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Urban legend confirmed as E.T. Atari games are exhumed
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article published on 26 April, 2014
After lying buried for 30 years, a documentary film crew has dug up copies of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for Atari 2600 from an Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill.
The 1982 E.T. title was developed for the Atari 2600 games console and is considered to be one of the biggest commercial failures ever in the video games industry, and one of the worst video games of all time. The game itself ... [ read the full article ]
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ivymike
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26. April 2014 @ 17:07 |
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I feel a little old as I remember actually PLAYING this game.
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26. April 2014 @ 17:33 |
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Originally posted by ivymike:
I feel a little old as I remember actually PLAYING this game.
You're not alone. lol
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navi11991
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26. April 2014 @ 22:47 |
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I feel a little old as I remember actually PLAYING this game.
You feel old cause you remember playing that game... I feel old because I currently own that game, it's rotting in my closet hahahaha.
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26. April 2014 @ 23:29 |
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Originally posted by ivymike:
I feel a little old as I remember actually PLAYING this game.
Yeah....I remember playing this game when it came out. LUCKILY, neither my mother or I bought the game. I borrowed my nephew's game.....and it did suck big time!!
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27. April 2014 @ 07:27 |
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i assumed the buried E.T thing was a joke i didn't actually think they'd seriously find buried copies of it.
I never did get to play it,i played ghost busters and mario bros in 80s but don't think i played E.T or if i did then i don't remember it.
hmm atari 2600? wasnt there an older model that played all the same games.
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joebloe12
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27. April 2014 @ 07:36 |
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Why do they WANT to dig up a crappy game?
I don't get it?
It is not like it was a great game or anything. So why un-bury it?
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navi11991
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27. April 2014 @ 11:24 |
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Why do they WANT to dig up a crappy game?
I don't get it?
It is not like it was a great game or anything. So why un-bury it?
Same reasons why we un-bury dinosaur bones bro XD and to also to remind developers what-not to do when creating games, as more and more games are becoming really bad copy-pasta modern warfare nowadays >.>
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Clam_Up
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27. April 2014 @ 13:59 |
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I have to point out that, in context with other games published around the same time, E.T. really wasn't as bad as people are saying today. It was, in many respects, an updated Adventure, the game that shipped with new Atari VCSs (what they were called before they were renamed 2600). It had some similarities to Superman and a few others, and I quite enjoyed playing it as a kid.
The reason for the bad reputation wasn't the game itself, but the massive overproduction that led to the game's huge commercial failure. The game itself certainly wasn't any worse than other games of the period, and it had some redeeming play characteristics that actually made it better in many ways.
...but then you kind of had to be there to really "get it".
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Mysttic
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28. April 2014 @ 00:13 |
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I was "there" and I still didn't get it back then. Mind you being 4 years old and used to other hits such as Frost Bite, Plaque Attack, Donkey Kong, heck even Frogger. My mind just couldn't calculate what the game wanted me to do; the manual made even less sense. The only reason I could tell it was a licensed game was because everyone saw E.T. Worst yet, I was so mad at the game and unable to figure it out back when; I remember actually yelling at my mother for it. I wasn't a spoilt brat, just that was one of those moments like, why did you even bother trying to buy this kyfe..?
I eventually beaten over time - but it definitely was as bad as people choose to remember it. True there were worst games, and the only reason this was considered the worst failure of all time was because of the millions lost; but you know what, that's EXACTLY why it should claim worst failure. When consumers are telling you the game is bad, don't print off more....
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Clam_Up
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28. April 2014 @ 01:08 |
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Originally posted by Mysttic:
I was "there" and I still didn't get it back then. Mind you being 4 years old and used to other hits such as Frost Bite, Plaque Attack, Donkey Kong, heck even Frogger. My mind just couldn't calculate what the game wanted me to do
Well, as your average twelve-year old, it was pretty simple:
- Gather three pieces (if I remember right)
- Assemble them
- Phone home
- Win
Not a whole lot different than Adventure:
- Gather the keys to the castles
- Get the chalice
- Return to the yellow castle
- Win
Superman, an arguably more popular game, had the same basic thing going:
- Assemble the bridge pieces
- Catch Lex and his gang
- Save Lois
- Win
As E.T. one could fly, fall into pits, and gather Reese's Pieces. How could it go wrong?
Seriously though, none of these games had enough variation to label one horrible and other very similar titles good. It's all a matter of bias and perspective. I remember enjoying E.T. probably because I hadn't read any of the hype that surrounded it at the time.
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joebloe12
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28. April 2014 @ 23:32 |
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Originally posted by navi11991:
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Why do they WANT to dig up a crappy game?
I don't get it?
It is not like it was a great game or anything. So why un-bury it?
Same reasons why we un-bury dinosaur bones bro XD and to also to remind developers what-not to do when creating games, as more and more games are becoming really bad copy-pasta modern warfare nowadays >.>
This is HARDLY "dinasour bones"..... come on! Nor would it have the historical significance of real Dinosaur's.
It was a crappy electronic game and it sold badly....so what?
There are plenty of games that have sold badly since then....I do not see people taking them out of the trash and trying to "learn" from them?
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dEwMe
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29. April 2014 @ 12:27 |
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Yeah I gotta say they could find better random stuff in that landfill. I mean I could see if there were a bunch of people clamoring to buy it. It seems to me they knew it was trash but dug it up anyway. Now they are saying hey look at this trash. Who cares?
Just my $0.02,
dEwMe
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ronatola
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5. May 2014 @ 14:11 |
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gonna rub mine in the dirt and trash and sell it on eBay as one of the FOUND carts.
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