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Atari games buried more than 30 years ago in New Mexico landfill
Daily Mail ^
| 9/2/15
| By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 09/02/2015 10:11:19 AM PDT by Kartographer
A cache of Atari game cartridges dug up in a New Mexico landfill last year has generated more than $100,000 in sales over the last several months.
The April 2014 dig ended speculation surrounding an urban legend and proved it to be true that Atari discarded hundreds of games, including E.T. The Extraterrestrial, more than 30 years ago.
In addition to the E.T. cartridges, Joseph Lewandowski found more than 60 other titles including Asteroids, Missile Command, Warlords, Star Raiders, Swordquest, Centipede and Super Breakout.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: atari; et; garbage; newmexico; trash
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Proof that one man's junk is another man's treasure!
To: CedarDave; LegendHasIt; leapfrog0202; Santa Fe_Conservative; DesertDreamer; OneWingedShark; ...
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:11:35 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Not even nostalgia can evoke a shred of enjoyment out of that bizarre ET game.
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:13:21 AM PDT
by
relictele
(Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
To: Kartographer
Beats the heck out of an Indian Burial Ground!
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:13:27 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Trump is the missile. Cruz is the payload. (Tagline stolen from Kid Shelleen with no attribution!))
To: Kartographer
To: Kartographer
“Asteroids, Missile Command, Warlords, Star Raiders, Swordquest, Centipede and Super Breakout.”
What? No Space Invaders?
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:14:58 AM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: Kartographer
I’m sure that files of the pirated ROMs and emulators are out there. This stuff is only of interest to serious collectors. If you just want to play the games, you can.
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:15:59 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Kartographer
these thing still worked or what
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:16:51 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Cruz is for real, 100%)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:20:30 AM PDT
by
Fester Chugabrew
(Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
To: FreedomPoster
Atari Games is available in the Google Play store, no need to resort to illegal copies.
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:21:50 AM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: max americana
That wasn’t an Atari game.
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:22:45 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Kartographer
I remember British Leyland closing their dealerships in the United States. They forced the car dealers to smash every casting, cut every wiring harness up, render all components non-functional, and witness them to the landfill, smelter, or appropriate disposal.
Saddest month of my younger years.
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:25:33 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: blackdog
I remember British Leyland closing their dealerships in the United States. They forced the car dealers to smash every casting, cut every wiring harness upAt least some good came of that, if those were Lucas electrical components.
To: FreedomPoster
Space Invaders was ported from the arcade to the Atari 2600, but like most of those ports was a poor imitation.
To: FreedomPoster
That wasnt an Atari game
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:29:44 AM PDT
by
gdani
(No sacred cows)
To: Disambiguator
Easy on my Lord of Darkness, Lucas. I never drove without extras in the boot or glove box.
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:30:56 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Snickering Hound
I rolled over the score counter on that game once.
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:31:09 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: Kartographer
I had Intellivision version one and two. Now those games were very fun!
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:33:48 AM PDT
by
gwgn02
To: Kartographer
also found....
another version of Barack Obama’s birth certificate
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:35:31 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Kartographer
Definitely not bio-degradable.
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posted on
09/02/2015 10:44:24 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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