Rick Weis’ collection: http://ataricollector.com

International Atari collectors: http://atariage.com

Vancouver/Portland retro gaming: http://retrogamingexpo.com

Commodore Computer Club: http://commodorecomputerclub.com

Play classic games online: http://goldenageofgaming.com/game-room

Back in the digital dark ages of 1982, Atari made a video game that was so bad, so utterly unplayable, that the company wound up burying millions of copies in the New Mexico desert.

It didn’t just bury them, though. The company also crushed and flattened the cartridges, then poured a concrete slab on top of them as a bar to looting.

But not all copies of the abomination were destroyed.

In Rick Weis’ converted garage in Vancouver, a copy of “E.T.,” which many video game experts consider the worst game ever created, remains.

And it’s not alone. Weis has the second-largest collection of Atari games and memorabilia in the United States — and “E.T.” is accompanied by many a stinker, he said.