: Players (as Elliott, Gertie, etc.) should stay together to trade items and use combined special abilities.
If you are looking for wisdom, the official guide Everything I Need to Know I Learned from E.T. [6] highlights these core values: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
: No matter how far you travel, "phoning home" is always the ultimate goal. : Players (as Elliott, Gertie, etc
: To stop falling back into a well after levitating out, immediately move E.T. left or right as the screen changes. : To stop falling back into a well
: For the first two acts, Steven Spielberg purposely avoids showing any adult faces from the waist up (except for Elliott’s mother) to keep the viewer firmly in a child's world [23].
: Humans can't enter wells. If the FBI agent is chasing you, jump into a pit to hide [16].
Infamous for being "unbeatable" and nearly breaking the video game industry, this game is actually manageable if you follow these rules [16]: