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     • On April 26, 2014, the Atari burial was confirmed when hundreds of cartridges were dug up out of the ground. It turns out the legend was true, there really were a bunch of unsold E.T. games buried in the desert. According to a former manager of Atari, “728,000 cartridges of various titles were buried”.
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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Atari_video_game_burialAtari video game burial - Wikipedia

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   The Atari video game burial was a mass burial of unsold video game cartridges, consoles, and computers in a New Mexico landfill site undertaken by the American video game and home computer company Atari, Inc. in 1983.

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   Mar 25, 2001 · Atari produced 5 million E.T. cartridges, and according to Atari's then-president and CEO, "nearly all of them came back." That statement was a bit of an exaggeration, but Atari was once...

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     “Unearthed: The Legendary Atari E.T. Landfill Dig!” -In 1983, Atari buried thousands of unsold video game cartridges in a New Mexico landfill, including the infamous E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game, often dubbed the worst video game ever made. Fast forward to 2014, and the urban legend was confirmed when 17,000 cartridges were unearthed during an excavation! This discovery was featured in the documentary “Atari: Game Over.” Dive into this fascinating piece of video game history and see how these

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

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   Oct 23, 2024 · Did Atari really bury millions of cartridges in the desert, or was it just a myth? In April 2014, a documentary crew set out to find the truth. They excavated the landfill in Alamogordo and, sure enough, unearthed hundreds of copies of E.T. among other discarded Atari games.

6. www.pcmag.com › news › debunking-the-myth-of-theDebunking the Myth of the Buried Atari E.T. Cartridges | PCMag

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   Jun 4, 2013 · When news broke last week that a Canadian film crew plans to dig up millions of copies of Atari's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game supposedly buried at a New Mexico landfill site, it...

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   Dec 14, 2015 · On April 26, 2014, the Atari burial was confirmed when hundreds of cartridges were dug up out of the ground. It turns out the legend was true, there really were a bunch of unsold E.T. games buried in the desert.

8. www.thevintagenews.com › 2021/08/06 › atari-videoSealed In Concrete — Atari’s Video Game Graveyard Held ...

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   Aug 6, 2021 · Sealed under concrete were approximately 700,000 Atari 2600 cartridges. How did they get there? What made the iconic extra-terrestrial so unpopular, when all he wanted to do was phone home?

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   What was the Atari video game burial?

   • The Atari video game burial was a mass burial of unsold video game cartridges, consoles, and computers in a New Mexico landfill site undertaken by the American video game and home computer company Atari, Inc. in 1983.

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   How many Atari cartridges were buried?

   • Only a small fraction, about 1,300 cartridges, were recovered, with a portion given for curation and the rest auctioned to raise money for a museum to commemorate the burial. Atari 2600 consoles and cartridges were amongst the material reportedly disposed of as a result of the burial.

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   How much is a buried Atari game worth?

   • A long-buried copy of the infamous Atari game "E.T." is worth more than $1,500. The desert city of Alamogordo, New Mexico, finally sold off its buried treasure of ancient Atari games, raking in more than $100,000 from nearly 900 games. The haul included a single copy of "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" from 1982.

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   Did Atari Bury game cartridges in Alamogordo?

   • Spectators are invited to watch the team uncover the infamous Atari game cartridge grave. The Atari Corporation — faced with overwhelmingly negative response to the "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" video game — allegedly disposed of millions of unsold game cartridges by burying them in the small town of Alamogordo, New Mexico in 1983.

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   How many Atari 2600 cartridges were there?

   • It’s a dramatic chapter of video game history from the 1980s. Sealed under concrete were approximately 700,000 Atari 2600 cartridges. How did they get there? What made the iconic extra-terrestrial so unpopular, when all he wanted to do was phone home? The answers are on a whole other level.

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   Was Atari buried in a desert landfill?

   • Claim: Atari buried millions of unsold E.T. game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill. Origins: In 1982, Warner Communications could honestly claim to own a goose that laid golden eggs. Its money-producing fowl was called Atari, a video game company it purchased for $28 million in 1976 which had since burgeoned into a $2 billion concern.

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10. money.cnn.com › 2015/09/01 › technologyNew Mexico city finds buried treasure of Atari games

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    Sep 1, 2015 · Atari emptied out a warehouse and paid Alamogordo to dump nearly 800,000 games in its city landfill in 1983, according to Joseph Lewandowski, who was on site when it happened and later bought...