E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (also referred to simply as E.T.) is a 1982 adventure video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600 video game console. It is based on the film of the same name, and was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw. The objective of the game is to guide the eponymous character through various screens to collect three pieces of an interplanetary telephone that will allow him to contact his home planet. It is widely regarded as the worst game ever made and one of the major contributing factors to the near death of the video game industry in 1983.

Main story

35 min

Completionist

2 h

Released

1982 · see every game from that year

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric · Side view

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• Action
• Science fiction
• action-adventure
• agents
• alien protagonist
• based on - movie
• cameo appearance
• collectibles
• controversy
• easter egg
• extra terrestrial
• falling sequence
• licensed game
• non-humanoid protagonist

1. This gameE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982
2. E.T. Phone Home!1983
3. E.T.: No More Mr. Nice Alien1997
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - Escape from Planet Earth2001
5. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - Interplanetary Mission2003
6. E.T.: The Green PlanetTBA
7. E.T. Interplanetary MissionTBA

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