<s>
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
the	O
Extra-Terrestrial	O
is	O
a	O
1982	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
diggers	O
hired	O
to	O
investigate	O
the	O
claim	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
landfill	O
contained	O
several	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
James	O
Heller	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
Atari	O
manager	O
who	O
was	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
the	O
burial	O
,	O
was	O
at	O
the	O
excavation	O
and	O
admitted	O
to	O
the	O
Associated	O
Press	O
that	O
728,000	O
cartridges	O
of	O
various	O
games	O
(	O
not	O
just	O
E.T.	B-Application
)	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
2014	O
documentary	O
Atari	O
:	O
Game	O
Over	O
,	O
only	O
10%	O
of	O
the	O
approximately	O
1,300	O
recovered	O
were	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
control	O
the	O
alien	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
provided	O
with	O
an	O
on-screen	O
energy	O
bar	O
,	O
which	O
decreases	O
when	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
To	O
prevent	O
this	O
,	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
can	O
collect	O
Reese	O
's	O
Pieces	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
restore	O
his	O
energy	O
or	O
,	O
when	O
nine	O
are	O
collected	O
,	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
three	O
phone	O
pieces	O
have	O
been	O
collected	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
guide	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
call	O
is	O
made	O
,	O
a	O
clock	O
appears	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
right	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
;	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Once	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
manual	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
ends	O
"	O
when	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
To	O
accomplish	O
the	O
objective	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
guide	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Once	O
all	O
items	O
found	O
in	O
a	O
well	O
are	O
collected	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
levitate	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Antagonists	O
include	O
a	O
scientist	O
who	O
takes	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
commercial	O
success	O
of	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
Warner	O
announced	O
its	O
exclusive	O
worldwide	O
rights	O
to	O
market	O
coin-operated	O
and	O
console	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
by	O
Ross	O
what	O
he	O
thought	O
about	O
making	O
an	O
E.T.-based	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
Atari	O
CEO	O
Ray	O
Kassar	O
replied	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
think	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
dumb	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
've	O
never	O
really	O
made	O
an	O
action	O
game	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
movie.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
arcade	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Warshaw	O
had	O
spent	O
over	O
a	O
year	O
working	O
on	O
consecutive	O
development	O
schedules	O
for	O
games	O
(	O
seven	O
months	O
working	O
on	O
Yars	B-Application
 '	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
and	O
six	O
months	O
on	O
Raiders	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Ark	I-Application
)	O
,	O
he	O
accepted	O
the	O
offer	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
challenge	O
of	O
completing	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
frame	O
and	O
at	O
Spielberg	O
's	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warshaw	O
considered	O
it	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
develop	O
an	O
innovative	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
game	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
film	O
he	O
enjoyed	O
,	O
"	O
provided	O
we	O
reach	O
the	O
right	O
arrangement	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
envisioned	O
a	O
six-sided	O
world	O
that	O
players	O
could	O
"	O
float	O
"	O
around	O
as	O
the	O
setting	O
,	O
and	O
adapted	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
's	O
plot	O
,	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Warshaw	O
,	O
Spielberg	O
asked	O
him	O
,	O
"	O
Could	O
n't	O
you	O
do	O
something	O
more	O
like	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Emanual	O
Gerard	O
,	O
then	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Office	O
of	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
Warner	O
,	O
later	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
fallen	O
into	O
a	O
false	O
sense	O
of	O
security	O
by	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
its	O
previous	O
releases	O
,	O
particularly	O
its	O
console	O
version	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
despite	O
poor	O
critical	O
reaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anticipation	O
for	O
the	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
December	O
1982	O
,	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
reported	O
that	O
video	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
successful	O
films	O
,	O
specifically	O
E.T.	B-Application
,	O
would	O
become	O
"	O
an	O
increasingly	O
profitable	O
source	O
"	O
for	O
video	O
game	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
One	O
retailer	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
mostly	O
grandmothers	O
"	O
bought	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
because	O
of	O
word-of-mouth	O
,	O
children	O
preferred	O
