Comments for "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600) - Game Walkthrough" Video at VideoSift.com

By dystopianfuturetoday

dystopianfuturetoday (http://www.videosift.com/member/dystopianfuturetoday) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:35:17 -0700

Finally! I've been trying to beat this game for over 2 decades.

By schmawy

schmawy (http://schmawy.videosift.com) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:47:17 -0700

This is one of those "you had to be there" things. It must seem laughable to anyone who plays consoles or PC games today, but those little 8 bit worlds seemed so expansive. Atari Adventure was probably only eight rooms or something, and those dragons were made of a dozen pixels but they were scary beasts with shimmering scales to me.

*nostalgia

Nice complete post, by the way, with the cartridges in the desert and such.

By HaricotVert

HaricotVert (http://www.videosift.com/member/HaricotVert) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:20:55 -0700

I think the holes that you kept falling into every 10 pixels you walked was enough to earn it a place as one of the worst video games ever.

By Zonbie

Zonbie (http://zonbie.videosift.com) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:22:41 -0700

E.T yeah, I remember this was a *terrible game!

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:22:41 -0700

Invocations (terrible) cannot be called by Zonbie because Zonbie is not privileged - sorry.

By jimnms

jimnms (http://www.videosift.com/member/jimnms) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:23:12 -0700

I actually beat this game when I was a kid and still didn't have a clue as to wtf I was doing.