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In 1983, Atari got ridof all the unsold copies of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", one of the...

In 1983, Atari got rid
of all the unsold copies of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", one of the biggest commercial
failures in video gaming, by dumping them
in a landfill

Full Transcript

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In 1983, Atari got rid of all the unsold copies
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of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial",
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one of the biggest commercial failures in video gaming,
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by dumping them in a landfill.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:25:09
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
Production
N/A

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