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Nov 16, 2014 · The film debunks many of the simplistic myths about ET and Atari, but it would have been more powerful as a documentary by diving deeper into the complexities of the company’s downfall. Instead ...
Oct 10, 2020 · Atari’s 1982 ‘E.T.’ game was so disastrous it’s been blamed for the company’s downfall and the crash of the entire industry. The man responsible for the game, however, has taken it surprisingly well. In 1982, Shannon was 7 years old. Back then, she loved two things above all else: video games and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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In light of its cult legend status, the short-lived Microsoft Entertainment Studios helped fund a crew to dig up E.T.‘s grave earlier this year and invited the public to come. I drove down to attend the event, along with a couple hundred others, and we stood in the whipping dirt and wind quite literally watching garbage be dug up. Atari: Game Overt...
More than a film about the dig itself, Atari: Game Over is a redemption piece for Howard Scott Warshaw, the programmer on E.T. Prior to E.T., Warshaw was an Atari legend. The man designed Yars’ Revenge and Raiders of the Lost Ark, both of which were instant classics for the 2600. He was so good that when it came time to make an E.T. video game in a...
I’m quite serious when I say this is one of the best video game documentaries ever made. That’s still a pretty niche field, but Atari: Game Over belongs up there with Indie Game: The Movie and King of Kongas a real standout. It’s easy to rag on the dig itself. “Why bother digging up trash? Who even cares if the games are buried there?” But trust me...
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Prior to the universally-regarded flop of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial on the Atari 2600, few films got the video game treatment.The movie-game business didn’t pick up steam until 1982, around the ...
Oct 23, 2024 · It all started in mid-1982 when Atari secured the rights to create a video game based on Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film, E.T. The negotiations dragged on until late July, which left the development team with a ridiculous deadline — just five weeks to design and program the game in time to manufacture and ship it for the Christmas season.
Jan 28, 2015 · Penn’s most recent project as director is Atari: Game Over, a documentary about the collapse of Atari in the early 80s and the burial of E.T. videogame cartridges in the New Mexico desert.
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Sep 18, 2009 · Arriving at the desert dump, the trucks emptied their once precious cargo. Cartridges bearing E.T.’s wrinkled prune face scattered into the dust. Each truckload cost Atari $500 to dump but the ...
