ET Atari carts WERE buried in the sand after all... - GoFuckYourself.com

DamianJ · 04-27-2014, 04:30 AM

Well, whodathunkit!

http://kotaku.com/e-t-found-in-new-m...m=Socialfl ow

seeandsee · 04-27-2014, 05:05 AM

haha nice find, and value is?

Rochard · 04-27-2014, 08:31 AM

I had never heard of this, but it's a great story from a computer / video game history view.

JFK · 04-27-2014, 08:35 AM

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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

Harmon · 04-27-2014, 08:56 AM

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.

SilentKnight · 04-27-2014, 09:35 AM

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.

DamianJ · 04-27-2014, 09:35 AM

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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.

crockett · 04-27-2014, 11:06 AM

I had that game and it was the worst game ever..

Matt 26z · 04-27-2014, 11:23 AM

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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.

MrTrollkien · 04-27-2014, 11:24 AM

Well, that just dropped the value of anybody who as the game from -100 to -101.

brassmonkey · 04-27-2014, 11:30 AM

i beat that game a few times

JFK · 04-27-2014, 11:32 AM

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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

edgeprod · 04-27-2014, 12:09 PM

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/

TheDA · 04-27-2014, 02:20 PM

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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.

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DamianJ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A magical land Posts: 15,808	ET Atari carts WERE buried in the sand after all... Well, whodathunkit! http://kotaku.com/e-t-found-in-new-m...m=Socialfl ow

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Harmon ( ͡ʘ╭͜ʖ╮͡ʘ) Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 20,010	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. __________________ [email protected]

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SilentKnight Megan Fox's fluffer Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: shooting pool in Elysium Posts: 24,818	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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edgeprod Permanently Gone Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10,019	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/