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| Atari's ET: what video games deserve to be buried in the desert? | Atari's ET: what video games deserve to be buried in the desert? |
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| They found it. It's pretty unusual to have an archaeological dig for something from mere decades ago, but some of the rumoured-to-be thousands of unsold copies of “ET The Extraterrestrial” on the Atari have been found buried in New Mexico. | |
| A production company working on a documentary film of the company have found hundreds of copies from the legendary cache, of a game thought of by some as one of the worst ever made. | |
| Job lots of the game have already been 'for sale' on ebay. A seller's note warns they "may contain sand." | Job lots of the game have already been 'for sale' on ebay. A seller's note warns they "may contain sand." |
| Was the game truly awful? One of our commenters certainly thinks so: | |
| This game was terrible. I think it retailed at about $50 at the time but within months it was discounted several times and I fell in to the trap of buying at $10.I was later surprised that the development of this game was five weeks, it played like it took five minutes. | |
| A quick glance at the game walkthrough provides further evidence. You do get the excitement of walking around a series of largely useless rooms. The game also contained unpredictable traps that were almost impossible to escape. | |
| Movie tie-ins, in particular, have a particularly poor history, with hastily-cobbled together tie-ins being a particular bane of the industry. | |
| If it were up to you, what video games would you prefer to have seen buried in the New Mexico desert? Share your suggestions in the comments thread, and we'll post a selection above the line. To get us started, here are a couple of suggestions from Twitter: | |
| @guardiantech Superman 64 | |
| @guardiantech THQ's Truth or Lies on Wii. Even at £1 the shops can't get shot of it. See also: pre-owned copies of old FIFA games. |