E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is an Academy Award-winning 1982 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that tells the story of a young boy, Elliott, who befriends an alien being called E.T. stranded on Earth and trying to find his way home. This film was produced by Amblin Entertainment, distributed by Universal Pictures, and originally released to movie theatres in 1982.

Video games

There are several video games based on the film, most notably the first, 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600, which was a huge commercial failure and is considered one of the worst games of all time. Still, it was followed a year later by E.T. Phone Home! for the Atari 800.

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Video games - Atari 2600 - Atari 800

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To tie in with the 20th anniversary edition of the film, a series of games was released in 2001 and 2002 for Game Boy Color (E.T. Digital Companion, E.T. Escape from Planet Earth and E.T. Cosmic Garden) and Game Boy Advance (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), as well as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Interplanetary Mission for the PlayStation. Three computer games for PC (E.T. Away From Home, E.T. Intergalactic Mission and E.T. Phone Home Adventure) also followed in 2002.

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Game Boy Color - Game Boy Advance - PlayStation - Computer games - PC

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