[Republican Wildcat]

Since the disastrous sales of the 1983 game "E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial" almost drove Atari into bankruptcy, it has been common knowledge that movie-license games are cheap quickies designed purely to capitalize on a film's publicity.

Disastrous? Weird. That was a pretty decent game for the Atari. I enjoyed playing it as a little kid - one of the few games you could actually "beat" instead of just going in endless loops like PacMan, Endoro, Venture, etc.

[Sofa King]

You're in a hell of a minority on that one. ET is largely considered one of the worst video games of all time.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

The other people who had their E.T. cartridges dumped into the desert would disagree. :-P

[Thoro]

"Since the disastrous sales of the 1983 game "E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial" almost drove Atari into bankruptcy, it has been common knowledge that movie-license games are cheap quickies designed purely to capitalize on a film's publicity."

Disastrous? Weird. That was a pretty decent game for the Atari. I enjoyed playing it as a little kid - one of the few games you could actually "beat" instead of just going in endless loops like PacMan, Endoro, Venture, etc.

Actually, E.T. did go into continuous loops. After sending E.T. home, the game would start over, only the FBI and Doctor would increase in speed and appear more often. Eventually, after so many completions of sending E.T. home, they'd become so fast it was impossible to navigate the levels to find the pieces to send E.T. home.

Where were all those pits in the movie, anyway?