E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a video game for the Game Boy Advance where players control E.T. as he evades various government agents and scientists. The objective is to collect components to build a communicator to help E.T. contact his home planet. Players navigate through different environments, solving puzzles and using special abilities to achieve their goal.
Players must save E.T. from the government agents, scientists, and law enforcement officers that are trying to catch him while attempting to assemble a transmitter that will allow E.T. to phone home.