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Re: Atari landfill yields up ET stash

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> The BBC headline reads "Desert dig uncovers huge Atari games dump" and 
> then the item continues "Video game archaeologists have found a cache of 
> Atari games that were buried in the New Mexico desert 30 years ago."
> 
> Sounds all very cloak-and-dagger until you read the story. A more 
> appropriate (but less dramatic) headline would be "Atari throws away 
> unsold stock".


Yes, I thought that too.  Or, "Atari busted for illegal dumping."  The
thing about them only being able to dig for one day makes me think it
was actually dumped someplace sensitive, like restricted land or
something.  Either way, yay journalism.  Still, I shed a happy tear for
happy memories of playing games on the 2600.  8 bits was good enough
for me, it really was.

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Atari landfill yields up ET stash RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-28 14:29 +0000
  Re: Atari landfill yields up ET stash Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-29 10:13 +0000
    Re: Atari landfill yields up ET stash RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-29 17:06 +0000
      Re: Atari landfill yields up ET stash Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-04-29 12:31 -0600
        Re: Atari landfill yields up ET stash Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-01 17:32 +0200

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