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Fair enough. Yes, I believe that Atari dumped some things in the Alamogordo landfill. That now seems to be an established fact. However, what Atari buried is something that I'm not at all clear on. I don't believe the claim that 5 million copies of E.T. are buried down there. There's never been any evidence to support that side of the story. Five million is a staggering sum. If my math is correct, five million E.T. boxes placed end-to-end lengthwise would stretch 592 miles--approximately the distance from Alamogordo, NM to Laramie, WY. Again, if my math is correct, 5 million Atari boxes add up to approximately 119,355 cubic feet of volume. Stacked flat, end to end, those 5 million boxes would form approximately a dozen piles that were each 10 ft wide, 10 ft tall, and 100 ft long. Those dimensions would be substantially larger if one assumes that the games had been divided into cardboard shipping boxes and placed on palettes. When I picture these images in my mind, without having a shred of evidence to support them, they simply defy credulity. I doubt Atari even produced five million copies of E.T., let alone buried that many. did you miss the part about being crushed possibly? and when you look at the picture of the pit it's pretty big. and all of the people that tried it and hated it had to have taken it out of the box, right? so how big would it be with just the carts, huh? and if they produced 5 million and close to that many came back, wouldn't the game be a lot rarer? so then there had to be less than 5 mil. buried there.

I'd get one, I just don't like the hefty price tag right now I'm broke 0_o

Hey, you asked. and so I did...

If you can't see the similarity, that's not my problem. If you pay no attention to what you post, that's not my problem either. I was supposed to ignore what made no sense and not ask any follow up questions. To do anything else was 'quibbling'. You clearly want us all to act like doped up hippies when it comes to your posts. If you consider that flaming, I hope you never really get flamed. You might soil yourself. I told you that I would try to remember your user name so I wouldn't create any followup replies since you'll label everything as petty quibbling instead of just replying like a normal person. Your user name is similar to a few others, so I had to put you on ignore to help me remember that you're the guy who wants doped up hippie replies. I can still read your replies by clicking on View this post and when I do that, it's a reminder of why you're on ignore. You usually have nothing to say that I need to reply to, but this time was just too funny. I know I was a bad boy for replying and not acting like the hippie you want us all to be, but it made me chuckle and I thought I would say something this one time. I promise this is it. No more replies to your posts unless absolutely necessary and then only in the style of a doped up hippie who doesn't care if things make sense. It would be pointless to respond to any of this. You're acting like a child. PLEASE take this argument back to the thread from which it came! we are talking about The atari landfill myth here people, not hippies or pot!

I believe in the belief of believing about believing in voting for believing in Atari landfills in general. :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:

I LOVE that video! this is actually the vid that gave me the inspiration to research the atari landfill!

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just everything in general "everything in general". LOL. How can you expect someone to respond to such a nebulous question? Nevertheless, I can't necessarily fault your response because when it comes to this myth, "everything in general" is an apt description. That's its biggest problem--it seems to mean anything and everything, with no consensus on what, specifically, is being discussed. How can someone believe something or not, if they don't even know what they're being asked to believe in the first place? Did Atari bury things in landfills? Almost certainly. Probably multiple times and in more than one location. There is nothing remarkable about that. But what did Atari bury and for what reason? Those are the only truly pertinent questions as they relate to Atari burying things in landfills. But no "concrete " facts have ever been presented to support any of the proposed answers to those questions. Instead, we have only hyperbolical speculation. Again, what is it that Atari supposedly buried, how much of it, and for what reason? Give me specific answers to those questions, and I'll tell you if I find the myth to be credible. And what is it, specifically, that you people who are voting "I do believe" actually believe? I mean the entire ET cart thing, and it's just if you believe in the majority of the story and if you dont believe in some of it, just say so just google it or look it up here on AA

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just everything in general

yes, I know that there are dozens of landfill threads out there, but no polls to get raw data on who does and doesn't belive, so I created one. BTW feel free to rant about why you do or don't believe (or just.... rant)

nice, thats my vote too! all it needs is a turn limit, sometimes the game can really drag on.

thats a big list

Satan does. Our dark lord and master is possibly the only being that feels our race deserving of such brutal punishment. Luckily for us I think he sold his controlling interest in Sega to fund more 'reality tv' programming and the 'Love Guru' starring Mike Myers. I happen to like it

once I get my good computer running again, I will start a sonic shuffle for the PC

almost exacly like mario party except sonic style, its for the DC. google it

forrrrr? there were at least a dozen (if not more) different bowling games made for different systems o, sorry, 2600 thats better

T&C surf designs for NES I simply have no clue how to do it P.S. has anyone said E.T. yet? I'm simply too lazy to read all 4 pages of this thread

forrrrr? there were at least a dozen (if not more) different bowling games made for different systems

vote!

the title says it all. I'd go with my NES (no offense atari 2600 dudes out there, I just got my NES and so far it is awesome! (my 2600 comes in 2nd now)) favorite game... well... either warlords, pong, or balloon fight.

soooooo, who's in charge of the game for this movie

vatii on zelda minish cap

mine was playing some pokemon game on the 64

I am looking for an AY 3-8500-1 chip... from the pong systems, anyone know where I might find one? or 6