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Overall 4.6    Graphics 4.7    Sound 4.3    Addictive 3.2    Story 5.3    Depth 4.7    Difficulty 7.7



2.7
ET Atari 2600 Review   Zircron Swift
Ok, picture this: The year is 1982. The dominate consoles at the time were the Commondore 64, the Apple II, and the Atari 2600. Then, all of a sudden: BOOM! Market sales plummet, game console companies become bankrupt, and the second generation of gaming is destroyed as we know it. There are a number of reasons why this happened, far too many to list here. Some would say that the ET game for the Atari 2600 was the soul cause of it. To say that would be naive. There were more than one game that helped the cause. But I wouldn't disagree that ET helped a lot with the crash of 1982 gaming. Did you know it was one of the best selling Atari 2600 games at the time? Neither did I! It sold an impressive 1.5 million copies. However, the remaining 3.5 million were left unsold. Rumor has it that the Atari company left at night and went to New Mexico and dumped the rest of the copies in a land fill, crushed and buried in concert. What ever happened, the memory of this game remains to those who were there, and fools who dread to play it. As I'm one of those fools, I'll play it and see if it's really that bad.
*title screen plays*......wow.....I mean.....*shakes head slowly* That's the game summed up. The title screen basically says "Abandon all hope all ye enters here. Turn back now, there's still time! Save yourself!" The cover of the theme of ET, although I can hear the right notes, is terrible. No harmonies? It's probably the best thing in the entire game. Well, lets get this over with. The story is that you need to find three pieces of a telephone so you can call a mother ship and get back home. Sounds simple enough. The keys are in pits. Boy do you walk slowly. Dare I say slower than Dr Jekyll? As I'm walking along and I fall down these holes, I yet to find a piece. What are these symbols on the top of the screen? There are arrows. Should I follow them? Now it's ET with sound waves coming out of his mouth. More arrows. Now a circle with a dot in it.....GAH!.....Wait! That's it! A circle with a dot in the middle was an Egyptian hieroglyphic that means day! I got it! I can....how the hell those that help me?!?
So I'm following these arrows, that change frequently, even when I'm standing still. So screw these arrows, I'm going back to jumping into holes. Because ET likes suicide? I don't know, you lose life when you land. Oh good, a phone piece. How does ET get out? Take a guess. No really, take a wild guess. Not sure? The answer was: He opens his mouth. That's right. ET has the power to levitate by opening his mouth. Don't worry, if your not hating the game already, then you are very gifted with tolerance. *falls in the same hole*.....wtf? *opens mouth to get out, then falls in the same hole as soon as you get out*.....*does the same thing with same results* son of a.....*same happens again* Can't I get out of this hole!?! *gets out* THANK YOU! Oh look, a dot, is that a pit? No, I seemed to have collected it. I have 1 at the moment. Hmm......
*someone comes out of no-where* Oh hello friend! *touches you and walks away*.....That was odd...Hey, I lost my phone piece, and the thing I collected! And he can walk over holes! Must have took levitating lessons from ET and found out that you need to open your mouth. Well, lets continue looking. *someone else comes out of no-where* Oh hello friend....*guy picks ET up* Where is he taking me? It looks like he takes me to his lab, were I can easily escape. Oh look, there's the guy who stole my stuff *guy touches ET then runs back to his house* Odd....I had nothing. And what is this third house? Who is this for? When you die, the kid from the film comes to you and you gain some life. But what the hell happens to the kid? Where did he go? Did he give his life for me? Na, I'll expect to see him again pretty soon.
This guy in the trench coat is really annoying me. He takes away all of your phone pieces at once. And those little dots are pointless. They do nothing! Oh, it's that kid, but I haven't died yet. I'll go and see if he's alright. *ET touches the kid*....And he took all of my little dots? Do I have no friend at all? I'm finished. I can't take it anymore! The music is absolutely terrible, it's not even music! It's just some beats and that's it. Call that music? The graphics are an eyesore, even for an Atari game. It looks ever so slightly like ET, but if I didn't know I was playing the ET game, I would never have guessed correctly other wise. Ok, I got all three phone pieces. What do I do now? Go back to the starting place? I'm here. Why isn't the ship here? *guy in trench coat comes in* Oh no you don't! *tries to runaway, then the scientist comes in and catches you* Ahhggg! *mashes buttons, then breaks free as a high speed*.....*holds down space bar*.....I can run? I CAN RUN?!? Well, this is great news....wait....were are my phone....AWWWWW! >=(
Overall, I give this game a 2.7/10     One of the worst games I have ever played. Worse that Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for the NES, worse than Friday the 13th for the NES, even worse than.....*shivers* GhostBusters for NES. Never thought I'll play a worse game. Unspeakable graphics, terrible music, annoying and awful game play. What the hell were they thinking? I can see why now it was a huge contribution to the gaming crash of 1982. Not the cause of it, but differently was a huge part of it. Thankfully, hey don't make games like those anymore....I hope....
  Graphics 1   Sound 1   Addictive 2   Story 2   Depth 1   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 4.6/5     Submitted: 11-07-11     Updated: 04-29-12     Review Replies: 13


