Who believes in the atari landfill?

[carmel_andrews]

The only missplaced atari inventory story i remember that was proved true concerned the Atari 1064 (a PBI mem upgrade for the 600xl), before the inventory was discovered, Atari 1064's (in the states at least) were uncommon, if not rare

 

Aparently some auditor doing an inventory check on some former Atari warehouses, found an entire warehouse packed full of 1064's still boxed and on pallets ready for shipping

 

I wonder whatever happened to them

[Godzilla]

To borrow a phrase used elsewhere in the web:

 

"Screenshot or it didn't happen"

 

 

But really how would we ever really know? Anytime someone produces a news article it's dismissed as fabricated so unless we were able to secure a permit to dig and rent all the needed equipment to do so (provided a strip mall or housing plan is not currently on the spot) we will never actually know and really it would probably cost thousands to accomplish this and to what end? to find a bunch of rotting crushed games and equipment that would be as worthless as the countless E.T. carts already gathering dust on bargain store shelves?

 

This is turning into a version of Oak Island ( http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/OakIsland/ ) for the Atari crowd.

 

post #30 on this thread

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...66637&st=25

[+Random Terrain]

post #30 on this thread

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...66637&st=25

Why not give a direct link to the post:

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...st&p=821917

[kroogur]

To borrow a phrase used elsewhere in the web:

 

"Screenshot or it didn't happen"

 

post #30 on this thread

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...66637&st=25

 

Sorry that was a failed attempt at a joke on my part

 

And despite the other wording of my post i do believe it happened i was just pointing out that some folks will continue to not believe it happened until they have the grimy dirt encrusted carts in their hands.

[Artlover]

i was just pointing out that some folks will continue to not believe it happened until they have the grimy dirt encrusted carts in their hands.

You give people to much credit.

 

I'm 100% sure that there are some people that even if you took them to the landfill and dug it up in front of them would claim it's not "the atari landfull", but a new landfill a bunch fo fanatics created themselves for the purpose of digging up to try and prove the non existant myth.

[27ace27]

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.

How many is it then? This is why I was asking you for specifics.

 

 

hmm... I'd guess about 3,427,789 3/4 cartridges are buried there, is that specific enough?

Edited August 13, 2008 by 27ace27

[27ace27]

bump

[Godzilla]

wump

[nathanallan]

If someone could give me the address or directions, I'm in the neighborhood.

[kroogur]

Highway 54

Alamogordo, NM 88310

(575) 439-4355

 

Thats the closest i could find. But that may be the new landfill, i read somewhere the old one was no longer active.

[Poopopyo]

It has to be true. I mean, the game was SO FREAKING BAD!!!

[27ace27]

If someone could give me the address or directions, I'm in the neighborhood.

 

can't you just use your GPS? "GPS PHONE HOME!"

Edited May 28, 2009 by 27ace27

[carmel_andrews]

I would be interested in an atari dump of working 1050's 1400's/1450s/ XEPs/and 1200's

 

XEP as in XE PORTABLE

Edited May 28, 2009 by carmel_andrews

[Godzilla]

is that a proto system or something planned or just fantasy?

[Poopopyo]

I wish just anyone can go to this landfill and dig the games up but they cemented everything, so get out your pickaxes and dynamite boys! Were goin' to New Mexico!!!

[carmel_andrews]

what, you not heard of the 65 XEP godzilla, proto XE Portable put out in the initial thrust by tramiel as part of the original XE lineup....remember the XEME (or XEEM) that was an XE with the amie sound chip

[fiddlepaddle]

I would be interested in an atari dump of working 1050's 1400's/1450s/ XEPs/and 1200's

as in "dump the ROMs" or "ROMs in the dump"?

[carmel_andrews]

I've already got the rom dumps (less the xep and xeem/xeme)...more interested in the physical hardware

[Dan Iacovelli]

this was asked a few years ago.

I believe in it, Isay lets get Adam and Jamie from mythbusters out there and blow the location up

if there are ET carts and raiders carts there they would be flying high when the place is blown to bits.

if not at least we will geta good explosion out of it.

[Crazy Climber]

I went with "It's possible" although I would have preferred an option that said "It's possible but highly unlikely"

[Crazy Climber]

It has to be true. I mean, the game was SO FREAKING BAD!!!

It really wasn't that bad, I can easily think of dozens of games that were far worse.

[jboypacman]

This is that one subject that seems to always comes up and rightly so its a big part of the "Atari Legend" so its understand able.

 

I went with "Its possible" because it is in the realms of being true.

[27ace27]

bump!

[Godzilla]

you must have played the original mario bros an awful lot as you are very bump happy.

[27ace27]

you must have played the original mario bros an awful lot as you are very bump happy.

 

bump!