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Game Covers #002 - Quest For Quintana Roo
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Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:08:33
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Don't worry, I'm not going to do this everyday. And if someone else posts a blog I won't do it for at least a week after theirs.

This one caught my imagination though.

Quest for Quintana Roo

Platform: CollecoVision shown (also released on Atari 2600, 5200)

1983

It sounds like Robinet's Adventure, judging from the Moby Games description.  The screens are pretty nice too, looks like a mix over overworld and 2D screen-to-screen exploration.

You are Yucatan Sam on a quest to explore the temple of Quintana Roo. Your goal is to find the vault which is hidden somewhere within and return with the treasure that is inside. You begin your quest outside the temple; climb your way up the side of the temple in order to get inside. Poisonous snakes and deadly lightning bolts will block your progress here. Once inside the temple, you have a limited air supply so you need to explore quickly.



Hidden in various rooms of the temple are numerous keys which are needed to unlock the vault. The keys and some other useful items are hidden in secret rooms which you need to locate by using your trusty pick axe or the flasks of acid you carry. To help figure out which rooms may contain hidden objects, you carry a geiger counter with you; the higher the reading, the closer you are to something of interest.

I bought this copy from _Bear, but I don't have a CollecoVision so I've never played it. Sad

The reason why I picked this cart is because it is so evocative of a simpler time.  You can imagine someone making the decisions about the company logo, going that bit extra to track down a printer who could make the gold labels, even perhaps slapping the labels on in a small conference room over some cheap beers.

The name is great too.

Edited: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:45:34

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Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:43:18
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No one post any blogs pls.

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Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:44:41
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LOL  "A madman has taken the wheelhouse!"

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Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:54:29
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Foolz said:

No one post any blogs pls.



Aw man, I wanted to update my boxers or briefs update!
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Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:37:25
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Did Bear ship it with a free moustache hair?

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Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:44:01
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gamingeek said:
Did Bear ship it with a free moustache hair?

The question on everybody's (upper) lips.

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Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:45:28
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Mr. _Bear was very gracious. Moustache hair or not, I wish I lived in his vincinty so I could buy him a beer on a weekly basis.

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Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:23:48
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Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:21:04
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^You found him!

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