6.8
E.T- The Extra Terrestrial   Redrunelord
There is a concept of remembrance when one should regard a past event for the individuals involved. History involves all aspects of what has happened, yet most historian's interests are limited to what concerns humanity directly. Historians are also infamous in labelling certain events or individuals with specific titles, and these titles can transcend into a plethora of philosophic mental engagements in trying to determine what each title actually means. One of these titles is a legend, which will be the primary focus. 
What is classified as legendary is somewhat murky, but it is a term that is easy to use carelessly, as the term partially entitles something humans do not fully understand. Something that is legendary is often considered something that is beyond comprehension in magnitude, blurring the lines between truth and myth. Legends can transcend into all forms of history, including video game history. Perhaps the most legendary of all Video game stories has to be the story surrounding one of the game soften blamed for the video game crash of 1983/1984: E.T the Extra Terrestrial for the Atari2600. 
In many ways, E.T has a famous story behind it for anyone who looks beyond the sixth and seventh generations of gaming. The basic premise is that Atari made a deal with Steven Spielberg, the director of the film E.T, to release an E.T video game, but the contract specified that the game was to be released by the Holiday season, giving the developers only six weeks to work (when the average Atari game took around three to four months with the technology at the time) and the game was to have five million cartridges released initially (compared to a normal three hundred thousand). The results were predictable, but what happened next is actually a lot murkier than some sources would state, with rumours being circulated and truth being difficult to derive from fiction. That story and the rumours often supersedes the game itself, and many people dismisses the game quickly. However, a lot of the hatred is due to the immense hype for a game that is, in reality, incomplete. Yet, how is the game, ignoring all the hype, and ignoring all criticisms.
The first thing that is usually mentioned is that the game is cryptic beyond belief, and that without instructions it is impossible to play. These criticisms are real, and these issues reduces the game play experience significantly, but it should be noted many Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega Master System games would prove even more cryptic but don't receive nearly as much flak, and Indiana Jones for the Atari was much harder to figure out, yet is praised. The basic premise is that E.T needs to find pieces of a phone, so he could phone for help. This is likely a very high powered phone, or that the private residence do not have any, as E.T is rather picky about this phone, but regardless, it is necessary to find three pieces spread across in holes. These holes litters the playing area, and E.T has to jump down each hole to see if it's empty, has a flower, or contains a piece of the phone. Once all the pieces are found, E.T has to go to a specific screen, and wait for the timer that appears to run out. If the number in the bottom corner (starts with 9999) runs out, it is essentially game over.
The first thing to comment on, before getting into the game play, is the A/V department. Doubtlessly primitive by modern standards, but it they stand out on the Atari as it is not a black background, unlike a lot of games. It is usually distinguishable as to what is what, for the most part, but some items do require the player to have read the manual, so the visuals are not perfect. As well, because of the game's rushed nature, the graphics can glitch out at certain points, so they are far from perfect but, with a manual, competent. The audio is doubtlessly the gem of this game: the introductory music sounds good on the Atari, and sounds better than a lot of NES, and SNES themes that would follow in the years to come. The sound effects are also all good, and quite adequate for the game play, but rarely grows annoying, but for their significance.
The controls are actually quite competent through emulation (and to a degree with a Sega Genesis Controller), as one would use the arrow keys and the space bar rather than the Atari2600 controller, which could be difficult to use at times. To enter a hole one would simply have to run into it, and to get out press the space bar, and press up. After the player is out of the hole, they have to press down before releasing the space bar as to not fall out. This is problematic for a few holes that are close to the edges of the screen, and can be exceptionally frustrating trying to navigate out of once in. Perhaps Nietzsche's quote "if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you" was foreshadowing the holes in this game. In the end, be glad that it is using arrow keys as it makes the job much simpler over a joystick. The single button outside of these holes causes the player to sprint quickly, which can be either useful or a hindrance. It can be useful from escaping E.T's enemies (presumably the scientists and government officials). While E.T can instantly escape, the sprint is one of the items that was far from perfected when the game was rushed out onto store shelves, as the sprint continues into the next screen, and the player can fall into a hole that way. Depending which hole it is, it can be very difficult to escape from, and as escaping uses most of your "steps" (your timer) it could cost the player the game.
The controls makes up a big part of the game play, but responsive controls can not save the obviously rushed design. As mentioned before, the player has to jump down a plethora of holes looking for parts, but which holes has parts is largely random. Sometimes the player may get a hint, but that does not deviate the random nature of searching. Video games that boasts randomness also boasts repetition as the forefront of any game play mechanics. As a direct result, there is no real skill involved other than learning how to get out of the holes quickly, and can grow weary to try and beat. Nonetheless, one way or another, there is a charm to it and can be rather amusing. 
Movie based games rarely been great (LJN showed that time after time) but E.T is often cited as the worst, and one of the worst of all time. To be fair, E.T never had a lot going for it that would make a great game to begin with, and it was rushed out. Rushed out...rushed has to be the single greatest adjective that can be used to describe this game, as that was the big thing holding it back. With several technical problems, and just a repetitive game play it is doubtlessly a bad game. However, for what it is it is worth, it is not the worst: In its respect, the game was an experiment, an innovation of sorts, along with other late Atari2600 games to try and expand games to include a definitive end rather than proving to be impossible to end without giving up, or glitching the game out. This game is legendary among gamers for being inexcusably bad, but in reality should be legendary for an immense exaggeration of a bad game being worst than it is, and said exaggerating changing the video game industry. This is a poorly made game, but has its value in our hearts, and should not be terminated remorselessly based upon hype nor bad word of mouth. 
  Graphics 6   Sound 9   Addictive 2   Story 7   Depth 3   Difficulty 9

      Review Rating: 4.2/5     Submitted: 07-29-11     Updated: 07-29-11     Review Replies: 0


