Secret Quest (1989)

'Secret Quest' is an action-adventure game developed by Axlon for the Atari 2600 and published by Atari Corporation in 1989.

The player controls a humanoid character that fights monsters and must juggle between items in order to survive. The box credits Nolan Bushnell for the game and includes his photo on both the front and back. According to Secret Quest programmer Steve DeFrisco, "Atari thought that his name would entice people to buy some more 2600 titles".

The game was inspired by Nintendo's The Legend Of Zelda (1987) for the Nintendo Entertainment System, with the space-themed concept developed and programmed by Steve DeFrisco. Chris DeFrisco was hired to complete the artwork. The development team faced data-size issues when trying to fit the game onto the cartridge ROM.

Secret Quest was included in the Atari FlashBack 2 console series. It was not re-released in other Atari compilations.