Junie Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 If anyone does manage to dig some/all of them out of the mystery landfill, I would personally buy a few of the carts (Or enough of the smashed pieces to make a few carts). Along with a photo of the exposed games in the landfill for verifaction. I think that would be a great addition to my collection or any collection, a few carts from the mystery landfill- the home of the 5 million buried E.T. carts Junie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 Mind, no matter how bad an Atari game ET was, it was still an original idea - which automatically makes it better than 99% of modern console fodder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarigamer Posted November 6, 2001 Author Share Posted November 6, 2001 What is the topic with the most replies in all of the history of the Atari Age Message Boards? Cause I usually only see most topics go to 15 replies, but this one has 26+ ....so far..... . BTW (by the way) , does anyone actually like E.T. for the 2600 (besides me) ? . [ 11-06-2001: Message edited by: atarigamer ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 I like E.T. i played that game to death when i was younger If this is any indication of how much i liked it i still have my high score written down 2,203,456 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 Of course your not the only one! I thought we were all in agreement that E.T. is the best Atari 2600 ever released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarigamer Posted November 6, 2001 Author Share Posted November 6, 2001 Oh whew.... I just heard ALOT of bad reviews and stuff about it. So I thought I was alone in liking E.T. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_Larson Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 Personally, I think if anyone knew exactly where the carts were at, it would be pretty sweet to go on a Goonies-esque quest across the country to try to excavate them. Of course what would you tell your loved ones?..."Guys I'm going to the desert to find buried video game treasure. All I have is a map and a jackhammer, and I'm not sure when I'll be back."...They'd have you committed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 its like combat they made liek 2 million copies mroe than they had systems and think they made 1 cart per system on top of it in the USA geez how many carts do you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarigamer Posted November 7, 2001 Author Share Posted November 7, 2001 I've noticed that ALOT of people have mutiples of E.T. . Why is this? I noticed that my friend has like 5 cartridges (carts) of E.T. . I realized that there were alot of cartridges out there, but why would someone buy more than 1 copy? .... let alone 5..... . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 If you buy a bunch with one or two you want and the rest E.T., pac-man, combat, I guess you will have more than one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 atarigamer-- Spares, trading fodder, and the all-important label variation carts. From a production standpoint... The cost to design the tooling, circuits, chips, and finished good components are pretty much set regardless of the quantity of the run. The cost to pay the programmer is a set amount...and usually a royalty is payed per game sold (i.e. not how many are produced). Since quantity has little impact on the cost of the run (relative to setting everything up), it is much cheaper to set the quantity based on current demand + projected future demand. Demand went out the window in '84...hence so many commons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 It makes things easier if you can just buy the rights to the game from the developer/programmer for one lump sum and then produce all you like. Of course, agreeing on that lump some becomes the rub.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 I thought they also buried a bunch of pac-mans in there also. btw- I also enjoy playing ET, but I just can't see how they could have made 5 million of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 A little more information: http://www.snopes2.com/business/market/atari.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 I am making a hack of E.T. who do I send it to? It should be ready tommorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 quote: Originally posted by moycon: I am making a hack of E.T. who do I send it to? It should be ready tommorrow. You can send it to EMAIL]editor@atariage.com[/email] and we'll make sure it gets online as soon as possible. I'm surprised no one has hacked ET before (at least that I'm aware of). I shudder to think what you might be doing to it! ..Al (woops, I original put the wrong email address in there. That's what I get for typing messages at 8am before I've full woken up.. ) [ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: Albert ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarigamer Posted November 8, 2001 Author Share Posted November 8, 2001 Does anyone have an E.T. cart that is autographed by the programmer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 Another rumour: I heard that Atari also had 5 million Pac-Mans leftover. Can anyone confirm that? More E.T. than Ataris? This doesn't seem right. They must have made 10 million 2600 consoles. No? Am I way off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 Yep they did make more ETs than Atari consoles. I think the thought behind it was that since the movie was such a mega hit....Everyone that had an Atari would want the game...Plus they were still under the impression that they would keep selling more Atari's, thus all the new people that bought consoles would want the game.... Unfortunately you know what happened. The game bombed and the market for new Atari's went down. So they had millions of carts that no-one needed or wanted. **Hey is this the longest thread ever??** ET RULES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarigamer Posted November 8, 2001 Author Share Posted November 8, 2001 Well, I guess it's got to be the biggest thread ever. Just goes to show ya how many people care about E.T. . I guess we should rename it "E.T. Thread" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 Sorry for making the post longer but... If Atari made more ET then Atari's 2600 consoles then what about 2600 converter for 5200 and Colecovision 2600 Adaptor, etc... The other thing is, if the carts have no value what so ever, why would you destroy them by crushing and poring concrete over them? If I have a bunch of a product and I can't sell it for $$$, why would I destroy it, when I could sell it for $? Ok I would have to sell it for very little maybe, but I get some money back. Or would this hurt Atari's image too much? I still can make someone sigh saying they will hang on to them for a year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 What year was ET? AtariAge doesn't list it. In the first two years, Atari had already sold over 1 million VCS. In the next 3-4 years they must have sold many times that. I find it hard to believe they would not have sold more than 5 million during the first 5 years of existence. about to phone home, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Mot: If I have a bunch of a product and I can't sell it for $$$, why would I destroy it, when I could sell it for $? Ok I would have to sell it for very little maybe, but I get some money back. Or would this hurt Atari's image too much? I still can make someone sigh saying they will hang on to them for a year or so. I am by no means an expert on this topic, but I believe there are valid business reasons for this. I think having large quantities of un-sold inventory lying around is a tax liability. I think there is also an advantage to simply destroying the inventory, then from selling it at little or no profit. Maybe someone with a business background can confirm some of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Mario's Other Brother: What year was ET? AtariAge doesn't list it. In the first two years, Atari had already sold over 1 million VCS. In the next 3-4 years they must have sold many times that. I find it hard to believe they would not have sold more than 5 million during the first 5 years of existence. We do have ET in our database. The problem is it's listed as E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, so if you just searched for "ET" it wouldn't have popped up. We don't have a date for when it was released, but I imagine it was in 1982 right around the same time the movie came out. The copyright dates on the box are also 1982. ..Al [ 11-08-2001: Message edited by: Albert ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 Wow! I can't believe this thread is still going. hehe. Anyway, I've had a chat with the Queen and we're getting a ship together to come over and hunt for the patch of land with those carts in - and we'll claim it for the British Empire. Anyone want to start a colony on it with us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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