2
Sell Game For 0 Viz   Toad 004
This game is infamous the gamer world over. It is THE reason almost all movie based games are doomed to failure. Mr. Spielberg set impossible requirements - the game had to be made within 6 weeks, and they had to make 5 million copies (there were not 5 million Ataris in existence at the time). People bought this game expecting something as god as the movie, and what they got, was THIS.
The goal of the game is to obtain 3 pieces of the phone and "phone home" so the other aliens can pick you (ET) up. You control ET and attempt to find the pieces of the phone. The game is played in an overhead view, and you can progress by moving to the edge of the screen. There are a few issues with this - you'd have to have a map to tell most of the screens from each other. But that's the least of your problems in this game.
As you move through the screens searching for pieces of the phone, you find these holes in the ground. If you fall into them, you have to float out, using some of your power. If your power meter runs down all the way, you lose a life. 3 lives and you're dead - classic video game law. It's also tricky to get out of the hole, you have to be careful to move away from the hole, and that's hard to do with the game's stiff controls. So knowing all this, you want to stay away from the holes... right?
Well you explore all the corners of the map and possibly run across a few enemies (more on them in a moment) and you're not able to find anything. You then mistakenly fall into a hole for the 5th time (again, stiff controls) and realize that yes, that is a piece of the phone, in the hole. To find the pieces of the phone, you need to fall down random holes and hope to find them. It's sheer luck, because every wrong answer costs you energy. Enough wrong guesses and ET ain't phoning home today.
There is one way you can get the game to tell you where a piece is, but that's by pressing the button (there's only one, it's Atari) when the icon at the top of the screen randomly shows a question mark. Even then, a piece of the phone must be on the screen you're on, or it won't work. So, if you're lucky enough, you won't have to be lucky enough to search holes randomly.
Ah, but you'd better avoid the enemies. There are two - the FBI agent and the Scientist. The FBI agent doesn't seem to do anything to ET... at first. But later, if he touches you while you have a piece of the phone, he takes a piece away! So how do you get it back from him? SEARCH MORE RANDOM HOLES?!!??!?!!!?!?!?!?!?!??! That's right, you'd assume he'd lock it up in some government room, but he must just toss it in a hole just to annoy ET. But you've also got another enemies to avoid - the Scientist. If she touches you, she'll drag you to the laboratory square, far away from anything else useful, wasting your precious time.
If (that's a big if) you manage to gather all three pieces of the phone, then you need to return to the starting square of the map (you'd better remember where it is) and then the timer for the UFO to pick up ET will start. So all you need to do is sit there and you wi... wait, no, NOT THE SCIENTIST!!!!!!!!!!
The game does look and sound relatively decent (for Atari standards, of course) but it is nowhere near enough to even begin to make up for the garbage that is the game play.
Vizzed itself knows this game is worthless.
  Graphics 7   Sound 7   Addictive 3   Story 1   Depth 2   Difficulty 9

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 11-20-12     Review Replies: 1


5
E.T. The most hated game of all time   GenesisJunkie
  (Overall) E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 is most likely the most hated and ranted about game of all time! Lets talk about it a little. This is a 1982 adventure game made for the Atari 2600. This game was rushed out in time for Christmas and from what I have heard they put out more copies of this game then there were Atari 2600s to play them! Atari was really hoping this game would be there biggest seller but that's not the way it happened. E.T. was a complete and total flop and one of the big reasons for the great video game crash. So many people returned this game that Atari had to bury them in a landfill in New Mexico. To this day collectors, casual gamers, and reviews are still ranting and raving about this game. The Angry Video Game Nerd even has a movie coming out about this game, but is it really as bad as everyone is saying?
   (Graphics) There are quite a few different screens in this game for an Atari 2600 game. The main thing you will see in E.T, is a green field with dark green oval shapes which are holes in the ground. The E.T. and boy sprites look pretty good and the telephone parts look like any other unrecognisable Atari 2600 thing. Really the graphics are better then some not as good as others and probably the best thing about this game!
   (Sound) This is really just your average Atari 2600 game when it come to sound. I really don't have anything to say about this other then beep boop and that is all you will hear. 
   (Addictiveness) Well lets talk about the game a little more. You run from a guy in black. If he touches you, you will lose all the telephone parts that you have! You will be put in some kind of jail or science lab I guess. Now how do you get the telephone parts? You fall into holes. Some holes will have em some wont. Now getting out of the holes is the "fun" part. It is a total pain in the butt to get out of the holes. You stretch your neck out and try float up to get out. Now that you know what the game is about you tell me if you want to play it. Personally its not all that fun but is alright. Really all the replay value comes from having friends play it or you challenge yourself to beat it.
   (Story) Most Atari 2600 have no story what so ever so I will give this game props for having a little bit of one. You have to get the telephone parts to "phone home" like in the movie. There are one or two other characters from the movie in this game.
   (Depth) Yet again this game is just about the same as any other 2600 game. I do think this game can be beat though. Most Atari 2600 games are all about high score.
   (Difficulty) This game is a tuff one! It is very hard to get the phone parts and as soon as you do this jerk in black comes and takes em away! Yea its hard! You can summon the little boy to make the guy in black go away for a minute but how you do that is beyond me. E.T is a lot harder then most Atari 2600 games I have played
(End) Now that you know what the game is about tell me is it really that bad? No, I don't think its as bad as everyone thinks. Yea its not to fun but think about how many other games are just the same or worse not only on the Atari 2600 but out of all consoles. I can think of 100 games that I would rather play E.T. then play. Give it chance, you might just like it.
  Graphics 6   Sound 5   Addictive 2   Story 6   Depth 5   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 07-04-13     Review Replies: 9


4.5
Review - Atari 2600 Game - E.T. (It really is as bad as they say it is...)   AwesomeTrinket
OK, where do I start on this game...? I know it's a time in gaming history, I know games won't be the same without this game, but I can't help but review this. (P.S. Someone give my mom a "Mom of the Year" trophy for saying that it's going be hard writing a review for this game because anyone who plays that game will get nothing out of it but a melted brain)
Graphics - 5
I would've been harsher on the graphics and probably have given it a 2 if I didn't remember that this was made back in the 1980s and that's the quality of game graphics back then, so don't think I actually like this game because I gave the graphics something higher than a 3, I'm just being nice because it's Atari.
Sound - 1
I actually checked to see if I could leave the sound a blank because there is literally little to no sound. I think I can sum up the sound in just two lines:
Intro music.
E.T. walking and falling into holes.
Enough said.
Addictiveness - 1
I made a mistake playing this. I wasted an hour of my life by playing this. Why would you think I want to play this again? I am so sorry if you're offended by me ranting about this game, but I'm really ticked that I decided to make a poor life choice and try to play this. It was a really bad idea. 
Story - 4
I've never seen the E.T. movie(s?), so bare with me here as I write down what I understand about the story: E.T. is a little green pixelated alien that got sent down to Earth due to unknown reasons. He's supposed to find pieces of some alien technology that got scraped off the ship so that the ship can track the technology to get it and rescue E.T....and then he falls in holes a lot and then some dude picks him up and takes him to what I think is Rome set back in the ancient times.
How accurate was I there? 
Depth - 6
This is what happened when I was rating this:
Me: -Writing review and rating it-
Depth: How big the game is and how much is offers; if it is
a game that takes a while to beat or has a lot to do, rate it high.
Me: I played this game for an hour and I'm not even close to finishing it. Might as well at least rate it a 6.
Not that this game has a lot to do, except for fall in holes and get taken to Rome, this game will take a while to beat because about 90% of the game you're going to be falling in holes even when you're not close to one.
Overall - 4.5
Overall without Difficulty included - 2.8
A kind person with the username of zanderlex told me that "Keep in mind that it's best not to count the difficulty in the overall score because that's not really something that tells how good a game is because difficulty can either be liked or not liked, so if somebody doesnt like hard games and the game is an 8, they wouldnt like it so the grade would be lower. " So I'm taking his advice. Hopefully I'm taking it right. Good news that it's been a day and my first review hasn't been removed.
  Graphics 5   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Story 4   Depth 6   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 01-10-16     Review Replies: 4


