Cementing over Refuse at the Atari Video Game Burial in September 1983, Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill
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In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. This image documents the original 1983 burial of material.
In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. This image documents the original 1983 burial of material.
Artifact
Digital print
Subject Date
September 1983
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2015.13.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the City of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Inkjet printing
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 6 in
Width: 8.5 in
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