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NiKKoM on 26 April 2014
Turkish said:


Was it a myth? I thought the Atari landfill was always seen as a fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial
Since the burial was first reported in the press, there have been doubts as to its veracity and scope, leading to a minority considering it an urban legend.

Its not surprising that people don't believe it.. its been 30 years ago and millions of cartridges sounds unreal..



 

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kekrot on 26 April 2014

Cool, I'll watch that documentary when it's released. Will be interesting.



Yep.

Weedlab on 26 April 2014

This feels like a solved X-Files case. Mulder and Scully would be proud.

 



 

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NintendoPie on 26 April 2014

Why don't more companies do this with all their unsold units? It puts them more into shame and reminds them that their mistakes are still here with them, no matter how much they try to burry it.

I like this idea.



brighat on 26 April 2014

Was anybody here alive back in 1984?



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Chris Hu on 27 April 2014
brighat said:
Was anybody here alive back in 1984?


This happened in 1982 same year the movie came out and yes I was alive then.



DarkD on 27 April 2014

I would like to see a more substantial picture. Like one showing the thousand copies all piled up in the hole.



Chris Hu on 27 April 2014
pokoko said:
Okay.

I've always assumed that it was true because it's not important enough to lie about. I don't really care either way.

Damn, though, why is Centipede in there?

I actually remember getting E.T. for my Atari when I was a kid. E.T. was a HUGE phenomenon back then. I can still remember how frustrating it was. You really had no idea what you were doing. I'd rank it as the second worst video-game I've ever played.


Glad I never played it but I did get some E.T. merchandise back when the movie first came out. 



Mystro-Sama on 27 April 2014

They only showed 2. I want to see then entire pile.



Chris Hu on 27 April 2014
DarkD said:
I would like to see a more substantial picture. Like one showing the thousand copies all piled up in the hole.


Look at the picture at the buttom of page three of this thread its a bit more substantial it shows a bunch of cartriges and even remants of the box they where shipped in.