E.T. being dug up...

[Dogg Thang]

Looks like some people are trying to dig up those unsold copies of E.T. - http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/3/5579...set-to-proceed

A part of gaming history right there. They could put them in some collector's set and sell them. I'd probably buy one too. I hope they do dig them up... and as I write that, I'm not even sure why. Maybe it just doesn't feel right that they got dumped even if the game is rubbish. Anyone actually played it?

[VR46]

Thought from the article about doing this last year the games were encased in concrete or something?

[fishbowlhead]

Can't be much to find surely? Even back then it would of all been compacted and crushed.

[Asura]

Can't be much to find surely? Even back then it would have all been compacted and crushed.

I'm pretty sure I read years ago that they were ground down into chippings.

[Dogg Thang]

That's not as much fun as being found in the pristine condition I imagine them, with systems ready to play.

[QualityChimp]

Imagine if they found the site but all that was dumped there was the skeleton of E.T.

[Sketcz]

Anyone actually played it?

Years ago I emulated ET and thought it was strange and dull. Then I read this:

http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-et.html

I developed an appreciation for the game after that. It's actually... clever. Dare I say it, even good?

The important thing is you need to read the manual and understand the mechanics and goals. After reading the above site, I went back to it and enjoyed it. Warshaw's Indiana Jones game is better, more complex, requiring two controllers, but I actually prefer ET to his Yar's Revenge game, which is a bit too simple for my tastes. His games, in order of preference:
* Indiana Jones
* ET
* Yar's Revenge

He really was a genius.

The thing that blew my mind is that the world of ET, its spatial geography, is mapped realistically and correctly. A lot of 2D games do not map the edges correctly. Going over the N side takes you to the S side, and the same with E and W. Most 2D games will form a deformed looking torus (3D donut), rather than a proper sphere, or... Since it's displayed on a flat square screen, the proper shape should be a cube. ET on the A2600 does this. It forms a proper cube. It's proper euclidean geometry at work. When I saw this, I realised that actually ET is much more clever than we give it credit it for. Genius in fact.

Once you understand the concepts, it's fascinating to see how most games adopt non euclidean states in one form or another.

[yesteryeargames]

I thought the Avgn movie covered this ? Or maybe at the the location will be discovered .

[Wools]

I remember reading Retro Gamer & I believe in the version of events that their contact told them, there is no burial site.

[S3M]

Thought from the article about doing this last year the games were encased in concrete or something?

Encased in concrete and crushed via a steam roller before that, total waste of time it's the video game version of the Lost city of Atlantis, what you'll find is only fools gold.

So any finds that aren't a crushed bit of plastic will likely be made up.