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Classic Video Games ; Monday ; Period 1
"So, we're heading into the final weeks of class," Riley started once the class had arrived. "Not too many video games left to play and get credit for it, huh? Today, we're gonna get one last video game in before final exam week. And that game is E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Now, there is some interesting lore surrounding this game. This game was released to capitalize on the huge popularity of the movie of the same name and it flopped. Big time."
Poor, poor Atari.
"It's a single player game where you wander around collecting the three pieces of an interplanetary telephone—picking up Reese's Pieces along the way for energy—so that E.T. can “phone home” and return to his home planet. E.T. became one of the biggest commercial failures in video gaming history, and Atari was left with millions of unsold game cartridges. Their solution? Allegedly, to dump 3.5 million E.T. cartridges into a New Mexico landfill in the small town of Alamogordo. And right now, they're actually filming a documentary where they've got crews clearing out the landfill to see if the allegations are true. No word yet because it could take months. But, stay tuned! And get ready to play a truly awful game today."
Poor, poor Atari.
"It's a single player game where you wander around collecting the three pieces of an interplanetary telephone—picking up Reese's Pieces along the way for energy—so that E.T. can “phone home” and return to his home planet. E.T. became one of the biggest commercial failures in video gaming history, and Atari was left with millions of unsold game cartridges. Their solution? Allegedly, to dump 3.5 million E.T. cartridges into a New Mexico landfill in the small town of Alamogordo. And right now, they're actually filming a documentary where they've got crews clearing out the landfill to see if the allegations are true. No word yet because it could take months. But, stay tuned! And get ready to play a truly awful game today."
Topher [CVG 04/14]