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29-04-2014, 02:08
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFsWRFdQGmiUpUKwP5pL3WbD6JUvg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778488363127&ei=1wlfU7iEMMObjAbePw&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27187582"><img src="//t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjB1t3G0wrzeFF5APsABAjRyYNLUV3-byDVQ-Fsf7ARCxn2gqknZF07V_jRgrQsQehyXFgbwDv" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">BBC News</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFsWRFdQGmiUpUKwP5pL3WbD6JUvg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778488363127&ei=1wlfU7iEMMObjAbePw&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27187582"><b><b>Atari&#39;s</b> ET video games dumped in desert &#39;out of shame&#39;</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">BBC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">A film production team has found potentially thousands of copies of the infamous computer game "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial" in a landfill site in New Mexico. The game by <b>Atari 2600</b> was released in 1982 but flopped, with some critics labelling it "the <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEzfUpEFMAFfS4w0R7Ub9MmQlbnyw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778488363127&ei=1wlfU7iEMMObjAbePw&url=http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2014/04/28/et-dig-gold/1">E.T. dig hits <b>Atari 2600</b> cartridge gold</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>bit-tech.net</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGvpEyy-W02r-b32Oom0T9duWEO8g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778488363127&ei=1wlfU7iEMMObjAbePw&url=http://readwrite.com/2014/04/28/atari-et-dig-alamogordo-game-list">See <b>Atari&#39;s</b> Buried Treasure: ET Among 30 Retro Games Unearthed In The Desert</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ReadWrite</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEeL3H1eC-pdITpcxj9E9NAWSqlSg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778488363127&ei=1wlfU7iEMMObjAbePw&url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1113131061/atari-2600-video-games-unearthed-in-new-mexico-042814/">Excavation Locates Unsold <b>Atari 2600</b> Video Games In New Mexico Desert</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>RedOrbit</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEOIFWlazxBpa8OffUfxNEwlkdlzQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778488363127&ei=1wlfU7iEMMObjAbePw&url=http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/atari-2600-et-game-cartridges-unearthed-in-landfill-dig-known-as-the-worst-game-ever-by-many"><nobr>KSHB</nobr></a>&nbsp;-<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEDHVpceXoxATVH4mnMYmMYxmNi5w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778488363127&ei=1wlfU7iEMMObjAbePw&url=http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/games/E.T./Atari_2600/still-crummy-after-all-these-years-cache-of-buried-atari-games-located-and-unearthed/14705"><nobr>High-Def Digest</nobr></a></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dU3CC3HzSMrOfTMvI7dYZ_uyPY2dM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>all 190 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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