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E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (VG) More at IMDb Pro »
4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :-
A look at what is now landfill, 22 June 2005
Author: Spider-Lou from Bristol, CT
If Steven Spielberg didn't sue Atari for mocking one of his best movies ever, he sure should have. Here is the absurd plot: a silhouetted version of E.T. patters around aimlessly through the woods to make a phone to go home. Some evil agents stand around menacingly to catch him. His neck grew for no reason sometimes. He ate little pellets that were probably Reese's Pieces. Eliot could resurrect him, etc.
Okay, it was somewhat interesting. But this video game was still so all over the place, you had to play it nearly every day to figure it out.
True, it needed to be rushed to stores by Christmas. If only they had planned ahead of time as they do today! Because this is one sad VG, Atari or not, best left forgotten. Watch the original movie.
5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
It is worse than you think, 24 July 2003
Author: LepricahnsGold
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).
1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
This game is rather bad., 28 October 2003
Author: LepricahnsGold
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!
1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
If you thought Superman 64 was bad..., 4 November 2002
Author: eggmanextreme
think again. ET for the atari 2600 is truly one of the worst games I've ever played.
The graphics were awful and don't get me started with the god awful sound.
UGH! Games like this gives Video Games a bad name.
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