th anniversary collection.

Air World finally came out recently, though it's been rumored that the remaining two regular treasures have been smelted.

$150,000 in 1982 is $375,276.68 these days.

I love how AVGN teaches video game history.

Aside from (technically) Swordquest: Airworld in Atari 50, the closest modern equivalent to this game I can think of is TUNIC. Despite it appearing like a straightforward Zelda-like initially, it has pages of a virtual manual as a key collectible; despite being written mostly in a different written language, you use whatever illustrations or sparse pieces of pure English that exist in the pages to learn the game's mechanics and solve puzzles. I won't risk going into any further detail, but it's easily one of my top favorite games of this year.

Fun fact, James has said he’s thought of doing a sequel to the AVGN movie that would be about his hunt for the remaining treasures

Idk if people still care, but the last two prizes were sent back to franklin mint, the company that loaned atari the prizes. When atari was sold, the prizes were not part of the deal, and were sent back to Franklin mint and recycled into other items. So rip swordquest forever

The internet is the reason why this contest wouldn't work today.

Swordquest AirWorld is now going to come out as part of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

This episode needs some kind of small follow up since Air World has now been released as part of Atari 50th Anniversary

My favorite AVGN episode. The amount of research and dropped knowledge in it is staggering. At the time I had no idea Atari were so gigantic, it blew my mind.

That end brought me to tears..

Just to chime in 13 years later. The team at Digital Eclipse finished “Airworld” and it’s included on the Atari 50 collection coming out shortly.

Air world is in the atari 50th anniversary collection,the balance of the cosmos has been restored. 😂👏👍

If the damn crash didn't happen, the contest would've been finished. The greatest gamers of the World games would've earned these prizes. The sword, the philosphosers stone, the fucking crown, damn. What a dream.

8:43 "You can't have earth, fire, and water without air!" Avatar: The Last Airbender got pretty damn close, though.

this would make a great movie. tracking down the remaining treasures.

Crazy that the 4th game Airworld finally gets released in a 50th anniversary game collection, makes you wonder where those treasures eventually ended up.

actually a great concept for a video game

what i saw: sword quest episode. what i expect: the nerd making fun of it. what i got: tears from the game's sad history

Geeze I played this on my Atari 2600 in the early 80's and had no idea wtf I was doing.

SwordQuest: Airworld is finally becoming a reality and will be part of the Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection!

If there's a video game museum somewhere, the artifacts must make thier way there...

that last speach... right in the feels

If there was a contest like this now-a-days, the internet would crack it in a matter of hours...AT MOST.

2 weeks ago it was announced that in the Atari 50th Anniversary collection, THEY COMPLETED AIRWORLD AND IT’LL BE INCLUDED!! That’s exciting news after watching this video.

He should make a second movie after the first one is finished that revolves around the SwordQuest competition and to continue it where he wins AirWorld and eventually wins against them all and gets all the treasures.

Unfortunately, the talisman was melted down. The guy who won the chalice still has it in a bank vault. The other three prizes are still a mystery. Jack Tramiel died in 2012 who was the only possible link. The world may never know.

It's strange to see AVGN not so angry and is genuinely engaged

The internet would completely ruin a game like this these days

We should get a kickstarter to reboot the franchise and make a big contest.

"Damn, that was a good game. Gee whiz I sure love that game. "

This episode is the best example of just how much research James really does for these videos.

Airworld is getting released on the upcoming Atari50 compilation.

This should be the second film in the AVGN trilogy. Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie Angry Video Game Nerd 2: SwordQuest Angry Video Game Nerd 3: ???

Long ago, the four Atari games lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fireworld attacked. Also, this was the original Waterworld.

Airworld has finally been released!!!! Today, 11/11/2022, there is a game that just came out. Atari 50, the anniversary celebration. On the back it says there are 6 all new games for Atari you get to play including the never completed swordquest title, Airworld!!!! We can finally play it

I think this is my favorite episode. Just the knowledge that this existed excites me. I wish we had stuff like this in modern gaming.

Meanwhile in 2016 : "Congratulations, you just won 200 microsoft points"..

