Posted February 22, 2013
andysheets1975
RIP Roy 01/07/2023
Registered: Jan 2011
From United States
Psyringe
Vagabond
Registered: Sep 2011
From Germany
Posted February 22, 2013
Several times a year, I play some old 2600 games on an emulator (Stella, these days). Favorites are: Pitfall, River Raid, Atlantis, Enduro, and Cosmic Ark (especially the latter is practically never mentioned anywhere, but I always liked it and still have fun with it). I'll also play a bit of Space Invaders or Pac-Man, but more for the Nostalgia factor - the ports weren't very well done, and I prefer to play those games on other platforms.
DRM_free_fan
New User
Registered: Feb 2013
From Australia
Posted February 22, 2013
Surprisingly perhaps but it is not an urban myth.
Source: I have read numerous non-fiction books on video games and the video game industry in general. (The authors seek out retired game developers/producers etc. and interview them). I read that it even made it into a local paper at the time. (Now if only I could remember WHICH book it was in, I would find it and let you know so you could verify this for yourself).
EDIT: I have gone through my library and I am fairly sure I read it in one of these titles:
Donovan, Tristan - Replay: The History of Video Games
Goldberg, Harold - All your base are belong to us
Kent, Steven - The Ultimate History of Video Games
Source: I have read numerous non-fiction books on video games and the video game industry in general. (The authors seek out retired game developers/producers etc. and interview them). I read that it even made it into a local paper at the time. (Now if only I could remember WHICH book it was in, I would find it and let you know so you could verify this for yourself).
EDIT: I have gone through my library and I am fairly sure I read it in one of these titles:
Donovan, Tristan - Replay: The History of Video Games
Goldberg, Harold - All your base are belong to us
Kent, Steven - The Ultimate History of Video Games
Post edited February 22, 2013 by DRM_free_fan
Psyringe
Vagabond
Registered: Sep 2011
From Germany
Posted February 22, 2013
Source: I have read numerous non-fiction books on video games and the video game industry in general. (The authors seek out retired game developers/producers etc. and interview them). I read that it even made it into a local paper at the time. (Now if only I could remember WHICH book it was in, I would find it and let you know so you could verify this for yourself).
What's still disputed, and probably will never cease to be, is the number of cartridges that were used. The story of "millions" of cartridges being buried may very well be an urban legend. Atari tended to downplay the issue and was only talking about a small number of cartridges - on the other hand, Atari had good reasons to lie about the number and make it smaller than it was, since the whole ET fiasco affected their reputation badly. In the end, I don't think there is any reliable information about the number of cartridges, and even further archaeologists won't be able to count them, since they have most likely been crushed.
orcishgamer
Mad and Green
Registered: Jun 2010
From United States
Posted February 23, 2013
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/game-almost-over-as-atari-goes-bankrupt/story-e6frgakx-1226559597759
"Atari is no stranger to the roller coaster of success and failure. The failures include the mass burial in the New Mexico Desert of what were believed to be several million unsold copies of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial "
I guess this mass burial would be a huge point of controversy for future archaeologists... From distant planets. Did anyone hear about this "incident" before? ....................
I don't even know if it's true, I just know people bring it up frequently.
Post edited February 23, 2013 by orcishgamer
DRM_free_fan
New User
Registered: Feb 2013
From Australia
