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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumored cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time. 
  
 Game cartridges for "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," based on Steven Spielberg's blockbuster hit film, were reportedly dumped in the landfill in the 1980s, according to the Alamogordo Daily News (http://bit.ly/1kLNXjD ). 
  
 New Mexico Environment Department spokesman Jim Winchester said Wednesday an approved waste excavation plan, or WEP, is needed before any dig can begin. 
  
 "A WEP must be approved in advance of any excavation, and that includes even the city of Alamogordo," Winchester said. 
  
 Alamogordo city commissioners approved the search in June. However, Winchester said state environmental officials have control of the WEP's final approval, and it was rejected Feb. 27. The companies haven't yet submitted a new one, Winchester said. 
  
 Fuel Entertainment and LightBox Interactive recently announced plans to search the landfill for the game that proved a financial drain for Atari. The companies plan to record the dig for a documentary to be released by Microsoft Corp. for the Xbox One console. Filmmakers have even offered fans the chance to enter a giveaway of anything that might be unearthed. 
  
 Catherine Pasciak, a producer for LightBox, said the company still plans to travel to Alamogordo, if and when the project gets approval. The filmmakers have already shot some interviews, she said. 
  
 A spokesman for Fuel declined to comment. 
  
 Atari paid Steven Spielberg tens of millions of dollars to license the wildly popular 1982 movie's name, and game developers completed the project in just six weeks. In the game, the player takes on the role of the titular alien and tries to elude FBI agents while collecting pieces of a telephone to call E.T.'s spaceship. 
  
 The end result was a huge commercial dud that caused the troubled company's worth to sink even further. 
  
 Atari purportedly disposed of millions of game cartridges and other equipment by the truckload at the landfill. The area's supposed role as a gaming burial ground has snowballed into mythic status over the years. 
  
 The landfill was first used as a dumping ground in the 1920s but has been closed since the late 1980s, officials said. 
  
 A 2004 study found elevated levels of several chemicals in the landfill, prompting the New Mexico Environment Department to request further testing. Test results found "22 compounds of concern," according to the agency. 
  
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 Information from: Alamogordo Daily News, http://www.alamogordonews.com ||||| 'E.T.' video game won't be phoning home for now 
  
 John Bear—Daily News Two companies plan on digging for old Atari games at an old landfill near First Street and White Sands Boulevard, but the state has put the brakes on the project. 
  
 A state agency has put the kibosh on a planned excavation of an old city landfill so two companies can look for old video game cartridges. 
  
 The New Mexico Environment Department said in a letter that a waste excavation plan was "generic" and lacking in site specific details, among other deficiencies. 
  
 "No one is allowed to dig until the WEP is approved by the [Solid Waste and Ground Water Bureau]," Jim Winchester, a spokesman for the New Mexico Environment Department said. "A WEP must be approved in advance of any excavation and that includes even the city of Alamogordo." 
  
 Winchester said the WEP requires approval by the Solid Waste Bureau before any work can start. 
  
 "We received the WEP on Feb. 13, and Solid Waste and Ground Water Bureau staff completed a review and a letter with our joint findings was sent on Feb. 27," he said. "This letter noted many items that needed to addressed, included or clarified before the Bureau could approve the plan." 
  
 He said as of March 17, the solid waste bureau had not received a revised plan, and the city had been notified that they may not start any excavation of the site unless and until the plan is approved. 
  
 Two companies, Fuel Entertainment and LightBox Interactive plan on digging up portions of an old Alamogordo landfill located near First Street and White Sands Boulevard to search for Atari "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" game cartridges purportedly buried there in the 1980s. 
  
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 The game is considered to be one of the worst ever produced. 
  
 An attempt to reach Fuel was unsuccessful but Catherine Pasciak, a producer for LightBox, said the company was planning on traveling to Alamogordo to film if and when the project was approved. 
  
 She said the filmmakers had already shot some interviews in Feburary. 
  
 A 2004 study of the landfill found elevated levels of several chemicals and the NMED recommended further testing of the site. 
  
 According to the NMED, "22 compounds of concern" were found at the site and NMED recommended to the Environmental Protection Agency that further investigation be done under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund. 
  
 According to the NMED, the landfill closed in the late 1980s but had been in use by residents as early as the 1920s. 
  
 A city official said in December that the finding of chemicals at the landfill could cause a lengthy delay in the excavation of the site. |||||
A:
Truckloads of Atari's 1983 ET game—often listed as the worst video game in history—are believed to be entombed in a New Mexico landfill, and it doesn't look like they'll be unearthed any time soon. The New Mexico Environment Department has nixed a film production company's plan to dig for the old games, saying the firm has failed to submit a proper waste excavation plan, reports the Alamogordo Daily News. Fuel Entertainment and LightBox Interactive had planned to excavate the site for a documentary to be released on the Xbox One console, tied in with giveaways of games that might be unearthed at the site, the AP reports. Commissioners in the city of Alamogordo approved the search back in June, but state officials say they rejected the dig plan last month and a new one has yet to be submitted.