One of gaming’s most famous urban legends is finally confirmed to be a real thing with Microsoft digging up the Atari burial site for loads of E.T. Atari 2600 cartridges that have been buried for 30 years.
Urban legend CONFIRMED pic.twitter.com/NruKE7qkbm
— Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus 📱⌨️🖱️🎮 (@majornelson) April 26, 2014
Looks like ET had some company here in New Mexico. Still in shrink wrap! pic.twitter.com/BNjKyVVcrN
— Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus 📱⌨️🖱️🎮 (@majornelson) April 26, 2014
Here it is up close – the very first ET cartridge exhumed after 30 years pic.twitter.com/nb8tv33w8F
— Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus 📱⌨️🖱️🎮 (@majornelson) April 26, 2014
Details on the long-buried E.T. cartridges unearthed at a New Mexico landfill earlier today http://t.co/ojqXpU6kjP pic.twitter.com/TV4nTjKbbv
— Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus 📱⌨️🖱️🎮 (@majornelson) April 26, 2014