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* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, nobody has taken the initiative to restart the quest. Even WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd lamented the fate of this project in his review of it, rather than lampoon it as he usually does.

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* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, Up until November 11, 2022, nobody has taken took the initiative to restart the quest. Even WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd lamented the fate of this project in his review of it, rather than lampoon it as he usually does.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: The later reveal that there had in fact been a secret contest for ''Waterworld'' and someone did get the prize. Although, we still don't know who the winner is or what happened to the Crown.



** The fact that ''Airworld'' is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]

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** The fact that ''Airworld'' is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The fact that ''Airworld'' is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]

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The fact that ''Airworld'' is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]]]
** ''Waterworld'' shares the same name as an infamous [[Film/{{Waterworld}} Kevin Costner film]], both which ended up derailing their series and actor's career respectively.
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* {{Narm}}: The names of a number of the villains can be hard to take seriously. Tyrannus isn't all that bad, and even sort of works, but ''Konjuro''?

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* {{Narm}}: The names of a number of the villains can be hard to take seriously. Tyrannus isn't all that bad, and even sort of works, but ''Konjuro''?''Konjuro''?
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: The later reveal that there had in fact been a secret contest for Waterworld and someone did get the prize. Although, we still don't know who the winner is or what happened to the Crown.
* HilariousInHindsight: The fact that Airworld is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: The later reveal that there had in fact been a secret contest for Waterworld ''Waterworld'' and someone did get the prize. Although, we still don't know who the winner is or what happened to the Crown.
* HilariousInHindsight: The fact that Airworld ''Airworld'' is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]
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* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: In a way - the games themselves are lacking even for Atari 2600 titles, but resulted in both comic books and an interesting real world story of a project that attempted a real quest for treasure.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: The later reveal that there had in fact been a secret contest for Waterworld and someone did get the prize.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: The later reveal that there had in fact been a secret contest for Waterworld and someone did get the prize. Although, we still don't know who the winner is or what happened to the Crown.

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!!For the ''Swordquest'' video game:



* {{Narm}}: The names of a number of the villains can be hard to take seriously. Tyrannus isn't all that bad, and even sort of works, but ''Konjuro''?
* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, nobody has taken the initiative to restart the quest. Even WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd lamented the fate of this project in his review of it, rather than lampoon it as he usually does.

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* {{Narm}}: The names of a number of the villains can be hard to take seriously. Tyrannus isn't all that bad, and even sort of works, but ''Konjuro''?
* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, nobody has taken the initiative to restart the quest. Even WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd lamented the fate of this project in his review of it, rather than lampoon it as he usually does.does.

!!For the ''Swordquest'' comic book:
* {{Narm}}: The names of a number of the villains can be hard to take seriously. Tyrannus isn't all that bad, and even sort of works, but ''Konjuro''?
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* {{Narm}}: The names of a number of the villains can be hard to take seriously. Tyrannus isn't all that bad, and even sort of works, but ''Konjuro''?
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: The later reveal that there had in fact been a secret contest for Waterworld and someone did get the prize.

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* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, nobody has taken the initiative to restart the quest.
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* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, nobody has taken the initiative to restart the quest.
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quest. Even WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd lamented the fate of this project in his review of it, rather than lampoon it as he usually does.

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* FauxSymbolism: ''Earthworld''[='=]s rooms are based on the WesternZodiac; ''Fireworld''[='=]s on the {{Kabbalah}} Tree of Life; ''Waterworld''[='=]s on the Chakra points; and ''Airworld'' would have been based on the I Ching. And then there are the four elements, with each game set in a 'world' of one of the elements. But it doesn't mean anything.

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* FauxSymbolism: ''Earthworld''[='=]s rooms are based on the WesternZodiac; ''Fireworld''[='=]s on the {{Kabbalah}} UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}} Tree of Life; ''Waterworld''[='=]s on the Chakra points; and ''Airworld'' would have been based on the I Ching. And then there are the four elements, with each game set in a 'world' of one of the elements. But it doesn't mean anything.



* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, nobody has taken the initiative to restart the quest.

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* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, nobody has taken the initiative to restart the quest.quest.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The fact that Airworld is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]

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* HilariousInHindsight: The fact that Airworld is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: The fact that Airworld is completely missing from a set that has Earth, Fire and Water brings to mind the driving plot of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender a certain series....]]
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* FauxSymbolism: ''Earthworld''[='=]s rooms are based on the WesternZodiac; ''Fireworld''[='=]s on the {{Kabbalah}} Tree of Life; ''Waterworld''[='=]s on the Chakra points; and ''Airworld'' would have been based on the I Ching. And then there are the four elements, with each game set in a 'world' of one of the elements. But it doesn't mean anything.

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* FauxSymbolism: ''Earthworld''[='=]s rooms are based on the WesternZodiac; ''Fireworld''[='=]s on the {{Kabbalah}} Tree of Life; ''Waterworld''[='=]s on the Chakra points; and ''Airworld'' would have been based on the I Ching. And then there are the four elements, with each game set in a 'world' of one of the elements. But it doesn't mean anything.anything.
* TearJerker: An ambitious gaming project that was embraced by so many gamers back in the day would find itself one of the most unfortunate victims of the gaming crash of 1983. To this day, nobody has taken the initiative to restart the quest.
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* FauxSymbolism: ''Earthworld''[='=]s rooms are based on the WesternZodiac; ''Fireworld''[='=]s on the {{Kabbalah}} Tree of Life; ''Waterworld''[='=]s on the Chakra points; and ''Airworld'' would have been based on the I Ching. And then there are the four elements, with each game set in a 'world' of one of the elements. But it doesn't mean anything.

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