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They Found Some!
http://news.msn.com/science-technology/diggers-find-ataris-et-games-in-landfill
I didnt think they would, but they actually found some games. I guess it makes the AVGN movie a little more interesting now.
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4/26/2014, 4:25 pm
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Mako Crab
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Re: They Found Some!
I almost wonder if the AVGN movie helped spur on interest in digging up the landfill. Whatever the case, it's an interesting piece of video game history for sure. I'm really surprised how good of condition the games and packaging are in after more than 30 years.
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5/7/2014, 5:06 am
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quote: Mako Crab wrote:
I almost wonder if the AVGN movie helped spur on interest in digging up the landfill. Whatever the case, it's an interesting piece of video game history for sure. I'm really surprised how good of condition the games and packaging are in after more than 30 years.
He actually posted a response about that at Cinemassacre:
quote: Well it’s a big year for what started as a little urban legend about Atari dumping their shitty games in a landfill. There will be two movies, both to be released this year. One is Microsoft’s documentary, the real life story in which they dig up the games. The other is, of course, my own independent fictional take, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (more exciting updates to follow in the coming months).
Of course today is the big landfill excavation and everybody and their grandma is contacting me about it. I’ve known about the project for a while, and I’ve been in talks with them. Why I have never posted anything is because I respect the secrecy of any project as much as my own. I was going to be involved at the excavation, but of all dates, it landed on my daughter’s one year birthday, which is my priority.
As I’ve expected, they’ve unearthed the motherload of !@#$, but think about how many people threw that game in the garbage. I’m sure you can dig up any landfill and find at least a few copies of that game. I bet there’s some in my backyard. But anyway, I guess everyone’s expecting a response from me, or some kind of reaction. Well it’s strangely hilarious. It’s weird. The kind of thing where the planets align by some mysterious stroke of fate. When I first heard about the plans to dig up the games, I was beyond shocked. Imagine if you were making a movie about the search for Nessie, and then all of a sudden, somebody drains Loch Ness. What were the chances?
I remember back in 2007 when I first started writing the AVGN movie, I did a lot of heavy research on the landfill. There was A LOT more information available about it back then, however there was less interest. It was more like a cult thing that only few people knew about. But the few people who were, were obsessed. Over the years, it’s gained more widespread attention. I’ve watched the story grow bigger. And now it’s huge, which oddly enough, makes my “alternate reality” fictional take on the story more timely than ever.
UPDATE: In response to some of the naive comments, the movie is science fiction / adventure. If any of the events that take place in the movie, happen in real life, then God help us!
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