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While I'm a huge Atari fan and I really want to see what's under the dirt, a small part of me will be sad that this legend will come to an end when I do.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070307122420/http://atari.digit...
An excavation should be interesting. There are years of post-Atari dump trash and other material to get through.
In talking to the author back then he said that Atari poured cement on their material in the landfill in 1983, but the landfill was still in use until the until the 90's when the EPA marked the site for hazardous material and shut it down. The landfill was setup before rubber bladders were mandatory and it was leaking into the water table. The protocol for capping a landfill at the time was a thick layer of natural clay with methane vent pipes. After that, at least a foot of dirt is placed on top.
After capping it went on to be used for recreational purposes (ATVs, 4x4s, etc.).
Oh man, the Atari 5200. I'd almost forgotten. We didn't have a 2600 but my folks got duped into the 5200 being 'the next big thing'. I guess I should be grateful, without that failure my folks wouldn't of had a reason to buy the Commodore 64 later on which not only had games but also could be used for a lot more. Also, when talking about E.T. and the landfill you are obliged to link to the music video made by an indi…
A guy named Adam Bailey, who did a pretty good look at the Atari Landfill site in the mid-2000s, approached the band about the video. While the video is cool, it is actually fake. It was filmed in Texas using games with E.T. labels printed for them.
This makes sense, as Atari dumped the games in 1983 but the landfill was in use until the 90's. Any digging should have a fair amount of debris. There is 7 years of trash to get through, not to mention the poured concrete.
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Not everyone has the down arrow.
I've wondered for a while about that as I don't have a down arrow. How do I get one?
I wonder if part of one of these shipments made it to Juarez, the city in Mexico right across from El Paso, TX and not too far from New Mexico. One day a truck full of flattened, new Atari game boxes appeared my street. All the kids around the neighborhood started taking boxes from the truck and someone figured out you could toss the flat boxes like freesbies. We had tons of fun throwing these boxes around and it did…
So the box was more fun without the game cartridge...
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I've wondered for a while about that as I don't have a down arrow. How do I get one?
I believe the downvote button appears when one gains a certain amount of upvotes. However, this rumored event seems like a myth to me.
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I believe the downvote button appears when one gains a certain amount of upvotes. However, this rumored event seems like a myth to me.
It exists! I think the amount of karma required might be in the 2000 range at the moment.
I got a copy of E.T. as the chip without a cartridge from my uncle way back in the day. That was one of the most frustrating games I've ever played ... I swear, falling into those pits still haunts me to this day.
Someone went through the ROM dump and fixed the worst bits! :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5470446