Dive summary:

• Canadian entertainment company Fuel has received permission to search the Alamogordo, N.M. landfill for truckloads of Atari games that might have been dropped off 30 years ago.
• Atari came out with a game to follow the movie E.T., the game was criticized in every aspect and many stores sent the games back to Atari.
• Records prove Atari did use the landfill around that time but it is unknown what exactly they dumped there. Fuel was able to contact former employees of the landfill, one of whom says he knows exactly where Atari dumped the goods.

From the article:

Now, a company has set out to unearth the truth behind the urban legend. Canadian entertainment company Fuel is currently attempting to excavate the landfill in order to find the terrible games.

According to TV news station KRQE, the city of Alamogordo has given Fuel approval to dig up the site. The entertainment company will get the chance to excavate the site over the next three months. Its stay at the site will cover the 30-year anniversary of the dumping.

KRQE reports that a former employee at the landfill may even know the exact spot of the cover up. Joe Lewandowski tells the station that he saw what Atari dumped and knows exactly where it happened. ...