Atari wouldn't bury their E.T. cartridges, they would recycle them the same way Nintendo did to the RadarScope arcades. See Little Miss Gamer's video titled "Bad Game".
because of this shit Atari, Intellivision, and the Colecovision suffered from the video game crash. They just HAD to buy the rights to make a game. Otherwise Atari would have dominated the market even when the NES would have come out (probably not).
I did a short speech in my college about the development of video games, along with some brief history. And I bet you already know, but this game was soooooooo horrible that they buried the last of them out somewhere in the Arizona desert.
Well the creator of this game thought he did a pretty good job with the time limit on his shoulders, but he used 5/6 weeks he had, he should have taken the extra week, maybe the game would have been a little less crappy.
if the title screen isnt the best part of the game then i dont know what is! just look at it! what kind of person would even think that a game like ET would be a hit? even if there was a modern version of ET the game who would want to play it? the first problem is who would want to play a game based on ET i mean its not like he can kill anyone or move more than two metres in two minites!
you should do jurassic park for snes, i always liked it as a kid, but the damn raptors got me when i tried using my tesla gun or whatever it. do it maneeee
Give Et a chance. you guys never played it , you dont know how to play it, the creator had a limited amount of time to make it before christmas. blame his bosses for giving him only a few weeks to make this.ONE TIP: dont hold in the button to float. read a manual and make sure youre off the pit. I never played it but I like it. THERE ARE WORSE GAMES THAN THIS OK SO DONT JUST SAY IT SUCKS. HE MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT SUCKS
Wow, imagine being locked in a room with some food rations, a water fountain, and an old RCA console TV with this game...and then being forced to play it for 2 weeks without stop, from the time you wake up until the time you slept. Horrible programming, and it's a god awful piece of shit!
Looking on Wikipedia alone, Seanbaby (EGM) and Michael Dolan (FHM) don't like this game; neither does whoever reviewed it for X-Play and PC World. It is likely that much of the "10-20 semi-trailer truckloads" of Atari stuff buried in the Alamogordo landfill by Atari was unsold ET cartridges, and a simple Google search for 'E.T. "worst game"' throws up about 569,000 hits (though I haven't counted which were relevant.)
I guess those people that also didn't like the game sucked at it, too...
Well don't put words in my comment for me. Nonetheless I was about 100 times better at this game when I was 4 than this boring douche reviewing it. He can't even jump out of the pit FFS.
This was the only atari game I got for Christmas one year. I didn't want to disappoint my parents by telling them that it was not good, so I played the shit out of this game for months and took it like a man. This was the first overhyped video game in history. It was a really big deal, and them a big letdown.
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The fact that you were reviewing the most hated game in existence piqued my curiosity and I spent all that time waiting for an outburst that, sadly, never came. AVGN and Fatmann pwn you in terms of ranting.
I pretty much stated right off the bat that there wasn't much to say about the game, let alone anything to get mad at. See spoony's page for another review of the game.
it had six weeks to be made, they only used 5 of those 6. they had to have it out by christmas of the year it was released (cant remember the year) most atari games had 3 to 4 months to make it, so its not just the creators fualts, they tried there best, if they had a longer time, it may have been better, most people dont like the game because they dont know how to beat the game.
This game nearly made video games a dead fad. Copies of it are in a New Mexican landfill and it is no wonder why Japan now reigns supreme in the video game industry.
ok look people, i could make an Atari game right the fuck now, ok you know, custers revenge was not a real type of game, it was like A PEICE OF SHIT, LIKE THE ET GAME!!!!
Wow, this game is bad. It's like an insult to the movie ...
I don't really think this is the type of game that you could make a video game to, but I think it could be done if someone really tried hard to make it happen. (Which I'd love to see.)
But, obviously, the developer didn't try hard at all.
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The game isn't that atrocious - it is just that it has been tagged as such because they couldn't sell all the carts. Custer's Revenge is far worse than E.T.
Custer's Revenge is worse, but not by much. Custer's Revenge is about raping a Native American woman, and is not only a really shitty game, but has an extremely offensive storyline.
Yes, the game is bad. But the developers were given about 1/3 of the time it takes to make a game back then, top try and get it out before the Christmas Season. So they had no time to make it decent.
