Found in the desert ET game cartridges will go to auctions! – Virtual Poland

 
  Do you remember the legend, according to which somewhere in the desert Atari decided to bury ET game cartridges, because it was so bad? And you remember that the legend was true and last year found “tomb” games? Now the story has continued.

 
 City Hall Alamagordo (New Mexico), in which the hidden kartdridże found on the Atari 2600 decided that some of them will be put on auction sites. How many? There is talk of 800 copies, which will be purchased for each bit of deposited cash and verve collector.

 
 Other operating items in the game will go to museums all over the world – here to be distributed will be 500 units, which will be distributed to museums on a “first come, first served” basis. ET game released for the Atari 2600 had been buried in the desert, because her publisher was so dissatisfied with the product, he decided to resort to such tricks, in order to avoid paying any taxes associated with the production of this title.

 
 Atari is an American manufacturer of personal

computers. The company was founded in 1972 and produced video slots, home video consoles and simple personal computers. In Poland, the most popular were the 8-bit Atari 800XL, 65XE and 130XE used in the home mainly to play and Atari ST – used for typesetting and music.