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ET phones home at Christmas, finds nobody cares
by Bob Sassone, posted Dec 8th 2009 11:25AM
The ET game that Atari came out with in 1982 is known as one of the biggest disasters in video game history. It was rushed into production because of the movie and it wasn't that great a game and it didn't sell well, forcing thousands of cartridges to be buried in landfill in New Mexico.
Here's the ad that introduced it at Christmastime.
Here's the ad that introduced it at Christmastime.
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