This game may have some features that you could call inovative, but for God's sake it sucks. Believe it or not I actually spent time trying to get good at it when I broke my leg in middle school. This game makes me go "GAH!!!".
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ET rocks. I owned and loved this game when I was a kid. I'd put it in the top 10 Atari games ever made. 1. Joust 2. Yars' Revenge 3. Defender 4. Asteroids 5. ET 6. Missile Command 7. Robotron 2000 8. Mario Bros 9. Dig Dug 10. Pong
This game was revolutionary. It was the 1st game with an ending. One of the first games with a title screen. it introduced the concept of optional side-quests (IE: finding the flower) And it made better use of the of a single action button than most other games to date.
Its nice you like the game and all. But don't act so surprised by the people that hate it. I mean you can like what you like but I played and owned the game too. It wasn't as good as you are making it out to be in my opinion. But to each their own. Its a crappy game and always will be to me. *shrugs* Some just like to go against the crowd on purpose. I guess this is one of those people. Probably thinks Leonard Part 6 was great for Cosby's career too.
You talk like a true "reviewer", but it's quite obvious that you don't know how to play this game at all. In fact: you completely suck at this game. Check out the YouTube 'Give E.T. a Chance' movie if you dare and try to learn from it, Mr. Category 3 Type.
i played this game as a child at a friends house and i never understood it. now i realize that it just sucked. i can remember thinking to myself " that's it ? "
thank you, my self esteem just increased knowing it wasn't me it was the sucky game.
This game is on the same level as dragons lair for NES. DO NOT PLAY!!!
DeadAsDisco666 1 week ago
I remember playing this on my Colicovision with an Atari adapter. I eventually got frustraited and played a different game.
thunderstudent 1 month ago
E.T. : Epic Disaster
XxhadoukenxX 3 months ago
so annoying
Keoni3535 4 months ago
what was the game for atari where you launch people off of see-saw like instruments, into the air? i remember cracking up at that when i was like 8.
thatbastardson 5 months ago
how long did it take them to make this game? 15 minutes?
askmiller 6 months ago
This should be Called "ET the extra disaster"
MarioIsaGreen 6 months ago
i think i found that at software seconds
2zporygon 8 months ago
wow they can use this game as a form of torture
william112004 1 year ago
Best part is 6:20
Motorbroetchen 1 year ago
I almost fell asleep just watching the review. No joke.
dhay03 1 year ago
this game is why et wanted to go home
joealtair3000 1 year ago 2
You missed the sound of him sliding
KampferXeon 1 year ago
Man! I'm glad this game came out before my time, this game sucks!
KingPat190053 1 year ago
I honestly wouldn't give this game to my dog to chew on.
LadySakure 1 year ago
Did the Irate Gamer ask you for your scripts? ;)
Doyledeth 1 year ago
@Doyledeth Probably.
NeverContactMe 1 year ago
1:16 The 'E' looks like a cake from portal.
Pixelrelated 1 year ago
this game.........is what makes the creators of the movie E.T cry at night and cut themselves...LOL
SUPERspark64ify 1 year ago
arent you supposed to make the phone and use the radar.
manuntd2009 1 year ago
Extra tessical!
Tomsthumb 1 year ago
... good God.. Playing a poorly emulated version of a twenty-five year old software title..
wow..
Dweller777 1 year ago
oh my gosh,,, watching the game alone bores me to death,argh!!
misao1414 1 year ago
Atari wouldn't bury their E.T. cartridges, they would recycle them the same way Nintendo did to the RadarScope arcades. See Little Miss Gamer's video titled "Bad Game".
MHMemeDoubleYourFun 1 year ago
if you take the long neck off its a turtle :)
i find this game very fun and cool when you get the hang of it.
CaliYoungGun1991 1 year ago
lol you can see it!!
soulscraper7 1 year ago
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superepicawesomeness 1 year ago
I would rather be raped by Mike Tyson than play this shitty game
gopconservative78 1 year ago
Yeh I am glad I never played this game when I was a kid.
ronmower 2 years ago
4:40
omg its a face :)
superepicawesomeness 2 years ago
New Gamers this is the LEGENDARY WORST game in history there no game that can beat this game for the worst game award.
snkfiend 2 years ago
@snkfiend action 52
sonicrulz101 2 years ago
@snkfiend
i have it
theRAGINFmoviecritic 1 year ago
I think E.T is a pretty cool guy. Eh falls into pits and doesnt afraid of anything.