1
The worst video game of all time   gamerforlifefor..
Back on June 11, 1982 the legendary sci fi movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came out in theaters. Because of how successful the movie was, Atari decided they'd make an E.T. video game in hopes of making lots of cash. Unfortunately for them, their plan blew up in their face. The game was panned by critics and gamers alike and it's still to this day widely considered the worst video game of all time. Also the game didn't sell anywhere near as well as Atari thought it would. 1.5 million copies were sold, but there were still somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5 million copies that went unsold. A lot of those copies were dumped in a landfill in New Mexico, that's how bad this game is! Now I know some of you are wondering, is E.T. really the worst game of all time or is the hate over-exaggerated? My personal opinion is yes, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is indeed the worst video game of all time. I'll now explain why with this review.
Graphics: 1/10
E.T. has some of the worst graphics you'll ever see in a video game. There are only 3 main colors for the map: green is the main color, the pits are colored dark green, and the inside of the pits are grey. There's also one area that's blue. I understand that this was a game that was made in the early 80's, but they could've done a better job with adding more color to the map. Also, E.T. himself looks awful in this game. I'm trying to think of a way to describe how he looks, but I can't think of anything else other than crappy. Because of how awful the graphics are, I'm giving the graphics a 1.
Sound: 1/10
The only music in this game is theme that plays on the title screen, and it's crappy. The game also has some extremely annoying sound effects such as the sound when you move around, and when you fall into a pit. Because these noises are so annoying, I'm giving the sound a 1.
Addictiveness: 1/10 E.T. has some of the worst gameplay you'll ever experience in a video game. You have to fall into pits in order to find telephone pieces, avoid an FBI agent and a scientist, while hoping you don't accidentally fall into one of those annoying pits, and complete the game before you run out of time. Also, in order to get out of a pit, E.T. extends his neck so he can float. WHEN HAS E.T. EVER FLOATED BY EXTENDING HIS NECK!? It make absolutely no sense! You won't find gameplay as bad as you'll find in E.T. For these reasons I'm giving the addictiveness a 1 like it deserves.
Story: 1/10 The story in this game doesn't even follow the plot of the movie. Basically the story in this game is that E.T. needs to collect 3 phone pieces by falling down random pits in the ground and picking them up so that he can go back home. Along the way, you'll need to avoid an FBI agent and a scientist. If the FBI agent catches you, he'll take all your phone pieces and you'll have to search for them all over again... If the scientist finds you, will drag you to a certain location. The fact that the story was changed so much and makes absolutely no sense makes it terrible. For those reasons, I'm giving the story a 1.
Depth: N/A I can't give the depth a fair score, therefore I'm leaving that category blank.
Difficulty: 10/10
E.T. is extremely difficult because you'll be spending a lot of time falling down random holes so you can find the 3 telephone pieces, and trying to not fall back in is also frustratingly hard. Needless to say, the controls for the game are terrible. Also trying to avoid the FBI agent and scientist is very annoying as well. For these reasons, I'm giving the difficulty a 10.
Overall Score: 1/10
Like I mentioned earlier, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is the worst video game of all time. It has terrible graphics even for it's time, awful sound effects, abysmal controls, and a story that makes no sense. I definitely say this waste of time is even worse than Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 and Superman 64 combined! For these reason this game deserves and gets a score of 1! Now that I'm done with this review, I won't be making anymore reviews for Atari games.
  Graphics 1   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Story 1   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 03-08-15     Updated: 03-09-15     Review Replies: 8


0.5
Why wasn't this as good as the movie?   totaldramaman2
Oh boy, THIS game. Well, like when I talked about Superman 64, I'm going FULL DETAIL into this game.
                                               --- In the beginning, there was a good game, and there was a bad game... ---
Well, you're walking down the game corner of your nearest grocery store. You're looking for a good Atari 2600 game. You see a game called E.T. It reminds you of the AWSOME movie of the same name. So, you go home insert it into your Atari, and play. Well, look at this deceiving title screen. DECIVING I TELL YOU!!! It looks as good as 4-bit can. So, you start the game. You see E.T. Come down in a pink tree. I think that's the ship. So you move around. Occasionally you stop, and whenever you do, E.T. Turns to the left. Why does E.T. Just turn left? Is he against facing the right? (his left) He's like "Why do I have to face RIGHT? This game isn't RIGHT, it's WRONG!" So you walk around. La la la la la. WOAH-LY CRAP! Oh you inspected that dark green area, didn't you? Well, you fall down the hole. To get out, you open E.T.'s mouth... or you extend his... neck? Well, you float out, and-WHAT? You fell back down? Well, those holes are traps. However, the telephone pieces are in the holes. And they don't look like telephone pieces, they look like... parrellograms... with diagonal lines... going across it.  So, you think you finally got out of the hole, but you fall in. AGAIN. So you FINALLY get out with a telephone piece. But then Inspector Gadget (or some dective) comes and takes it. OH. MY. GOSH. And then some doctor with a blue mask comes along and takes you to his prison ready to commit... alien... abuse. Now, you might be wondering why I'm talking like... this. Two reasons 1.) I can't tell what's going on and 2.) THIS GAME IS PUTTING ME TO SLEEP! Enough E.T., PLEASE come out of that hole.
                                                          --- E.T. goes down the hole ---
Well, might as well talk about something while Mister E.T. (who acts nothing like the REAL E.T.) tries to get out of the hole. Steven Spielberg, maker of the movie, gave Atari the licence to make an Atari game of E.T. But he only gave them 6 weeks. Yeah, only 6 WEEKS to make the game, manufacture it, make copies of it, make the instruction manuals (the enclosed instruction booklet), and package it. 5 major things in 6 weeks. Yeah, I couldn't make a good game with that either. Wait, that number on the bottom of the screen is getting low. That count is how many steps you take. You start 9999, and every step you take, the number goes down 1. If you fall down a hole, you lose like 35. Oh no, it's about to hit zero! Oh... E.T. Died... *sniffle* "bawls with tears*
 
