HP Atari King of Michigan Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 The Landfill, as many of you know, is supposedly in New Mexico. If anyone can prove its existance or non-existance, I welcome all to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchysuperman Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 golly - this is new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 The Landfill, as many of you know, is supposedly in New Mexico. If anyone can prove its existance or non-existance, I welcome all to try. 940626[/snapback] Go there abd bury yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Geez, let it go already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Alright guys, there's no reason for nastiness. If you feel the topic's been done to death, do everyone who shares your sentiments a favor and don't respond since every time you do it brings it back to the top of the page. If you do find the thread appealing and want to participate, feel free to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Rescue Group Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Here's a landfill thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Noob. The Landfill, as many of you know, is supposedly in New Mexico. If anyone can prove its existance or non-existance, I welcome all to try. 940626[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 All I will add to this is that if the event had actually happened then someone, some where would have come forward and admitted that it was true. The problem with urban myths is that for many to have happened there had to be witnesses such as the drivers, the men working at the landfill site, the men at Atari who would have ordered the dumping to have taken place. As yet no one has come forward and said yes I was there and this really happened so lets face reality and admit that it probably didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Hey, all this guy wants to know is if there's really a landfill in New Mexico! Not any particular one, nor if there was ever anything specific buried there. Someone simply give him proof of the existence of a landfill (ANY landfill) in NM and he'll go away satisfied, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP Atari King of Michigan Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 Ok, for some of you who is offended by this thread, or annoyed by it, need not reply, thankyouverymuch. What I meant is I want someone who has any evidence of the millions of ET carts that was buried at that particular landfill in NM (i.e. anyone who had worked at Atari, for instance) give me proof, for I am a skeptic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP Atari King of Michigan Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 The Landfill, as many of you know, is supposedly in New Mexico. If anyone can prove its existance or non-existance, I welcome all to try. 940626[/snapback] Go there abd bury yourself. 940746[/snapback] No, why don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 As yet no one has come forward and said yes I was there and this really happened so lets face reality and admit that it probably didn't happen. 940902[/snapback] Let's look at this rationally. Who were the people doing the dumping? You are saying the litmus test is that some blue collar worker probably in his late 50s who never played videogames is supposed to somehow magically know that there is a thread on the AtariAge forums, go register for the forums, and post a reply? If a major national news source like one of the 3 nightly news broadcasts covered this controversy, these people would immediately respond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Ok, for some of you who is offended by this thread, or annoyed by it, need not reply, thankyouverymuch. What I meant is I want someone who has any evidence of the millions of ET carts that was buried at that particular landfill in NM (i.e. anyone who had worked at Atari, for instance) give me proof, for I am a skeptic. 940989[/snapback] Posting your solicitation to AtariAge isn't going to make it happen. They aren't the type of people who will be reading this thread. And if they were, they would have replied already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 All I will add to this is that if the event had actually happened then someone, some where would have come forward and admitted that it was true. The problem with urban myths is that for many to have happened there had to be witnesses such as the drivers, the men working at the landfill site, the men at Atari who would have ordered the dumping to have taken place. As yet no one has come forward and said yes I was there and this really happened so lets face reality and admit that it probably didn't happen. 940902[/snapback] BTW, we're not talking about the holocaust here. They aren't running around the streets chanting "Soylent Green is people!!!" This event was important to US. It was of passing interest to the people who participated in it. The only way to get witnesses is to seek them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 The Landfill, as many of you know, is supposedly in New Mexico. If anyone can prove its existance or non-existance, I welcome all to try. 940626[/snapback] Go there abd bury yourself. 940746[/snapback] No, why don't you? 940990[/snapback] It was meant as a joke. I think what everyone here is trying to convey is that we're sick of this topic. If you click the link above or use the search, you will find all you need. We even discussed our disgust with it in the last thread. Please, let this one die. "Can we get a lock on this one?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Alright guys, there's no reason for nastiness. If you feel the topic's been done to death, do everyone who shares your sentiments a favor and don't respond since every time you do it brings it back to the top of the page. If you do find the thread appealing and want to participate, feel free to do so. 940766[/snapback] No problem, sku. I need to be kept in check sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trusty Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I will agree with the others, this has been discussed before. But I will disagree with people raking someone over the coals for posting a topic that has been discussed in the past. Personally, I think it's an important topic and each time I read one of these threads, I learn something new whether it's rumor, fact or whatever. With that being said - I'll say this AGAIN and then I will speak of it no more. I LIVED in Alamogordo from 1976 - 1984. No, I didn't work for Atari, No, I didn't participate in the burying of carts. But we did see the convoys of trucks heading down Whitesands Blvd that we could only assume were the gamers "Ark Of The Covenant". It's not every day that you see a convoy headed to the local dump over the railroad tracks as this rumor is making headlines. It was all over the news as well as the papers. Did I physically see the cache of carts? No. Do I believe there are Atari cartridges and other memorbilia buried there? Absolutely yes. The only convoys that ever rolled through town were usually military in nature. Holloman AFB is only about 7 miles away from downtown Alamogordo. So this was significant. I head back to Alamogordo from time to time to visit friends. It's about an 8 hour drive from where I live. The next time I'm there, I'll take pictures of where I remember the trucks going and I'll also see if my buds remember more than I do or if they know someone who worked at the dump at about that time. Just my two cents... 'nuff said... SjN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I contacted Snopes.com on this, and hopefully we can put this to bed once and for all. Me? Once a believer, now a skeptic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogstar_robot Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 To heck with speculation. To heck with looking for witnesses. If anybody really believes there are shredded up cemented E.T. carts out there then go dig some up and bring back something real to talk about. Otherwise, we might as well talk about the REAL JFK killers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trusty Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 I contacted Snopes.com on this, and hopefully we can put this to bed once and for all. Me? Once a believer, now a skeptic. 941055[/snapback] Snopes already has this story on their website. Read 'em & weep... Snope's Atari Landfill Story SjN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 I contacted Snopes.com on this, and hopefully we can put this to bed once and for all. Me? Once a believer, now a skeptic. 941055[/snapback] Snopes already has this story on their website. Read 'em & weep... Snope's Atari Landfill Story SjN 941293[/snapback] Yes, I know. I emailed them to tell them it should be changed to "UNDETERMINED" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 It's B.S. Ahhh I couldn't help myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpoodleman Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 I've been reading these posts and wondering - WHO THE HELL CARES????????? I mean, I love Atari - I love the whole classic gaming genre. But why in the hell is this interesting? It's not like the people who were trying to find the Titanic. At best, this is a company destroying inventory. SO WHAT? A convoy of non-descript trucks? Rumors? Articles that have no actual facts? Good cheez-whiz people, aren't there better things to do with your time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 But why in the hell is this interesting? It's interesting to quite a few people because it is an urban legend surrounding Atari. It's become a folklorish enigma in the annals of gaming history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 (edited) Good cheez-whiz people, aren't there better things to do with your time? Do tell why you chose to respond to such an un-interesting topic. Don't YOU have better things to do with YOUR time??? Actually is kinda interesting, for various reasons. I have to admit the bulk of the info available has been stated in the other thread. Edited October 2, 2005 by moycon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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