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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › EE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (video game) - Wikipedia

    Adventure. Mode (s) Single-player. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 adventure video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600 and based on the film of the same name. The game's objective is to guide the eponymous character through various screens to collect three pieces of an interplanetary telephone that will allow him ...

  2. versus.com › en › newsThe Atari E.T. disaster: How the worst game in history was ...

    Oct 23, 2024 · Atari's port of Pac-Man from the arcade to the Atari 2600 was also slammed. Its simplified graphics had "flickering" ghosts — a result of the game rendering one ghost per frame on screen, because of the limitations of the Atari 2600 hardware. But, yeah, E.T. was pretty much the worst. You be the judge.

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  4. www.polygon.com › 2014/6/3 › 5775026Why E.T. wasn't the worst game in history - Polygon

    Jun 3, 2014 · The quality of the E.T. video game has become an urban legend. It’s the worst game ever made for an Atari console. It’s the worst video game ever made, period. It is so bad, it caused the ...

  5. www.bbc.com › news › magazine-35560458The man who made 'the worst video game in history' - BBC

    Feb 22, 2016 · The video game of Steven Spielberg's ET is considered to be one of the worst of all time and has even been blamed for triggering the collapse of Atari. Howard Scott Warshaw, the gifted programmer ...

  6. screenrant.com › atari-et-extra-terrestrial-gameHow E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial's Failure Changed Games Forever

    Jul 20, 2020 · At the time, Atari was also on the rise as the largest video game console manufacturer and saw the success of E.T. as a promising collaborative opportunity. After about two months of persuasion, Atari was able to attain the rights to E.T. and they began production of the game for the Atari 2600.

  7. gamehistory.org › et-atari-reviews-worst-game-everReview Roundup: Was E.T. Really the “Worst Game Ever”?

    Nov 3, 2017 · Accessed from Atari Compendium. Frank Lovece rates it 2 1/2 “joysticks” out of 4. Atari 2600 Gorf, from the same issue, got 2 joysticks. Ladybug for ColecoVision, an awesome port, got the full 4. The review cites the problems with the manual, in which necessary information, the nature of the “zones,” is badly explained. It’s a good ...

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  9. www.npr.org › 2017/05/31 › 530235165Total Failure: Creating The World's Worst Video Game : NPR

    May 31, 2017 · The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 was a commercial flop and a gaming disaster. Based loosely on Steven Spielberg's 1982 blockbuster of the same name, the game was a confusing mess that left ...

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    • Geoff Brumfiel