Sales of unearthed Atari games total more than $100,000

[TeoZ]

Even the unsold copies ended up getting purchased at the Atari liquidation 
firesale and there are people still selling them NIB cheap. The ET cart can 
be had for $2 (one of the cheapest)
http://www.atari2600.com/ccp7/ecom-prodshow/ET-The-Extra-Terrestrial-PROD375.html



-----Original Message----- 
From: Johnny Billquist
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 4:29 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Sales of unearthed Atari games total more than $100,000

On 2015-08-30 22:19, Ali wrote:
>> A quick search of eBay would correct your 'understanding'. There are
>> dozens of copies for sale, many with boxes and manuals. They start at
>> about $5.00.
>
> I stand corrected.

:-)

>> The game is very common, and generally considered worthless. It's a
>> joke, possibly the "worst video game ever made" - up there with
>> Superman 64 for N64.
>
> I could have sworn that prior to the "dig" I read a number of articles 
> indicating that this was one of the reasons for the dig i.e. The game was 
> so horrible Atari tried to destroy any and all evidence of it by burying 
> it so only a few copies remained.

Yes. This was a reason for the dig.

> However, as the game is apparently readily available I would say both 
> editions are worthless or to be more precise of low monetary value. But as 
> the old saying goes "one man's junk..." :)

Records state that Atari manufactured 5 million copies, but "only" sold
1.5 million... So it was a big loss for the company, but that do not
mean that it is uncommon.
Even more spectacular was Pac-Mac, of which they manufactures 12 million
copies (they had only sold 10 millions consoles).
7 million sold meant another 5 million unsold copies...

Lots of fun.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial for more.

Johnny

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