video game burial video game burial mass burial video game consoles computers new_mexico site undertaken american video game home computer company goods buried rumored copies biggest commercial failures video gaming cited worst video games released port commercially successful critically burial reported press doubts scope leading frequently dismissed urban legend case event cultural icon reminder north american video game crash end result disastrous fiscal year saw sold parent company believed millions copies disposed officials later verified numbers titles including microsoft worked new_mexico government site contents documentary called game april excavation revealed discarded games hardware small fraction games recovered excavation period portion given rest auctioned raise money museum commemorate burial circumstances financial difficulty purchased million seen net worth grow billion time company accounted video gaming market responsible half parent company revenues earning operating profits quarter growth following year expected region december company reported earnings increased predicted figure day saw share prices fall quarter ended warner profits falling addition ceo later investigated possible insider trading charges result selling thousand shares warner half hour reporting lower expected earnings later cleared wrongdoing forced resign position following july lose million sold following year problem titles tendency port arcade games home console led commercially successful games including port coin licensed versions game received official port confident sales figures high manufactured million despite having sold million consoles believed game successful earn estimated million boost sales console million gamers sought play home conversion finished product released march critically panned poor gameplay console best selling title shipping million units left million problem compounded high rate customers returning game problems caused sales faced great difficulty result video game adaptation film extra terrestrial game titled extra terrestrial result deal film director steven_spielberg concept video game based film instead arcade coin building established franchise time later reported warner paid million rights time high figure video game licensing manufactured million game release december million copies sold leaving holding half game game critically panned seen worst billboard magazine reported large number games increase competition prompted retailers demand official return programs video game manufacturers failures titles compounded business dealings confident strong sales company told distributors place orders video game sales slowed distributors ordered expectation high turnover left simply return large quantities stock result company soon found possession million essentially useless video game entirely unable sell burial september new_mexico reported series articles semi trailer boxes systems texas crushed buried city dealings chosen allowed garbage crushed buried nightly stated reason burial changing games later contradicted worker claimed case official stated sending broken returned material dump large stuff september news service reported people watching operation said included popular video games consoles convey games television screens high priced personal computers news service reported looting dump september local kids stating kids town began grave coming games raiders september new_york_times reported story dumping new_mexico representative confirmed story newspaper stating discarded inventory came plant closed converted recycling facility reports noted site guarded prevent reporters public contents times article suggested specific game titles destroyed subsequent reports generally linked story dumping known failure headline city trash home edition news imply follows humorous interpretation meaning extra territorial specifically mentions game starting september layer concrete poured crushed materials rare occurrence waste disposal anonymous stated reason concrete dead animals wouldn want children hurt digging dump eventually city began protest large dumping commissioner stating area want industrial waste dump local manager ordered dumping ended shortly unpopular dumping later passed emergency management act created limit future flexibility garbage contractor secure outside business monetary purposes mayor commented want like happen cultural symbolism speculation factors led wide speculation million copies ultimately wound crushed concrete reported prototypes proposed controller system disposed site speculation owner actually currently owns prototypes writing speculated location place public proximity sites trinity nuclear test ufo incident aided popularity story conflicting information surrounding burial led claim dump referred urban legend turn led degree skepticism doubt dumping story relevance event later industry recently october programmer responsible game expressed doubts destruction millions copies game took place believes downfall result business practices including alleged block booking poorly selling games successful ones dealing distributors specific failed games view echoed travis ign believes problems including huge surplus stock arose company sales individual quality games released incident cultural symbol representative north american video game crash cited tale poor business practices despite suggestions burial allowed company write disposed material tax relief purposes popular culture legacy burial led referenced popular culture music video song wake depicts band traveling site proceeding dig abandoned video director worked video game based music videos novel features scene takes place outside characters discuss parking lot built site burial film angry video game movie features plot centered burial december fictionalized account burial legacy key element episode series elementary excavation granted canadian entertainment company months access film documentary called game burial dump site xbox planned air documentary series exclusive xbox xbox multi documentary series produced production company excavation momentarily stalled complaint citing potential hazards issues resolved early april allow excavation proceed excavation started april open event public designer author film director attended event documentary burial local residents city official reportedly original children raid dump stated friends found dozens quality games gave away game couldn finish manager charge original burial hand excavation revealed originally ordered site covered concrete contrary urban legend claims millions buried stated buried remnants games discovered early hours excavation reported microsoft team archaeologists present examine document material unearthed excavation machinery athens cultural environmental support video game historian historian estimated removed burial remaining materials deeper expected difficult access according mayor burial following event worked arrange city said time shot recover materials site expect city agree similar event documentary game features burial site excavation released november auction recovered materials fraction given display documentary producers believes remaining sold city hopes sale games help fund recognition burial site tourist attraction future approved auction games september sold website september raised sales unearthed copy selling remain sold later date given historical value dug taken records calling cartridge representative burial site terms video games cartridge represents ongoing challenge making good film video game adaptation decline end era video game manufacturing video game cartridge life cycle
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