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| ET comes home? Salvagers to dig for stash of 'worst video game ever' | ET comes home? Salvagers to dig for stash of 'worst video game ever' |
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| A New Mexico city has agreed to allow a Canadian multimedia company to search a landfill where old, terrible Atari games are rumoured to be buried. | A New Mexico city has agreed to allow a Canadian multimedia company to search a landfill where old, terrible Atari games are rumoured to be buried. |
| Commissioners in Alamogordo have agreed that the company, Fuel Industries, can search the landfill for games, according to the Alamogordo Daily News. | Commissioners in Alamogordo have agreed that the company, Fuel Industries, can search the landfill for games, according to the Alamogordo Daily News. |
| Alamogordo has a population of 30,000 and lies 200 miles south of Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico. | Alamogordo has a population of 30,000 and lies 200 miles south of Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico. |
| One sought-after cartridge, the ET video game, is thought by some to be among the worst video games of all time. | One sought-after cartridge, the ET video game, is thought by some to be among the worst video games of all time. |
| Atari paid film director Steven Spielberg tens of millions of dollars to license the name of the wildly popular 1982 movie. | Atari paid film director Steven Spielberg tens of millions of dollars to license the name of the wildly popular 1982 movie. |
| But the dud of a game caused the troubled company's worth to sink even further at the time. The game has since developed a cult following. | But the dud of a game caused the troubled company's worth to sink even further at the time. The game has since developed a cult following. |
| The rumoured Atari graveyard has long fascinated some who consider the commercial flop a part of video game history. | The rumoured Atari graveyard has long fascinated some who consider the commercial flop a part of video game history. |
| It is believed that nine articulated lorries full of ET games and other Atari toys delivered their shipments to the landfill in 1983. | It is believed that nine articulated lorries full of ET games and other Atari toys delivered their shipments to the landfill in 1983. |
| Alamogordo commissioner Jason Baldwin said he played the Extra-Terrestrial game and it was "horrible". There are listings for the game on eBay that run from under a dollar to more than $30 (£20). | Alamogordo commissioner Jason Baldwin said he played the Extra-Terrestrial game and it was "horrible". There are listings for the game on eBay that run from under a dollar to more than $30 (£20). |
| Fuel Industries has been given six months to search the landfill. The company hopes to document the search. | Fuel Industries has been given six months to search the landfill. The company hopes to document the search. |
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