{"id":292758,"date":"2024-12-08T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T20:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=345296"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:39:23","slug":"the-e-t-game-for-atari-is-one-of-the-worst-video-games-in-history-but-its-not-even-the-worst-e-t-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-e-t-game-for-atari-is-one-of-the-worst-video-games-in-history-but-its-not-even-the-worst-e-t-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The E.T. game for Atari is one of the worst video games in history\u2026 but it’s not even the worst E.T. video game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By now, we should all know that the decline of Atari and the first major video game crisis was caused by a combination of problems (including uncontrolled growth and reckless spending) that, to summarize, were exemplified in a single cartridge: E.T., a video game that was such a failure that, along with other unsold titles, ended up being buried in the New Mexico desert<\/strong>. 1982 and Steven Spielberg’s extraterrestrial became part of the industry’s dark legend… And yet, in the long run, it wasn’t even the worst game that adapted that movie.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In fact, some say that the big problem with Atari’s E.T. is trying to play it without reading the instruction manual. Once read and understood, it’s not that it’s good, but at least it’s playable and makes some sense.<\/strong> And we tend to forget it amidst the laughter and pop pointing, but initially, it was a success and sold more than a million units. Not bad for a game that was made in just a month (perhaps the fastest-made mainstream title in history) and that could have been a simple remake of Pac-Man, as Spielberg wanted, but it tried to go further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final outcome is more or less known to everyone: the video game industry experienced its biggest crisis to date, and all the consoles that tried to compete at that time (Intellivision, Colecovision, Atari 5200) couldn’t recover. For a year, until the release of the NES, the industry was considered a risk for anyone who wanted to invest in it.<\/strong> And over the years, who was put in the crosshairs? Indeed: E.T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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