82-T/A Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hey guys, I probably should have asked this a few weeks ago... but I live close enough to it now that I may revisit the place. Couple of weeks ago (daughter's Spring break), I did an awesome road trip through North Texas and all around New Mexico. Loved it, saw tons of stuff. Through the drive-path, we ran through Alamagordo. I saw the city between Roswell (alien city!!!) and Las Cruces, so I was like... oh damn, is this the Atari landfill site? Sure enough, it was. There was White Sands National Park, and a really cool zoo to go to. I didn't have enough time to really plan anything out, but I didn't see any shrine or homage to Atari (haha). I was just curious if anyone knew if there was *ANYTHING* Atari related in Alamagordo, so that... next time I go there, I can check it out? FYI, I did bring it up to one of the zoo keepers at the Alamagordo Zoo. The old guy there said that owner of Atari (Nolan Bushnell I guess?) donated a bunch of money to the Zoo back when they secretly dumped all those games in there, but I never thought to ask him any more. Anyway... long ramble. Any Atari stuff in Alamagordo? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+doctorclu Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 GameStop Write a Review 516 1st St Ste D, Alamogordo, NM 88310 (575) 434-0597 CLOSED NOW Today: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Tomorrow: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBreakout Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Hahahaha! Well, you could read a couple of Carlos Castaneda books and go on a hallucinogenic vision quest. You might meet 2600 Pac-Man! He's distinguishable from Coin-Op Pac-Man by the single eye on his forehead. Don Juan would probably advise you to look for this. Come to think of it, your potential vision quest experience might look a lot like this video... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 There's a few petroglyph sites around there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 GameStop Write a Review 516 1st St Ste D, Alamogordo, NM 88310 (575) 434-0597 CLOSED NOW Today: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Tomorrow: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Hahah, smart-ass! Hahahaha! Well, you could read a couple of Carlos Castaneda books and go on a hallucinogenic vision quest. You might meet 2600 Pac-Man! He's distinguishable from Coin-Op Pac-Man by the single eye on his forehead. Don Juan would probably advise you to look for this. Come to think of it, your potential vision quest experience might look a lot like this video... That's hilarious, I can't believe an actual band made a music video of searching for Atari cartridges. Yeah, I wasn't expecting to go digging or go on an adventure, but was hoping for at least a plaque or something, hahah... Definitely a lot of cool stuff to do around there though for a weekend. White Sands National Monument (for anyone who's never been), is pretty other-worldly... There's a few petroglyph sites around there.. Yeah, we went up to Albuquerque and went to the Petroglyph National Monument, very cool. Lots of awesome stuff around there. Definitely looking forward to going back up that way. New Mexico really has a lot of spectacular stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 This is the first time I've ever heard of someone wanting to visit a *landfill* on *vacation* Those video games are warping people's minds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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