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On April 26, 2014 the dig will begin for the buried Atari cartridges in the New Mexico desert. The documentarians have invited the public to the dig sit e t o watch video game history be made. Whether the myth is busted or confirmed, it's sure to be a spectacle.

The following information was provided by Microsoft for those interested in attending:Saturday, April 26, 20149:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.Alamogordo Landfill4276 Highway 54 SAlamogordo, NM 88310(Near First Street and White Sands Boulevard)City of Alamogordo Website: https://ci.alamogordo.nm.us/

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The New Mexico Environment Department has finally given the go-ahead for a search of the former landfill site where several million unsold copies of Atari's E.T. video game are thought to be buried.Fuel Entertainment, Xbox Entertainment Studios and LightBox Entertainment will co-ordinate efforts on the search as fodder for a documentary on video games , which, let's be honest, hangs much of its appeal on this wildly ambitious excavation.After much non-committal back and forth, the NMED has agreed to the search on the conditions that the company is notified five days before any excavation begins, and that the waste haulers are certified, ah, waste haulers.E.T. is frequently thought to be one of the worst video games of all time, and while it is often mistakenly credited as the cause of the great video game crash of '83, it undoubtedly marked the end of Atari's console era. The documentary, which will be available exclusively on Xbox One and Xbox 360, will reportedly cover the rise of fall of Atari in addition to the excavation itself. It will be directed by X2 writer Zak Penn and is scheduled to premiere some time this year.via Alamogordo News.

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