The Greatest Easter Eggs in Gaming

[Melbosa]

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/features/6131572/index.html?q=1&tag=gs_hp_flashtop_read

The first Easter egg on the list is the one that started it all. In 1980, Atari programmer Warren Robinett set about making a video game version of the original text Adventure. In the depths of the black castle in Games 2 and 3, which required special tools, direction, and a certain amount of know-how, players could maneuver to a room by the catacombs that had a single-pixel gray dot, the same color as the game's background. The dot would allow players access through a wall to a superfluous area with the text "Created by Warren Robinett" running down the middle. Robinett was partially motivated by the fact that, at the time, designers weren't given credit for their games. And so he claimed his own. Given the size of Atari games, this little screen ate a substantial portion of the memory (at around 5 percent), although Robinett has claimed that he created it only after the game was finished. Reprinting the cartridge without this screen would have proved to be too costly for Atari, and given the relative obscurity of the egg, it was left in for all future printings. These days, Adventure is almost as notorious for fathering the first Easter egg as it is for its innovations in action adventure gameplay.

[Darren Dirt]

Grey Dot:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/adventure/screenshots/gameShotId,83935/



Egg:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/adventure/screenshots/gameShotId,83936/





Warren "I worked at The Learning Company after that" Robinett's webpage:

http://www.warrenrobinett.com/