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Immortal Moose 05-31-2013 11:25 PM

First time I saw the game :(

ClockShot 06-01-2013 12:11 PM

Yahoo! got an article up about how the Alamogordo Landfill in New Mexico is about to get dug up in search of the destroyed E.T games back on the Atari 2600. A documentary movie might come ouf of it.


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Infamous video game landfill faces excavation

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Credit: Atari)

One of gaming’s greatest mysteries might soon be uncovered.

You’ve likely heard the tale before: Millions of unsold copies of the disastrous ET: The Extraterrestrial game for the Atari 2600 lie buried in a New Mexico landfill. Despite a slew of believers and evidence supporting the story, doubters remain. But in the next few months, we'll have the answer once and for all.

The Alamogordo City Commission has approved a deal that will allow for the excavation of the landfill to see what, exactly, is buried there. The big dig will be filmed by Fuel Industries, a Canadian film production company with plans to create a documentary about the gaming legend.

Fuel has access to the landfill for the next six months, which would put it there on the 30th anniversary of the dump. Alamogordo, as you might suspect, is hoping to raise awareness of the town -- and perhaps attract a few tourists to the area.

"I hope more people find out about Alamogordo through this opportunity that we have to unearth the Atari games in the landfill," said Mayor Susie Galea.

The whole project is hinging on the memory of one individual -- Joe Lewandowski -- who ran a garbage company at the time and says he knows exactly where the games are buried.

The dig could be a Geraldo-like failure, of course, but even if Lewandowski does know where the games are buried, they're not likely to be in any playable form. Atari reportedly crushed them before disposing of them.
With good reason, too. E.T. is a game that almost single-handedly killed the home video game console business in the 1980s. Atari rushed the development process and bypassed QA to get the game on shelves, resulting in a confusing, buggy title that lacked any viable entertainment qualities.

Hackers, incidentally, have since issued a 'fix' for the game, but that's not likely to alter its legacy.

Fignuts 06-03-2013 03:10 PM

Harmonix to announce a new game tomorrow, though they're saying it's not Rock Band or Dance Central.

Emperor Smeat 06-03-2013 05:28 PM

Today's News:
1) According to ABC News, the co-founder of Oculus Rift, Andrew Scott Reisse, was killed over the weekend from a hit-and-run accident during a high-speed police chase.
http://www.destructoid.com/oculus-ri...r-255033.phtml

2) Lionhead Studios currently rumored to be developing a new Fable game after recently launching new Fable forums and teasing an announcement will be made soon.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-announcement/

3) According to a former developer on the Prey 2 team, "petty and political" bickering between Human Head Studios and Bethesda was the actual reason why Bethesda dropped Human Head and hired Arkane Studios to reboot the project.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...d-development/

4) Eidos Montreal teased on Twitter they will be revealing a new Deus Ex game at E3 next week with the potential name being "Deus Ex: The Fall."
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-deus-ex-game/
http://www.destructoid.com/eidos-ask...l-255189.phtml

Kane Knight 06-03-2013 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 4216694)
Harmonix to announce a new game tomorrow, though they're saying it's not Rock Band or Dance Central.


Last time they were asked they said they had several new games in the pipe that were not Rock Band (not surprising, really) or Dance Central. I'm legitimately curious as to what they've got going.

Drakul 06-03-2013 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4216741)
2) Lionhead Studios currently rumored to be developing a new Fable game after recently launching new Fable forums and teasing an announcement will be made soon.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-announcement/

I'd think adding a new Fable forum and announcing they have something to announce is actually announcing a new Fable game.

ClockShot 06-03-2013 09:14 PM

Just started another playthrough of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Hope it's not a tease for the movie that's in the works and just a whole new game in general.

Gotta have Adam Jensen back as the hero, though. That guy was money.

What Would Kevin Do? 06-03-2013 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ClockShot (Post 4217003)
Just started another playthrough of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Hope it's not a tease for the movie that's in the works and just a whole new game in general.

