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| pbj:
Yes, one of my childhood friends was at that dig because I tipped him off. He’s in one of the panning crowd shots in that movie. I’m aware of it. :lol Again, the urban legend was “millions of ET cartridges under six feet of cement.” Not a few boxes of broken crap. Which was how he characterized it.... and he was there.... Personally, I think it got conflated with the “thousands of unsold Atari Jaguar games in a cave story” which was also partially true. :cheers: |
| Mike A:
People always doubt pbj. He is usually right. |
| pbj:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/08/881-e-t-cartridges-buried-in-new-mexico-desert-sell-for-107930-15/ Sounds like fewer than 2,000 games if I’m doing the cocktail napkin math correctly. That would fit in the back of a pickup truck. I remember the eBay auctions. Anyway, I enjoyed the documentary and it was cool the story had some truth to it. :cheers: |
| Howard_Casto:
I never heard the rumor that millions were dumped there and quite frankly I would laugh anyone out of the room that tried to say that they did. I heard "a truckload" and considering how long and how deep they were allowed to dig yeah... that's about right. |
| bobbyb13:
--- Quote from: Ond on March 03, 2021, 05:48:06 pm ---erhm yeah...but no, they still had to dig around for it. It wasn't just lying there. Not millions though. Where did all those cartridges end up though? They sure did make plenty of them...that didn't sell. --- End quote --- One of them wound up at my house. That game was so bad and frustrating I remember that my sister and I thought maybe the joysticks were failing. Of course by the time we had the disappointment of Pac-Man for the 2600 it was obvious that a lot of games were going to just suck pond water compared to real arcade machines. |
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