atari,2600,adventure,easter,egg,video,game,hidden,secrets The First Video Game Easter Egg

The First Video Game Easter Egg

posted by dystopianfuturetoday

1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 5223 views

tags: atari, 2600, adventure, easter, egg, video, game, hidden, secrets

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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 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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We called it the black speck.

written by dag

| 1 year 7 months 3 weeks 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 7 months 3 weeks 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 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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

written by randomize

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks 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 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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fuckin' loved this game.

great find, dft.

written by my15minutes

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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!