11/3/2016 SEARCHING FOR E. T. & the Atari Tomb 1 11/3/2016 2 11/3/2016 Everyone’s Favorite Tells the story of the industry and programmers. Jonathan Chinn, Producer Joe Lewandowski & Zak Penn, Director 3 11/3/2016 4 11/3/2016 Photos courtesy of Mr. James Heller 3 different City Mayors, 3 different City Managers, the NMED – Solid Waste Bureau, the New Mexico Governor’s office, environmentalists against the dig, legal issues, historical issues, search for witnesses, selection of the film company, and one other small problem ----- where were they???? 5 11/3/2016 How do you find something buried 31 years ago? No records No coordinates No key points 6 11/3/2016 In 1969, Ernest Huckleby, the father of Ernestine, fed mercury treated seed to the family hogs not realizing the dangers of mercury. Mr. Huckleby slaughtered a hog for the holidays and fed it to his family. 4 of the children were severely Ernestine Age 8 harmed, comas, blindness, no control over their bodies and eventually death. Baby, Michael was born blind and mentally impaired. These hogs and others were slaughtered and buried in this same landfill. Concerns were not to unearth the remains. There were other concerns malathion barrels and military waste. So caution was of great concern. 7 11/3/2016 have in common??? UFO / Alien Crash Site 8 11/3/2016 Marian McQuiddy Reporter (Daughter) 9 11/3/2016 Fred Austin Victor Alonzo Operations Supervisor Maint. Supervisor Died - 54 – Heart Attack Died - 56 – Unknown Richard Sedillo Landfill Supervisor Died – 52 - Cancer Joe Lewandowski Marian McQuiddy has a heart attack News Reporter Alfred Marchand a few months Died - 54 – Brain Aneurism Police Officer before the dig. Died – 44 - Later 10 11/3/2016 1,297 Games were recovered 60 different titles, not just E. T. Not just 2600 model, but also 5200 games Game console pieces All three types of controllers for the 2600 11 11/3/2016 Adventure Backgammon Air Sea Battle Baseball Asteroids Bowling Basketball Centipede Berzerk Breakout & Super Breakout Haunted House Code Breaker Defender Human Cannonball Indy 500 Maze Craze Demons to Diamonds Casino 23 Tele Games Canyon Bomber Circus Atari Championship Soccer Football Home Run Jungle Hunt Golf Maze Craze Pele Soccer Phoenix Night Driver Missile Command Outlaw Pac Man & Swordquest Ms. Pac Man Space War Star Raiders Sky Driver Vanguard Video Chess Video Pinball Video Olympics Volley Ball Warlords Superman Space Invaders Raiders of the Lost Ark Yars’ Revenge 12 11/3/2016 125 E. T. the Extra-terrestrial The games were donated to museums and sold to the general public around the world. Sold to: United States 752 Other Countries 122 Germany 7 $107,930.15 The dollars went to the City Museum, Zoo, Library and Police Department 13 11/3/2016 UNITED STATES Henry Ford Museum Dearborn, Michigan The Strong, Museum of Play Rochester, New York Smithsonian Museum Washington, D.C. Museum of History Alamogordo, NM INTERNATIONAL VIGAMUS Rome, Italy Tricottet Collection Zurich, Switzerland Hamilton Toy Museum Ontario, Canada Computer Centre of UK Cambridge, UK Deutsches Filminstitut Frankfurt, Germany Computer Spiele Museum Berlin, Germany At the Warehouse 14 11/3/2016 15.