Uncle DT's Random Image Thread

[Kruger]

I agree, E.T. the video game is not so good.  But I read an article (or saw a YouTube vid?) that said that game was not the reason for the crash, nor was it the worst game ever.  The arguments were sound and the games that were listed as worse really were.  The E.T. game could have been a good game if some of the gameplay was fixed.  Like if those damn pits that consistently swallowed you were fixed so it was not so automatic.  They were able to make a decent game out of Indiana Jones, E.T. could have been a hit.  And they went on to blame the crash on no quality control with the third party developers pumping out and flooding the market with mediocre titles.  Plus Atari had far too much faith in the titles they were producing so over produced far too much quantity.  The last thing that they said was Atari should have phased out the 2600 and brought the 8-bit line in as a game console.  Kind of how they released the XEGS too many years too late.  If that was released around 81 or 82, it would have done a lot toward keeping Atari on top of the game console market...