RK Sparxster Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 the E.T. commercial is cool. Anyways I could never really figure the game out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Not the return of this thread!! AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Ohhh The long lost E.T. Thead. So great to have it back. Ummmm So. Where does the ET cart recovery mission stand??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 LOL, well i cant remember if this was said or not yet since this thread is so large and its been awhile, but in the Sept. 2001 Game Informer magazine, In the Classic GI section there is a small paragraph titled "This month in Gaming history" about E.T for the 2600 In short Atari obtained the worldwide rights to make a E.T game, Atari wanted the game out as soon as possible and cut the normal 6 month programming time in half. Although it did sell a Million copies, bogglingly dull game play and rancid word of mouth kept another 5 million carts in atari's waerhouses And to add insult to injury MCA sued Atari for royalties due on the licensing of E.T. as well as 2 other movies Atari had plans to make games for before this debacle had begun The last Starfighter and Dune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Dune!!!??? Man I never heard that. Is there any info about that game!!??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 So what's this about 5 million cartridges of E.T. being buried? Has anyone heard of this? Would anyone know where this site is located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Well, there were 5 billion copies of the bestselling ET game, that had been impounded by the Pilsbury Dough boy, that were (after a spectacular car chase featuring Optimus Prime and that lass out of Dragons Lair) eventually buried underneath the foundations of what would later become the x-box. Word has it that whosoever finds this treasure will be king of space and get one of those little stripe patches for Activisions Starmaster....only more so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 quote: Originally posted by moycon: Dune!!!??? Man I never heard that. Is there any info about that game!!??? Its the first I've heard of it myself, and i got the magazines from Good Deal Games cause they didnt have a game i really wanted and threw in 4 magazines for free, and the little article was in there I would like to know if anyone else has any info on Dune myself, like if it was just a thought or if they actually started working on it when the ET thing blew up in there face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 It might be that they didn't want to chance it...given the mixed reviews of the film at the time. The film itself had gone through three directors to get made (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Ridley Scott, and David Lynch). It's kinda sad that the Jodorowsky version never got made. Effects-Dan O'Bannon Design-Jean "Moebius" Giraud, H.R. Giger Miniatures-Christopher Foss Music-Pink Floyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 *bump* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Duke Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 ......Pink Floyd.... Aaagghhh.... PINK FLOYD RULES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 The ET thread!!!! Ohhhh. *sniff* Such fond memories. I thought it was lost for-ever!!! This is the happiest day of my life. Did they release the movie on DVD yet? And wouldnt it be cool if they started releasing movies and games on one dvd? Fer instance. You buy a Playstation 2 game based on ET. And the movie comes included on the other side of the disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Finally a real reason to revive the beloved ET thread. I'd love to get everyone opinion of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Could it be for real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 My gut instinct tells me that someone had a bunch of ET carts they melted and buried for a week "I found a gigantic lump of fused black plastic" that sounds like a big melted mass of carts. Didnt they just dump em and pour concrete on top of em? Whats with this big fused mass of plastic... Perhaps a cover up??? Maybe Atari didnt pour concrete on em and instead shot em with a flame thrower!!!?? Hmmmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 LOL This is IMO just a (good) joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 well a good joke is surely worth a few bucks (sometimes you pay 10 bucks for the cinema and had no fun), so i'm on that one, hehe ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 I smell Bullshit...... Like you said though fish, it is a good joke, your gonna have to outbid me for this one. Let the war begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Woohooo I am the high bidder and the reserve is met. Take that Fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonlightKnight Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 This person is from Illinois? Geez, they are going to make us all look bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 This is definitely a gag auction. DP is running a contest to come up with "insane" eBay auctions, and you just happened to stumble upon one of them. This prank would have been more amusing with some pictures. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Am I 200? What do I win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Actually this is 200, I think. Do I win anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Inky: Actually this is 200, I think. Do I win anything? your 2nd post is 201 but for your prize you win a $30 PS1 ET game from your local funcoland or toys r us (while supplies last) can you believe they still want $30 for that game good grief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 I dont get the contest...You just make up some outrageous claim about video games... Even if its NOT true and put it on ebay??? I mean I saw once where DP put like 16 cat jizz covered carts on ebay and they sold...Also they put some quadrun shrinkwrap on and it sold!!! Now thats funny...and the person got exactly what they bid on...This, to me, is only outrageous in the fact that the seller is duping the person bidding on the auction. They ought to have a disclaimer at the bottom letting people know its a hoax. I dunno... Maybe its just cuz I woke up...But saying you found the ET landfill carts aint funny or outrageous...Its just dis-honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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