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Atari's E.T. Games Resurrected: A Tale of Redemption

7/23/2025

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In a dramatic excavation in April 2014, a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, unearthed 1,300 unsold Atari E.T. video games, long blamed for the 1983 video game crash. Creator Howard Scott Warshaw, once scorned, now embraces the game's cult following, shedding light on how corporate greed can overshadow creativity and quality in the gaming world.

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Story summary

In a dramatic excavation in April 2014, a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, unearthed 1,300 unsold Atari E.T. video games, long blamed for the 1983 video game crash. Creator Howard Scott Warshaw, once scorned, now embraces the game's cult following, shedding light on how corporate greed can overshadow creativity and quality in the gaming world.