This actually should have been the plot for the AVGN movie. XD

This is easily one of my favourite AVGN videos.

It would've been awesome if this was completed. I agree with James, the contest must go on and be filmed live.

Waiting for The Angry Video Game Nerd Movie 2: the Hunt For the Sword

Why can't we have gaming tournaments with prizes like that in this day and age? -.-

Airworld finally exists now. It's found on the Atari50: The Anniversary Celebration compilation game. It's on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch.

On November 11th 2022, Swordquest Airworld has finaly been released.

AVGN the Movie 2: The Quest for AirQuest

Seriously, this is the ONLY episode that gives me goosebumps every time while revisiting. This episode is just Epic. Too bad game studios nowadays don't do these kinds of promotions. They're assholes anyway.

This mystery about the remaining SwordQuest prizes could potentially make for a great AVGN Sequel... It could be about James and Mike wanting you find the remaining prizes in order to cement themselves as a part of gaming history. The antagonist could be a rival online gamer trying to do the same thing for different reasons. The character arc could be James coming to terms with his age, realizing he’s not in his twenties anymore, and deciding to maybe retire the Nerd series and move on, so the quest could be the last great thing they do before they retire. Maybe the ending could be the realization that the prizes got melted down. Like maybe they could find out that they already were a part of gaming history, and it would be really poignant and shit, without feeling a little self-fellating (which was a problem i had with the first movie). Or maybe if you want to have the prizes to still be discovered, maybe they could hand it off to the rival online gamer, because they finally realize their worth as staples of gaming history. This is all just off the top of my head - type stuff, but I think there’s real potential for a great character study, and maybe a great send-off to the Nerd.

Air World is being released in a new Atari collection! This competition must continue!!!

NEXT AVGN MOVIE: AVGN 2: The quest for the Sword, Stone, and Crown

from wikipedia: Years after the contest, the remaining three prizes (the crown, philosopher's stone, and sword) were assumed to have been in the possession of Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore International, who purchased the remnants of Atari after the video game crash and his ouster from Commodore.[3] However, Atari historian Curt Vendel has stated that the remaining prizes, which were owned by The Franklin Mint and on loan to Atari, Inc. for the Swordquest contests, were not part of the sale of Atari's consumer division to Tramiel, and ownership of the remaining prizes reverted to The Franklin Mint, *who melted them down to be used for other items*.[4]

The 80's were a magical time. Don't try to explain it.

Airworld finally got finished and released on an Atari collab game for the Nintendo Switch.

Shame that a contest like this would never work these days. The internet would kill this contest in less than an hour.

I think this is best AVGN episode.

The balance of the cosmos has been restored (well minus the competition) air world has officially been released on the Atari 50

2022 here. And We're finally getting Swordquest Airworld in the Atari 50th anniversary collection.

I shed a tear at the ending speech.

$150,000 worth of treasure? Wario's wet dream right there.

This is still one of my fav AVGN episode, hearing you talking about that contest that was held long time ago is just awesome, wish that the gaming community would do something like that again.

Airworld is FINALLY HERE!!!!!

A current gen update of these games would be pretty neat. If they had the graphics to match the mythological themes we could get some pretty astounding visuals.

this could be the plot of an AVGN Movie sequel

AIRWORLD IS REAL

AVGN is a national treasure. This episode never gets old.

3:10 Today each of those prizes would be $61,427.72 the sword would be worth $122,855.44

Some people actually did check some of these things: The talisman was melted for money by the winner, Stephen Bell, although he apparently stayed with the tiny sword it came with, which was made of white gold. The cup is still in the winner's, Michael Rideout, possessions. The crown WAS given to the winner of a very secret and quiet event, since apparently they NEEDED to do the competition by law [since the game was sold with the promise of getting a prize of you got the answers right]. Both the Philosopher Stone and the Sword were apparently destroyed by Franklin Mint since they were the ones that had them and, obviously, they had no need of them.

I want a video where AVGN reviews the Atari 50 Anniversary Celebration and/or Swordquest Airworld. Please, pretty please with lots of sugar on top.

he didn't roast the game, he roasted McDonald's.