5 secrets in the game that seem to be buried forever

In the early 1980s, Adam Clayton, a 15-year-old boy who owned an Atari 2600 console, discovered one of the first (secret) Easter Eggs in the game. After overcoming an obstacle in an Atari 2600 game, Adventure, Clayton found the words “Created by Warren Robinett”. Robinett used it to credit the game’s development, because at the time, game designers were not recognized for their work. Clayton informed Atari of the secret text, and its popularity led the company to include other Easter eggs in later Atari 2600 games.

Since Adventure, Easter eggs have become the norm in the game. However, with thousands of secrets in different games, some Easter eggs take more years to figure out. And here are 5 Eater eggs that took years to find, and perhaps they would never have been discovered if the game developer hadn’t stepped in.

About Batman: Arkham City in Batman: Arkham Asylum

This Easter egg would probably never have been discovered had the developer not revealed the location of this secret room in Batman: Arkham Asylum. This room is hidden behind a wall in Warden’s Office (the wall can be broken by Batman’s explosive gel). In this room contains content about the sequel to the game, Batman: Arkham City.

More interestingly, Arkham City continues this Easter Egg tradition and shows Scarecrow’s crazy plans in Batman: Arkham Knight. Perhaps, there are still secrets left by Rocksteady in Arkham Knight so we can know what their next game will involve.

Chris Houlihan’s Room in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

In the fall of 1990, Nintendo Power magazine held a contest. With the winner appearing his name in a future Nintendo game. Chris Houlihan was the winner and the name of the sentence was added in The Lenged of Zelda: A Link to the Past on Super Nintendo. However, Houlihan’s room remained one of the Easter eggs that were not discovered until 2002. At that time, this room was discovered by decoding the game’s programming.

There are many ways to find the Chris Houlihan Easter egg in A Link to the Past, but they all lead to the same room. This room includes 45 green rupees and inscriptions that say, “My name is Chris Houlihan. This is my secret room. Just between us, OK? Other versions of A Link to the Past allow the player to enter this secret room, but the text about Chris Houlihan has been removed.

Happy Birthday, Lauren! (Halo 3)

Halo 3 was released in 2007, but it was not until almost seven years later that this Easter egg was discovered. Although Bungie has hinted at its existence on several occasions, it wasn’t until YouTuber Lord Zedd posted a video of the Easter egg in the summer of 2014, that people really knew about it.

This Easter egg is simply a happy birthday to the developer’s wife, spelled out in the Halo ring while the idle screen is running. Like the other Easter eggs on the list, it’s not hard to find, but it does require players to do things they don’t normally do. To see this message, the player needs to bring their Xbox 360 back to December 25 (unless it’s already December 25), and then the player must open a solo campaign mission while clicking both levers. analog. If done correctly, players will see a loading screen that says “Happy Birthday, Lauren!”

The Japanese man in Resident Evil 4

One of the most recent Easter eggs discovered comes from Resident Evil 4. Discovered 12 years after the game’s release, this Easter Egg features a Japanese man wearing a green sweatshirt mimicking Zombie behavior. This Easter Egg was discovered by YouTuber SR212787, but quickly gained notoriety when YouTuber, Slippy Slides, decided to check out Resident Evil 4 on camera a few months later.

While Slippy Slides can only find this Easter egg because he uses the camera freely, this secret can still be found in the game. The outline of this man can be seen in several ruins of Chapter 5-4 if the player uses a sniper with a scope to see. Having said that, we have no reason to look there, and that’s why it wasn’t discovered in the previous 12 years.

LMD (Donkey Kong)

One of the most famous examples of Easter eggs discovered many years later was the case of Landon Dyer hiding his handwriting in the Atari 400 Donkey Kong. 26 years after the game’s release, Don Hodges discovered the code needed to display Dyer’s signature. First, players need to play the new game and score 37,xxx 73,xxx or 77,xxx. You then need to cancel all of your lives, with the last dying by jumping. Finally, the player adjusts the difficulty of the game to 4, and if they wait for the early game screen to reappear, the LMD signature will appear on the screen.

In addition to the above list, another Easter egg is also worth mentioning. It’s actually more of a game bug than an Easter egg, but in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the player can control the Master Hand if they jump enough. There are several ways to trigger this bug, but both will allow the player to use the Master Hand and all of its skills in the game. However, this error will cause the game to stall, so don’t expect to get further in the game with Master Hand.

Above are Easter Eggs that took years to find. In your opinion, which Easter Eggs have you discovered that really surprised you?