Gotta have Adam Jensen back as the hero, though. That guy was money.

http://www.destructoid.com/june-will...s-255209.phtml


Apparently I'll be getting Deus Ex: Human Revolution free through Playstation Plus this month, along with Saints Row 3. Makes me happy I never actually went out and bought Saint's Row 3.

Fignuts 06-04-2013 01:00 AM

Yeah, Human Revolution was a lot of fun. Outside of the boss fights anyway.

ClockShot 06-04-2013 03:05 PM

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BRING IT ON!

LoDownM 06-04-2013 03:15 PM

Awesome.

Emperor Smeat 06-04-2013 05:31 PM

Today's News:
1) Tecmo announces Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate will be going free-to-play on the PS3 with 4 characters being offered for free, every extra character costing around $4, and Story Mode costing $15. A Xbox 360 version is currently being developed as well.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-free-to-play/

2) Harmonix revealed they are working with Disney on a Kinect-based rhythm game called Fantasia: Music Evolved and will be released for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One next year.
http://www.destructoid.com/harmonix-...d-255039.phtml

3) Telltale Games recently teased a new game on Vine with rumors of it being The Walking Dead Season 2 based on the art style and other similarities with the first Walking Dead game.
http://www.destructoid.com/telltale-...e-255233.phtml

Kalyx triaD 06-04-2013 11:23 PM

DOA5Ultimate F2P will be a separate version from retail. Just to clarify.

#BROKEN Hasney 06-05-2013 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ClockShot (Post 4217617)

BRING IT ON!

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Well, it's an iOS game. So close enough.

ClockShot 06-05-2013 03:05 PM

Just got home and found out it's a mobile game.

Most of the gaming sites i've visited so far have nothing but anger over this announcement.

Emperor Smeat 06-05-2013 05:28 PM

Today's News:
1) Telltale Games released another teaser for their mysterious game which basically confirmed it is The Walking Dead: Season 2.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...g-dead-teaser/

2) DICE teases they will be revealing several "surprises" during EA's E3 press conference which occurs on June 10. Mirror's Edge 2 is currently speculated as one of the potential surprises based on recent activity from EA.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ss-conference/

3) Namco Bandai confirms the Tales of Symphonia HD set, called Tales Of Symphonia Chronicles, will be getting a North American release next year. The set will also be released in Japan next year as well.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...h-america.aspx

Fignuts 06-05-2013 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4218633)

2) DICE teases they will be revealing several "surprises" during EA's E3 press conference which occurs on June 10. Mirror's Edge 2 is currently speculated as one of the potential surprises based on recent activity from EA.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ss-conference/

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Emperor Smeat 06-06-2013 05:37 PM

Today's News:
1) Blizzard announces Diablo III will also be getting an Xbox 360 version and arrives on September 3rd. Similar to the PS3 and PS4 version, the Xbox 360 version will also offer offline play and no auction houses.
http://www.destructoid.com/diablo-ii...d-255491.phtml

2) Square Enix recently released the E3 trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII while also stating the game has been pushed back from a late 2013 release date to now a February 11 (NA) and February 14 (EU) date.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/xbox_...14-e3-trailer/

3) Respawn Entertainment officially revealed their first title called Titanfall which is a mech combat game and runs on a modified Source engine. The game was also revealed to be arriving for PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/re...all/1100-4657/

Kalyx triaD 06-06-2013 11:32 PM

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Tom Guycott 06-07-2013 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Blitz (Post 4212816)

Well, hell. I remember I started doing that, but I stopped halfway through, because when the :heart: started appearing in the dialogue, I thought the game glitched again. This makes me sad. Protect ring would have helped heaps against Ozma.

Drakul 06-07-2013 02:25 AM

Eurogamer guy can't write off LEGO games because they're getting dull and are "just copy/pastes" when COD etc exist and people still play it.

