What some had thought to be a myth has turned out to be completely real. This weekend, Microsoft began its project to find E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial videogames, which were said to be buried in the Mexican desert.
The E.T video game is dubbed one of the most terrible video games of all time, after it was blamed for the video game crash back in the 1980s. The game was based from the hit movie E.T. and was designed for the Atari 2600. Unfortunately, the title did not amass any form of commercial success apart from becoming a legend in the video game community.
So terrible was this game, the publishers decided to bury thousands of copies instead of selling them to gamers. Right now, these games are rare commodities on eBay and many folks have bought them just for collection purposes.
Interestingly enough, many of these once buried games are still playable, so folks looking to get their hands on one should keep an eye out on eBay because someone is bound to put up at least one for sale. The others that won't go up for sale will be placed in a museum to be remembered throughout the ages.
Former Atari manager, James Heller, was not surprised after the games were found during the dig. Apparently, over 728,000 E.T. video games were buried at the site, though it is not yet certain if the crew found every single one.
"I never heard about again it until June 2013, when I read an article about E.T. being excavated," says Heller.
The dig for the E.T. video game is a documentary that is helmed by Microsoft. It is called Atari: Game Over, and is scheduled to release for the Xbox One, Xbox 360 and other Microsoft branded products. This documentary is one of many original programming Microsoft is a planning to compete with the likes of Amazon and Netflix.
Lately, Microsoft has announced a number of original content from its Xbox entertainment division, some of which are slated to launch in June of this year. These original shows include the likes of Halo, Deadland, Winter World and many others.
