Founder of Atari followed us on Twitter

Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari followed us on Twitter! I was a game enthusiast, and when I worked in Dubai UAE from November 2005 to December 2014, I was able to buy and collect the latest Game Console. I also have an old console collections such as Atari and Family Computer Game.  So it was a joy to learn that a prominent video game personality is following us on Twitter.

A week ago I have been watching Video Game The Movie in a repeat mode wherein game gurus have been asked who they think is the father of video games and majority of them think it was Nolan Bushnell and just yesterday I received a Twitter notification that Mr. Nolan Bushnell @NolanBushnell  just followed us on our Official Twitter account @egamerscentrum on Twitter.

I tried to check the account and it was indeed a verified Nolan Bushnell account. Thank you so much Mr Bushnell for following our humble account.

Nolan Kay Bushnell  who was born February 5, 1943 is an American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain. Bushnell has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News “Innovator of the Year” award, and was named one of Newsweek's "50 Men Who Changed America.".

Video- Atari E.T. Cartridges Unearthed at New Mexico

Watch Atari E.T. Cartridges Unearthed at New Mexico.

The Atari Corporation – faced with overwhelmingly negative response to the “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” video game – allegedly and now confirmed disposed  millions of unsold game cartridges by burying them in the small town of Alamogordo, New Mexico in 1983.

Fuel Entertainment took an interest in the legend, and in December 2013, with help from local garbage contractor Joe Lewandowski, acquired the exclusive rights to excavate the Alamogordo landfill. Fuel Entertainment then brought the opportunity to Xbox Entertainment Studios.

Today's excavators went to Alamogordo hoping to provide closure to this legend, perhaps make history and get some awesome documentary footage for the upcoming original film by Xbox, "Atari: Game Over" (working title).

Atari Game Over- E.T. Cartridges Unearthed in New Mexico

Turns out some legends are true. One Atari cartridge unearthed, thousands more to follow!

According to the report from XBox.com, a team of filmmakers and excavators descended upon the Alamogordo Landfill in New Mexico today, to investigate the longstanding legend of Atari's long-buried cache of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" cartridges. As the story goes, the reviled Atari 2600 movie tie-in game went largely unwanted by consumers, and Atari -- facing financial catastrophe due to the very costly flop -- decided to rid themselves of thousands upon thousands of these unsold cartridges, dumping them in the New Mexico landfill and leaving them buried forever.



According to IGN, the dig itself is part of an upcoming documentary that will be released exclusively on Xbox One by the newly formed Xbox Entertainment Studios. Directing the film is Avengers and X-Men 2 writer, Zak Penn.

"The Atari Corporation – faced with overwhelmingly negative response to the “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” video game – allegedly disposed of millions of unsold game cartridges by burying them in the small town of Alamogordo, New Mexico in 1983. Fuel Entertainmenttook an interest in the legend, and in December 2013, with help from local garbage contractor Joe Lewandowski, acquired the exclusive rights to excavate the Alamogordo landfill."

Watch the video report from IGN.

Meanwhile, watch Atari E.T. gameplay: