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Platform Atari 2600 Publisher Atari Developer Atari Release Date December 1982

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2014 in review: Polygon's best reports cover war, flood, The Hobbit and Satan's schemings

By Brian Crecente on Dec 19, 2014 12.19.14

Looking back over a year's worth of news, a lot happened in 2014. Studios fell apart, others rose from the ashes. Game makers worked through war, floods, even — according to one team — the...

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E.T. cartridges from Atari landfill go for more than $1,500 on eBay

By Michael McWhertor on Nov 13, 2014 11.13.14

The first cartridges unearthed from Atari's legendary landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico have been sold on eBay, with multiple copies of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 commanding...

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Atari's once-buried E.T. cartridges hit eBay, going for hundreds of dollars

By Michael McWhertor on Nov 04, 2014 11.04.14

The dirty, crushed and crumpled Atari 2600 cartridges that sat buried in a New Mexico landfill for more than 30 years are now up for auction on eBay, and some of those unearthed treasures are going...

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From Atari to Isolation: A video and written history of Alien games

By Alexa Ray Corriea and Danielle Riendeau on Oct 03, 2014 10.03.14

Alien: Isolation is the latest attempt by video game developers to create an enjoyable, respectful interactive adaptation of the 35-year-old Alien franchise. It rarely ends well. While sneaking...

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Unearthed E.T., Atari games approved for release to museums, auction block

By Brian Crecente on Sep 11, 2014 09.11.14

The long-buried collection of E.T. and other Atari game cartridges unearthed in a documentary earlier this year will soon be bound to a museum in Rome, Italy, a series of auctions and storage in a...

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The vintage E.T. ads and commercials Atari used to try and do the impossible

By Dave Tach on Jun 04, 2014 06.04.14

It was supposed to be huge for Atari, but as a landfill in New Mexico recently proved, Atari was as lost as the titular creature from outer space in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The Atari 2600...

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Why E.T. wasn't the worst game in history

By Tracey Lien on Jun 03, 2014 06.03.14

Howard Scott Warshaw is a man with many achievements to his name: licensed psychotherapist, published author, award-winning documentarian, former real-estate broker and developer of the supposedly...