ET Atari carts WERE buried in the sand after all...

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  • DamianJ
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Jul 2006
    • 15808
    #1

    ET Atari carts WERE buried in the sand after all...

    Well, whodathunkit!



    http://kotaku.com/e-t-found-in-new-m...ium=Socialflow
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    • seeandsee
      Check SIG!
      • Mar 2006
      • 50945
      #2
      haha nice find, and value is?
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        • Rochard
          Jägermeister Test Pilot
          • Dec 2001
          • 75733
          #3
          I had never heard of this, but it's a great story from a computer / video game history view.
          Herschel Savage
          Brooklyn, NY

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            • JFK
              FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
              • Jan 2002
              • 67369
              #4
              Originally posted by seeandsee
              haha nice find, and value is?
              and could atari still claim rights to it ? This could be a great marketing scheme in the making

              FUBAR Webmasters - The FUBAR Times - FUBAR Webmasters Mobile - FUBARTV.XXX
              For promo opps contact jfk at fubarwebmasters dot com

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                • Harmon
                  ( ͡ʘ╭͜ʖ╮͡ʘ)
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 20012
                  #5
                  Atari buried these cartridges on purpose because it was one of the biggest failures of all time and the over-production of this garbage was insane. Like MILLIONS of cartridges. Atari fucked up their business model by re-licensing the technology of their system as well as knockoff games to places such as Sears and Radio Shack.
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                    • SilentKnight
                      Megan Fox's fluffer
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 24812
                      #6
                      I'm not quite sure why anyone would expend the time and effort to dig up those old game cartridges when they were such an abysmal failure.

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                        • DamianJ
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 15808
                          #7
                          Originally posted by JFK
                          and could atari still claim rights to it ? This could be a great marketing scheme in the making
                          It was them that buried them. It was a massive legend in video game history. ET on the 2600 was the worst game ever made. They couldn't sell them, so buried them. No one knew if it was true, until today.

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                            • crockett
                              in a van by the river
                              • May 2003
                              • 76818
                              #8
                              I had that game and it was the worst game ever..
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                                • Matt 26z
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Apr 2002
                                  • 18481
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                  I'm not quite sure why anyone would expend the time and effort to dig up those old game cartridges when they were such an abysmal failure.
                                  There is a lot of money to be made in selling these recovered games. Put the mythical cartridge and damaged box in a frame and sell it.

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                                    • MrTrollkien
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Mar 2014
                                      • 2360
                                      #10
                                      Well, that just dropped the value of anybody who as the game from -100 to -101.

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                                        • brassmonkey
                                          Pay It Forward
                                          • Sep 2005
                                          • 77388
                                          #11
                                          i beat that game a few times
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                                            • JFK
                                              FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
                                              • Jan 2002
                                              • 67369
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Matt 26z
                                              There is a lot of money to be made in selling these recovered games. Put the mythical cartridge and damaged box in a frame and sell it.
                                              Indeed, marketing, what it will be all about, if someone has salvage rights to it, could make a killing. Bullshit baffles brains

                                              FUBAR Webmasters - The FUBAR Times - FUBAR Webmasters Mobile - FUBARTV.XXX
                                              For promo opps contact jfk at fubarwebmasters dot com

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                                                • edgeprod
                                                  Permanently Gone
                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                  • 10019
                                                  #13
                                                  For any fans (I actually LOVED this game, and still play it sometimes) who want to play a "fixed" version that eliminates some of the more annoying bugs:

                                                  http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/

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                                                    • TheDA
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • May 2006
                                                      • 4665
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Rochard
                                                      I had never heard of this, but it's a great story from a computer / video game history view.
                                                      That would probably make this the biggest archeological finds of this century.
                                                      Sharleen Spiteri - 1989 - In The Ass

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