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Help Us Find the Lost Easter Egg!
Help Us Find the Lost Easter Egg!
Help Us Find the Lost Easter Egg!

After our Howard Scott Warshaw article was pub-
lished last issue, we received a letter from an alert
reader, Scott Stilphen. Scott wanted to know if we knew
the whereabouts of a “strange object” hiding in ”Raiders
of the Lost Ark” for the Atari 2600. He directed us to a
screenshot of Raiders, which was printed in the Novem-
ber 1982 issue of Electronic Games Magazine (shown
at right). Sure enough, the screenshot shows Indy in the
Valley of Poison next to a blue block with the letter “J”
inside.
“Hmmmm…..,” we thought.
Donning our best Fedoras, we embarked on a mis-
sion to determinine the origin of the “Lost J.” Our first
stop was to the source, himself, Mr. Howard Scott War-
shaw.
After threatening him with our whips, Mr. Warshaw
told us: “If you'll notice the 'J' shape in this graphic, you
will see that it is a signature by my graphic artist,
Jerome Domurat. I wasn't the only one with Easter
Eggs in my games! A most opportune screen shot in- P P Prizes
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deed.“
Naturally we asked him, “So, how can we find it?”
He replied, “I think it is findable, but I honestly don't • One Year Subscription to Classic
remember exactly how. It's been a long time.” Then he
threw “E.T.” cartridges at our heads until we left. Gamer Magazine
Just when we felt we hit a dead end, Jerome Domu-
rat himself contacted us. He told us, “It's been a num- • Midway Classics 2 (PC Version)
ber of years since that was done. I can't remember how
it was invoked. I do think it was in the finished cartridge • “Once Upon Atari” Video, Auto-
since there was typically only one version of the code.” graphed by Howard Scott Warshaw
So, that’s it! We’re at our dead end. Now we’re
looking to you to help us find the “Lost J.”
• Bragging Rights
How to Enter:

The first person to e-mail their verifiable solution
(that works!) to us will receive a bevy of prizes.
Send to: cav@classicgamer.com

Rules

1. Only e-mails with the solution will be accepted.
2. No contacting Howard Scott Warshaw or Jerome
Domurat. We’ve already squeezed enough info
from them.
3. No hair pulling.

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