                                                           --- THIS GAME IS DRIVING ME CRAZY ---
I DIDN'T MEAN TO LET YOU DOWN E.T., IT'S JUST THAT YOU TOOK TO MANY STEPS I'M SO SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait, you're alive... and you have 1500 steps! Oh thank you, thank you, Lord!!! So you're still walking. Falling down a hole. Walking some more. Updating your Facebook and Twitter status to: alien on a 9999 step walk on a forest on Earth. Wait... I FOUND THE THIRD CELL PHONE PIECE! Okay, go to square one, and wait under a timer that just appeared. Now, the timer ended... the ship came back, and now... a boy is walking in and out of his house with E.T. In front and... the game started over... THE GAME STARTED OVER?!?!?!?!?! I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT FOR NOTHING??? THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST TIME WASTEMENTS OF MY WHOLE LIFE!!! I am DEAD serious. So what do you do? DON'T PLAY THIS GAME. And most CERTAINLY do not play Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde... PLEASE... I've been warned about that game...

  Graphics 1   Sound 3   Addictive 1   Story 3   Depth 2   Difficulty 9

      Review Rating: 3.7/5     Submitted: 07-10-11     Updated: 08-04-11     Review Replies: 2


3
Eh, not to bad but bad   cplegogame25
Story: The story of the game is E.T trying to get home by collecting Pieces to a phone and riding a ship to the next level.Graphics:The graphics are dull, this game was made in 3 months i believe, E.T on the title screen looks pretty good though but no in game, he just looks like a square with 2 rectangles sticking out of his head, i know it's Atari but come on at least put some effort. Also there's to much greenGameplay:The game play is simple, go around into pits and find pieces to a phone and leave. I know some people have problems with the pits and such but it's so easy to get out of, just hold the fly button, get out, keep flying over the pit and land safely. The enemies are pretty annoying, one of them takes your phone pieces away and the other brings you to a museum or something. Your health is about 9,000 steps, run out and you die, but a kid will come by and revive you with 2,000 health. you can teleport by tapping the button and run by moving and holding the button, and it worksFinal Verdict:It's not as bad as i thought it would be, i mean it's still bad  with lame graphics and annoying enemies and pits, but the controls are fine and the title screen of E.T looks good.
  Graphics 2   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Story 3   Depth 1   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 11-27-13     Review Replies: 3


2.8
E.T. Review   Marcmoney
Overall - 2.8
E.T. is a good movie, but not a good video game.  I couldn't stand falling in the hole every single time and being caught by the scientists.  I guess I am not that good at this game. :P
Graphics - 6
The graphics are quite bad.  Of course, it is an Atari game. :P
Sound - 6
The sound is bad too, again it is an Atari game.  And it is kind of blocky.
Addictiveness - 2
I know that I would not play this game again.  Atari is not my thing. :S
Story - 7
Like I said, the movie is very good.  In this game, it is a small story and on what to do.  I put a 7 because I compared the movie and the game.
Depth - 2
The game is not that big, you basically get pieces of the phone and that's it.  If you get captured, you have to find the pieces again.  Pain in the butt. :S
Difficulty - 8
The game is hard.  the scientists are faster than E.T. and there are a lot of holes and sometimes you fall into the same hole every time.  I know how that feels lol.
Wrap Things Up...
Like I said for the third time, the movie is good to see, but don't try the game, you will not enjoy it.  It is basically just like Back To The Future...good movie, but bad video game.  At least the game is better than E.T. :P

  Graphics 6   Sound 6   Addictive 2   Story 7   Depth 2   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3.3/5     Submitted: 07-10-11     Review Replies: 1


4
E.T. on Atari   ketchupcereal
Ah, E.T. on the Atari 2600. Probably the most famous retro game in the world. There are A LOT of people who know why this game is so popular. A lot of mixed opinions about this game! Some say it's good, some say it sucks more than anything they've ever seen, and there are some who are neutral about this game. Personally I find the game confusing but good for the time. People usually feel the developers didn't know anything about good games, but remember: The Atari 2600 was famous for the primitive graphics and sounds! The games were usually about hi-scores instead of beating the games. This was one of the rare games that had an ending instead of a hi-score system. I think we should stop being stubborn and cut the game some slack. The sprites resemble what they are pretty well, which was rare. Also, at least LJN didn't make the damn game. We should all remember this game as a forgotten part of history that was unique in a way that some liked it, and some hated it.
  Graphics 7   Sound 4   Addictive 3   Story 2   Depth 5   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 01-01-12     Review Replies: 0


3.2
Is E.T. really that bad?   1sam234
Good God, this is just... awful. just... plain... awful. I felt raped playing this game. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on NES looks like God compared to this. The creators were probably rushed into making this thing, but that is just no excuse. Spielberg was an a-hole if he was thinking this could be GOOD. But no, his requirements were just impossible to meet, so it was Spielberg's fault for asking for WAY too much of Atari. Only if you paid me 350,000 Viz could you convince me to play this again.
The gameplay is very boring and tedious for one thing. All that you are doing is collecting telephone pieces. But you happen to be practically walking on swiss cheese because the ground is littered with holes, and the detection with those holes is broken. Every time you get 3 inches near a hole, it counts as falling into the hole, and it is nearly impossible to get out.
The sound quality is par with Atari standards, but it's too quiet, and there's barely any variety with them.
The control is responsive, but the holes plus the glitchy detection make your fingers take gymnastics school to maneuver around them.
Due to the glitches, the 2 persistent enemies (being the scientist and FBI agent), the holes, and the effort it takes to get out of and around them, the difficulty is extreme.
The worst part about the game is the part where you get all 3 telephone pieces. You have to go to the field and wait for a few seconds for your ship. But at the last second, the scientist comes out of nowhere and takes you away if you don't move quick enough. If she catches you, you have to START OVER THE SEARCH FOR THE PIECES ALL OVER AGAIN, because she'll take all your telephone pieces if you let her catch you.
That alone would make a game impossible to beat. This also goes back to the controls I mentioned earlier.
I just think that E.T. could've been better if Steve didn't set the super high expectations for Atari. I thought that E.T. could have been a halfway decent game, but no.
In conclusion, this game actually isn't the worst game in the history of the world as some people say. However, it is one of the worse games you could play.
  Graphics 2   Sound 4   Addictive 1   Depth 2   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 12-19-09     Updated: 08-20-11     Review Replies: 5


