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

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   Feb 22, 2016 · It was July 1982 and Atari, then one of the world's most successful tech companies, had just paid a reported $21m for the video game rights to Spielberg's new blockbuster, ET the...

2. www.denofgeek.com › games › steven-spielberg-sSteven Spielberg’s History with Video Games - Den of Geek

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   Mar 29, 2018 · It almost sounded too wild to be true, yet the legend was revealed to have more than a grain of truth behind it: in 2015, the documentary Atari: Game Over covered a kind of archaeological dig at...

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4. americanhistory.si.edu › explore › storiesFrom landfill to Smithsonian collections: "E.T. the Extra ...

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   Dec 15, 2014 · Attempting to lure Steven Spielberg to make films for Warner Brothers, Warner Communication, the parent company of Warner Brothers and Atari, negotiated an expensive licensing agreement for Atari to make a video game adaptation of Spielberg's latest movie, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

5. www.cinemablend.com › movies › story-atari-et-videoThe Story Behind Why All Those Atari E.T. Video Games Ended ...

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   Sep 13, 2023 · Atari and Howard Scott Warshaw made what he called the $22 million bet” in the 2014 documentary Atari: Game Over, and E.T. was canonized in Atari history. With Steven Spielberg...

6. techgameworld.com › the-story-behind-et-the-atariThe story behind ET, the Atari game that destroyed the gaming ...

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   May 26, 2022 · July 27, 1982, the publisher Atari he was jumping for joy at having just managed to get the right to develop and market a videogame transposition of ET the extra-terrestrial, a famous feature film signed by Steven Spielberg who at that moment was making a splash at US ticket offices.

7. www.engadget.com › 2014/05/01-true-story-et-atariThe true story of the worst video game in history - Engadget

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   May 1, 2014 · "E.T. was the death of Atari." If you believe the urban legend, then that game, based on Steven Spielberg's blockbuster movie, is the sole reason Atari flopped in the 1980s.

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   Was Steven Spielberg trying to lure Atari to make a video game?

   • Attempting to lure Steven Spielberg to make films for Warner Brothers, Warner Communication, the parent company of Warner Brothers and Atari, negotiated an expensive licensing agreement for Atari to make a video game adaptation of Spielberg's latest movie, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

   From landfill to Smithsonian collections: "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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   Did Steven Spielberg make a videogame?

   • Although he wouldn’t exactly rush to bring the subject up in interviews, E.T. director Steven Spielberg had at least a small hand in that ill-fated videogame. While the design and programming of E.T. was handled by Howard Scott Renshaw, who produced the thing in a dervish of all-night coding, Spielberg himself had reportedly pushed for a videogame.

   Steven Spielberg’s History with Video Games | Den of Geek

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   Why was Steven Spielberg's 'et' rushed out?

   • 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 who made it, explains how it was rushed out in a matter of weeks - and how he feels about those events in California now. Spielberg was unimpressed.

   The man who made 'the worst video game in history' - BBC

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   Was Steven Spielberg addicted to video games?

   • Spielberg’s ’80s passion for gaming went further than just playing them in his spare time, however. As Slashfilm pointed out a few years ago, Spielberg wrote the introduction for Martin Amis’ unusual (and now very rare) book about his addiction to space invaders. And then, of course, there was E.T: the videogame. Not only was E.T.:

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   Why did Atari pay $22 million?

   • Meanwhile, Atari and its 2600 home console brought arcade favorites into the living room, and the video game company was ready to keep that train rolling. 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 Story Behind Why All Those Atari E.T. Video Games ... - CINEMABLE…

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   Why did Atari flop in the 1980s?

   • " E.T. was the death of Atari." If you believe the urban legend, then that game, based on Steven Spielberg's blockbuster movie, is the sole reason Atari flopped in the 1980s.

   The true story of the worst video game in history - Engadget

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

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   May 31, 2017 · Howard Scott Warshaw was working at Atari in 1982 when Steven Spielberg asked him to design a video game adaptation of E.T. Courtesy of Dave Staugas

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