Yes, the game was that bad ... with an old, dusty Atari 2600 joystick buried in the landfill. Then an “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” cartridge. A box. An instruction manual.

Fans of video game history may want to book flights ... will excavate the fabled landfill where E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari 2600 cartridges are said to have been buried three decades ago ...

After getting an advance screening this weekend, GeekWire highly recommends the film, particularly for gamers who grew up in the era of the Atari 2600 ... Extra-Terrestrial, a 1982 video game ...

In the crowdfunded indie film, available via Vimeo on demand today and Blu-ray/DVD in November, the Nerd has long refused to review the infamous 1982 Atari 2600 game E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ...

The tragic story of the discarded Atari 2600 “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” game cartridges has finally been unearthed in a land fill in New Mexico. Film and excavation crews were joined by ...

It has always been a myth that video game pioneer Atari buried their disgraced E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial title in ... have uncovered copies of the Atari 2600 game at a landfill deep in the ...

So, in 1976, Atari frantically started working on project "Stella," a new cartridge ... of the game. Atari made a bigger mistake later that year with the release of the E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial ...

UPDATE: They've found the game they were looking for. Although some still maintain that it is an urban myth, the green light has finally been given to dig up thousands of copies of what is often ...

According to a report by Polygon on Friday, June 25, the cartridge game was only found accidentally ... it netted a whopping value of $10,590.79. 'Flop Atari 2600 ET cartridges' came out in ...

Released in 1977, the Atari 2600 was among the second generation of video game consoles and was hugely ... They also developed E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the 2600 console: another exclusive ...

So why was there such a rush to get E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial into the Atari 2600 ... video game industry was reported as “gone sour.” All told “14 truckloads of discarded game cartridges ...