December 1, 1982

Collections

E.T.

Platforms

Atari 2600

Companies

Atari

Genres

Adventure Strategy

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The game experienced great sales at first, but due to most players not understanding how to play the game, which is explained in the manual, many were returned. Atari didn't earn as much money as they expected, and consequently this game is considered to be one of several factors to Atari's downfall. Alongside the Atari 2600 port of Pac-Man, it is also a huge contributing factor to the North American video game crash of 1983.

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