Legend Confirmed: Atari 2600 'E.T.' Game Discovered at New Mexico Dig

After decades of video game lore surrounding a supposed treasure trove of discarded E.T. game cartridges from the '80s, on Saturday an excavation crew in Alamogordo, New Mexico uncovered the truth

Breaking through huge mounds of dirt, concrete and refuse, the crew, which began setting up the dig on Thursday, unearthed the proof of what was once only urban legend: Atari 2600 cartridges for the E.T. video game buried in the desert

Surrounded by several hundred game fans and media reporters, on site to record the event, workers revealed the last remnants of the Atari 2600 video game adaptation of the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Read more...