E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Video Game
1982
Unrated

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Infamous Atari 2600 adaption of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" in which the eponymous character has to navigate through various screens to collect three pieces of an interplanetary telephone t... Read allInfamous Atari 2600 adaption of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" in which the eponymous character has to navigate through various screens to collect three pieces of an interplanetary telephone that will allow him to contact his home planet.Infamous Atari 2600 adaption of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" in which the eponymous character has to navigate through various screens to collect three pieces of an interplanetary telephone that will allow him to contact his home planet.

Director
- Howard Scott Warshaw
Writer
- Melissa Mathison

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1.8/10

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Director
- Howard Scott Warshaw
Writer
- Melissa Mathison

19User reviews

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1dmace-55748

The Worst Video Game of All Time!!

I've heard that this is the worst video game of all time. I think the reason why it has a lot of negative reception, is because gamers got frustrated very easily, because of the gameplay or something like that. But I agree on them. There's even a documentary about this game. But I'm gonna have to watch it sometime. Even though I'm usually not into documentaries. I would rather watch the movie than play this game.

1jellybeanaidan

Without a doubt the worst game of all time

This game literally caused the entire video game industry to crash and was so bad that Atari buried every single copy

LepricahnsGold

It is worse than you think

It is believed that ET: The Extra Terrestrial helped bring about the video game crash of 1984. Many feel that after having been burned by the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man that buyers adopted a 'once bitten, twice shy' attitude about buying this game. I, too, have played this so I feel your pain. The guy who programed this also made Raiders of the Lost Ark and Yar's Revenge for Atari 2600. Problem here was he only had 5-6 weeks to design, program and test this game (they wanted it in stores by Christmas and he was given the job in late July).

LepricahnsGold

This game is rather bad.

The programmer had 5 weeks to design, program & test this game so that Atari could get it manufactured & into stores in time for Christmas. Many blame this one game with crashing the video game market in the mid-80's. While this game helped kill Atari, what crashed things was lots of crappy games from over 30 companies that had jumped on board hoping to make a quick buck. One of those companies, U.S. Games, was a division of Quaker Oats!

2xanderblue-12178

I will admit it's terrible

It's honestly one of the worst Atari 2600 games, and it's really poorly gameplay, the visible and invisible holes everywhere, and the confusing directions, it's honestly and admittedly a broken down game.

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Trivia
Rushed into development for the 1982 Christmas season, Howard Scott Warshaw was given only 5 to 6 weeks to design, program and test this game. The game was widely considered almost unplayable.