A multitude of Atari 2600 games dug out of a New Mexico landfill earlier this year are now being auctioned off on eBay...and the asking prices are pretty steep, some going as high as $500.
The city of Alamogordo, New Mexico, the location of the infamous "Atari Dump," is now selling copies of "E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial," "Asteroids," "Defender," "Warlords," and, "Missile Command" on eBay through the Tularosa Basin Historical Society, according to an article at Polygon.
The plum offering is "E.T," of course, the video game tie-in for Steven Spielberg's 1982 theatrical hit, and supposed "worst game ever made." The eBay listings for "E.T." have asking prices as high as $500 or more. If you do manage to win an auction for "E.T.," or any of the other excavated games, you'll receive a certificate of authenticity and a property tag. You'll also get a pamphlet with photos from 1983 and the dig earlier this year.
Following this first auction wave, an additional 70 copies of E.T. will be sold through future eBay auctions. "Then that is it. This will never occur again," the city posted on the listings.
Head over to this eBay page to see everything up for auction from the Atari dig.
On top of the auctions, Alamogordo is donating copies of the excavated games to museums around the globe. A deeper dive into the Atari landfill dig will be recounted in upcoming documentary "Atari: Game Over," which was produced by Xbox and will debut on November 20 on Xbox Live.
