Game buried desert

ET was one of the first video games to be based on a feature film. The ET movie was so successful that everybody expected the video game would be popular too. But the graphics were poor and the game was frustrating to play. Game reviewer Aqualung said: "It's impossible to follow without the manual. Atari was desperate to get the game out in time for Christmas and rushed to produce it in just five weeks. It simply wasn't long enough to make an excellent game. Atari produced millions of copies because it thought the game would be a huge hit.

They were sent to the landfill and James decided to pour a layer of concrete over the games to stop them being discovered. The site is now being dug up by Fuel Entertainment and Microsoft, who are making a documentary about it. They've already found some copies of the game and there's a lot more digging to do.

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The city had decided last September to sell about of the 1, games in the cache, which included hundreds of cartridges of the game "E. Atari was stuck with millions of unsold copies of the title. Related: Hundreds of 'E. At the time, reports from outlets including the New York Times said Atari had buried the games in Alamogordo under the cover of night, but for years gamers debated whether the strange story was merely an urban legend. In a documentary crew decided to film its excavation of the area and confirmed the tale was true.