Stormbringer #176 Posted June 13, 2013 Better than none.... bad healthcare Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnBuell #177 Posted June 17, 2013 (edited) Shame there wasn't a crash in Europe, I paid DM 125,00 for Golf on VCS in 1985 ( from Real Kauf). What's that in $? I just found a cool page with a long historical overview of exchange rates. There was nearly a 3:1 DM to USD ratio in 1985. http://www.history.u...ts/currency.htm So your answer is that one game cost you the then-equivalent of nearly $42. Anyone want to calculate that with 28 years of inflation? Edit: Used http://stats.areppim.com/calc/calc_usdlrxdeflator.php $42 1985 US would be nearly $80 today. Edited June 17, 2013 by JohnBuell 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnBuell #178 Posted June 18, 2013 FYI, New York Times has the story as of last night/this morning. It showed up in my news feed on Windows 8 when I logged in this morning.... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/us/hunting-for-an-et-castoff-in-a-most-terrestrial-place.html?_r=0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Random Terrain #179 Posted June 18, 2013 FYI, New York Times has the story as of last night/this morning. It showed up in my news feed on Windows 8 when I logged in this morning.... http://www.nytimes.c...place.html?_r=0 I think you have to pay for that to be able to read it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jinks #180 Posted June 19, 2013 bad healthcare some is better than none. i dont see people selling cars and homes to pay for operations here.. see lots of that from US sellers on ebay. Ya might have to wait for sugeries tho and maybe die b4. Option #2 go to states and pay and fly home...but thats rare.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromeda Stardust #181 Posted June 19, 2013 FYI, New York Times has the story as of last night/this morning. It showed up in my news feed on Windows 8 when I logged in this morning.... http://www.nytimes.c...place.html?_r=0 I think you have to pay for that to be able to read it. The article loaded fine for me. Alamogordo Journal Hunting for an E.T. Castoff in a Most Terrestrial Place Mark Holm for The New York Times Mark Esquero with cartridges he says he found in a landfill in Alamogordo, N.M., where Atari purportedly dumped copies of its scorned E.T. video game in 1983. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grig #182 Posted June 19, 2013 Yup, I read the article too. Nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unbeliever #183 Posted June 19, 2013 Thanks for bringing that article to our attention! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Random Terrain #184 Posted June 19, 2013 The article loaded fine for me. I see what the problem is. There is a note saying that you can't read the article unless you allow cookies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnBuell #185 Posted June 19, 2013 RT, I wouldn't have posted the link without a notice if it had been behind a paywall. But I'm glad people have been able to read it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atarigamer123 #186 Posted June 24, 2013 Maybe... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybird3rd #187 Posted June 24, 2013 Maybe... But on the other hand ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromeda Stardust #188 Posted June 24, 2013 Maybe... But on the other hand ... Did I miss something here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xDragonWarrior #189 Posted June 29, 2013 So will the stuff they find(if they find anything) be crush or still intact(playable or not)? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #190 Posted June 29, 2013 99.9% collectible crush and 0.1% intact. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariDude #191 Posted June 29, 2013 Did the article mention when the excavation would start. I remember reading that it was going to be 6 months of work but I have not been able to find when they were planning to start. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andre81 #192 Posted June 29, 2013 I thought they only have the exclusive rights for the next 6 month, so they'd have to do it this year. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromeda Stardust #193 Posted June 30, 2013 Hurry up. Times-a-wastin'! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Serguei2 #194 Posted July 4, 2013 Did they find pac-man cartridges yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromeda Stardust #195 Posted July 4, 2013 Did they find pac-man cartridges yet? Have they even started digging yet? They need to get crackin'. At a hundred acres of land and several hundred feet deep, they might as well be searching for a quarter in the Asteroid belt. I do wish them well. It sould be great if they find the loot. Even better if they get the games VGA graded! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Random Terrain #196 Posted July 5, 2013 I do wish them well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromeda Stardust #197 Posted July 5, 2013 (edited) I imagine that's what the Alamogordo dump will look like after the excavation is finished: just like ET, it will be riddled with pits! Edited July 5, 2013 by stardust4ever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Serguei2 #198 Posted July 6, 2013 I begin to wonder if any games they found wiould be buried elsewhere. :D :P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
profholt82 #199 Posted July 10, 2013 I don't really understand why they would want to do this. It's not like they are excavating dinosaur bones or ancient ruins, it's crushed multimedia from the 1980s. It just seems like a massive waste of money and resources. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoundGammon #200 Posted July 10, 2013 Maybe someone could do a new/hack ET, based of this dig called ET UNEARTHED! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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