Buried Atari E.T. Games Unearthed

to get to the other side.

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Originally Posted by Brisco Bold

I'm reaching a weird point in my life where I know a lot of awful things about the internet that I assume are common knowledge.

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Time for kitten party?

Time for a lemon party.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

I thought it was common knowledge that landfills rarely go away, specifically the way we do them now.

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It is. It's just not everyday we're reminded in such a visual and harrowing way.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

I thought it was common knowledge that landfills rarely go away, specifically the way we do them now.

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Yeah, you go south of Dallas and you'll see locations that were once an active city landfill. It's pretty much large hills covered in grass without a tree or bush in sight.

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Originally Posted by sleeve

Otherwise, the main purpose of this story was to support two largely false concepts: the video game crash of 1983, and the historical narrative of Nintendo as savior of the video game industry.

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True.

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Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me

That these things haven't decomposed one goddamned bit is what we should be talking about. Even the boxes are in good shape. The games themselves probably still work.

Now think about every plastic bag, cup, and bottle thrown away by every human being ever. I can hold your hair back while you throw up and cry for a few hours if you agree to stand by to decapitate me incase seppuku fails.

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This is the real story.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

Yeah, you go south of Dallas and you'll see locations that were once an active city landfill. It's pretty much large hills covered in grass without a tree or bush in sight.

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yep

anytime you drive down the highway and see large perfect emerald green grass covered hills, its probably a landfill.


The south seems pretty big on them. I fully expect they hope to mine them later for copper or something like that. Or shit, just sell all the fully intact things Yeller chunked 200 years after the fact. There'll be shit in there that kept better than the stuff we didn't throw away and actually used.

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Originally Posted by sleeve

I never really understood the fascination behind this story.

Is this the only time in the history of the United States that unsold inventory was buried in a landfill? I suppose if that were the case, I would find it more interesting.

Otherwise, the main purpose of this story was to support two largely false concepts: the video game crash of 1983, and the historical narrative of Nintendo as savior of the video game industry.

But I guess it's nice that they found those ET cartridges.

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I think it's cool that someone actually dug up this old stuff but I agree that the original story hasn't helped fact twisting about that era. They didn't find millions of cartridges, and many of the ones found were not just E.T. but well respected games. Maybe this will get some people thinking about how stories become exaggerated and altered.

I want them to find the Lost Tomb of Tengen Carts.

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

I think it's cool that someone actually dug up this old stuff but I agree that the original story hasn't helped fact twisting about that era. They didn't find millions of cartridges, and many of the ones found were not just E.T. but well respected games. Maybe this will get some people thinking about how stories become exaggerated and altered.

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I'm just glad Nintendo didn't get credit for burying them in the first place.