I apologize in advanced for the "meme" thing, but his pose was screaming it to me.
Aaahaha. This is gold.
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ET found in landfill [Xbox troll = ban]
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Aaahaha. This is gold.
funkystudent
Member
Would be cool if they gave people a downloadable version of the game when the doc is available.
Would getting the licencing for something like that be even worth it?
Would getting the licencing for something like that be even worth it?
I hope those stories make it into the film
FullMetaltech
Member
WOW. Cant believe they dug that stuff out. Probably alot of stuff under there too.
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Plastic takes a long time to disintegrate or decompose. Of course they're still there.
Licensing the rights to the game/ROM itself would probably be really cheap.
Getting the license to ET the movie would not be cheap, I imagine.
That would be great though, if they had an XBLA version of the game ready to go when the documentary released. I have to wonder how much they would charge for what is regarded as one of the worst games of all time.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Read some the last pages. Its real.
zero shift
Banned
I feel so bad for James Rolfe. What are the odds of such poor timing?
I just nearly choked on my biscuit!
I remember hearing about this once, awesome that it's actually a thing. I'm looking forward to the TV stuff MS bring out.
There are plenty online. Weirdly 2600 is hard to emulate because it is so old.
Why would it be fake? They invited people to it.
The games or the hat?
CambriaRising
Member
They invited people to this dig and found them within hours.
My bet is that they found them a few weeks ago, and then invited people if this is indeed legit.NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Also, it's in an arid climate. Faking this would be so stupid on their part.. the story works if they find them or they don't.
The videogame crash of 1983 was only really relevant to North America. Not sure about the circumstances of the Famicom release, but since there was a keyboard released and the Famicom Basic cart, I guess they were already covering their asses in case the console idea didn't catch on?
highoffcoffee496
Member
So what are you going to do with the discovered copies?
Looks like they are trying the carts to see if they work !
https://twitter.com/mashable/status/460146515806539776
Well that's gonna be hard to determine considering what game it is
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
Hahahaha. Good find.
There is actually a fixed version out there which is supposed to be not terrible: http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
They invited people to this dig and found them within hours.
They did found it before, but they could not dig it.
CaptainGyro
Banned
Eh put me in the crowd who think the story isn't that big of a deal unless it's a ridiculously large amount, like at least in the tens of thousands of carts. The legend was that it was a few million copies, and that's what made the story stand out and become well known. A few hundred or even a few thousand isn't close to being the same thing, It's not like I thought all of the cartridges just disappeared into thin air and some wouldn't be found in landfills somewhere
EchoChamber
Member
Guys... i used this image in my ghostly detector and the i discovered the truth and is horrible...MICROSOFT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!!!
It's for a documentary.
Because they t-th-th .·°(Xbox troll =ban)... Hell do I know. Could be good for advertising an upcoming game, methinks.
Filming for a documentary seems more reasonable.
ok what are the chances that either they knew exactly where the games were buried. Meaning they were informed about the exact location and were 100% sure about it.
I'm saying this because i doubt MS would spend the money on this just to come up empty handed and being the joke of the internet for a day (pics of disappointed Major Nelson)
it's cool that they found them. But is it really worth a documentary?
I'm saying this because i doubt MS would spend the money on this just to come up empty handed and being the joke of the internet for a day (pics of disappointed Major Nelson)
it's cool that they found them. But is it really worth a documentary?
LAUGHTREY
Modesty becomes a woman
I'm so confused. Isn't there supposed to be a ton of them?
If so...what's the big deal? They just threw out a bunch of product instead of taking a loss on shipping it.
Are they actually rare because of that then? So like, no one's seen an ET on the 2600 for years or something?
Why is it so hard for someone to explain why a bunch of dumped shitty games being found is so cool?
If so...what's the big deal? They just threw out a bunch of product instead of taking a loss on shipping it.
Are they actually rare because of that then? So like, no one's seen an ET on the 2600 for years or something?
Why is it so hard for someone to explain why a bunch of dumped shitty games being found is so cool?
eXistor
Member
...the fuck, this was actually true? I never in a million years expected it to be true in the way it was in my head. I was sure they'd be ground up into cement or whatever and not be in the relatively good shape they seem to be in. I thought I'd be disappointed if the myth was ever confirmed, but now that it is...I kinda like it. I thought this was the coolest thing ever as a kid.
For me it was one of the great Urban Legends of gaming: supposed tons of unsold games being dumped in a desert...somewhere. I never got a clear answer whether it was even true or not, it was just a fun mystery. There's no great secret to why I think it's cool, it just is.
For me it was one of the great Urban Legends of gaming: supposed tons of unsold games being dumped in a desert...somewhere. I never got a clear answer whether it was even true or not, it was just a fun mystery. There's no great secret to why I think it's cool, it just is.
It's not hard to explain, you just don't care. That's fine. Dumping unsellable inventory is not interesting on its own, but it was allegedly done in secret under the cover of night and Atari has denied it on-and-off over the years so it became an urband legend. That's all. As mentioned, it is only one part of the documentary. According to the people on site (which includes archaeologists(!), reporters and the general public), there is a lot more down there. The game itself is not rare at all, it's just an interesting story
That meant they had to dig deep to get passed the layer of unsold copies of Blasto and Tiger Game.coms.
Well it's more about the story behind why they're there in the first place which the documentary sounds like it's going to cover. Them actually being there is just cool.
alfredofroylan
Member
It's on yahoo news
Dark Octave
Banned
LOL WTF.
well i hope its for a new game
statham
Member
New TV commericial, "we found ET and the only way for him to phone home is with the new Nokia Lumia"
So I explained this story to my father and first thing he asks is why did Microsoft do this? I honestly couldn't answer him. I guessed PR but for most people it likely won't interest them and for those it does they'll find out neat and move on, doubt it'll change their opinion on Microsoft much. I mean I doubt this will appear in the papers tomorrow so the wider populace will be none the wiser. I see it is for a documentary but even there I have to ask what is Microsoft's interest in all this?
So I'll say neat and move on.
So I'll say neat and move on.
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Deleted member 102362
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I remember hearing about this years ago - I never expected anyone would actually go and try to dig 'em all up. In its own way, this is kinda cool.
Literal video game archeology!
SymbiantXenos
Member
It should be a great documentary to watch.