ZeNoodle 2 years ago
man, this is fucking hilarious!
subdb9man 2 years ago
I READ that too!!! The developer still defends this piece of shit to this day!
i1der88 2 years ago
When your floating up to get out of a pit, it's the most amusing part of the game. It looks like an invisible monster is trying to tear his head off!
Retro1Gamer 2 years ago
lol this game is weird...
i.t. looks hidious in this game!!!!
skullkidzzz 2 years ago
E.T's Pit Fall Adventure :)
HandyManny00Lobos 2 years ago 2
I know this sounds crazy, but ur games. I would play E.T. and Wizard of Oz.
HinatalovesNauto 2 years ago
lol glad I never came across this when I was a kid.
ronmower 2 years ago 3
this was the single game that almost killed the genre and american videogaming as we know it
zokamaru 2 years ago 2
i like it its got a specal charm lol
ricmoz 2 years ago
the best part of this game is when you turn it off lol
delbomb3131 2 years ago 17
no when it breaks down due strange anger,hammer related accidents
it202020 2 years ago 3
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1993Kittens 7 months ago
because of this shit Atari, Intellivision, and the Colecovision suffered from the video game crash. They just HAD to buy the rights to make a game. Otherwise Atari would have dominated the market even when the NES would have come out (probably not).
TomCJG 2 years ago
it was this and the 2600 version of Pacman
sparks158 2 years ago
i forgot about pacman. thanks
TomCJG 2 years ago
ahahaha u can see E.T.'s dick lmaooo
very epic!!
soberjazzkid 2 years ago 2
'PITFALL'
AHAHAHAHAHA
EPIC!
pongoalejo 3 years ago
lol You can see E.T.'s dick.
RetardStudios3 3 years ago 8
Holy shit i bought this game when i was 6 and it fucking suxk
Fighter129000 3 years ago 3
hahahahahaha wheres waldo comes walks over a pit and reives you
winkster9795 3 years ago 3
I've played this game before its horrible. It's so god damn boring. There is no point to the game you just fall in pits.
CannibalMortician 3 years ago
I did a short speech in my college about the development of video games, along with some brief history. And I bet you already know, but this game was soooooooo horrible that they buried the last of them out somewhere in the Arizona desert.
CaptStormwind 3 years ago
SHUT....
....UP!!!!
BodhisattvaWade 3 years ago
Well the creator of this game thought he did a pretty good job with the time limit on his shoulders, but he used 5/6 weeks he had, he should have taken the extra week, maybe the game would have been a little less crappy.
DrGnockerz 3 years ago
Lol that guys a pain in the ass he steals your recess pieces HAHA i cracked up
33isbeast 3 years ago
It's "Reese's Pieces".
plopsack 3 years ago
does it really matter???
33isbeast 3 years ago
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No, it just shows that you're a retard.
plopsack 3 years ago
um it shows that your a fucking dumass...oh yea im sorry DUMBASS
33isbeast 3 years ago
It's "you're", not "your". Dumbass.
plopsack 3 years ago
You are supposed to say, it's 'you're,' not "you're" dumbass
33isbeast 3 years ago
i love these creators.... they AMUSE me with all those crappy ass games they make and i just crack up!!
z4ng3tsu1ch1g0 3 years ago
the kid is so colorful compared to the whole game lmao
boneNiGUH3134 3 years ago 2
if the title screen isnt the best part of the game then i dont know what is! just look at it! what kind of person would even think that a game like ET would be a hit? even if there was a modern version of ET the game who would want to play it? the first problem is who would want to play a game based on ET i mean its not like he can kill anyone or move more than two metres in two minites!
chuffedcrony 3 years ago
This game is about as fun as trying to cut down an oak tree with a toothbrush.
AltairGaming 3 years ago 3
Fun, fun, fun!
