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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
published 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 November 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
mission to determinine the origin of the “Lost J.”
Our first stop was to the source, himself, Mr. How-
ard Scott Warshaw.
After threatening him with our whips, Mr. War-
shaw told us: “If you'll notice the 'J' shape in this P P Prizes
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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 op- • One Year Subscription to Classic
portune screen shot indeed.“ Gamer Magazine
Naturally we asked him, “So, how can we find
it?” Midway Classics 2 (PC Version)
He replied, “I think it is findable, but I honestly •

don't remember exactly how. It's been a long
graphed by Howard Scott Warshaw
time.” Then he threw “E.T.” cartridges at our • “Once Upon Atari” Video, Auto-
heads until we left.
Just when we felt we hit a dead end, Jerome Bragging Rights
Domurat himself contacted us. He told us, “It's •
been a number of years since that was done. I
can't remember how it was invoked. I do think it
was in the finished cartridge since there was
typically only one version of the code.”
So, that’s it! We’re at our dead end. Now
we’re looking to you to help us find the “Lost J.”

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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