Tech Flops that lived in Notoriety

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Game)
Tech Flops that lived in Notoriety
Launched in 1982, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is an adventure video game that was developed and published by Atari and designed by Howard Scott Warshaw. He intended the game to be an innovative adaptation of the movie of the same name, but the end result was cited as one of the worst video games of the world and one of the biggest commercial failure in video gaming history. The game was negatively received by critics with common complaints focused on the plot, gameplay and visuals. The game is frequently cited as a contributing factor to Atari's massive financial losses during 1983-84. The game's commercial failure and resulting effects on Atari is frequently cited as a contributing factor to the video game industry crash of 1983.