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Game ID: 172
Console / System: ColecoVision
Title: Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
Scarcity (loose): 0
Value in USD (loose): 0
Scarcity (complete): 0
Value in USD (complete): 0
Publisher: IntraVision
Section: 6
Description: In 1984, a book and video were published by IntraVision by the same title. An American imitator of the wildly successful British contest "Masquerade," the object of "Treasure" was to decipher clues hidden in the book, video tape, video disc, and cable TV broadcast of the video segments. From those clues, a contestant could derive the burial site of a golden horse statue somewhere in the 48 continental United States. In the belly of the horse the winner would find a safe deposit box key for an annuity paying $500,000.00 over 20 years. Though only the book, video, and laser disc would contain a full set of clues to find the horse, the company intended to release secondary items that would serve as confirmers and hints to solving the puzzle. One of the secondary products mentioned in contest materials was a video game slated for ColecoVision. It is mentioned in the closing credits of the "Treasure" video, though nobody knows whether any actual work was ever done on the video game or any other secondary products, as none were ever released. The puzzle fizzled, then saw a brief revival of interest in 1988-89 as the deadline for the contest approached. Nobody solved the puzzle within the five-year limit, and the annuity was awarded to the national charity Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Two contestants found the burial location some six months after the contest closed. It is not known whether this endeavor has any relation to the currently-running computer CD-ROM contest with a similar name.
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