Atari games buried in landfill net $37G on e-Bay

[Hum]

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. ?  What some have called the worst video game ever made has fetched thousands of dollars for a New Mexico city.

An old "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" game cartridge drew the highest bid among 100 Atari games auctioned on eBay by Alamogordo officials.

The games were part of a cache of some 800 Atari video games buried more than 30 years ago in a landfill and dug up in April.

Joe Lewandowski, a consultant for the film companies that documented the dig, says the online auction, which ended Thursday, generated $37,000.

The "E.T." game, still in its original box, sold for $1,537.

Atari reportedly buried the 1982 game in after it was dubbed a flop.

Alamogordo owns the cartridges because they came from the city's landfill.

 

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[DConnell Member]

Meanwhile I'm picking up perfectly functional 2600 games that haven't been in a landfill for $2, $4 and $10.

 

I don't get the point of this - its supposed to be a bit of history? :rolleyes:  To me it seems these people just bought a piece of trash to proudly display on a shelf.