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forbidden lesbian posted:haha, that sure was a funny photoshop in the op, did you see it? what photoshop i thought we were in "Let's Argue About ET" my bad i'll be going
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I was tricked into thinking this would be about a new Quake:ET game.  . . . I guess I'm not that disappointed.
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Endorph posted:That wasn't clear, you're right, but I meant to say that ET's production run being in the millions is literally the sort of thing that led to the crash, it's exhibit A of the problems of the time. Was it really millions? Were there even millions of Atari 2600s out in the wild?
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Not sure if it was millions but they sure made more carts than there were 2600's sold. 
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Voted 4.8. Needs ET in the Smash Brothers scarf.
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ET is maybe not a good videogame
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Sakurazuka posted:Not sure if it was millions but they sure made more carts than there were 2600's sold.
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Thread does not have enough tool-assisted speedruns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U9MftKv2hs
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Doesn't look like Michael Clarke Duncan at all!
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Fulchrum posted:No, that was Pac-Man. What was it, 12 million carts manufactured for 10 million consoles sold, including ones which were broken or relegated to a closet?
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raditts posted:Was it really millions? Were there even millions of Atari 2600s out in the wild? There were more than a million Ataris out, remember by 82 the system had been out for like three years. There were at least a million cartridges produced too. Its odd to think that such a comparatively small number (there's games that sell more than that on their launch week these days) was one of the highest production runs of all time back then.
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I thought this thread was about a new Enemy Territory. Now I'm sad, yet still oddly satisfied.
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Jun 17, 2014 13:29
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In the pipe, 5 by 5
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Roelosaurus posted:Doesn't look like Michael Clarke Duncan at all! same, but white kingpin is from marvel comics continuity not marvel movie continuity 5
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Games needs more threads like this.
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I just wanna say, Noggle, Mr. OP Sir, thanks for sticking this out not giving up on your passion-thread project. This year has been great and it's the culmination of your entire posting career. We need more posters like you.
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Cliff Racer posted:There were more than a million Ataris out, remember by 82 the system had been out for like three years. There were at least a million cartridges produced too. Its odd to think that such a comparatively small number (there's games that sell more than that on their launch week these days) was one of the highest production runs of all time back then. The 2600 released in 1977, we're talking about around 10 million units in the US by 1982. It has set a precedent not to have a console generation last more than six years (ignoring the Wii/360/PS3).
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Healbot posted:The 2600 released in 1977, we're talking about around 10 million units in the US by 1982. It has set a precedent not to have a console generation last more than six years (ignoring the Wii/360/PS3). Just because the crash happened in '83 doesn't mean the console totally died then, off the top of my head there was Ghostbusters and Donkey Kong Jr. which were both released at least a couple of years later, so there had to be some others in there too. My perception in general of when Atari games came out is a bit skewed since I would've been 2 years old when the crash happened, though. There wasn't any other console that reigned in between '83 and when the NES came along in '85, was there?
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I had no idea this thread existed. Fantastic.
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ET remake coming to Xbone you heard it here first
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I thought the cartridges were ground up before they were buried so they took up less space and the digging-up was a publicity stunt... 
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