MuffinBakersGrimm 3 years ago
hahahaha what a pile of shit
SuperDayv 3 years ago
you should do jurassic park for snes, i always liked it as a kid, but the damn raptors got me when i tried using my tesla gun or whatever it. do it maneeee
punkolah 3 years ago
this game is 10x funner than Mario64
CocoaShunter 3 years ago 4
I'm gonna assume that was sarcasm, Cocoa, and say "lololol".
Mbash93 3 years ago
its zoidberg from futurama!
tsu921 3 years ago
So THIS was the game that caused the crash of '83....
ultramegaunknown 3 years ago 4
OMG THIS GAME RULEZ!!!!!!
GoWeegee 3 years ago
THIS GAME SUCKS!
kinziechem 3 years ago
I can barely watch this review because this game is so fucking BAD!!
SevantofSith 3 years ago
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Why does E.T. have a penis?
TheTallBeverage 3 years ago 2
Why does this game SUCK penis???
ialsoRAPEemos 3 years ago
because it does. it blows.
TheTallBeverage 3 years ago
They dumped loads and loads of these games, as well as systems back in the '80s
That's the amount of suckage it caused
Kind of depressing
ialsoRAPEemos 3 years ago
wat do you mean why? he spent over 6 minites explaining why!
chuffedcrony 3 years ago
I didn't mean it like that
I meant, why did the company MAKE the game suck balls???
ialsoRAPEemos 3 years ago
ok sorry
chuffedcrony 3 years ago
No biggie
ialsoRAPEemos 3 years ago
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Give Et a chance. you guys never played it , you dont know how to play it, the creator had a limited amount of time to make it before christmas. blame his bosses for giving him only a few weeks to make this.ONE TIP: dont hold in the button to float. read a manual and make sure youre off the pit. I never played it but I like it. THERE ARE WORSE GAMES THAN THIS OK SO DONT JUST SAY IT SUCKS. HE MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT SUCKS
Nihilusion 3 years ago
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what a digital dummy
pepsiplunge316 3 years ago
This game is an insult to the creators of the film! It looks as if it was deliberately designed to piss off anyone playing it.
CoolDudeClem 3 years ago 17
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Wow, imagine being locked in a room with some food rations, a water fountain, and an old RCA console TV with this game...and then being forced to play it for 2 weeks without stop, from the time you wake up until the time you slept. Horrible programming, and it's a god awful piece of shit!
ricsim78 3 years ago 3
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in the game you find parts of ur ship to go home, but the FBI lookin guys will rape you if dey find u
superbad8008 3 years ago
wow, i really thought id already seen the worst game ever..... i was very wrong lol
Rilyn666 3 years ago
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You dont like this game only because you obviously suck at it. Learn how to jump out of the pit gomer.
ET...
rleslievideo 3 years ago
Looking on Wikipedia alone, Seanbaby (EGM) and Michael Dolan (FHM) don't like this game; neither does whoever reviewed it for X-Play and PC World. It is likely that much of the "10-20 semi-trailer truckloads" of Atari stuff buried in the Alamogordo landfill by Atari was unsold ET cartridges, and a simple Google search for 'E.T. "worst game"' throws up about 569,000 hits (though I haven't counted which were relevant.)
I guess those people that also didn't like the game sucked at it, too...
MattWindsor91 3 years ago 4
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Wait, are you actually defending this game?
You can't be serious dude. You basically admitted that you have played this game and mastered it. Holy crap...
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PhanatixDDH 3 years ago
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Well don't put words in my comment for me. Nonetheless I was about 100 times better at this game when I was 4 than this boring douche reviewing it. He can't even jump out of the pit FFS.
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he was playing a rom and no matter what u do this game sucks
dominicandx 3 years ago
if it didnt suck then gamevision wouldve been outa buisness for a long time! LOL
ExaveFett 3 years ago
u have got to find all the bits of e.ts phone so he can call his spaceship
fatmike1993 3 years ago
what are the nymbers at the bottom ?
