Atari ET game landfill excavation on April 26th

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[FONT=wf_SegoeUI]Become a part of gamer history. Unearth the truth behind the ultimate urban legend. We’re excited to announce that the excavation of the long-rumored “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” video game burial site will occur on April 26, 2014 and will be open to the public. Spectators are invited to watch the team uncover the infamous Atari game cartridge grave. [/FONT]
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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. [/FONT][FONT=wf_SegoeUI]Fuel Entertainment [/FONT][FONT=wf_SegoeUI]took an interest in the legend, and in December 2013, with help from local garbage contractor Joe Lewandowski, acquired the exclusive rights to excavate the Alamogordo landfill. Fuel Entertainment brought the opportunity to Xbox Entertainment Studios, and now, as part of a documentary series (developed by Xbox Entertainment Studios and two-time Academy Award® winning producer Simon Chinn and Emmy winning producer Jonathan Chinn, through their multi-platform media company, [/FONT][FONT=wf_SegoeUI]Lightbox[/FONT][FONT=wf_SegoeUI]), the team will excavate the legendary New Mexico landfill to reveal the true story of Atari’s bizarre burial. [/FONT]

...The game that was so terrible that they dumped the remaining copies into a landfill. Kinda epic. Just for curiosity's sake, I want to see what it looks like after over 20 years of being in the landfill. Yeah yeah, I know it's just going to be a bunch of beat up game cartridges (I would venture to guess that the plastic wasn't very biodegradable), but it's been an urban legend for so long that it will just be fun to see what it looks like. :)

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Atari thought this was going to be THE hit game - to the point that they made more copies of the game that Atari 2600 units that could play it existed. WTF??!!
 
No, this will release the demons of Bad Games unto the world! This is dangerous! Don't do it!
 
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