1
This should have never been released   LilGB
So this game that caused Atari to crash & burn..
There is nothing good about this steaming pile of s***. Atari should have never rushed this game to make the holiday release date. I'm lucky to have not been born when this was originally released or I'd be one of those disappointed kids.
Graphics- Insult to your eyes
Sounds- Beeps...
Addictive-Never touch this again....I'd rather play Jekyll & Hyde or Sonic 06...
Depth- Hahaha depth
Difficulty- Annoying pits...makes it near impossible to navigate.
If you own a copy of this take it to your nearest landfill or toss into a volcano.
  Graphics 1   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Story 1   Depth 1   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 03-28-21     Review Replies: 2


2
E.T. It's so bad. And I mean BAD.   GamerPony2013
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. This game is infamous for being horrible and believed to have been buried in a landfill. So, how bad is it? It's bad. End of review. Just kidding, let us take a closer look, shall we?
Upon starting you see a title with E.T.'s face. Pressing start will bring you to a cutscene of E.T. landing in a forest in a tiny purple spaceship, then the ship ditches him. I guess it did not want to be in this horrible game. I don't blame it. You can move in 8 directions and pressing the fire button while walking will make you run. BUT there is a counter on the bottom that starts at 9999 and decreases when you walk, and faster when you run.
On each screen, you will see that they are half filled with holes. Going into these holes will let you move left and right only, and you can't run. I guess E.T. has problems with his legs in giant craters. And you have to go in these holes. "Why?" you ask? To find pieces for a phone to "phone home". HUEHAHUHUEAHUAH! Not funny. There are only 3 phone pieces. But to complicate matters, there is an agent and scientist who captures you and takes you to a building. That is it. But they can take your phone pieces away!
You can also find flowers in the holes. They don't seem to do anything but bloom when you press the fire button on them. Oh, and I did not even explain how to get out of the holes. You press the fire button and hold "up" on the joystick. This drains your "energy" as well. If you lose all your energy, E.T. will be revived by whatshisface.
You can refill your "energy" by eating reeses pieces. I'm not kidding! You find them as dots on the ground and eat them by standing still and pressing the fire button. But this has to be done when no icons are on the top of the screen. Icons? Yes, there are several of them. There are arrows that teleport you to the screen in that direction, a thing that calls whatshisface but it does not seem to do anything but take your reeses pieces, a question mark that shows where a telephone piece is, and a alien thing that you use to call the mothership when you have collected all 3 phone pieces.
When you call the mothership, you must wait and it will appear on the forest screen where you started. A cutscene plays where E.T. flies away and you see whatshisface running laps around his house. Wat.
Graphics: They are pretty nice. E.T. look pretty good and so does the detector, scientist, and whatshisface.
Sound: just your stepping and beeping whistle as you fall into a hole. Not much.
Addictiveness: Only if you are interested play it.
Overall, this is a horrible game. It is okay to play, but just as a collectors item. Not really something to play on a daily basis.
  Graphics 7   Sound 3   Addictive 2   Story 10   Depth 4   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 07-24-13     Review Replies: 6


3
Stay away from E.T!!!   mariowin13
OK this the game I was warned by the Angry Video Game Nerd. He say that we should stay away from this game. I should have listen to him. OK lets begin!!!
Graphics - 2/10
The graphics is dull. At the intro, All you get is a face of E.T and a sign say E.T. When you begin the game, the alien ship was on look like a rocket than alien ship. All the hole look pix-elated. Also the houses and the people trying to capture E.T. So I'm gonna give it a 2.
Sounds - 1/10
The only musics you can hear is the intro. and only sound effect you can hear is E.T stretch his long neck. So the game is kinda boring so I'll give it a 1.
Addictiveness - 1/10
The game is boring. All you have to do is collect some stuff so he can go back home. So I'm giving it a 1
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Story - 3/10
Like in the movie, E.T need stuff so he can communicate with his parents to go back home to his planet. It must be the shortest story I've heard in gaming so I'll give it a 3.
Depth - 2/10
The game only give you the power the to move and to fly for a moment to get out and float over the holes. The game is easy to beat but I stop playing it like in a minute because it's boring. So I'll give it a 2.
Difficulty - 3/10
I know that I say that the game is easy to beat but if you are new to the Atari at Vizzed, at may take some time. So I'll give it a 3.
Overall - 3/10
The game is boring, don't play this game. I prefer playing Pac - Man than this game. Thank you for reading this.
  Graphics 2   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Story 3   Depth 2   Difficulty 3

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 07-10-13     Review Replies: 0


0.5
E.T the unholy grail of gaming   angryvideogamen..
 the game that started it all, the game that brings shame to all gaming ever and a disgrace to gamers. You have no weapons, and guys come from random places ( sometimes in the middle of the screen) that either take you some where or take away what you have. The game begins with E.T landing in a spaceship, your objective is to find the parts to call your space ship. But the game is so hard that if you pass you might as well say that luck was on your side, especially if your  not so much an elite. To me,this game got what it deserved, it deserved to be buried in a landfill, the biggest disgrace ever!!!!
  Graphics 7   Sound 6   Addictive 2   Story 4   Depth 1   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 2.8/5     Submitted: 08-18-12     Review Replies: 16


