Uncovered spares containing what's been called as one of the most exceedingly awful computer game ever, turned out to be a significant product as an online closeout of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari cartridges netted over $108,000. About 900 copies of the notoriously horrendous computer game were sold on eBay, after an April 2014 exhuming in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
A story about the unearthing of the game, Atari: Game Over, made its debut in November 2014. From that point forward, the excavators, led by operational expert Joe Lewandowski, have sold duplicates of the buried treasure to gamers who are willing to own a bit of computer game history.
The most an E.T. cartridge sold for at closeout sale was at $1,535. According to the excavation expert Lewandowski, there are still approximately 297 copies at hand that are available for auction or sale. But at this point, the team has yet to decide on the future of the unearthed copies of the horrible Atari game.
He also said that they might just hold on to it for now until the second E.T. movie is released. The expert also confirmed that the movie producer of the game procured a total of 100 copies while 23 of them went to several museums and a total of 881 games were sold.
In addition, the company confirmed that the city of Alamogordo will get $65,000 from the deal while the Tularosa Basin Historical Society gets over $16,000. The rest of the cash went towards delivery expenses as purchasers in 45 states and 14 nations gathered up to buy duplicates of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
For a considerable length of time, it was reputed that Atari hid a huge number of computer game cartridges in New Mexico, and in spite of consistent denial by the computer game company, the 2014 unearthing demonstrated the myth is indeed genuine.
Other Atari games, (2600 in total), were also uncovered by Lewandowski. Some of the titles include Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, and were likewise sold at auction.