E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

""Ah, I just got out of the pit for the 7th time and... AH! I'm in it AGAIN!!""

Woah. Do I smell something? Yeah, I do, it's whatever the heck' is in this mess of a cartridge titled 'E.T The Extra Terrestrial'. Perhaps I should write what I was saying as I played the game. ''Hmmm, looks interesting.'' ''Where am I going?'' ''Ahh, I fell into a pit!'' ''Alrihht I'm out, and I got a part. That was frustrating so... AH! I fell in one again!'' The rest of the game is either boring, unpolished, or ''What were the developers thinking?!''. Read on.

-VISUALS: By Atari 2600 standards, they look alright, compared to other games. By really, they're downright utter garbage. The holes look tacked on, and even though that are a couple more places to visit (a town, fields,MORE fields) you're in holes 98.7% of the time. You could be walking RIGHT after getting out of one for the seventh time and BAM!!... you're in it again! Go figure. :(

-SOUND: Well, there really isn't much sound, except for sound-effects, which also sound bad.

-GAMEPLAY: Ah man, what was Atari thinking? In this game, (loosely) based on the Steven Spielburg film, you control and move E.T around to find the parts from his spaceship that he's building. So, it's pretty much mindless wandering into you find something. But where are the parts, you ask? In holes. As you explore fields, you'll fall into holes. There are probably like 200+ of them, but there are only about 10 parts, and getting OUT of these things is troublesome, you could REALLY spend 15 minutes trying to escape. For some reason, pulling up on the Joystick makes E.T's neck stretch (What the...?) and he needs to float up. It sounds simple, but you can (and will) fall down from the hole and constantly have to keep trying. You could say that E.T is the worst 'fall into a hole and try to get out' similar ever msde. And luckily, it's the only one. Eventually, you will get to a town.(You'll probably go to it a lot. The map is terribly designed.) But, a man dressed in a yellow (that's right, YELLOW. C'mon, he shouldn't look like Dick Tracy!) suit will start to chase. Don't even bother trying to run, as he's faster and as you run from screen to screen, no matter what, he WILL NOT GET OFF YOUR TAIL. He'll keep following you. And when (he will, no doubt) get you, he'll bring you back to the starting point. And he'll do it again... and again... and again.

-CONTROLS: The game controls simple. It is a Joystick with 2-buttons.

-OVERALL: I don't know what to say. Oh wait, I do. ''Hey Atari, WHY (oh why) did YOU release this MESS of a travesty of a travesty of a travesty of a game!!??'' I can tell why the remaining copies of this were dumped into a land-fill (no kidding)

-Best feature: E.T's in it...
-Worst feature:...why would he star in THIS game?!

SCORECHART:
-VISUALS:3/20 -ORIGINALITY;4/10
-SOUND:1/10 -REPLAY:1/10
-CONTROL:5/10 -OVERALL:1/10

Reviewer's Score: 1/10, Originally Posted: 01/20/03, Updated 01/20/03