trusty Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Just ran across this video that someone put together of the now infamous Atari Landfill incident! Check it out here - LANDFILL This is actually kinda cool!! SjN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I just saw this link on Attu and thought I'd check to see if anyone else had seen it. Not bad for an ultra low budget video. I guess the majority of the budget went into aquiting ET carts. At about 1 cent per cart it looks like they have about $10 worth! Its a pretty good video but I would have liked to have seen them take it a step further with the history lesson. I probably would have including some screens about how much money they were loosing and taken some creative license and directly linked the ET game with the company's collapse in 1984. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriana Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Haven't posted around here in ages (but I still always check the front page for news) but when I saw this video I just had to come here and post about it! And someone already beat me to it! I think it's brilliant and well done! Obviously, somebody in the band Wintergreen is a classic Atari gamer! Hardly anyone outside of classic gaming circles knows about the mythology and lore of the E.T. cartridges. LOVE IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayton Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Well darn! I couldn't get the video to work. It says I'm missing a part that the site doesn't offer or something like that. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Best music video I have seen in ages!! That was awsome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 That's completely awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I gotta say, that is really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Awesome video. Too bad it's all just an urban legend. Ok I'll shut up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trusty Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Well darn! I couldn't get the video to work. It says I'm missing a part that the site doesn't offer or something like that. Oh well. 1006343[/snapback] Hey Sayton, Just go to Apple's website and update your Quicktime to Quicktime 7. That should take care of the issue. SjN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Wasn't someone on the forums awhile ago looking for ET cartridges for a project? At the end of the video, wonder if all those cartridges are real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Pretty cool video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Hehe, nice video. It gets quite some attention. Even the biggest German politics magazine "Spiegel" has a feature about it: Link to the Spiegel article "Wie Atari E.T. begrub Früher haben Bands noch lieber über Liebe, über soziale Ungerechtigkeit oder einfach über den Sinn des Lebens geschrieben. Heute widmen sie sich Videospielen. Das zumindest tut die Band Wintergreen mit ihrem Song "When I Wake Up". Das durchaus sehenswerte Video zum Titel beschreibt, wie der damalige Spielkonsolen-Hersteller Atari seinerzeit eine grottenschlechte Videospiel-Adaption des Kino-Hits "E.T." auf den Markt warf, damit beim Publikum scheiterte und später, so will es die Legende, Millionen Spiel-Cartridges in der Wüste verbuddelte. Angeblich haben die Musiker einige hundert davon sogar eigenhändig mit Schaufel und Spaten exhumiert." How Atari burried E.T. Marc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I liked how they had the 2600 E.T. running across the dessert like that . Really cute video. But I disagree, E.T. was not the worst 2600 game. Though I think that the E.T. code should be hacked to give E.T. a ray gun to blast those %$#@& people that keep chasing him. A "E.T.: Mars Attacks" version. Be nice if you can blast those buildings too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolt Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Yeah, it was cool, and a decent song too. I doubt they were ALL ETs, otherwise the giant pile against the wall at the end would have them all label side out, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 (edited) But I disagree, E.T. was not the worst 2600 game. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes it was the worst game. This page proves it: http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-et.html Edited December 11, 2007 by Random Terrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 This video is very cool, I had numerous people email and IM me about it yesterday. Will have to post some news about it shortly. At the end of the video, wonder if all those cartridges are real? 1006476[/snapback] To me it looked like someone had peeled all the end labels off the carts, but I guess they could have been turned the other way. I doubt they are all E.T. carts or they probably would have left the end labels showing. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 That's hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross PK Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I can't view it either. Is there anywhere where I could actually download the video onto my computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iguana Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 very cool indeed. I would ove to hear from the group or the director. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross PK Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 It's okay, I think I've got it downloading now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I'm not sure whether they are all ETs or not at the end, but they must of bought alot for the scene in the dump. Probably 100 or so they tossed up out of the hole. And those were ETs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 you lazy people :-) http://keithschofield.com/et/wintergreen-when-i-wake-up.wmv really cool. And as far as this being a 'myth' the onus is on you to prove otherwise, there is already enough sufficient, real, evidence. Fun little song and video, too. I think I had that many ets at one point :-) and for the record, I still think ET is a good game (not great, sure, but it is good.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 They are going to be performing on February, 2 2006 at The Scene Bar 806 E Colorado St., Glendale, CA 91205. Maybe someone who lives near there can get an autographed copy of E.T. and get the band to show up on here. I noticed that their record label is Mt. Fuji Records They are on myspace. http://www.myspace.com/wintergreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3ace Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I'm not sure whether they are all ETs or not at the end, but they must of bought alot for the scene in the dump. Probably 100 or so they tossed up out of the hole. And those were ETs.. 1006685[/snapback] Probably could have remanufactured labels for the dump scene, I've got a couple hundred Star Raiders that would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I'm not sure whether they are all ETs or not at the end, but they must of bought alot for the scene in the dump. Probably 100 or so they tossed up out of the hole. And those were ETs.. 1006685[/snapback] Probably could have remanufactured labels for the dump scene, I've got a couple hundred Star Raiders that would work. 1006754[/snapback] It would not be very difficult to come up with 100 E.T. carts. I probably have that many myself. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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