They found ET!

[Big Phil]

I just don't get the excitement surrounding all this.

Atari dump a load of games in the ground.

It gets cemented over.

People talk about it for years.

It gets dug up and sure enough, they're still there.

What the hell?

It's not like they've just randomly discovered it. Now THAT would be a cool story.

It's always been known they were there.

They could have just gone to a retro game market and found it there.

 

[Milky]

A quick Google explains why it is important to some of us (source: wiki)

"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. However, the event has become a cultural icon and a reminder of the North American video game crash of 1983; and was the end result of a disastrous fiscal year which saw Atari, Inc. sold off by its parent company."

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

Yer... what he said..... That and its B*tchin cool!!!!!!

 

[ZuPoint]

I now have to locate all my old school mates and tell them it WAS true!
Now what were their full names ?

 

[TonyElyod]

I'd have to Dig Up a few of my mates to tell them I wasn't pullin their leg...

 

[samusaran]

On ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/E-T-the-Extra-Terrestrial-for-the-Atari-2600-job-lot-10-000-cartridges-/191151052629?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash=item2c817d9755&clk_rvr_id=625375421679&afsrc="1&nma=true&si=90W6J9wX%252FoAnUr9g5znzrcgeUKY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557"

 

[Milky]

"May contain sand"

 

[Purity]

On 27-Apr-14 at 10:25:39 BST, seller added the following information:

May contain sand

 

[Equites]

wrong thread -its late.

sheeshEquites2014-04-29 01:02:39

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

They 'supposedly' found the guy who organised burying them in the desert.
ClickyOTTOTHEMADANDEVIL2014-05-10 23:02:18