not qualify for the final, but according to Vendel, Atari was legally required to follow through as advertised on the Waterworld contest. Vendel stated that Atari did secretly invite those with correct entries to hold the final round, and the Crown was awarded to a person, their name remaining anonymous due to legal requirements. Because they could not hold the ultimate final round, Bell and Rideout were both awarded an additional as well as an Atari 7800 as a compensation prize, and granting the ten finalists of Waterworld each. The fate of the prizes has become an urban legend in the gaming community since the cancellation of the project. Of the five treasures, Rideout has claimed, as recently as 2017, that he still has the Chalice in his possession, stored in a safe deposit box. Bell fell out of contact following the Swordquest event, but according to Vendel and Rideout, Bell appeared to have had the disc part of the Talisman melted down for its value (about at the time), keeping the small sword, diamonds, and birthstones; the current fate of these is unknown. The fate of the Crown is unknown; Vendel stated that while Atari was required to hold the contest, they could have simply awarded the winner with a cash prize equivalent as opposed to the Crown. Since they were never part of any contest, the Philosopher's Stone and the Sword have seemingly disappeared. Some claimed that Tramiel had taken these prizes for himself, based on observations that Atari staff had made of seeing a similar looking sword mounted on Tramiel's home mantel. However, Vendel believes that the persons who started this rumor may have mistaken a Tramiel family heirloom for the Swordquest sword. Vendel believes that its unlikely that Tramiel would have been able to keep the Stone, Sword, and (if not given away) Crown, as when Atari was sold, these items had been property of Warner Communications until awarded and would have been returned to the Franklin Mint. With the Franklin Mint being later sold in 1985 to American Protective Services, and the original Atari business no more, the prizes were most likely melted back down to their base components for reuse elsewhere, according to Vendel. On June 29, 2022 Atari announced that as part of the Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration collection, that the Digital Eclipse team had created the fourth and final entry in