Showtime Specials Season 1 Episode 118 Atari: Game Over

Atari: Game Over is the 118th episode of the Showtime Specials series. This episode explores the history of the iconic video game company, Atari, and the infamous urban legend surrounding the burial of millions of unsold Atari game cartridges in a landfill in New Mexico.

Through interviews with key players in the video game industry, as well as former Atari employees and fans, the episode delves into the rise and fall of Atari and how their pioneering work in the field of video games helped shape the industry as we know it today.

The episode also examines the impact that the urban legend surrounding the burial of unsold Atari games has had on the popular imagination. For decades, the story of the Atari cartridges buried in a New Mexico landfill was dismissed as fake news or a wild conspiracy theory. However, as this episode reveals, there was some truth to the story, and the excavation of the landfill in 2014 yielded some surprising results.

With its mix of fascinating historical footage, insightful interviews, and intriguing twists and turns, Atari: Game Over is a must-see for anyone with an interest in video game history, the power of urban legends, or just good storytelling.