Tag Archives: E.T. the Extraterrestrial

The Ultimate E.T. Fan?

Posted on August 5, 2010 by The Retroist

Viceland has an interview with Nick Gjoka, who just might be the ultimate E.T. the Extraterrestrial fan. Nick has thousands of items, in his collections (the image below is just a small portion) and has only been collection “hardcore” for … Continue reading →

E.T.: The Ad of the Video Game of the Movie

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Brian Boone

We all know the story of how the E.T. video game was one of the worst of all time and basically caused the video game crash of 1983 and the death of Atari. Short version: they made more cartridges than … Continue reading →

E.T. Atari 2600 Wallpaper

Posted on December 22, 2009 by The Retroist

Not the greatest Atari 2600 game, but not as bad as people have let on. E.T. makes for an adorable retro wallpaper.

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BDD: Howard Delman, who designed the vector generator that Atari used in many of their games, did the hardware AND...
Duke of Crydee: I printed this sucker out a while back for stick up on my arcade. I wish he made the Superman vs...
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