What Happens To Bad Games When They Die

Everyone knows that good games are eternal, and will live on in the hearts of gamers forever. But what about bad games? For instance, take the 1982 Atari game E.T., the earliest example of taking a box office smash and porting it into a terrible video game.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: When E.T. the movie started doing good, Atari bought the licence for $20 million, and promised a Christmas release of the game. This ended up giving them a scant 6 weeks to make the game. That they actually completed the game is in itself a miracle. However, it was no surprise that the game was EXTREMELY TERRIBLE. Nearly all the copies made were returned, and became unusable goods.

So, what happened to these 5,000,000 (yes, that's Five Million) E.T. games? Apparently this.