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Re: The worst video game ever made has been found! by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 04/29/2014, 7:48pm PDT
Jack Tramiel wrote:

Commander Tansin A. Darcos wrote:

ATARI did everything they could to try and wipe out any evidence of the game's existence, including burying thousands of cartridges of the game

No, they were just dumping the games and it was cheaper than paying to properly dispose of them. Use your head.
I am. You're trying to tell me it's cheaper to truck a bunch of cartridges to a landfill and having a bulldozer cover them with dirt, as opposed to just dumping them in the trash like regular waste or recycling? (Further, that far back I don't even think most places did recycling anyway.) Come on. It's going to be more expensive to just throw stuff in the trash, than to have the stuff loaded in a dump truck or other storage container, trucked to a landfill, then buried?

Use your head for something other than a hat rack.
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The worst video game ever made has been found! by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 04/26/2014, 4:05pm PDT NEW
    And? Why did you post that exactly? NT by Eurotrash 04/27/2014, 11:11am PDT NEW
        Don't u think item about finding buried game carts belongs in video game forum? NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 04/27/2014, 3:22pm PDT NEW
            I do. NT by Can I have those carts? 04/27/2014, 8:48pm PDT NEW
            Someone buried some unsold shitty game inventory. Then someone dug them up. by Eurotrash 04/27/2014, 10:50pm PDT NEW
                E.T. would get a 7/10 score these days from vidya game journalists NT by the lowest score POSSIBLE 04/28/2014, 9:34pm PDT NEW
    Re: The worst video game ever made has been found! by Jack Tramiel 04/28/2014, 8:26am PDT NEW
        Re: The worst video game ever made has been found! by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 04/29/2014, 7:48pm PDT NEW
        Think about it for a moment by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 04/29/2014, 8:01pm PDT NEW
            They were closing an entire warehouse and writing off the contents by E. L. Koba 04/29/2014, 9:34pm PDT NEW
                Still, you think trucking the warehouse contents is cheaper than dumpsters? NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 04/29/2014, 11:21pm PDT NEW
                    Yes. The dumpster isn't the big cost, it's the municipal or private waste remova NT by penalties/payment. 04/30/2014, 7:37am PDT NEW
                    Shipping containers are stupid. Why not just send everything by post by Entropy Stew 04/30/2014, 10:36am PDT NEW
            Re: Think about it for a moment by Jack Tramiel 04/30/2014, 7:45am PDT NEW
    Re: The worst video game ever made has been found! by Mysterio 04/29/2014, 1:55am PDT NEW
        No, it's not. NT by Mischief Maker 04/29/2014, 6:53am PDT NEW
        You're needed in the thread about Matrix sequels apologists. NT by Because you're a moron. 04/29/2014, 9:17am PDT NEW
            Oh yeah, that's really gonna make someone interested by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 04/29/2014, 8:10pm PDT NEW
                *ring ring* Asperger's calling! NT by Hello? (It's for you.) 05/01/2014, 5:01pm PDT NEW
                Oh yeah, that's really gonna make someone interested, Paul by blackwater 05/04/2014, 10:59pm PDT NEW
                    Another stupid imbecile like Blackwaiter shows his incompetence by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/10/2014, 11:46am PDT NEW
                        "Blackwaiter" is racist, right? NT by The Happiness Engine 05/15/2014, 4:28pm PDT NEW
        No, I played it as a kid. It was godawful, and unplayable. NT by E. L. Koba 04/29/2014, 9:30pm PDT NEW
            Re: No, I played it as a kid. It was godawful, and unplayable. by Mysterio 04/30/2014, 6:54am PDT NEW
                Re: No, I played it as a kid. It was godawful, and unplayable. by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/30/2014, 7:13am PDT NEW
                Wow, the "you will only think ET is bad if you're stupid" defense. NT by Here we are. We made it. 04/30/2014, 8:00am PDT NEW
                    "we" by Mysterio 04/30/2014, 11:20am PDT NEW
                        The royal we was meant to be all of society. Human evolution up to this point. NT by Our apex moment. 05/01/2014, 11:33am PDT NEW
                        Re: "we" NT by Mysterio 05/02/2014, 11:18am PDT NEW
                        Re: "we" by Mysterio 05/02/2014, 11:18am PDT NEW
                            Let's change that. Together. NT by A Message From Caltrops Cares 05/02/2014, 11:26am PDT NEW
            It was only as bad a lot of other Atari games by Fullofkittens 04/30/2014, 8:34am PDT NEW
                This is the truth. I played a fair amount of ET because my other options by were Atari games. - Last 05/01/2014, 5:07pm PDT NEW
    E.T Phones It In by Elliott 05/02/2014, 12:10am PDT NEW
        Don't any of you read Arstechnica? :( by laudablepuss 05/02/2014, 9:49am PDT NEW
            Re: Don't any of you read Arstechnica? :( by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/02/2014, 11:05am PDT NEW
                Raiders of the Lost Ark was a fine 2600 game by laudablepuss 05/07/2014, 10:30am PDT NEW
                    But if you wanted to feel more like Indy, Pitfall 2 was your game. NT by P. Harry 05/07/2014, 2:36pm PDT NEW
 
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