E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, a 1982 national treasure directed by Steven Spielberg, is a terrific movie about a young boy whose life is changed by the arrival of a small and charming alien. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game, however, released the same year and published by Atari, is widely regarded as one of the worst the industry as ever seen. Duke Nukem Forever bad, an atrocity against humanity. So bad that, as legend has it, prompted executives to bury thousands of unsold copies in the New Mexico desert.

To try and separate fact from legend, a team of contractors and archaeologists today started excavating a landfill in New Mexico to unearth the truth—and, well, turns out the fable was true. Pandora’s box has been opened.

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