BdR
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Post by BdR on Apr 25, 2014 9:20:22 GMT -5
Harcoregaming 101 readers probably don't need an introduction but anyway: Back in the early 1980s Atari and other companies were flooding the videogame market with half-assed games causing the infamous videogame crash of 1983. The games were of such a lousy quality (even by Atari 2600 standards) that there are rumours that Atari dumped thousands, possibly millions of unsold Atari 2600 cartridges in a landfill in New Mexico just to get rid of them. The site was sealed of with cement, so it has never been confirmed that the landfill is actually filled with the E.T. and Pac-Man catridges. Fuel Entertainment have announced they are going to New Mexico to "unearth the truth behind the ultimate urban legend" and dig up the E.T. cartridges. Tomorrow (26 april) it can be viewed live here, and at a later time it will made into a documentary which will be released on XBOX. Any thoughts on this? Actual news worthy or just a media hype? |
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Post by Ike on Apr 25, 2014 10:20:40 GMT -5
Why? Why the fuck would you dig this up? Why do people get so excited about this? Quick everybody hurl money at this worthwhile project where our intrepid journalists dig up literal garbage.
The ET cartridges are a known quantity. We know they're buried there. What is the point of digging them up except to make the 16 year old Game Grumps crowd feel like they're participating in an archaeological dig or something when really it's literally paying thousands of dollars to dig up broken plastic with a bad game printed on it. And people eat this shit up.
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Post by Dingo on Apr 25, 2014 12:15:12 GMT -5
What are they going to do when/if they find them? I feel the same way Ike does about this. I just can't wrap my head around why people find this interesting.
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Post by Garamoth on Apr 25, 2014 12:18:43 GMT -5
Way to kill a mystery.
I assume every copy found will be sold 1000$ as a *RARE* AUTHENTIC LANDFILL E.T. Cartridge (own a piece of history!!!)?
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Post by Weasel on Apr 25, 2014 12:34:01 GMT -5
Way to kill a mystery. I assume every copy found will be sold 1000$ as a *RARE* AUTHENTIC LANDFILL E.T. Cartridge (own a piece of history!!!)? I imagine that the pure market saturation would instead cause a massive price crash on eBay for ET cartridges, in what would be later called a cruelly ironic repeat of history. |
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Apr 25, 2014 12:35:27 GMT -5
Harcoregaming 101 readers probably don't need an introduction but anyway: Back in the early 1980s Atari and other companies were flooding the videogame market with half-assed games causing the infamous videogame crash of 1983. The games were of such a lousy quality (even by Atari 2600 standards) that there are rumours that Atari dumped thousands, possibly millions of unsold Atari 2600 cartridges in a landfill in New Mexico just to get rid of them. The site was sealed of with cement, so it has never been confirmed that the landfill is actually filled with the E.T. and Pac-Man catridges. Fuel Entertainment have announced they are going to New Mexico to "unearth the truth behind the ultimate urban legend" and dig up the E.T. cartridges. Tomorrow (26 april) it can be viewed live here, and at a later time it will made into a documentary which will be released on XBOX. Any thoughts on this? Actual news worthy or just a media hype? I think it's interesting. I'm also kind of hoping this turns out to be like Al Capone's vault and there's nothing there because it would be funny seeing all of the dorks losing their shit. |
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Post by moran on Apr 25, 2014 12:37:48 GMT -5
Will this be hosted by Geraldo Rivera?
Edit: You beat me to it Joestar.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Apr 25, 2014 12:43:28 GMT -5
Will this be hosted by Geraldo Rivera? Edit: You beat me to it Joestar. Great minds think alike  . |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2014 13:12:28 GMT -5
I think it's interesting. I'm also kind of hoping this turns out to be like Al Capone's vault and there's nothing there because it would be funny seeing all of the dorks losing their shit. This was what I was thinking, as well. I think Hunger Games proved that nerds will absolutely lose their shit over ANYTHING now, so long as the media tells them they're supposed to. |
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Post by The Great Klaid on Apr 25, 2014 13:17:41 GMT -5
I think Ike hit it best with it's a known quantity. Sure if it were still a rumor, and more importantly a game worth finding this would be cool. But it's a game that people can find and we know is there. However I'm putting my money on that what they actually find is where they've hidden thousands of copies of Earthbound Zero, the NES version of Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy Extreme, and I had another one, but I lost it as I was typing this out.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Apr 25, 2014 13:21:35 GMT -5
I think it's interesting. I'm also kind of hoping this turns out to be like Al Capone's vault and there's nothing there because it would be funny seeing all of the dorks losing their shit. This was what I was thinking, as well. I think Hunger Games proved that nerds will absolutely lose their shit over ANYTHING now, so long as the media tells them they're supposed to. I'm also wondering how this is going to affect the AVGN movie, since it's supposed to be about finding the ET "elephant graveyard". From an archaeological/investigative standpoint I think it's kind of cool that they were (presumably) able to locate the dump site. If it were on netflix or free online I'd definitely love to watch a documentary about it. But I also think it's yet another thing that internet fanboys and hipsters are latching onto and they're probably going to be disappointed when the final results happen. I mean it's not like there's some massive underground vault full of Nazi gold and a giant rotary fan like in Operation Condor; as I remember they just dumped shit in a hole, drove some loaders over the junk, then concreted over it. You know, like a landfill, but without the methane gas farming setup. Also I think it's kind of funny how people started talking about this shit more frequently/making throwaway jokes about it in podcasts/youtube videos/etc. when it's a pretty old rumor. I think Ike hit it best with it's a known quantity. Sure if it were still a rumor, and more importantly a game worth finding this would be cool. But it's a game that people can find and we know is there. However I'm putting my money on that what they actually find is where they've hidden thousands of copies of Earthbound Zero, the NES version of Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy Extreme, and I had another one, but I lost it as I was typing this out. It is and isn't a known quantity; as someone who deals with this on a regular basis it's a miracle anyone was able to find out where the landfill was given when they dumped the stuff - That's what I'm honestly curious about, how they located it (assuming they did). Nowadays people scan and create records for everything that goes through the planning/building inspection/engineering departments, but if you want comprehensive records on anything prior to the mid-90's good luck. They'll have the odd plans and such but more often than not you'll just get a listing of stuff that they used to have but purged. Knowing how we do stuff here in Texas (and how New Mexico is) you'd probably be lucky to find an old cocktail napkin with notes on it. Then the city would charge you 6 bucks to make a copy of it. |
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Post by moran on Apr 25, 2014 13:28:30 GMT -5
I think Ike hit it best with it's a known quantity. Sure if it were still a rumor, and more importantly a game worth finding this would be cool. But it's a game that people can find and we know is there. However I'm putting my money on that what they actually find is where they've hidden thousands of copies of Earthbound Zero, the NES version of Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy Extreme, and I had another one, but I lost it as I was typing this out. Half-Life 3. This is all Valve's elaborate plan to announce the game. |
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Post by TheChosen on Apr 25, 2014 13:31:35 GMT -5
I kind of hope they're digging in the wrong place, like they stream it for an hour or two then someone says "Oh shit Mike held the map upside down" and it abruptly cuts to internet static.
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Post by The Great Klaid on Apr 25, 2014 13:34:33 GMT -5
@joestar Didn't know that. I had just kind of assumed records were kept fairly well. moranThat would be amazing. Gabe Newell, because I know you read this board. If you haven't thought of that you must do it now. |
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Apr 25, 2014 14:00:59 GMT -5
@joestar Didn't know that. I had just kind of assumed records were kept fairly well. I don't blame you, I assumed that too. Sadly, we both give your average public works/engineering department more credit than they're due :/. |
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