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(why isn't the news tag available for this forum? :P)

Wow... I thought they'd never be uncovered :P

I wonder if the cartridges still work? I wouldn't be surprised, as nothing can really kill those old Atari game consoles and cartridges ;) James Rolfe (the Angry Video Nerd) is coming out with a movie based on the story of ET for the Atari, and I can't wait to watch it too :P (always was a fan of the AVGN, heh)


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This is too funny! :LOL:

Give it some years, those E.T. cartridges will cost money years later but that's my opinion... ^_^

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Cool~

I always did think it was real. Now we have proof. Didn't know Centipede was in there though. Thought it was ET and Pac-Man (and have heard rumors of Tengen Tetris going there much later).

Is anyone else reminded of that god-awful Irate Gamer video where he digs ET carts from a "desert" covered in grass and surrounded by trees?

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I always assumed it was a urban legend with a hint of truth. Just a little exaggerated.

Guess it wasn't a exaggeration. Welp. Interestingly, due to where they are buried the carts are supposedly well preserved. Not much in terms of humidity messing them up etc.

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I've never heard of this, but It's cool to know where Atari's went. I always thought they were worth money since they were one of the first video gaming inventions ever. I guess all the copies they made deducts price still today...especially since they are trashed. o_O


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I always thought it was real. I heard about the ET being thrown away en masse.

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Well.. I never heard of that.. but that's.. interesting.


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Posted by GtGywall
Well.. I never heard of that.. but that's.. interesting.
Isn't it? I think it's good to know where all the old stuff is going. Now we know, they will go into landfills unless kept as collectibles. Silly, all the money wasted.


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It'd be interesting when archaeologists uncover more Atari cartridges thousands of years from now. I wonder what will they document on that?

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Will they know what they were used for? ^_~ I can see them positing all kinds of ideas, like they were a type of glove, or used in a religious rite...

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They also had controllers down there. Imagine getting a mint (abet dirty) Atari controller? Very cool!

I had in box ET back in the day (1990). I however being a kid wanted to try to play it. The cart was dead. Oh well it was more fun taking the cartridge apart than it would have been to play the game. ;)

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We had ET among our Atari cart collection. I never got very far in it, just kept falling into pits, trying to get out, then falling right back in.

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