AtariChild840 Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Ok , a friend of mine told me a while ago that the ET game did so poorly saleswise that they ended up burying like 50,000 carts in a desert somewhere. Is this true or not? I can understand if it was true -- ET is probably the most unplayable game ever. I own a copy myself and still haven't figured out the pupose of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Yes this is true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 ...according to the corporation Who knows...if they wanted to write off inventory from the bottom line, they might have made the whole thing up. According to HSW who programmed ET and worked at Atari at the time, the story is complete bunk. Anyway, IF the story is true, the games would not be playable. They've been steamrolled and mixed with concrete (to write off dead inventory, it must be rendered completely unusable). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Wouldn't it be ashame if it was true but there was some prototypes as well as the E.Ts destroyed! Especially if the protos are of unknown games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariChild840 Posted April 1, 2004 Author Share Posted April 1, 2004 thats so weird. I guess it's cool that they got a proper burial though. Rest in peace Elliot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 More like BURN IN HELL E.T YOU STUPID GAME THAT GET'S ON YOUR NERVES!!! Phew glad i got that off my chest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 50,000!!! I thought it was 5,000,000 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 The game is not that bad. Find the pieces of the phone, call the ship, and get picked up. It had some pretty cool sounds too. I never did like the 8-bit version of the game though. Terrible graphics and what happened to the wells??? Stephen Anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariChild840 Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 what was with those wells!!! i hate those damn things. It seemed to me like sometimes you would just randomly drop into those holes. so dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Actually, I kinda liked the 8-bit version. Sure, the graphics weren't the greatest -- but the sound effects were kinda trippy, and the "E.T. Phone Home!" speech at the end was neat for the day. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 what was with those wells!!! i hate those damn things. It seemed to me like sometimes you would just randomly drop into those holes. so dumb. You can save yourself in midair, you know. Just press the fire button while in midair and you can pull yourself up or you can land safely. BTW, don't press up or down while getting out. Those two little things made me actually like the game instead of hating it like everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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