The Creator of Atari’s ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ Talks About the Legacy of the ‘Worst Game of All Time’

Howard Scott Warshaw, creator of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600, talks about the legacy of the so-called “worst game of all time” in an interview with Great Big Story.

The video game ‘E.T, The Extraterrestrial’ for Atari 2600 is considered one of the biggest flops in gaming history. Yet the game’s designer, Howard Scott Warshaw, says he couldn’t be prouder of that honor. This is the story of an awesomely bad video game.

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