Even the unsold copies ended up getting purchased at the Atari liquidation
firesale and there are people still selling them NIB cheap. The ET cart can
be had for $2 (one of the cheapest)
http://www.atari2600.com/ccp7/ecom-prodshow/ET-The-Extra-Terrestrial-PROD375.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Johnny Billquist
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 4:29 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Sales of unearthed Atari games total more than $100,000
On 2015-08-30 22:19, Ali wrote:
A quick search of eBay would correct your 'understanding'. There are
dozens of copies for sale, many with boxes and manuals. They start at
about $5.00.
I stand corrected.
:-)
The game is very common, and generally considered worthless. It's a
joke, possibly the "worst video game ever made" - up there with
Superman 64 for N64.
I could have sworn that prior to the "dig" I read a number of articles
indicating that this was one of the reasons for the dig i.e. The game was
so horrible Atari tried to destroy any and all evidence of it by burying
it so only a few copies remained.
Yes. This was a reason for the dig.
However, as the game is apparently readily available I would say both
editions are worthless or to be more precise of low monetary value. But as
the old saying goes "one man's junk..." :)
Records state that Atari manufactured 5 million copies, but "only" sold
1.5 million... So it was a big loss for the company, but that do not
mean that it is uncommon.
Even more spectacular was Pac-Mac, of which they manufactures 12 million
copies (they had only sold 10 millions consoles).
7 million sold meant another 5 million unsold copies...
Lots of fun.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial for more.
Johnny
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