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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 26, 2014 20:26:04 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 26, 2014 21:59:53 GMT
Bloody hell.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 26, 2014 22:02:06 GMT
Wow, this is amazing. So some crazy urban legends ARE true after all!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 26, 2014 22:14:20 GMT
That made me happy when I saw that!
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Post by Hero on Apr 27, 2014 0:46:57 GMT
I always believed in that legend. Wonder what will happen to the recovered cartridges.
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Post by blueshift on Apr 27, 2014 6:03:45 GMT
After being in a landfill for 30 years they don't look in great shape, I imagine they'll just put them back
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 27, 2014 6:56:14 GMT
The boxes are cream crackered but I wonder if the cartridges still work?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 27, 2014 8:26:34 GMT
I would say the odds of the cartridges being tried out to find one that works are very high indeed.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 27, 2014 8:33:38 GMT
And even if they don't I bet that owning a Landfill ETs will get some kudos amongst video game fans
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Post by Hero on Apr 27, 2014 8:48:50 GMT
I bought an ET cartridge for next to nothing 5 months ago. The cart is still in good nick, but not sure if it still works.
Its more of an artefact than an active game because of the story behind it.
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 27, 2014 10:47:04 GMT
Even if they don't work, I'm sure they could start selling them online to people wanting a genuine piece of video game history, or at least ignominy. You know, like bits of the Berlin Wall.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 27, 2014 10:54:38 GMT
Yes, but will The Hoff sing about freedom on top of them this time?
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Apr 27, 2014 21:42:21 GMT
Yeah, I'm pretty sure ironically this particular batch of ETs could become the most valuable Atari games of all.
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Post by Jim on Apr 27, 2014 22:12:55 GMT
While it's awesome to see them excavated, it's not really an urban legend as such - the dumping and burying of the games and the exact location at which it happened was reported in the news at the time (and officially verified by Atari), so it's not like anything much has been proved, just exhumed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burialThere's some good stuff on it (and the ET game itself) in the book Racing the Beam which I highly recommend to anyone with fond memories of the 2600. -Jim |
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Post by Jaymz on May 24, 2014 19:24:56 GMT
Even if they don't work, I'm sure they could start selling them online to people wanting a genuine piece of video game history, or at least ignominy. You know, like bits of the Berlin Wall. -Nick Seeing as the unearthing was done for a documentary, they should include a cartridge with the special edition DVD/BD release. |
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Post by Dave on Jul 29, 2014 12:28:40 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 7, 2015 16:50:53 GMT
Friend of mine at work was recently clearing her loft and came across a boxed Atari 2600 she had as a child, a proper wood panel six switch one, with a handful of carts. But she couldn't get it to work, so I said I'd have a look. Mostly because the 2600 was the first console I had.
Turns out the power supply had died, so I bought a new one this morning and have just spent a few hours playing games I haven't played on an actual Atari for about 30 years.
Brilliantly, one of the carts was ET. I've never played that, so I can now proudly claim to have completed the legend on the actual console it was made for. And it is indeed rubbish, even by 1982 standards.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 8, 2015 9:35:19 GMT
I must play it some time.
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on Feb 8, 2015 11:37:59 GMT
I'll set you up with an emulator next time I'm in town.
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