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wraggster
November 24th, 2014, 21:39
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/fee058ee21c64b5348199ee284e7ab15/201131438/et-atari-warshaw-fullbleed.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/21/xbox-atari-game-over-doc/)What a long, strange trip it's been. Microsoft's effort to document (http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/19/et-documentary-xbox/) the excavation of all those fabled E.T. The Extraterrestrial game cartridges from a New Mexico landfill -- and Atari's downfall -- is finally watchable on Xbox Video. As Variety reports (http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/xbox-documentary-atari-lost-e-t-game-debuts-for-free-1201361397/), you can check out Atari: Game Over on your Xbox One (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/20/microsoft-xbox-one-review/), Xbox 360 or even on the web and see where those carts came from before they hit eBay (http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/05/atari-et-cartridge-landfill-auction/). Perhaps most notable is that it's one of Xbox Entertainment Studios (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/microsoft-announces-halo-live-action-tv-series-created-by-343-an/)' scant few projects to actually see the light of day, getting a release a few months removed from Redmond shuttering (http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/17/microsoft-closing-xbox-entertainment-studios/) its original-TV-programming experiment. So there's that, too. Need a refresher on Atari's Spielberg-infused saga before turning on your flatscreen? We've got you covered (http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/01/true-story-et-atari/).

http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/21/xbox-atari-game-over-doc/