Dive Brief:
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A new documentary film project will begin with an episode which covers the excavation of a landfill site where millions of copies of an Atari 2600 E.T. game were disposed after the product failed with consumers.
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The landfill site, located in Alamogordo, New Mexico was long-rumored to contain the notoriously bad 'E.T. The Extra Terrestrial' video game, originally released in 1982.
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The documentary will feature the start and demise of Atari itself, and feature the excavation, which is scheduled to begin filming on location in January.
Dive Insight:
Upon its initial release, the reception of the E.T. game was so poor that Atari sent millions of unsold games to the landfill.