E.T. Christmas Commercial

[frycook48]

Atari's owned by the grinch, this was ow he ruined Christmas. Man, I'm glad I wasn't born then...

[MegaOrwell1984]

The part they don't show you is when ET goes all Angry Video Game Nerd on the game. THAT would be priceless to see.

[AandR1408]

What a deceiving commercial.

[DTWX]

0:30

OMG, It's The DEVIL!!!

[newkillergenius]

And all of a sudden.....

VIDEO GAME CRASH

[icedragonSg]

man those kids must've been really misbehaved to get such a gift.

[szaby33]

Somebody could make a movie about the making of this game...

[AntiVenom36]

You think E.T. disguising himself as Santa Claus during Christmas Eve so he will come to Earth for the holidays without the cops or his nemesis, Keys finding out that he returned for the holidays.

[rwatt5931]

The worst game ever made. Thank you Atari for giving thousands of kids a crummy Christmas. Oh yeah its hard to find that game because Atari put most of the ET games in a landfill.

[trevgauntlet]

What the hell, there's no bonus footage of the video? Lol jk jk

[jdb2002]

Just in time for Christmas...which is why it sucked. Warshaw got 9 months to make a game, and started a trend of movie games being pushed out the door before they're ready for retail.

[jdb2002]

Just in time for Christmas...which is why it sucked. Warshaw got 9 months to make a game, and started a trend of movie games being pushed out the door before they're ready for retail.

[BurnRoddy]

Happy Holidays...We now proceed to fire thousands of innocent employees from the company all over the country on christmass eve, rob all the money that's left that would otherwise help this innocent employees we fired without explanation, and call our lawyers and declare bankrupcy because the underdevelloped uncreative uninspired plain garbage we dared to call games and the false advertisment we tried to hook you with but FAILED...from Atari.

[SparkzMusic]

1 of the best xmas videos ever....makes xmas feel magical, exciting and that 1 time of year that familys are bought together..... shame about the game though

[mitalca35]

Yeah. E.T. for Atari 2600 - you're better off getting a lump of coal in your stocking!

[JesConJ0K3R]

Those graphics wer so much better than Battlefield 3

[kamivideos343]

What a crappy christmas that was lol

[2kbriannalia]

E.T got his own vidio game??? He must be vain!

[jambogb]

The graphic is AWESOME!

[JReed1985]

What a shitty Christmas that would of been if I got that game, luckily I was born in 1985.

[chrishiramayori]

if me i want earthbound, chrono trigger or something great game in SNES OR PS2

[hardmanjack15003]

man that kid was bad that year

[satopra]

When I saw E.T walk across the room in that santa outfit I wanted smile just on the way he moved :)

then at 0:30 I was like: O_O

[egyptiankingtj]

@satopra me too :P

[sonicboommaxed97]

00:30 The gates of hell opening.

[Bluberry423]

aawww I want to see E.T. at Christmas time!!!

[MrLuismegaX]

i got the game in hands

[ReligiousHero]

@MrLuismegaX I feel so sorry for you

[JoseTwitterFan]

5 people passed out at the sight of it!!!

[SuperGamesLegend]

"What a wonderful commercial"....."O.K. Bob,,dump another 100,000 cartridges in this hole here"

[PhilipLevesque]

Midget Santa!

[timburg42]

at of all the games on the atari 2600,they had to choose THIS ONE for the atari Christmas commercial!!

[BlazingAndyFilms]

THANK GOD for this game to make nintendo and sega rise from the ashes

[96gamerdude]

Just what every kid wants for Christmas. THE WORST GAME EVER!!!!! is basically the equivalent of coal.

[RockBand971]

Later at the morning...

Boy: Dad, What the fuck is this!?

[1234yersiman]

What did that poor kid deserve?

[muetter]

The only thing less believable than ET being Santa Clause is that anyone would actually play that game for more than 10 secs

[genesislordofdarknes]

Most children that received this for christmas ended up dying of sadness.

[Frontboarder101]

the commercials for this game must have cost more to make then the game itself

[YodatheJedi12]

I wish I saw this on TV, but I wasn't even born then..

[Halo3kixass]

Haha et the little pimp wanders in the house in the middle of the night after a night of drinks stars playing a shitty game lool

[Gamervision1]

even the commercial sucks

[Snufflebub]

As if et wasn't creepy enough. Now he comes into ur house at night!

[ratonmickey83]

Shitty game, but sweet commercial :)

[dragoncommander92]

OMG E.T. is evil, he wanted to conquer the earth while we were distracted playing a shitty game

[NintendoGuy128]

The video game that helps E.T. get home... from this CRAPTACULAR SHITFEST OF A GAME!!! D:<

[Erickson1999]

Thats Damntastic!

[darockstardude]

what kind of mean parent buys this for their kids?