Kalyx triaD 06-07-2013 03:30 AM

Well CoD is for cool kids.

Drakul 06-07-2013 04:06 AM

It's not surprising that it's popular despite being bland and copy/paste. Just look at tv and movies. ANOTHER Zombie film. ANOTHER talent contest. ANOTHER "tense" neonlit gameshow.

Kane Knight 06-07-2013 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 4219600)
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DO WANT

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Originally Posted by Drakul (Post 4219702)
Eurogamer guy can't write off LEGO games because they're getting dull and are "just copy/pastes" when COD etc exist and people still play it.

Even better, since he wants "innovation." What was the big innovation in Ghosts? Curves for guns? Optional Kinect dog commands?

"innovation" is the sort of term tossed around by douchebags who tend to do what every other gamer does and buy more of the same stuff they liked before.

And honestly, that's not a bad thing. If you can add something new to a beloved franchise, great. But the drive for innovation leads to shitty gimmicks and superficial deals.

Drakul 06-07-2013 01:22 PM

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I was keeping an eye on this because I've really enjoyed every single Twisted Pixel game so far. Now I know I'll miss this one out. No clue why it's on Xbox One when it looks like it could run on the original Xbox.

whiteyford 06-07-2013 01:48 PM

Want Lego Marvel so badly it hurts.

#BROKEN Hasney 06-07-2013 01:52 PM

They're still making the 360 version of LocoCycle.

Drakul 06-07-2013 02:49 PM

Oh, I see. Why bother making it a launch title, then?

Drakul 06-07-2013 02:55 PM

60% off classic Codemaster games for the next 3 days.

#BROKEN Hasney 06-07-2013 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Drakul (Post 4219985)
Oh, I see. Why bother making it a launch title, then?

More available games to play since they have no BC.

Emperor Smeat 06-07-2013 03:17 PM

Yeah and less competition to deal with during launch for digital games.

Emperor Smeat 06-07-2013 05:45 PM

Today's News:
1) Square Enix announces the Legacy of Kain series is getting revived but the new game is being developed as a spin off title for the series.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...n-255592.phtml

2) According to Croteam studios, sales generated from the Serious Sam Humble Bundle will be used to help fund the development of Serious Sam 4.
http://www.destructoid.com/serious-s...4-255618.phtml

3) Based on a recent database entry on Steam, the recent Walking Dead-esque teasers done by Telltale Games appear to be more for an upcoming DLC pack called "400 Days" than the actual Second Season.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...sting-spotted/

Drakul 06-07-2013 06:49 PM

Interested in what the LoK spin-off could be.

Drakul 06-08-2013 02:07 AM

I've been playing a lot of Super Metroid lately and I wondered if anyone knew if Ridley is supposed to be sentient like some kind of alien or if he's just a dumb animal.

Sort of don't want to know the answer because it gives him a "mysteriousness" if I don't know if he's one or the other.

Kalyx triaD 06-08-2013 04:56 AM

It's a recurring creature in the series. I don't know if it's ever been fleshed out or anything.

Drakul 06-08-2013 05:40 AM

I know he's recurring. I just never knew if he was aware of whats going on or if he was just acting out of instinct.

Kalyx triaD 06-08-2013 05:53 AM

Seems to just be some beast that probably had a point once upon a time but now shows up for the fans. Maybe there's more than one.

Fignuts 06-08-2013 01:18 PM

No, there is just one Ridley, and he is sentient. He's actually the leader of the space pirates behind Mother Brain.

Drakul 06-08-2013 02:13 PM

Yeah, I knew there was only one. Apparantly, according to the manga, he is the one that killed Samus' parents in front of her. I knew he was the space pirate leader but I never saw anything to suggest he was sentient. He's always looked and acted like he was just some big dumb animal that got in the way a lot.

Kane Knight 06-08-2013 02:17 PM

Samus is a girl?

Spoilers, bro.


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