Thursday, November 13, 2014

Atari's Biggest Flop

In 1983 Atari came out with the game "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" which failed miserably. Atari was so ashamed that they were rumored to have collected all unsold games up and buried in the New Mexico desert. This was all just a rumor until the games were dug up by Microsoft recently to be sold on eBay. They can be purchased for anywhere between $100 to $800.


I think it’s funny how Atari's game that they were so ashamed about is now making a lot of money just because it was so bad. They tired to cover up their flop by literally burring it but it just made people more interested and brought attention to it. I don't think I’d ever pay that much for a bad game. 

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