According to reports back in the 80s, Atari was struggling and was stuck with huge pile of games and unsold hardware, which the company decided to dump into a landfill.

Photo:  Larry Hryb
Photo: Larry Hryb

Atari paid millions to obtain the rights to produce the E.T video game that was based on the successful Steven Spielberg movie, which turned to be a massive failure and was considered as one of the worst game title of all time.

Here’s how bad it was: