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Reaper man
09-22-2008, 11:24 PM
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/reaper_man/ETCart.jpg
BOOYAH! XD
Umiliphus
09-22-2008, 11:27 PM
Big deal. Anybody who owns a shovel can get one of those.
Cornellius
09-23-2008, 01:13 AM
Anybody who owns a shovel can get one of those.

I HAVE ONE !!11 WHERE I CAN FIND GAME ??!!
hcs
09-23-2008, 04:07 AM
I HAVE ONE !!11 WHERE I CAN FIND GAME ??!!

I lease a shovel, is that sufficient?
Adremalech The Wroth
09-23-2008, 04:21 AM
that image makes me shiver.............
even satan is jealous of the evil contained therein.
Reaper man
09-23-2008, 04:51 AM
I just find it awesome that I have in possession a cartridge that had the power to completely fuck over an entire industry. If not for Nintendo coming to save the day, who knows what gaming would be like today. That is, if there would be any gaming. o.o;
Umiliphus
09-23-2008, 07:40 AM
Watch me miss the point again!
Well, that was mainly a problem for console games. As far as I am aware, arcades were not heavily affected. And other people besides Nintendo continued producing consoles, just with a visible lack of imagination in their approach to game design. Maybe there would be more, cheaper personal computers sooner, which I don't like to think about because I've seen the sort of games people used to play on those. Even the ones I liked then I'm largely indifferent toward now.
The 9th Sage
09-23-2008, 04:59 PM
I want one of those as well. It's strange how so many of the carts apparently really ARE buried in the Nevada Desert somewhere.
AkaneJones
09-23-2008, 07:42 PM
Odd my sister own a copy of that, she got it with the second Atari she had to buy because they wouldn't sell the adapters separate. Piece of junk though I don't know much point in owning the worst game in history. However if you want a collection of worst games you'll need Bebe's Kids for the NES next. I wonder if there's a document list of worst games for systems including US, Japan, & Euro releases. Of course if we included China there would be quite a few pirate carts in there.
Cornellius
09-23-2008, 07:52 PM
I lease a shovel, is that sufficient?

CAN U DIG THE HOLE FOR MEE ? I DON T KNOW HOWW o_O !
SivakDrac
11-23-2008, 05:03 PM
A must have for Atari collectors.
The 9th Sage
11-23-2008, 05:07 PM
You forgot the other essential for digging up an ET cartridge...air fare to Texas, assuming you don't already live there.
Isildur
11-24-2008, 04:19 AM
Big deal. Anybody who owns a shovel can get one of those.

So that's what that shovel in LttP was good for, besides the flute.


Edit: actually now that I think about it, I think there was also a Piece of Heart, but that and the flute are all I remember the shovel being good for, which pissed me off, since that "You got a shovel! Dig around-- you never know what you'll find!" message got me digging all over the place in vain. =P
hcs
11-24-2008, 03:02 PM
HOW I MINE (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=155) FOR ET
Ped
11-29-2008, 01:23 AM
Some things are classics forever, hold your head high
eSPy
12-31-2008, 07:49 AM
yea..i remember finding that thing when i bought an old atari at a garage sale. only realized a while later what a big deal it was to the industry. but my god was that a bad game!
strizzuth
01-01-2009, 10:10 PM
1) E.T. is dirt common. (http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=24035) Even Super Mario Bros. 3 is less common. (http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=6064)

2) The carts that were buried were destroyed first and a concrete slab was poured on top of them. (http://www.snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp)

I live to destroy your dreams.
Richter X
01-02-2009, 05:21 AM
That's nothing, I scored Chrono Trigger, Illusion of Gaia, and Secret of Evermore from the local Goodwill for $2.99 each! Beat that! XD
Isildur
01-02-2009, 07:42 AM
1) E.T. is dirt common. (http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=24035) Even Super Mario Bros. 3 is less common. (http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=6064)

2) The carts that were buried were destroyed first and a concrete slab was poured on top of them. (http://www.snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp)

I live to destroy your dreams.

Uh, who said it was rare?

That's nothing, I scored Chrono Trigger, Illusion of Gaia, and Secret of Evermore from the local Goodwill for $2.99 each! Beat that! XD

Whoah, nice! I think I paid something like sixty-five for CT alone, several years ago.
Adremalech The Wroth
01-02-2009, 09:53 AM
That's nothing, I scored Chrono Trigger, Illusion of Gaia, and Secret of Evermore from the local Goodwill for $2.99 each! Beat that! XD



note to self :kill richter >.>
The 9th Sage
01-02-2009, 05:20 PM
note to self :kill richter >.>

And steal his games?
Cornellius
01-02-2009, 10:34 PM
That's nothing, I scored Chrono Trigger, Illusion of Gaia, and Secret of Evermore from the local Goodwill for $2.99 each! Beat that! XD

I got Final Fantasy VI, Super Metroid, Chrono Trigger 5 years ago, all for the Super Nintendo, for 50 $
I got Illusion of Gaļa in exchange of some Magic The Gathering cards with one of my friend.
I also found Zelda - Ocarina Of Time - Master Quest for the GameCube, 2 years ago, for 40 $

I've seen Secret Of Mana once, but I did not buy it. Never seen Secret Of Evermore.