Atari's Long-Buried E.T. Stash Could Be Uncovered

One of the best and oddest stories to come out of the pre-video game crash era is the tale of Atari's E.T. The title was notoriously bad, and Atari decided to bury approximately five million units in the New Mexico desert. The story, which many believe to be urban legend, is true. According to the New York Times of September 28, 1983 , 14 truckloads of cartridges and consoles were dumped in an ...