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The First Video Game Easter Egg

posted by dystopianfuturetoday 1 year 8 months ago • 5242 views
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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'.....


written by arvana  | 1 year 8 months ago | CH
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We called it the black speck.


written by dag  | 1 year 8 months ago | CH
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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...


written by garmachi  | 1 year 8 months ago | CH
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Upvote for the historical educational value, and because it's a classical story of individual ingenuity triumphing over corporate bureaucracy. Vive la black speck!


written by chilaxe  | 1 year 8 months ago | CH
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i called it a dead pixel.
call me old-fashoined


written by randomize  | 1 year 8 months ago | CH
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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.


written by quantumushroom  | 1 year 8 months ago | CH
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fuckin' loved this game.

great find, dft.


written by my15minutes  | 1 year 8 months ago | CH
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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!


written by blankfist  | 1 year 8 months ago | CH
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"Mainframe PC"? Either it is a mainframe or it is a PC.


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