The National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian, has added a vintage copy of the Atari 2600 video game E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to its collection. This particular game is meant to fill a void in the museum’s collection, namely the unrepresented dark days of the 1980s when the United State video game industry crashed. This Atari game didn’t come from an old collection, though. Rather, it’s an example of the truism that one person’s trash is another’s treasure. This game cartridge was unearthed at a New Mexican landfill.
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The Strange Resurrection of Atari's Long-Buried E.T.
Posted by: Peter Suciu January 2, 2015 09:27 AMThe National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian, has added a vintage copy of the Atari 2600 video game E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to its collection. This particular game is meant to fill a void in the museum’s collection, namely the unrepresented dark days of the 1980s when the United State video game industry crashed. This Atari game didn’t come from an old collection, though. Rather, it’s an example of the truism that one person’s trash is another’s treasure. This game cartridge was unearthed at a New Mexican landfill.