Released in December 1982.
Interesting facts about E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
-According to How Long to Beat’s website the average play through takes about an hour to complete.
-Currently, about 1 game is sold per week.
-There was a rumor that has recently been confirmed about how E.T. was rushed in development, resulting in it historically receiving a poor reception that Atari buried unsold games in a landfill. Find the NewGame+ Content for more information. The former Atari manager that led the burial project claims that over 728,000 games were buried at that time.
-Attributed to being a major factor to the video game crash of 1983.
-The creator behind E.T. was given around 5 and a half weeks to develop the game.
NewGame+ Content: Atari Buried Unsold E.T. Games.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial on Wikipedia.
Gameplay by World of Longplays