[PranksAreUs83]

This game is Better than Xbox 360, WII, and PS3

[thenintendogamer]

@PranksAreUs83 You're dumb.

[PranksAreUs83]

@thenintendogamer little boy. have u heard of a term called SARCAISM?

[thenintendogamer]

@PranksAreUs83 No! :P I was jk.

[PranksAreUs83]

@thenintendogamer oh lol

[partygirl209]

can i play this on my Wii?!?!?

[FinalFantasySquare]

ET is going to hell for his lack of faith in Lord jesus christ.

[Yoda2245]

This is better than the actual game!

[whattheheck1000]

And no, I'm not an Xbox techno-chauvinist. There were many good games - even today - on the Atari including Pitfall, Combat, etc.

[whattheheck1000]

Maybe this game wasn't so bad - in 1982. In 2010 it blows serious crap!

[rooo1o]

@whattheheck1000 oh it sucked alright. people even sent their copies back because it sucked so badly. the problem was, normal Atari 2600 games took 3-4 months to develop, for 300k copies. this game, however, had a deadline for 6 weeks, for 5M copies. after all the angry people and the world hating Atari, they decided to bury the remaining copies in a desert in New Mexico. that's how bad the game sucked back then.

[whattheheck1000]

@rooo1o I could understand - who wants a game where you fall down holes all the time and can't get out easily?

[Patrick19833]

@whattheheck1000 No, it was bad in 1982 too. People hated this game back then too.

[Cpmyppproductions]

Happy Holidays from Atari.

More like "Fuck you from Atari"

[mortalkombatfan96]

no dont fuck atari fuck E.T

[DrNo0Entertainment1]

E.T robs kids

[ECW2006]

E.T. Video Game: Great on paper, crap on the Atari!

[pokelegos]

@ECW2006 More like great commercial, very, very crappy game.

[chrisz71]

Apparently a lot of people were naughty back then if this game was so popular!

[Tito1701]

This commercial used to freak me out as a kid. Hey is that Santa down there? NO! it's an alien! The game sucked balls too! I think i still have it too! Somewhere in my basement or somewhere!

[chrisz71]

@Tito1701 My dog would have either freaked out or ripped the alien up if he saw a door open like that, and then a little midget thing waddle through the house. That dog was so nonchalant about it.

[dingolucky123]

The kids later find ET dead with his writs slit after playing the game LOL

[SuigaRou]

@dingolucky123 Hahahaha!

That would be hilarious.

[BobertAdvance]

okay let me summarize this commercial, so the mother goes to bed after kissing her kids goodnight. then E.T. breaks into their home and replaces their Christmas present with E.T. the video game. then figures out how to plug the Atari into the T.V. and plays the kids piece of crap... oh i mean E.T. I would have beat the crap out of him. 1. for breaking into my house and 2. for bringing the worst Christmas present money could buy into my house.

[Frogster7]

@BobertAdvance Well, it was Christmas, kids have lots of imagination and wouldn't realize he was a bugler even if he was one. He didn't replace anything he just unwrapped the E.T game. Also, E.T is pretty smart considering he learned the English language almost *Snap*, like that from hearing a boy say something, And back in the early 80's quality control for electronic entertainment wasn't really established and people couldn't read a review to tell if a game was bad or not unless playing it.

[magnusreset]

I finish that game in 5 minutes!

[Mikeys9607TE]

I would have preferred coal.

[eurohim]

Which eventually became world-renowned as the greatest game of all time.

[GRIMOPOE1]

this game makes hell look like a five star hotel

[kirayiyi]

If I was born back then,and if I looked under the tree and saw that,SANTA (DAD) WHAT DID I DO SO WRONG THAT I GOT THIS

[KB3594]

Thank god for Nintendo, we wouldn't have video gaming if it wasn't for them. 

[ThePokeman007]

If ET dressed as Santa broke into my house and started to play ET on my Atari I'd grab gun and blow him stumpy feet away and leave him to die. Not because I hate him or anything, but just because he played that putrid, vile, curse on all man-kind game.

P.S Even though they buried the games miles away, I still feel like its right next to me.

[DeathSword4]

I know when we run out of fossil fuels when for christmas i dont get coal i get et for atari 2600 christmas ( and no im not a bad kid)

[IJV89]

I would've shot him with a fuckin gun

[TheBradleydalton]

Aren't you a little short for a Santa trooper?

[Cpmyppproductions]

santa must be satan for sending demons disguised as E.T to bring the shittiest game of all time to little boys and girls everywhere. Lock up your houses on the night before christmas so they don't break in your house with the same crap to your kids.

[Cpmyppproductions]

if i was one of the kids, i would throw it in the fireplace

[theALTF4]

wow... this game was reall7y a porquería (filth) and unfortunatedly, y had one. (F*CK!) puta!

[PalkiaLegends]

I got an E.T. video game for Christmas???

