Diggers find Atari's E.T. games in landfill

[Wheeljack35]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/diggers-ready-unearth-ataris-et-games-0

 

A decades-old urban legend was put to rest Saturday when workers for a documentary film production company recovered "E.T." Atari game cartridges from a heap of garbage buried deep in the New Mexico desert.

[FUGAYZIE]

that's pretty funny. i wonder how much the state of NM will sell their hundreds of thousands of copies for. i dont think that game is worth much. if it's still sealed in the box...maybe.

[featofstrength]

 

quite the XBox PR stunt.

[Rockzilla]

Xbox pr stunt? Uhm yeah I believe this was just a shitty game nobody cared about. The movie was #$## too IMO.

[featofstrength]

Xbox pr stunt? Uhm yeah I believe this was just a shitty game nobody cared about. The movie was #$## too IMO.

 

This urban legend could have been explored for 30 years...and now XBox is the one to do it? The one lagging behind in sales to Sony? Atari as a company didnt cease to be in all that time...they could have done it at one point. Countless other entities with money and interest in video games, so why now and why them?

 

Just look at the headlines: http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/xbox-successfully-digs-up-e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-video-game-1201164949/

 

"XBox" and "exclusive" are shouted loud and proud.

[hamsterboy]

I wonder if somewhere,Nolan Bushnell is crying?

[Rockzilla]

Xbox pr stunt? Uhm yeah I believe this was just a shitty game nobody cared about. The movie was #$## too IMO.

 

This urban legend could have been explored for 30 years...and now XBox is the one to do it? The one lagging behind in sales to Sony? Atari as a company didnt cease to be in all that time...they could have done it at one point. Countless other entities with money and interest in video games, so why now and why them?

 

Just look at the headlines: http://variety.com/2...ame-1201164949/

 

"XBox" and "exclusive" are shouted loud and proud.

 

 

 

Ah ok I missed that part. Heh it's kinda funny to see the tables turn this gen since it was Sony lagging behind last gen. Sony reportedly claimed they had better sales in Europe with PS3, but most would disagree.

Also if they were doing so well they wouldn't be so close to going bankrupt. I refuse to believe their lack of tv sales is the only thing hurting them. PSvita anyone?

http://www.giantbomb...ys-mac-1466863/

[Starscream49]

Why is xbox rummaging in the dump.lol

[CaptainTriumph]

quite the XBox PR stunt.

What a mess!

[FUGAYZIE]

wow, that is a LOT of mess.

[Belmont13]

Am I the only one who found this whole thing kind of pointless?

[featofstrength]

Am I the only one who found this whole thing kind of pointless?

 

like an XBox PR stunt? @smilepunch@

[Belmont13]

Am I the only one who found this whole thing kind of pointless?

 

like an XBox PR stunt? @smilepunch@

 

In a word, Yes.