Hundreds of decades-old Atari 'E.T.' and other game cartridges unearthed in a New Mexico landfill
"@kobunheat: Close up.
pic.twitter.com/fV0z0ozfsG" They have found the Atari VCS cartridges in a New Mexico landfill.
Urban myth becomes reality
— Phil Clarke (@ClarkePhil) April 26, 2014theweathernetwork.com
Saturday, April 26, 2014, 5:34 PM -
A documentary film production company has found buried in a New Mexico landfill hundreds of the Atari "E.T.'' game cartridges that some call the worst video game ever made.
Film director Zak Penn showed one "E.T.'' cartridge retrieved from the dump site and says there are hundreds more mixed in the mounds of trash and dirt scooped by a backhoe.
Fuel Entertainment is producing a documentary about the search.
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ET has been found in Mexico !!
The filmmakers that were searching for the atari game apparently has been found pic.twitter.com/uesMrzsj8J
— Retro Asylum (@RetroAsylum1) April 26, 2014
The video game's commercial failure was partially responsible for the demise of Atari in the early 1980s.
Long lost 'E.T.' Atari game found in a New Mexico landfill: https://t.co/WZG8XseQ1m pic.twitter.com/sub2G5WyNY
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) April 26, 2014
The contents of the "Atari Grave'' have become urban legend, with blog posts speculating about millions of cartridges and other Atari projects buried there. A spokeswoman for Atari says the company changed hands many times since 1983 and does not know what is buried there.
Files from The Associated Press