UndergroundRebelArmy 3 years ago
well it was made in 1982 :P
but it does look kind of crap though :l
RoozzCreation 3 years ago
This was the only atari game I got for Christmas one year. I didn't want to disappoint my parents by telling them that it was not good, so I played the shit out of this game for months and took it like a man. This was the first overhyped video game in history. It was a really big deal, and them a big letdown.
franzyland 3 years ago 15
You dealt with it like a man. A true hero.
scuzzyneighbour 3 years ago 5
/shoulderclap
Controlguzz 3 years ago
Thunderclap! XD shit game dude...how do you resist it?
glitch509 3 years ago
im prouda u man
ExaveFett 3 years ago
For you to live and tell the tale is just astonishing.
outlaw2747 2 years ago 5
oh no i suggest atari 2600 raiders of the lost ark...
and u must play superman for the atari 2600 as well
ultratech5 3 years ago
To quote Dennis Hopper from WATERWORLD, lol...
"It DOES look like shit...(!)"
greytale 3 years ago 2
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I do believe they should call you the "boringly pacisfisctic video game nerd". By and large the least entertaining angry review I've ever seen.
valhallaawaitsme 3 years ago
If only there were a way to not watch the video... oh, wait...
Sick0Fant 3 years ago
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The fact that you were reviewing the most hated game in existence piqued my curiosity and I spent all that time waiting for an outburst that, sadly, never came. AVGN and Fatmann pwn you in terms of ranting.
valhallaawaitsme 3 years ago
I pretty much stated right off the bat that there wasn't much to say about the game, let alone anything to get mad at. See spoony's page for another review of the game.
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How long did that game take to finish?
douglasaxbm 3 years ago
it had six weeks to be made, they only used 5 of those 6. they had to have it out by christmas of the year it was released (cant remember the year) most atari games had 3 to 4 months to make it, so its not just the creators fualts, they tried there best, if they had a longer time, it may have been better, most people dont like the game because they dont know how to beat the game.
HansGr0sse 3 years ago
believe it or not 3 fucking weeks
boneNiGUH3134 3 years ago
when are u going to review some more games
RALLEN197 3 years ago
I like your reviews sick0fant, don't listen to this douche.
SGTAVideos 3 years ago 4
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Oh, shut it, would you? People like you give James Rolfe's fans a bad name.
Shadoboy 3 years ago
This game nearly made video games a dead fad. Copies of it are in a New Mexican landfill and it is no wonder why Japan now reigns supreme in the video game industry.
TheCanadianPrairies 3 years ago 3
At least Steven Spielberg got $20 million dollars from the making of this game.
TheCanadianPrairies 3 years ago
ok look people, i could make an Atari game right the fuck now, ok you know, custers revenge was not a real type of game, it was like A PEICE OF SHIT, LIKE THE ET GAME!!!!
HansGr0sse 3 years ago
Wow, this game is bad. It's like an insult to the movie ...
I don't really think this is the type of game that you could make a video game to, but I think it could be done if someone really tried hard to make it happen. (Which I'd love to see.)
But, obviously, the developer didn't try hard at all.
LiLBrklynBrat 3 years ago 4
yeah they made this game in 5 WEEKS!!!
yeah i know! and it was supossed to be a good game, but they fucked it up!!!
HansGr0sse 3 years ago
this game isnt just an insult to games, its an insult to all life
chris20855 3 years ago
yeah your right!
HansGr0sse 3 years ago
they really named this game
"ET countlessly falls into holes while collecting reeses pieces"
but the title didn't quite fit...
xXwhitexshadowXx 3 years ago
Any wrestling fan would realize that the videos length is : 619
mfighter96 3 years ago
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You'd rather play Russian Roulette by yourself? That requires six people...you trying to kill yourself???
barber747 4 years ago
pillars of evil have landed, pray to Yesus Messiah
bccanada2005 4 years ago
Okay, just remember... This game's unsold carts were SMASHED and BURIED in a Landfill...
DarthMorbius1977 4 years ago 3
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The game isn't that atrocious - it is just that it has been tagged as such because they couldn't sell all the carts. Custer's Revenge is far worse than E.T.
FurryRoo 4 years ago
Seriously how could it possibly be any worse!
munk109 3 years ago
Custer's Revenge is worse, but not by much. Custer's Revenge is about raping a Native American woman, and is not only a really shitty game, but has an extremely offensive storyline.
thesithwithashotgun 3 years ago
custers revenge was a rascist peice of shit! but this game was a complete faggot game because they didnt take there time.
