They are trying to dig up unsold copies of Atari's ET and Pac Man

[samurainoir]

Maybe a similar site exists for Mego's Logan's Run?

http://kotaku.com/the-infamous-atari-landfill-dig-is-finally-happening-1561763028?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

[rche]

Et was sort of fun. The earth can keep that atrocity that was 2600 pacman.

[samurainoir]

for me it was the exact opposite... as a kid, I couldn't figure out ET for the life of me. As far as I could figure out, it was a game about walking around and falling into holes.

[JWLJN]

Or a ton of old tv from the early days that was dumped into NYC's East river...

...nonetheless, this is cool!

-J\/\/

[megocrazy]

Supposedly Hasbro did the same thing with GI Joe in the 80's. Heard stories about it forever. Even that some stuff has been pulled up but nothing ever confirmed. Wouldn't be surprised to hear Mego buried some stuff.

[monitor_ep]

I am surprised with the old becoming new again in video games, the the ET has surfaced again.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Had the ET game, and it sucked big time. It's one of the few legendary flops that lives up to the negative hype. All I got out of it was the falling into holes thing samurainoir mentioned, and making flowers growing.

Chris

[palitoy]

Had the ET game, and it sucked big time. It's one of the few legendary flops that lives up to the negative hype. All I got out of it was the falling into holes thing samurainoir mentioned, and making flowers growing.

Chris

I think I'm alone but I liked it. At least I played it a great deal. I may have been forcing it a little but i certainly put in the hours.

[Figuremod73]

I found Pac-man much more playable than E.T.. It probably wouldnt have gotten so much negative feedback had it been called "muncher" or something similar. It was just to much to live up to.

E.T. was a major rush job and is an example of the culture of the early '80s to release anything. All those crappy, unplayable 2600 games and the (i think biggest) Atari 5200 ruined the console industry. The success of that little computer called the Commodore 64 played a part in that though.

From what I understand its going to become a documentary.

[cjefferys]

Actually I kind of liked E.T. as well. I remember borrowing it from a friend for a few weeks and playing it a lot. Maybe because I didn't spend my own money on it made me less critical of the game though. Pacman for the 2600 sucked but I didn't have much choice at the time so played it anyway.

I went right from the 2600 to the Commodore 64. The games that Atari made for the 64 were pretty damn good translations of the arcade versions.

[Figuremod73]

I went right from the 2600 to the Commodore 64. The games that Atari made for the 64 were pretty damn good translations of the arcade versions.

The Atari 5200 version was as well. Its to bad the controller usually broke after a few weeks. Sure there was some very upset customers. Still think the C64 is a really good computer.

[monitor_ep]

For those who do not remember the E.T. game enjoy!

[jwyblejr]

The only good thing about it is I got my copy for under a dollar back in the day.

[Ssylyss]

I never could figure that game out. I like how you can beat the game in under 3 minutes if you know what to do. Money well spent.

[osker55]

What was the point of the game what you have to do to win