WebApr 24, 2015 · Alamogordo's own Indiana Jones and Operational Consultant of the Atari dig project, Joe Lewandowski, hosted the event and spoke a few words before … WebAug 6, 2024 · All in all, around 1,200 cartridges were found at Alamogordo. They sold for a juicy sum of $107,930.15. From this, $65,000 went into the city’s coffers. A copy of E.T. the game is now at the Smithsonian. And Warshaw reportedly became a psychotherapist.

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WebSep 4, 2015 · The massive cache of video game detritus has made for a payday in Alamogordo. A crew dug up a sliver of the massive collection, and the city auctioned about 900 games one by one to amass a tidy... WebDec 15, 2024 · My blog is late today mostly because it took me forever to write this new conclusion to the final chapter in the first part of my book project on the Archaeology of the Contemporary American Experience. You can check out the book project here and get a broad sense for how the book is organized.… the christmas song luther vandross lyrics

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In September 1983, the Alamogordo Daily News of Alamogordo, New Mexico reported in a series of articles, that between 10 and 20 semi-trailer truckloads of Atari boxes, cartridges, and systems from an Atari storehouse in El Paso, Texas, were crushed and buried at the landfill within the city. It was Atari's first dealings with the landfill, which was chosen because no scavenging was allowed and it… Web3 Atari 2600 games from the Alamogordo excavation landfill site in New Mexico! Includes Yars’ Revenge, Pac-Man and Raiders of the Lost Ark. These were dug up... WebNov 3, 2015 · An Atari spokesman quoted in the story said the games came from its plant in El Paso, Texas, some 80 miles south of Alamogordo. Local news reports from the time said that the landfill employees... the christmas song nat king cole chords