In this episode, we go back to the 80's and talk about how the nascent video game industry in North America was nearly wiped out by a series of bad decisions and hubris. We'll visit Atari, Pac-Man, E.T., and a landfill in New Mexico.

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Sources:

The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven Kent

Video Games Industry Comes Down To Earth by N.R. Kleinfield

-New York Time, Oct. 17, 1983

Home Video Games Are Coming Under Strong Attack by Robert Snowden Jones

-Gainesville Sun, Dec. 12, 1982 (Cox News Service)

What Went Wrong At Atari? by  John Hubner

-Infoworld, Vol. 5 #48

From Landfill to Smithsonian Collections: "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" Atari 2600 game by Drew Robarge

https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/landfill-smithsonian-collections-et-extra-terrestrial-atari-2600-game