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Atari E.T. Games Found Buried in New Mexico Desert
Today one of gaming's greatest mysteries will be solved: Were millions of unsold Atari cartridges and hardware, including the infamous flop, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, really buried in the Almagordo, New Mexico desert? To find out, IGN's Fran Mirabella III and Naomi Kyle are on site at the big dig.
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I'd bet a lot of these will make it onto ebay
Yes but only if they are sealed in original packaging and not crushed.
I remmeber the ET game, and despite what anyone said I found it pretty cool at the time.
How the hell did you find it pretty cool? I was 12 years old when I found an old atari system, managed to fix up the cables and get it to work. The only game the system came with was E.T... Literally THE worst game I have ever played, there was no point to it, it was a confusing mess and it sucked. I wish they hadn't found that stash of toxic waste they call "E.T. the Extraterrestrial".
Any proof that a few copies weren't just planted there as a hoax?
I have to admit, a part of me wondered about that. It's not as if this game was unreleased. It wouldn't be impossible to obtain a few copies and then plant them for a photo op.
For all we know, this turns out to be really longterm viral marketing for the Xbox One. ;)