No!!!!!

I got ripped off!!!!

[butchyboxer]

the kids are like "thanks E.T..... is guess?"

[MrKilroy138]

E.T. is worse than a lump of coal. 0:17 Kind of short for santa, huh?

[Ger14n5]

This E.T. Christmas commercial is more like a Halloween commercial for all gamers.

[davidevgen]

this game actually make doctor jeckel and mr. hide look good... but i think i rather play super mario bros 3

[davidevgen]

the commercial is way better than the game its self

[MrTommychong]

little did we know the catastrophe that game would cause

[shairaptor]

I enjoyed this game much more than todays games combined. atari is epic! glad I'm not a kid who grows up with ps3 and xbox 360 yuck!

[ScarFromPast]

THIS GAME WAS FUCKING HORRIBLE

[shairaptor]

dude turn off your capslock for a start you dweeb

[ScarFromPast]

Hmm?, Sorry? I couldnt hear you over all the better games im playing.

But their are classics like Megaman 2.

[shairaptor]

i still like e.t. for the vcs 2600 you epic-failed in convincing me otherwise.

[ChocolateFrappucino]

I'm so glad I wasn't a child in 1988 xD

[dgrulzforev]

the only thing worst than getting that for christmas is getting Action 52 for the NES for christmas. but that was made years later.

[Dstorm20xx]

so this is where you got your topic earlier today?

[dgrulzforev]

@Dstorm20xx yeah

[Dstorm20xx]

others are totally confused about what we're saying...

Aren't you guys?

[brainboyks]

@dgrulzforev for all these horrible games at Christmas, we need help!

HELP US SANTA CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[QVrat123]

Kids are probably like "oh hell no you can take it back to whatever planet your from!"

[SegaBroadcast]

The AVGN gives Shitty games to naughty people and he also gives shitty consoles to the good people.

[Bowlingdan]

E.T. is a jerk. Got this kid's hopes up only to be trashed when they learned that Santa is actually an alien who has a shitty video game about him.

[infinitumpatata]

i hope santa brings me an ET copy for this christmas instead of boring duty or boring creed 2

[katakisLives]

Warning!!! Atari accepts no responsibility for loss of sleep, panic attacks, insanity and premature death caused by playing this game!

[Cenilea]

The naughty get a lump of coal.

The extremely naughty get a copy of ET for the Atari 2600. ;)

[whattheheck1000]

The nice get Pitfall.

[davidevgen]

either one will burn well as a fire starter lol

[chrisz71]

@Cenilea new form of inhumane punishment: play the ET game. Instead of time out, play the ET game.

OH THE HUMANITY!

[Backwardskey]

@Cenilea The coal's worth more.

[rockthehiddenlotus]

shitty christmas present

[BARE456]

If this alien came in my house and gave my children this horrid game I would tie him down in the chair, until the govt came and ask for a couple million for giving him to the government.

[reanimate280]

I would have cannibalized him

[WindowsErrorGuy]

"Just in time for Christmas..."

Yeah, that was the problem. They had 6 weeks to make the freakin' game. Spielberg just threw it at Atari and said make it. He didn't give a crap.

[TheMetroidMurderer]

No wonder e.t. sold during the holidays no wonder over half were sent back and dump in a atari landfill.

[BodySprayMan]

I remember seeing a part of this commercial online where E.T. was opening the package. I didn't know what was in the box and I was rather curious. Then it opened up, I saw the game, and I screamed in terror.

[pinkie4560]

Ahh loving the old game system!!

Not loving the game so much

[NintendoLover64]

yeah, happy holidays BITCH!!!

[sonikku956]

IT BURNS! horrid game

[dpfresh09]

For such a classic commercial and movie, it's a shame it has a crappy game tied in to it.

[FrumpyShakes]

it's the game that keeps on giving

[uponit57]

@FrumpyShakes

yeah giving back to the store they bought it from

[superseth39]

when they said happy holidays from atari I think there were insulting us

[randomnessrocksu]

i wouldn't take that crap game if someone paid me to take it

[snakes3425]

Isn't this game a violation of the Geneva Accords or something

[SoulMaster71]

Actually, you're thinking the Kyoto Protocol, and that wasn't signed until long after ET and made the game a retroactive violation (mostly because of pollution when people threw the game out and noise pollution from people screaming at the Atari). The Geneva Accords only forbid Superman 64 and bad ports of games made by other companies. That means Pac-Man for Atari 2600 was a violation, but this wasn't.

[Redsoxfanmatt]

They probably made more money on this commercial than they did selling the damn game..

[NeoGamingZone]

I hate this game it's much worser then playing G.I Joe rise of cobra the video game.

[odog65]

@NeoGamingZone the only way this game would have been good would have been if he had a million in his sack along with some 38 specials boxes of Remington a truck of Budweiser out back Lynard Skynard & AC/DC on the radio and a sling shot designed to make them into skeet.