the	O
best-selling	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
sales	O
figures	O
,	O
the	O
quantity	O
of	O
unsold	O
merchandise	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
the	O
expensive	O
film	O
license	O
and	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
returns	O
,	O
made	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
While	O
reviews	O
of	O
the	O
movie	B-Application
were	O
highly	O
positive	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
largely	O
negatively-received	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
with	O
common	O
complaints	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
plot	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contemporary	O
reviews	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
magazine	O
's	O
Nicholas	O
Pileggi	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
loser	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
Atari	O
could	O
have	O
released	O
during	O
the	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
and	O
Frogger	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
really	O
for	O
kids	O
(	O
the	O
littler	O
ones	O
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
Softline	O
readers	O
named	O
the	O
game	O
the	O
second-worst	O
Atari	O
program	O
of	O
1983	O
,	O
after	O
Congo	B-Application
Bongo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Len	O
Albin	O
of	O
TV	O
Guide	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
after	O
seeing	O
the	O
motion	O
picture	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Emru	O
Townsend	O
of	O
PC	O
World	O
discussed	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
group	O
,	O
and	O
found	O
a	O
universal	O
dislike	O
for	O
the	O
pits	O
that	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Trent	O
Ward	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
Next	O
Generation	O
Magazine	O
reviewer	O
,	O
commented	O
that	O
this	O
element	O
prompted	O
him	O
to	O
immediately	O
return	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
refund	O
after	O
purchasing	O
it	O
in	O
his	O
youth	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
children	O
who	O
found	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
New	O
Mexico	O
landfill	O
gave	O
the	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
published	O
materials	O
written	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
decade	O
after	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
,	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Townsend	O
placed	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Warshaw	O
does	O
not	O
express	O
regret	O
for	O
his	O
part	O
in	O
E.T.	B-Application
,	O
and	O
believes	O
he	O
created	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
given	O
the	O
time	O
available	O
to	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
publication	O
named	O
it	O
second-worst	O
movie	B-Application
game	O
ever	O
,	O
citing	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
how	O
poor	O
gameplay	O
can	O
bring	O
negative	O
reception	O
to	O
strong	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
early	O
as	O
January	O
1983	O
,	O
after	O
Atari	O
admitted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
sold	O
poorly	O
,	O
an	O
industry	O
executive	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
lesson	O
of	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Billboard	O
magazine	O
's	O
Earl	O
Paige	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
unsold	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
's	O
Classic	O
Gaming	O
called	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Reiley	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
poor	O
quality	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
ending	O
the	O
product	O
life	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Occurring	O
soon	O
after	O
Pac-Mans	O
negative	O
critical	O
response	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
E.T.s	O
poor	O
reception	O
was	O
attributed	O
by	O
Kent	O
to	O
have	O
had	O
a	O
negative	O
impact	O
on	O
Atari	O
's	O
reputation	O
and	O
profitability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authors	O
Nick	O
Montfort	O
and	O
Ian	O
Bogost	O
echoed	O
similar	O
comments	O
about	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
and	O
E.T.s	O
combined	O
effect	O
on	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
reputation	O
and	O
the	O
industry	O
's	O
reaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
officials	O
and	O
others	O
gave	O
differing	O
reports	O
of	O
what	O
was	O
buried	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
speculated	O
that	O
most	O
unsold	O
copies	O
of	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
remnants	O
of	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
burial	O
of	O
the	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
cartridges	O
were	O
also	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
independent	O
2014	O
science	O
fiction	O
comedy	O
Angry	O
Video	O
Game	O
Nerd	O
:	O
The	O
Movie	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
webseries	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
Howard	O
Scott	O
Warshaw	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Smithsonian	O
Institution	O
added	O
an	O
excavated	O
cartridge	O
of	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Dennis	O
Debro	O
disassembled	O
E.T.	B-Application
,	O
added	O
comments	O
to	O
the	O
generated	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patches	O
included	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
pixel-perfect	O
collision	O
detection	O
,	O
which	O
caused	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
