Atari games buried in landfill net $37,000 on eBay
Source: AP-Excite
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) What some have called the worst video game ever made has fetched thousands of dollars for a New Mexico city.
An old "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" game cartridge drew the highest bid among 100 Atari games auctioned on eBay by Alamogordo officials.
The games were part of a cache of some 800 Atari video games buried more than 30 years ago in a landfill and dug up in April.
Joe Lewandowski, a consultant for the film companies that documented the dig, says the online auction, which ended Thursday, generated $37,000.
FULL story at link.
FILE - In an April 26, 2014 file photo, film director Zak Penn shows a box of a decades-old Atari 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' game found in a dumpsite in Alamogordo, N.M. Joe Lewandowski, a consultant for the film companies that documented the dig, says the online auction of 100 Atari games, which ended Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, generated $37,000. The "E.T." game, still in its original box, sold for $1,537. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File)
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E-Z-B
(567 posts)SwordQuest was worse than this, for example
Was ones like berserker and yar's revenge. ooo.. an zaxxon
Reter
(2,188 posts)Chicken! Fight like a robot! The humanoid must not escape!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Not sure if they beat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and BattleToads for the NES, though. E.T. and Berzerk at least had the excuses of being, what, four-bit games powered by a transistor made of moist yarn and hope, controlled by this thing:
dionysus
(26,467 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)Othello was another favorite of mine.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)And are emulated online for free.
But, hey... It's not my money.
Omaha Steve
(99,708 posts)About booting up an old game system. The simple graphics, joy stick, etc.
We had an Atari 2600. Went on to Coleco!!! Were gifted an Intelevision AFTER we were into Adam.
We ran a bulletin board (bbs, pre-internet)
We still have a couple full blown Adam computers to bring out from time to time. A z-80 time machine if you will.
We have a cocktail table (bootleg B&W) Space Invaders and an stand up Armour Attack.
OS
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)In 1994.
I was a child deprived of basic needs
dionysus
(26,467 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)But... yeah, Custer's revenge... yeah...
I don't have words for that one.
eppur_se_muova
(36,289 posts)wonder what those would be worth.
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DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Also came with--
Space Invaders
Hunt the Wumpus
Tank
And the one that's loved by all the kids: ''Household Budget Management''
- So what am I bid??? How 'bout we start at $37,000 and go from there.
And the manual's around here somewhere......
K&R
reflection
(6,286 posts)"Hunt the Wumpus" was great.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I once played a single Parsec game for some 6 or 7 hours straight. Also, Tunnels of Doom!
Hardly ever played video games after that. I got it out of my system early.
Those were the days.
Vinca
(50,303 posts)As an eBay seller I try to keep track of what's hot and what's not. This must be a true story, but I can't seem to find the auction result on the site. Has anyone else looked for it?