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The Atari Video Game Burial Excavation

April 28th, 2014 3:31 PM

The long-standing urban legend that the American video game publisher buried its overstock at a New Mexico landfill site back in 1983 has been finally confirmed, after numerous copies of Atari titles, including the ill-fated adaptation of the 1982 blockbuster E.T. the Extra-Terristrial, were recovered from the site as part of an ongoing excavation project.


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The Atari Video Game Burial Excavation

The Atari Video Game Burial Excavation

April 28th, 2014 3:31 PM

Filed under: video game, urban legend, atari

The long-standing urban legend that the American video game publisher buried its overstock at a New Mexico landfill site back in 1983 has been finally confirmed, after numerous copies of Atari titles, including the ill-fated adaptation of the 1982 blockbuster E.T. the Extra-Terristrial, were recovered from the site as part of an ongoing excavation project.

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