Comments for "The First Video Game Easter Egg" Video at VideoSift.com

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:14:25 -0700

Wow, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone else mention this! I played this game to death when it came out, and I thought I was the only one who ever found the secret dot. We used to call it the 'molecule'.....

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:26:28 -0700

We called it the black speck.

By garmachi

garmachi (http://www.videosift.com/member/garmachi) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:09:00 -0700

A friend showed me how to find it back in the day. I have no idea how HE found it though... what with there being no internets back then and all...

By chilaxe

chilaxe (http://www.videosift.com/member/chilaxe) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:34:12 -0700

Upvote for the historical educational value, and because it's a classical story of individual ingenuity triumphing over corporate bureaucracy. Vive la black speck!

By randomize

randomize (http://www.videosift.com/member/randomize) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:57:44 -0700

i called it a dead pixel.
call me old-fashoined

By quantumushroom

quantumushroom (http://www.videosift.com/member/quantumushroom) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:47:03 -0700

Because Atari wouldn't treat their employees with a little respect, they earned themselves a competitor: Activision.

Activision created Pitfall and Atari's pitfall was Activision.

By my15minutes

my15minutes (http://www.videosift.com/member/my15minutes) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:10:36 -0700

fuckin' loved this game.

great find, dft.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:58:58 -0700

I remember that dot! Wow, and after nearly thirty years I finally understand what it was for. Not being credited is accepted practice with programmers. Though, once I coded and authored a CD-Rom for Nissan's SER (Master of the Sixth Speed - the QT from the CD, created by MTV Animation), and if you quite the CD you're met with a closing screen. If you CTRL+Click the copyright symbol I believe (and maybe hold C down or something as well - it's been so long since I coded it), then you get a credits screen I put in there!

Otherwise I'd get no credit for all my sleepless nights!

By conan

conan (http://www.videosift.com/member/conan) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:06:00 -0700

"Mainframe PC"? Either it is a mainframe or it is a PC.