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I wonder if any of them are still functional.
I imagine we'll see a few go up on E-bay for 10 bajillion.
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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
So what was so terrible about it?
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Ehhh I apologize for that video, I didn't realize it was edited by someone to be incredibly annoying. Just YouTube the game, you'll quickly see why it is so bad. It's even worse in person because you just have no idea what the hell you're supposed to do.... at all. The game just starts and there you are. The controls are good awful which adding to the complete lack of direction and the fact that you lose health.... or points whatever it is, when you move just makes an incredibly horrible gaming experience.
Its on par with superman64 and arguably worse because at least in that game you get some type of direction
Grey Templar wrote: I imagine we'll see a few go up on E-bay for 10 bajillion.
They're worth about $4-6 each on the open market. I see the Atari ET game all the time at antique consignment stores.
You'll occasionally see boxed copies go for $30-40, but those are mint games still in shrink.
The game was never rare(even after returns), it was just terrible and Atari ended up making way too many because they thought they'd sell like hotcakes on the name of the movie alone.
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Its a common enough plot thread that these nerds should be more genre savvy, uncovering banished Atari artifacts is as foolish as digging up old Eldar warding relics on Tallarn, thawing out frozen aliens in the Antarctic or breaking the seal on an old crypt.
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It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
Who would know, it behaves like ever other empty box now.
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It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
As one who has played the game in my youth (my friend had a copy for his old Atari), I can attest to the fact that the game is one of the worst pieces of crap I have ever seen grace a tv screen.
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If the alien life appeared like that, I would rather it be unfound than angry and too close.
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It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
Not hooked up, but I’m getting very tempted. The problem would be chaining together ~30 years worth of adapters to get it to talk to my TV without screwing up the TiVo, blu ray, or other devices.
Good thing I’m lazy, or I’d have to dig through a lot of dusty boxes.
E. T. is latin for unplayable game. For real look it up. But for the sake of answering your question skip about 40 seconds in.
Hahahahahahahah, I cannot stop laughing at that. What was going through their minds when creating it?
Well in the developers defence they had a little over a month to get it to store shelves. Or something like that anyways
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Nevelon wrote: I have a working Atari 2600
I have a copy of E.T.
Not hooked up, but I’m getting very tempted. The problem would be chaining together ~30 years worth of adapters to get it to talk to my TV without screwing up the TiVo, blu ray, or other devices.
Good thing I’m lazy, or I’d have to dig through a lot of dusty boxes.
And yes, the game did suck out loud.
I do too..... but it still sucks to much to play even hooked up
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