Same here. I was very surprised to discover that other people consider it horrible. I was happy to get it, loved to play it and the ET face in the opening scree

Same here. I was very surprised to discover that other people consider it horrible. I was happy to get it, loved to play it and the ET face in the opening screen blew me away every time. I also liked the other 2 games made by the author, in particular Raiders of the Lost Ark which was a cool adventure game that I can have fun with even today. I think it's basically what you wrote - these games weren't the "twitchy fingers" hand-eye-coordination fest of the average Atari title.