"In Defense of E.T. on Atari." In our first article, we attempt to clear up the myriad misconceptions that surround the infamous 1982 release, and determine who is truly to blame for Atari's sad fate.

It’s a good game! It’s misunderstood!

Or so I remembered reading many years ago (almost ten, as it happens).

When trying to find this article, I couldn’t do it because search is incredibly broken now, but with a little help I found it. So here it is.

  • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 天前

    Except for not. E.T. had very bad bugs - the pits were so unmanageable. You would fall in without being near them. You spent half the game floating your way out of them only to fall in again. Biggest trash heap ever made.