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Atari: Game Over. 2015 · 1 hr 7 min. TV-14. Documentary. How did so many Atari "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" game cartridges wind up in a landfill in the 1980s? This documentary investigates. Audio Languages: English. Subtitles: English. Starring: Zak Penn Joe Lewandowski Robert Rentschler Paul Sanchez George R.R. Martin.
- Zak Penn
- January 1, 2015
- 66 min
The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?
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- Zak Penn
- PG-13
- 26
Nov 19, 2014 · The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?
Sep 13, 2023 · With E.T. blazing a path in theaters, Atari paid $22 million for the privilege to turn 1982’s massive hit into a video game smash. The company’s previous efforts adapting Raiders of the Lost ...
Nov 20, 2014 · The "urban legend" is that Atari dumped millions of "E.T." game cartridges in the desert because the game was so bad that they had to bury it. The movie is very much about how that story came to ...
Jan 17, 2019 · Top Gun. Crocodile Dundee. 3 Men And A Baby. Gremlins. Batman (people think of it in the ‘90s but it makes the cut) 2. G.I Joe. G.I Joe is one of a handful of iconic toys and cartoons from the ‘80s. If you were a kid growing up in this decade G.I Joe was one of the biggest parts of your life.
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The video game crash of 1983 (known in Japan as the Atari shock) [1] was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality.