HansGr0sse 3 years ago 2
Yes, the game is bad. But the developers were given about 1/3 of the time it takes to make a game back then, top try and get it out before the Christmas Season. So they had no time to make it decent.
jdb2002 4 years ago
That game sucked my balls so hard they fell off!!!
ragemaster6 4 years ago
Fu<K that game (if u can call it that) sucks
Bragg1982 4 years ago
How can the creator say the game was good when many people are blaming it for almost killing the video game industry?
bloodguzzler 4 years ago
This game may have some features that you could call inovative, but for God's sake it sucks. Believe it or not I actually spent time trying to get good at it when I broke my leg in middle school. This game makes me go "GAH!!!".
keldog09 4 years ago
this is sure HD game
drunkbear2000 4 years ago
this game must suck for you
geniepowerz 4 years ago
id like to review stuff!!do i get the job????
homestarbot 4 years ago
YOUR HELL FUNNY!!!!!
wadupjb357 4 years ago
Check out the E.T. movies of Thelegend2600 to get a far better look on this game.
olafpieters 4 years ago
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balletman 4 years ago
you kidding me right
mattpalm11111 4 years ago
Although I placed E.T. at #5 on my top 10 Atari 2600 games list, it was actually the #8 highest selling Atari 2600 cartridge of all time.
balletman 4 years ago
oh yeah whatever man this game sucks
badboywrestling 4 years ago
This game was revolutionary. It was the 1st game with an ending. One of the first games with a title screen. it introduced the concept of optional side-quests (IE: finding the flower) And it made better use of the of a single action button than most other games to date.
balletman 4 years ago
That's all true. It also sucked, though. Simpler games like Pong or Asteroids were a lot more fun than this.
Sick0Fant 4 years ago
Its nice you like the game and all. But don't act so surprised by the people that hate it. I mean you can like what you like but I played and owned the game too. It wasn't as good as you are making it out to be in my opinion. But to each their own. Its a crappy game and always will be to me. *shrugs* Some just like to go against the crowd on purpose. I guess this is one of those people. Probably thinks Leonard Part 6 was great for Cosby's career too.
RogersRoyal 4 years ago
I can't believe you're bashing in Leonard Part 6 now! That movie is a classic!
balletman 4 years ago
You talk like a true "reviewer", but it's quite obvious that you don't know how to play this game at all. In fact: you completely suck at this game. Check out the YouTube 'Give E.T. a Chance' movie if you dare and try to learn from it, Mr. Category 3 Type.
olafpieters 4 years ago
To say that this game is worth playing is equivalent to saying that the earth is flat.
Sick0Fant 4 years ago
That or the HIV virus is good for you.
tyvb 4 years ago
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Or that being gay is okay.
Tesmy4 4 years ago
lulz
tyvb 4 years ago
lmao omg dude ur hilarious
XxhadoukenxX 4 years ago 2
e.t.
extra.terrible.
goldskarr 4 years ago 4
i played this game as a child at a friends house and i never understood it. now i realize that it just sucked. i can remember thinking to myself " that's it ? "
thank you, my self esteem just increased knowing it wasn't me it was the sucky game.
amorphous829 4 years ago 2
i have this game piece of shit 2 fucking copys of it
rock11706 4 years ago
nice
canicallutownsie 4 years ago
i want that game its looks cool
icebeer5 4 years ago
wow you crazy lol no offece but that crazy.
chase841 4 years ago
are you kidding me et is one of the worst games on the atari 2600
rock11706 4 years ago
I know you're considering quitting, and I accept that, but it's great to have this from you. You'll always be one of my favorites.
MarshalltheIrish 4 years ago
Perfect review! u saved me time N money :D
crazytapia 4 years ago
excellent review sick0fant
locoanno123 4 years ago
That has to be one of the worst games ever made, but I know an game on the Atari 2600 that's just as bad. Peek-A-Boo.
cheetahmen92 4 years ago
E.T the extra Testicle
scullyy 4 years ago
yep the game is a piece of shit
rock11706 4 years ago