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Hunt for 'Buried' ET Games Confirmed

Posted June 04, 2013 4:04 PM

From BBC News - Technology:

Fuel Entertainment will search an area of desert in New Mexico for copies of a failed Atari video game said to be buried there.

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06/04/2013 8:27 PM

Atari has never confirmed whether it did dump the games there

I hope they didn't just throw them in an incinerator.

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06/04/2013 10:23 PM

That sounds more like an Herbal Entertainment project....

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06/05/2013 8:35 AM

When they're found, then they need to be disposed of properly. Dumping stuff in a desert just ain't proper recycling in these environmentally-conscious times.

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06/05/2013 12:48 PM

With ET in the name, the government has surely buried them deeply. They should search for them in Roswell too.

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06/05/2013 10:30 PM

So what exactly is the point and purpose of digging up the game cartridges anyway?
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