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E.T. AtariWhat Was Really Buried in the Landfill

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Atari E.T. really was buried, yet its programmer Howard Scott Warshaw answered "I say false".

The legend is true, and stranger: the night trucks, the guards, the concrete poured once kids got in, and the dig that found it.

Subject
Atari's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
Chapters
9
Sources
8
Credits
16
Corrections
0

Sources

8
  • Interview4
  • Article4

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Image & music credits

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  • License unknown9
  • CC BY-SA 4.02
  • CC BY 2.02
  • CC BY-SA 3.01
  • CC BY 3.0 US1

14 photos, 1 music track, from the hosts linked below. Each file name links to the file's page, which carries the full license terms.

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1 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Atari E.T. Dig- Alamogordo, New Mexico (14036097792).jpg Taylor Hatmaker, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 License unknown
2 Photo https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/james heller/interview james heller 5.jpg James Heller, via the Atari Compendium interview (Scott Stilphen, 2014) License unknown
3 Photo https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/james heller/interview james heller 7.jpg James Heller, via the Atari Compendium interview (Scott Stilphen, 2014) License unknown
4 Photo I40Truck.JPG Arne Hückelheim CC BY-SA 3.0
5 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard Scott Warshaw, 2020 (gvtddI1JLDY).jpg UCIBrenICS, Wikimedia Commons License unknown
6 Photo Atari E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Cartridge.png Miguelon756-5303 CC BY-SA 4.0
7 Photo M-ABEU Learjet 45 Ryanair SCQ.jpg Bene Riobó CC BY-SA 4.0
8 Photo https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/james heller/interview james heller 1.jpg James Heller, via the Atari Compendium interview (Scott Stilphen, 2014) License unknown
9 Photo https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/james heller/interview james heller 8.jpg James Heller, via the Atari Compendium interview (Scott Stilphen, 2014) License unknown
10 Photo https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/james heller/interview james heller 3.jpg James Heller, via the Atari Compendium interview (Scott Stilphen, 2014) License unknown
11 Photo https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/james heller/interview james heller 7.jpg James Heller, via the Atari Compendium interview (Scott Stilphen, 2014) License unknown
12 Photo https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/james heller/interview james heller 5.jpg James Heller, via the Atari Compendium interview (Scott Stilphen, 2014) License unknown
13 Photo ET! (14027894224).jpg Jason from The Wasteland CC BY 2.0
14 Photo More Atari Products (14047449473).jpg Jason from The Wasteland CC BY 2.0
15 Music Heart of Nowhere (MacLeod, Kevin) (ISRC USUAN1400045).oga Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) CC BY 3.0 US

Photo: Jack_Tramiel.jpg: Alex Handy from Oakland, Nmibia

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