5
ET: Underrated Terrestrial   Videogamefan
ET: Extra-Terrestrial was a video game for the hit movie released back in 1982, and sparked negative feedback for the game. It was considered one of the worst video games of all time, and according to legend, Atari took the remaining copies of the game and buried them somewhere in a Mexico landfill. Was this the right response, or just an overreaction? Let's dig deeper into the game.
You play our little alien ET, who's job is to find little pixels all around an area. Sounds easy? Well, the alien is supplied with a certain amount of points which decrease every action you make. There are also holes scattered throughout, and if you fail to manuever around them you fall inside. Getting out requires a little flying, and failing to land in the right spot may get you trapped again. To add to that, scientists roam around the area, and you may want to avoid these. If you're lucky, they may just walk through you (a glitch?) If you aren't very lucky, they'll pick you up and take you to a pointless jail-like building. This does not make you lose, and you can just walk out right away. But it requires you to walk more, which can make life hard for ET and his points. After you collect all the phone pieces, you can go home.
So, what makes people consider this a bad game? Maybe it's that you lose points every time you move. Or maybe because you fall down too many holes. It may even be becuase the gameplay is too plain and stupid. If you get past what people say, you may actually enjoy it. Yes, it's pretty annoying, and you can get lost pretty easily, but be honest, we've all played worse. In conclusion, the game is pretty likeable, and it wasn't bad enough to be buried in a landfill. Just take this advice: Don't listen to what people say about something too much, or you'll convince yourself that it sucks without even trying it. Try it yourself, and see if your view of the game was true or not.
  Graphics 2   Sound 2   Addictive 2   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 2.8/5     Submitted: 04-20-11     Review Replies: 2


5.7
E.T atari: This is the big one   supersonic44
History is important.  Any kind of history is extremely important.  As anyone whose studied history will tell us, there has been good times in our life and some pretty bad times.  Imagine it's Christmas in 1982.  You open the present to find this Atari 2600 game.  You're excited, as you only have a few Atari games for the system.  When you turn it on, you shut it off after 5 minutes of play only so you do your chores instead of playing your game, you thought it was that bad.  Yet, when you got a copy, you're a part of a historical change in what video games would be.  But, more on that later.  Anyway, we're here to talk about a crappy game.
Graphics:
Aside from the title screen, the graphics are muddy and bland, even for the 2600.  Animations were bland, models were crappy, and, again, aside from the title screen, everything graphically in this game isn't pretty to look at.  4/10.
Story:
The story follows the movie, which everyone knows and has seen.  This category wont be expanded on much because, well, everyone knows the E.T story.  7/10.
Sound:
Believe it or not, this game features a nice chip-tune version of the E.T theme that's not to bad and isn't repeated to annoyance during gameplay, (*coughGhostbustersforNEScough*).  Unfortunately, the sound is ruined because of the sounds during play.  The sound that plays when you fall into pits is painful to listen to.  And the other beeps and bloops aren't exactly peaceful to the ears.  Aside for the chip-tune theme, the sound isn't exactly the reason you should be playing this game.  3/10.
Gameplay:
Just, wow.  This game is WAY to overrated.  The gameplay for this game isn't that bad.  Basically, you play as E.T trying to go home.  In order to do that, you have to find three pieces of a phone, and then find the random spot that the UFO lands, and have it pick you up.  However, that's easier said then done.  You have two enemies in this game.  A doctor that takes you back to the hospital, and a FBI officer that, I'm not kidding you here, steals your items.  That's one of the bad things about this game, the enemies really don't do anything but annoy you.  Oh well, this gets a 6/10.
Interesting thing about this game:
Basically, this game made gaming what it is today.  Don't believe me?  Well, I have 100 words to convince you, lets start now.  Any hardcore gamer, (AKA you,) knows that this game is one of the main causes for the Video game crash of 1983.  So, you say, this game caused a crash, how did that change gaming?  Simple, it started the fact that consoles need to retire.  After the crash, the holy NES was birthed in 1985.  The reason, (in my opinion,) it was made was to rebirth video gaming to bring it as more then a hobby.  What caused this crash?  This game.
Overall:
You should play this game solely for the fact its a game history changer.  Is it the worst game ever?  Probably, but its the worst game that has a purpose.  5.7/10
  Graphics 4   Sound 3   Addictive 6   Story 7   Depth 6   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 2.7/5     Submitted: 08-23-11     Review Replies: 0


2.2
Worst game EVER!   blahblahblah213
Review for E.T.
Holy crap this is the biggest thing I've ever seen. This is widely considered to be the WORST game in existence. I thought to myself, "oh please it can't be that bad." I was wrong. It IS that bad. If not worse!
Graphics: 2
I know this is an Atari 2600 and it is a primitive console but even that can pull off some nice looks but this...this is just disgraceful! It almost made my eyes want to vomit blood just by looking at it. And E.T doesn't even look like E.T, even if it's an Atari console!!!
Sound: 1
I wish I could rate this lower, I really wish I can rate this lower, but I can't. This has to be the worst sounding game I've ever played! The theme does not translate well into an Atari console. There isn't even any music other than the sounds of footsteps or falling! The sound can cause ear aches it's that annoying!
Addictiveness: 1
It's addictive all right...addictive to see how many things these people did wrong with this game! I mean, it's amazing how virtually unplayable this game is. I can't even call it a game! Sometimes I think the CIA uses this to torment terrorists! It's that bad.
Story: -
WHAT STORY?!
Depth: 2
I'm not even sure I can even say anything about the depth except, wow there is pretty much nothing to do and I feel like you can die pretty damn easily.
Difficulty: 5
This game is hard alright...hard to control, hard to imagine why would anyone create this monstrosity, hard to believe you are even playing it other than you heard everyone saying that it's the worst game ever and you should play other games that will torture you (in a good way) like a majority of bullet hell games, Contra, Metroid, heck, even SUPERMAN 64 is better than this!
Overall: 2.2
This is easily the worst game I've ever played. I'm not exaggerating either. It's ugly, it's sound is annoying, it's unplayable, it's disgusting to the soul, and it's amazing that the game industry even survived after this thing contributed to the collapse of 1983! I'm glad to have been born in the 90s so I wouldn't have to see the gaming industry (or Gamindustri in Hyperdimension Neptunia) fall apart. See?! This game is so bad I've thought of other more better games than this travesty. Why did I even play this again?! They should have given the customers refunds and apologies for letting kids in the 80s buy this. And the biggest problem I have is this could've had the potential to either be as bright and shiny as the movie or even outshine it! After all, this was released when the hype of the movie was huge. I've seen the movie as a kid and I completely understand where these people are coming from when they say it's one of the greatest movies of all time (it's no Citizen Kane according to others but whatever). What matters is this game really is the Citizen Kane of bad games. Why am I even comparing a good movie to this?! Just...don't play this game. It's for your health and overall sanity.
  Graphics 2   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Depth 2   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.3/5     Submitted: 09-12-14     Updated: 02-06-15     Review Replies: 15


