It’s been cited as the worst game ever made so often that a game critic saying “no, it’s not really THAT bad” is practically a rite of passage. Now, it’s my turn. E. T. Atari 2600 isn’t really THAT bad. It’s just very boring. As early as January 1983, after Atari admitted that the game had sold poorly, an industry executive said that the lesson of E. T. The game is associated as a cause of the video game industry crisis of 1983. Billboard magazine’s Earl Paige reported that the large number of unsold E. T.FOUND: Diggers have unearthed hundreds of Atari “E. T. New Mexico landfill, more than three decades after they were buried. Some critics consider “E. T. Atari reportedly buried millions of the games after dismal sales and scathing critical reviews in 1983.In 1983, Atari suffered a major setback when it released a much-hyped game called E. T. Extra-Terrestrial, designed in a record five weeks by a single programmer. The game was a commercial failure due to its poor quality and difficult gameplay. As early as January 1983, after Atari admitted that the game had sold poorly, an industry executive said that the lesson of E. T. The game is associated as a cause of the video game industry crisis of 1983. Billboard magazine’s Earl Paige reported that the large number of unsold E. T.