ET the video game

[general gruesome]

anybody ever played this game? It's supposed to be one of the worst video games of all time and I would like to have it, just to say I have it - There are people who say the game was so awful, copies of it as well as semi-trailer truckloads of Atari boxes, cartridges, and systems from an Atari storehouse in El Paso, Texas were destroyed and buried at the landfill within the city - I would like to play it as a fan of the film, I think it'd be awesome - you can get it on Amazon and other places

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_(video_game)#Atari_video_game_burial
http://www.amazon.com/E-T-The-Extra-Terrestrial-Atari-2600/dp/B0002VK8YA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1343083491&sr=8-3&keywords=et+the+video+game

- also there are some cool 1982 christmas commercials about the game on YouTube

[Dr. Blasko]

Some people think that due to the (true) landfill story, the game is super rare. That's not the case. I've found tons of copies of these games for a buck at various flea markets, shops, etc.

Now, having played it, its... not that bad. I mean, don't get me wrong, its bad, but for an Atari game, its meh at best, bleh at worst.

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

I had "E.T." on the Atari 2600 as a kid. I don't remember hating it as much as I hated the Atari 2600 version of "Pac Man." I remember that it could get frustrating. You had to run around game screens, dropping into pits and finding the pieces needed to build the radio to "call home." Every time you fall into a pit, you have to levitate your self out, even if it's empty (which it usually is) and this eats up a lot of game time.  But the real frustrating part is this police officer that runs around randomly to foil your plans. Once you get all the radio parts to the right area, it takes E.T. a couple of minutes to build the machine and send the message. If the cop comes running into the screen, he'll take all your parts and you have to start all over. There's no way to predict if he'll show up or not and no way to stop him if he does.

It wasn't nearly as good as the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" game, which was a really nifty and challenging adventure.

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

Behold:

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600) Walkthrough

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

I like this one better for some reason.

Halloween for the Atari 2600

[general gruesome]

Behold:

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600) Walkthrough

I have seen a few clips of the ET video game on YouTube, this is awesome, a walkthrough!

[Illoman]

I never owned an Atari unit, but I do have a cardboard standee of the ET game. I got it from the store I worked at when this first came out. I remember people lining up to buy it!!

[general gruesome]

I never owned an Atari unit, but I do have a cardboard standee of the ET game. I got it from the store I worked at when this first came out. I remember people lining up to buy it!!

awesome! A cardboard standee would be cool to have

[Howler]

I like this one better for some reason.

Halloween for the Atari 2600

I never played ET, but like this one better as well.

[seed_murda]

It is bad...really bad. Annoyingly bad.

[Illoman]

My ET standee is buried in my studio closet, but I did find these. Both of them are about 18 inches high and a foot wide, and hung from the ceiling at the store where I worked in 1982. I mainly snagged them because I liked that style of artwork. I did play Centipede in the arcades back then, but never played Warlords.

[seed_murda]

I really like the centipede one you have there. Let me know if it needs to find a good home...

[general gruesome]

Those are awesome!

[The Creeper]

I actually had the E.T. game and beat it.  And yes it did suck lol.

[Illoman]

Okay, I dug this out. It's in pretty decent shape for being thirty years old! Elliot has a crease through his neck, but other than that it's not bad. It stands about 4 feet tall.