LAST EDITED ON 04-28-14 AT 10:07 AM (EST)

We came not to study the body, but to gaze down and say "Yes, he's dead. Now let us make sure we never have anything like this to bury ever again."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/27/tech/gaming-gadgets/atari-et-video-game/

For the record: I have played this thing. An old 2600 (is there another kind?) and a freshly-dusted cartridge were presented to me at a Top This Torture party. I then proceeded to fall into holes. A lot. Repeat until you get to test just how indestructible those old cartridges are, which is 'not very'. The 2600 itself rebounds off walls very nicely, and the shape creates some remarkable dents.

If you need a quick education or refresher on this horror, these two pages are helpful in a 'Fully recall your nightmare' sort of way.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ETTheExtraterrestrial

(Try to get your head around the idea of paying eight digits for game rights. Consider that the budget for 1941 may have been largely courtesy of Atari.)

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983?from=Main.TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983

I'm honestly not sure what should be done with the site. An all-night gaming party ain't it. Incineration seems like a decent idea. Shooting it into the sun... well, with a little help from Kickstarter...

So who's willing to confess to play-and-own? Better yet, who's still got the cartridge?

You can take it to join its fellows now. Let the collection be complete.

It's kind of like the Internet campaign to destroy every copy of Shaq Fu ever made. Only more justified.

• RE: Found: E.T's unmarked grave.,HobbsofMI, 11:38 AM, 04-28-14
• RE: Found: E.T's unmarked grave.,Buckaroo, 08:01 PM, 04-29-14

I think I have this cartage with my old 2600 downstairs. I should go check.

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Oh, Atari- memories.