The New Mexico dig for buried Atari ‘E.T.’ games
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Oddly enough, cartridges of the roundly panned “E.T.” video game that were dug up in New Mexico are apparently worth much more now than when they were buried.
An E.T. doll was on the site of the New Mexico Atari-game dig. (Juan Carlos Llorca / Associated Press)
Oddly enough, cartridges of the roundly panned “E.T.” video game that were dug up in New Mexico are apparently worth much more now than when they were buried.
In April, workers sift through trash at a New Mexico landfill in search of decades-old cartridges of Atari’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” game. (Juan Carlos Llorca / Associated Press)
Documentary director Zak Penn was part of a crew digging for “E.T.,” called the worst game in video gaming history (Juan Carlos Llorca / Associated Press)