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

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   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 ...

2. www.reddit.com › r › retrogamingWas the Atari 2600 always so Bad? Is this thing still fun ...

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   Pong isn't really an Atari 2600 game. They did sell a version of it, but Pong is from 1975. Atari released it as a stand alone console. That's why similar machines are called "pongs," because they only play simple built-in games. If you're lost on what to do I strongly suggest reading the manual.

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     The Atari 2600 - The Granddaddy of Gaming! - Tech Retrospective

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4. melmagazine.com › en-us › story'E.T.' 1982 Atari Game: The True Story Behind the Worst Video ...

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   Oct 10, 2020 · The True Story Behind the Worst Video Game Ever Made. 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 ...

5. www.grunge.com › 714681 › the-rise-and-fall-of-atariThe Rise And Fall Of Atari - Grunge

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   Dec 22, 2021 · Atari's self-inflicted wounds led to its death. With a bad reputation and a market inundated with poor and sometimes offensive products, Atari, and with it the entire gaming industry, collapsed. According to the New York Times, Atari lost an incredible $310.5 million in the second quarter of 1983.

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6. forums.atariage.com › topic › 13452-why-wasnt-atariWhy wasnt Atari 2600 as Popular in the late 70s?

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   Sep 5, 2002 · Or werent the Games too good. I used to think Space Invaders was one of Atari 2600s First Games. Almost everyone in Australia had a copy of Space Invaders because it came in the box with the Atari 2600 when u brought it. Well i never got my Atari 2600 until 1984. It certainly gave me a lot of Fun that year !

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

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   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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   What is the worst video game ever made for an Atari 2600?

   • The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. 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 video game industry to crash in 1983.

   Why E.T. wasn't the worst game in history - Polygon

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   Does the Atari 2600 hold up?

   • The 2600 doesn't hold up, it's an early system with very basic games. The novelty to me is in how much they were able to accomplish with such limited hardware. In particular Activision pushed the system way beyond what Atari itself was producing. The book Racing the Beam offers an in depth look at how some of the games were made.

   Was the Atari 2600 always so Bad? Is this thing still fun ... - Reddit

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   Are Atari Games really bad?

   • You're correct, Atari games ARE generally poor in comparison to what came later. The best you can do these days is to try to appreciate them in context of where video gaming was at in the late 70s and early 80s. And also understand that these first steps directly led to the video games we have today. I could not have said it any better.

   Was the Atari 2600 always so Bad? Is this thing still fun ... - Reddit

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   What was Atari like in the early era?

   • Atari was basically an early Silicon Valley startup. Its main product, the Atari 2600, was the first really popular video game console. Warshaw's job was to design games. This was the era of games like Pong, in which users used black-and-white virtual paddles to push a small, square "ball" around a screen. It was pretty sedate.

   Total Failure: Creating The World's Worst Video Game : NPR

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   What happened to Atari's 'et' game in 1982?

   • 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.

   The True Story Behind the Worst Video Game Ever Made - MEL Magazine

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   Did the Atari make a good game?

   • The Atari could generally duplicate the game mechanics of many games even if they looked like poor copies. Games on the Atari also did innovate. Pitfall may seem lame today but imagine it coming out in a world before platform games were common. A world where just rendering a player that looked somewhat human was a graphic breakthrough.

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9. www.reddit.com › r › Atari2600What's ACTUALLY the worst 2600 game? : r/Atari2600 - Reddit

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   The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in September 1977. It's the third console of its generation following the Fairchild Channel F and RCA Studio II. 2600 is credited with popularizing the use of modern video game consoles. The console was originally sold as the Atari VCS, for Video Computer System. MembersOnline.