Atari games buried in landfill net US$37,000 on eBay
What some have called the worst video game ever has fetched thousands of dollars for a city in New Mexico.
What some have called the worst video game ever has fetched thousands of dollars for a city in New Mexico.
An old ET: 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 800 Atari 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, says the online auction, which ended on Thursday, generated US$37,000.
"It's really gratifying to see that happening because again to everybody it was a bunch of garbage in the landfill," Lewandowski said.
The "ET" game, still in its original box, sold for US$1,537 to a buyer in Canada. The interest in the games has gone global, with online bidders from countries including Germany and Sweden snapping up items. A museum in Rome has opened an exhibit on the dig.