and the public can attend the dig. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, a tie-in for the film of the same name, was released in 1982 on Atari 2600. Considered one of the worst games ever made, it failed to ...

Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, who had left the company by then, told CNET recently that normal production for an Atari 2600 ... Dig-Dug." "Isn't it great? We're digging in the dirt for an Atari ...

Game collectors have their story, too. For them, the dig provided the extraordinary ... Then there is the face of the “Atari Legend,” an Atari 2600 game called E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial ...

"I never had time to play games. For me, it was the ultimate treasure hunt for an urban legend." He said they dug up 1,178 of the Atari 2600 game cartridges ... "We won't dig up anymore," said ...

ALAMOGORDO, NM—The legend was true. Atari really did dump a bunch of E.T. and other Atari 2600 cartridges and paraphernalia into a landfill 30 years ago. Today, a team of video game ...

Remember the odd story about the hundreds of vintage Atari video games found buried in a landfill in a Alamogordo, New Mexico, desert? The tale, which inspired a documentary crew to dig up the ...

It was still one of the Atari 2600's best ... to come to the dig site that is set to take place Sunday, April 26 starting at 9:30 am. But please, don't make us play this game again.

Xbox Live's Larry Hryb said the games ... dig but once permission was granted excavations began on 26 April. Three hours of digging with a backhoe uncovered significant amounts of Atari 2600 ...

Atari’s 50th ... of the Atari 2600 game Centipede, dug up from a landfill in New Mexico last year. Assistant professor of history Bill Caraher participated in the dig and threw down $60 to ...

Over the weekend a Microsoft-backed effort to unearth the long-buried E.T. - The Extraterrestrial Atari 2600 game ... conceived game, years of not addressing the issue made the cover-up of ...

Film and excavation crews were joined by around 200 gaming enthusiasts and local residents for the dig, while some had brought their own Atari 2600 consoles ready to play any games that could be ...