FIXING the worst video game EVER: E.T. FOR ATARI 2600

This hack has got to be every gamer’s dream. someone actually took the time to dig through the binary file of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and fix the errors that made it an abomination of a title for the Atari 2600.

This is quite a feat in numerous ways. first off, you need to know the game well enough to understand where they problems lie. The Internet is a substantial help in that regard as there’s no shortage of sources complaining about the game’s shortcomings. This turns out to be one of the articles strongest points as the author takes time to address the most common myths about bugs in the game. From there he goes on to talk about the problems that were actually fixed. Some are just general tweaks like the color fix noted above. but many of them are genuine improvements in the game play, like the falling fix which prevents E.T. from falling in this pit when his feet are certainly not anywhere near the edge.

So you couldn’t get your hard earned bucks back for a bummer of a game back in the day. but at least a few decades later you can fix the things that made it suck and play it through the way it ought to have been.

[via Reddit]