ALAMOGORDO, n.m. — What some have called the worst video game ever made has fetched thousands of dollars for a New Mexico city.
An old “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” game cartridge drew the highest bid among 100 Atari games auctioned on eBay by Alamogordo officials.
The games were part of a cache of about 800 Atari video games buried more than 30 years ago in a landfill and dug up in April.
Joe Lewandowski, a consultant for the film companies that documented the dig, said the online auction, which ended Thursday, generated $37,000.
The “E.T.” game, still in its original box, sold for $1,537 to a buyer in Canada. According to Lewandowski, online bidders from other countries, including Germany and Sweden, snapped up items.
Some of the other discovered titles include “Centipedes,” “Warlords” and “Asteroids.”