7.9
E.T- The Extra-Terrestrial   ZacharyPiskura
One Holiday season in the mid-eighty's, companies worked long days and nights to get out products, and all the little kids waited for a fat man with a beard to come and leave them gifts. Meanwhile Atari had a new game to present, Stephen Spielberg had got tons of credit for his heart warming movie, and like most game companies they roll out the ideas and created the, at the time, wonderful idea of an E.T game! But, they had about a month to finish it. When the game finally came out a bunch of people bought it and they all either smashed it or asked for a refund, this led Atari to, supposedly bury the remaining game cartridges in the Mexican Desert. And all this ended up in the Great Video Game Crash. Well, that's the history of it and to be honest its not that bad. The graphics aren't very good but, Hey, it's Atari 2600 very early for Xbox 360 graphics! And the sound is very annoying but all you have to do is put the game on mute. This game is not very addictive it's a one-time-play type of game. There is story, you collect all the telephone pieces before the Cop or the Scientist get you. Not very much depth either, just plain and simple. This game is not very difficult, but you won't beat it right away either. I think if E.T didn't fall into holes every step he took and if the Cop and Scientist weren't so hard to get rid of this might have been a pretty successful game!
  Graphics 4   Sound 5   Addictive 6   Story 6   Depth 3   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 2.3/5     Submitted: 08-11-11     Review Replies: 2


0.1
FATALITY!(EPIC FAIL)   brandonrock
this game is really good NO F**k that this game sucks why did this game have to exist i don't even know where i am this game does need to be buried in a desert landfill because it SUCKS. i mean look at it here's what i mean. I don't review that many games, but I have to say that this one really deserves mentioning, and not in a good way. This is the game that will make you ban peanut butter cups (yes, it's that bad). I will spend no time explaining the gameplay (if there is any) nor the graphics (if you call 5 inch pixels graphics) as they would hurt my fingers typing the horrible detail. I will just advise that you NOT PlAY THIS GAME! I mean it! If you know your history, then you would know that this game contributed to the video game crash of 1983. If I have not provided enough examples to not buy this game, please tell me and I will elaborate more. If you think that I did not give a faithful review, then play this game and find out for yourself.
You have been warned.
  Graphics 1   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Depth 10   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 1.2/5     Submitted: 11-02-10     Updated: 05-15-11     Review Replies: 0

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no 8120 09-23-16 - 02:45 PM
 while I would not consider e.t. to be a very good game at least it,s a bit better than some of the other games that atari made
TaylorSwiftgamr.. 09-23-16 - 02:10 PM
 Okay never mind this was a bad idea.
TaylorSwiftgamr.. 09-23-16 - 02:07 PM
 I'm about to play what many consider to be the worst game of all time. I'm going to see how long I can last. Wish me luck!
misssweetiepie10 01-13-16 - 10:11 AM
 deo Thank god, Super Mario Bros for the NES saved the Video Game Crash 2 years later
Jordanv78 11-13-15 - 01:30 PM
 Mainly because it falsely gets labeled as the game that caused the video game crash of the 80's, which just isn't true.
Jordanv78 11-13-15 - 01:30 PM
 This game really isn't that bad for an adventure game on the A2600. There are much worse than this game even on the same console. FOr Example PacMan for 2600 is WAYYY worse than this game. Honestly this game gets a bad rap.
BestGamer24 11-10-15 - 04:21 PM
 E.T. was made in about 2 weeks, it was VERY, VERY rushed.
jonyoshi11 11-10-15 - 03:56 PM
 this iss a good game dont judge
Stevenpavelish1.. 09-27-15 - 06:33 PM
 This game should not exist at all!
Pacman+Mariofan 07-08-15 - 09:14 PM
 When it comes to this game, E.T.=Extra Terrible. =P
MajoraSkyward67 06-26-15 - 01:03 PM
 I have a feeling playing Atari 2600 games will crash my computer (for some unexplained reason).
MajoraSkyward67 06-26-15 - 01:02 PM
 I don't even wanna play this.
Reptile10177 04-09-15 - 01:50 PM
 This game stinks
Glitchraptor 03-01-15 - 01:16 AM
 And there are games worse that this game
Glitchraptor 03-01-15 - 01:16 AM
 @sanezer It costs 1 viz
shanezer 02-19-15 - 09:00 PM
 0 Viz is STILL too much for this game!
cristobal147 02-12-15 - 06:39 PM
 i love this game
gamerforlifefor.. 10-10-14 - 12:23 AM
 There have been some really awful games made such as Superman 64 and Sonic 06 but none are quite as terrible as this game...
blahblahblah213 09-12-14 - 03:39 PM
 I hate myself for have played this game.
jonathanzygorodi 08-30-14 - 06:12 PM
 it has to be sent into outer space
ARedLetterDay 08-01-14 - 04:04 PM
 It didn't cause the video game crash. It was one of the main reasons the market crashed, yes, but not the sole reason. There were other factors as well.
MarioMasta 08-01-14 - 03:49 PM
 Awegamer: It's considered the worst because it caused the Video Game Crash of 198something
mega man221 07-19-14 - 01:04 AM
 More plays than Donkey Kong? Wow!
the destroyer 07-07-14 - 03:30 PM
 this is he worst game i ever played i dont understand this game >:(
mrhello 04-28-14 - 06:11 PM
 @SANIC:LOL @Dahaka:The faces of evil is more infamous than this crap.

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