14 Video Games You Should Never EVER Play
2. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
On many Worst Games Lists, E.T. for the Atari 2600 wins the top spot. The game is slow, dull, monotonous, and imprecise. Also, you can win the game in five minutes.
It may not be the worst game ever but it is the most infamous since it nearly destroyed the gaming industry. The movie, E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial, was released in December 1982. Believing the movie was going to be a hit, Atari obtained the rights for a video game adaption for $25 million. Since the movie came out in December, Atari made the whole game in 34 days to make sure it was released for Christmas.
When word-of-mouth spread about the game's poor quality, the sales dried up and Atari was left with millions of unsold copies.
As has been mentioned in the previous entry, Atari has a reputation for creating shoddy ports and rushing out games. When consumers realised how unreliable the company was, people stopped buying consoles, which initiated The Great Video Game Crash. In 1982, the video game industry was worth $3 billion. By 1985, the industry was only worth $100 million.
Although The Crash wasn't entirely caused by E.T., it did play a major factor.