artari 2600 ET land fill

[PrinceC]

hi there i was wondering about E.T. for the atari 2600 was there releay a landfill of 1,000,000 copies of the game dump in new mexico because it suck so bad??

[Make7upu101]

Saw something about this in a magazine a long time ago, nintendo power or something. From what I remember the game consisted of falling into some kind of hole and that was it. Not sure if thats it but I think it had something to do with a pit or hole.

[LordChocobot]

It's true. I'll edit this post when I find a link about it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: <3 Wikipedia:

 

 

 

E.T. (video game)

 

 

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.T. was a video game created in 1983 for the Atari 2600 video game system, based on the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; it is one of the biggest commercial failures in computer and video gaming, and because of its poor sales, gameplay and graphics, it was a contributing factor in the video game crash of 1983.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Atari anticipated enormous sales based on the popularity of the movie, but the game ended up selling surprisingly poorly; in fact, nearly all who purchased copies of the game sent them back to the company. Although opinions varied on the quality of the game, very few found it enjoyable, and it eventually became well known as one of the worst video games of all time. Atari, optimistically, had produced more cartridges than there were actual Atari game consoles in existence at the time. Atari (then secretly, now infamously) buried the remainder of the cartridges in a landfill near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The Indie Band Wintergreen recently released a song called "When I Wake Up"[2], featuring the videogame's burial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This game was one of many bad decisions that led to the bankruptcy of Atari (which posted a $536 million loss in 1983, and was divided and sold in 1984). It is also seen as one of two major video game releases (along with the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man) that sparked the video game crash of 1983.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._%28video_game%29

[jaklumen]

Heh. That reminds me of how disappointing Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 was when it was released.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But I was young, and it came with the games and the console we had got that Christmas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you believe Toys 'R Us actually featured a video clip of E.T. for the 2600 in one of their commercials? (Yes, it was a long time ago when they were still playing the "I'm A Toys 'R Us Kid" jingle)