[jayneandd]

Imagine if Atari had given us this instead - langlandsfamily(dot)uuuq(dot)c­o m

[rezzy123]

i need lsd now.

[adrianGGO]

I simply love the music from E.T <3

[MusicalLover6]

When ET is allowed to walk into your house with that piece of shit game -- you know you're in for it. "santa" knew you were bad this year. really fucking bad.

[FELIPEPKPK]

if i was the dog i would eat et's brain!

[NintendoACA]

I loled when E.T. walked in inside that Santa suit!

It's strange. With 5 of the 6 million sold copies returned,E.T. is technically the second best-selling Atari 2600 game! I,in my personal opinion,think E.T. is a good game. Because I have the original box and manual so I understand the game. The pick up and playabilty is horrible,so you really need the manual to enjoy it,and you don't wanna go through the trouble of reading that long manual,do you?

[Ndure13]

wat irresponsible parenting, even took her daughter downstairs.

"get the fuck outta my house, and take that peice of shit game with you!"

[acghu]

my favorite game ever

[Sasuke006]

lol so ET was a christmas present from atari? how nice lol

[CineRecon]

ET just shoved a turd into that kids console! Kick his ass out!

[Incrediboy2000]

No! Better, let's wait till he comes to our door, then beat him with baseball bats and then lock him in a freezer. Along with the game!

[insultman911]

i feel sorry for the kids. all they got was a crappy video game. ti caused the video game crash of 1983. but luckily, rob saved eveyrone from the vidoe game crash.

[whattheheck1000]

I just thanked my ROB :)

[insultman911]

u should

[TheZoeteDT]

this game is worse then dead zebra shit

[mellisos2m]

this fucking game sucks, is a bull shit!

[snakes3425]

Kid: All right ET for the Atari 2600, thanks Mom

(30 seconds later)

Kid: HURT ATARI, DESTROY ATARI

[Ryan199403]

4 words for this game

shit load load of fuck

[Aqwert76]

...You mean 5 words?

[pooyan6969]

I actually asked my parents to get the game for me. It's amazing how terrible the game was. 6 weeks to make and a life time to remember how uber crap the game was.

This game defined SHOVELWARE and also contributed to the console crash of 83'

[adog262]

I love collecting Atari games. Just love it! :)

I'll be brutally honest... when I got this game off of Ebay and started playing it, I kind of laughed at it. It was sooooooooo bad! I either kept falling down holes or getting harassed by a detective. XD

[Bumblepus]

omg those poor children why didn't they just get them pong that has a better storyline than E.T. XD

[LenaAndreia]

'kinda sad that this commercial probably cost more to make than the actual game. >___>

[TechnologyWitch]

LOL. That's a quote-worthy statement. Nice one, LenaAndreia.

[JiiHate]

I'd rather kill myself that waste my Christmas time playing that shit

[coopercrue]

stupid fucking commercial

[MrJohn404]

Kid: I'm gonna help E.T.! 1 hour Later

Kid: ITS SO TERRIBLE OMG I KEEP FALLING IN THE HOLE!

[dynastywarriorsds]

ese juego es una jalada el peor juego de la historia hasta los juegos de los celulares de los 90s eran mas entretenidos que esa porkeria

[mariojuggernaut22]

@dynastywarriorsds  what are you saying

[gundamfan527]

Narrator: "It's the video game that helps you get E.T. back home in time for Christmas."

Kid: "Awesome! I wanna help him get home in time for Christmas!"

(10 years later)

Kid (much older now): " That commercial lied to me! This game is TERRIBLE!!!

(Gets out a chainsaw and destroys both the game and the Atari.)

[whattheheck1000]

...and proceeds to play Super Nintendo.

[gundamfan527]

Wow. What better way to advertise a crappy game than to brainwash people into buying it for Christmas?

[ccricers]

Christmas is pretty much the reason why this game was so bad. They rushed it to market and the single programmer/designer (yep, just one) had only six weeks to finish it. On average Atari games took several months to complete.

[Inferno566]

They didn't show the whole commercial, after 10 seconds of playing his own game, E.T. shot the whole family in that house and then himself, looking back I'm not surprised they cut that part out.

[DivineJusticeIII]

stupid game fucking commercial

[atariblue]

boy those kids' smiles will be frowns of disappointment in a matter of seconds

[Spoothead12]

Watching this commercial, kinda makes me sad about how this game sucked.

[Pooky896]

poor E.T. His Mom hates him...

[derlwyn]

whoa where can i get this

[jd3189]

Are you.......fucking cereal?

[ShadicChao]

i saw this at bookman for .10 cents i wanted to buy to mail it to AVGN but i thought i might get cancer just for holding it

[yayvideogames]

their parents must have hated them,