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Fixing E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 (2013)
- krallja 6y agoLast modified: February 2013
- retox 6y agoIt's an old article (2013 as krallja notes) but I hadn't seen it before, and even without understanding the Atari 2600 op codes I enjoyed it. The game will forever live in infamy because it creates a compelling narrative along with folklore around carts buried in desert landfills. The small changes the author makes show that the game was salvageable given modern testing and had some ideas ahead of it's time.
- mattl 6y agoThe cartridges really were buried in the desert. They dug them up a few years ago.
- stevekemp 6y agoFurther details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial
- kalium-xyz 6y agoI wonder if anyone is willing to dig them up and sell them online for cheap, I would like one but don't really want to spent the effort of excavating one (physical nor legal effort).
- colejohnson66 6y agoUnfortunately, one needs a permit to dig, and “Joseph Lewandowski, who had worked to arrange the unearthing with the city, said that this was a one-time shot to recover materials from the site, as they do not expect the city to agree to a similar event again.”[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial
- hinkley 6y agoI thought Battle Toads was the worst game ever made?
- theonemind 6y agoI played the fixed version on an emulator. The fixed version is actually not too bad of a game.
- dang 6y agoSee also: 2015 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9668734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9668734 2014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6994180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6994180
- ron47 6y agoIm with the local c64 club any port to that platform?
- ron47 6y agoIm with the local c64 club. Any ports to that platform?