A lobster box can’t have that much power. Exactly, Allan?
If you had to describe Easter eggs in one word, it would be “fun.” It’s fun to find, and developers often put them in for the same reason. In the past, the first few Easter Eggs were just places where the game’s creators put their names, since games didn’t have credits back then.
It is still sometimes used that way, though more often for computer software than for video games. A good Easter egg can mean a lot, poke fun at another game, be very useful to you, or make a name a part of gaming history for all time.
Adventure: Warren Robinett
People still think that Adventure had the first Easter Egg in history, even though this is not true. In reality, Easter Eggs have been found in games before Adventure, but it’s easy to see why this story spread so quickly. On difficulties two or three, you have to cross a bridge to get an invisible dot in a hidden part of the map.
Once you have the invisible dot, move to the right of the golden castle, drop the dot, and make sure at least two other things are on the screen. After that, you can go through the right wall and look at the credit for the game’s creator. It’s fun to get the egg, unlike most of the first Easter Eggs, where you had to press a certain combination of buttons to see the credit.
Batman Arkham Asylum: Arkham City Teaser
If you don’t think your entertainment project will be successful, it’s usually best to end your first entry on a happy note. When Batman: Arkham Asylum came out in 2009, you probably didn’t think it would change the superhero game genre as much as it did. But the game was great, and almost a year after it came out, an Easter egg that had never been found was finally found.
Putting three explosive gels on a certain wall in the warden’s office will open a secret room that you can’t see with your detective vision. There are hints about Arkham City in the room, and there is even concept art for the game. This shows how sure Rocksteady was about the project because they put a secret teaser for a sequel.
Resident Evil 2: Photo D
The best Easter Egg in Resident Evil is in the original RE2 and its remake. Once you get to the S.T.A.R.S. office in RE2, you can check Wesker’s desk. If you look at his desk 50 times, you’ll find a movie. It will be a picture of Rebecca Chambers in a basketball uniform once it is developed. Wesker hiding this is already a funny Easter egg, but the remake is even better.
Wesker’s desk is one of the places where things can be hidden. There is a weapon part there, but there is also something else there that doesn’t have a button to pick it up. You’ll get a copy of the movie Rising Rookie. Once the picture is ready, you’ll see Rebecca in her basketball uniform again. It’s hidden so well that many fans have never even heard of it.
Ninja Gaiden: Prototype Xbox
Ninja Gaiden was remade in 2004 for the original Xbox, and it has an Easter egg that is very helpful. In chapter 4, you can wall run up in an alley near Han’s Bar to find some hidden goodies. Depending on how hard the game is, you’ll either get the windmill shuriken or a Prototype Xbox monument.
This Easter Egg is really cool if you know about the Xbox’s history, but you can also use this monument. When you check, it will fill up all of your health and ninpo slots completely. Ninja Gaiden has a semi-open world, so you can go here to restock almost any time you want. Since Ninja Gaiden is so hard, you’ll use this monument a lot.
Donkey Kong Country 2: No Hopers
Donkey Kong Country 2 is one of the best SNES games ever made, and it has one of the biggest burns in the history of video games. Cranky’s Video Game Heroes is the part of the game where you try to finish it all, and your progress is ranked. When you reach the number one spot, you’ve pretty much won the game. Mario, Yoshi, and Link are the first three names on the list, but there are two more.
The red shoes and gun of Sonic and Earthworm Jim are next to a trash can and a sign that says “No Hopers.” That’s a sick insult, but the way the items are shown, it looks like the characters gave up. It’s like how when a wrestler retires, they leave their boots or other recognizable gear in the ring.
Trials Evolution: Real-Life Treasure Hunt
ARGs can sometimes be found in video games. ARG is short for “alternate reality game.” In these games, you have to go out and explore the real world. Trials Evolution has the biggest and craziest ARG of any game. With the help of different clues, people in San Francisco, Sydney, Helsinki, and Bath, England, found real treasure chests.
Each chest had a key and a note telling the person who found it to go to the Eiffel Tower in August of 2113. This seems to be a real request, and different plans are made for this date. By that date, none of these keyholders will still be alive, and neither will most of you. The game is so old that the Xbox 360 servers have been turned off, but this 100-year wait will continue. This is the kind of story that becomes a movie.
Hitman Blood Money: Allan Please Add Details
Nothing is funnier than a clear mistake made by the developers. During the mission “A Dance with the Devil” in Hitman: Blood Money, there is a kitchen on the hell part of the map. You can pick up a lobster crate here, and when you look at it in the item wheel, it says “Allan, please add details.”
It’s funny that this person asks him nicely to do it, but he just doesn’t. This Easter Egg is so well-known that it has been mentioned in other Hitman media, such as every main game after Blood Money.
You’re Not Supposed To Be Here – Levelord
Richard Gray, also known as Levelord, was one of the best first-person shooter level designers of the 1990s. Many of his levels have Levelord messages hidden in them, and the name Levelord is even a trademark. Most of the time, these messages are hidden in places that are hard to get to or in parts that can’t be reached without cheating. Slope Game has begun, and it’s time to roll!
Most of the time, the messages say something like, “You’re not supposed to be here,” and then the Levelord nickname. These are a funny and nice reward for people who go deep into these maps. There are a lot of these messages in Duke Nukem 3D, and a few are also in the first mission pack for Quake: Scourge of Armagon.
Halo Reach: Tribute Room
Halo has had a lot of good Easter Eggs in the past, but this one in Halo Reach is the best one yet. For the Package mission, you need at least two people and have to set the difficulty to “Legendary.” When you press a switch just outside of the level’s limits, a door near the start of the level opens. You are then sent to a hallway that leads to the tribute room.
It talks about well-known or important things in the Halo community, such as Red vs. Blue and the Jump video. Since Halo Reach was the last Halo game made by Bungie, the egg seems like a nice way to say goodbye before Bungie goes in a different direction.
A Link To The Past: Chris Houlihan Room
In several games, like Batman: Arkham Asylum, fans have been asked to take part in a contest. But Chris Houlihan in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past was the most famous. You can’t use normal ways to get to the Chris Houlihan room. If you fall down a hole and the game doesn’t know where to put you, it will put you in this room. So, the different ways to get to the room are pretty unusual.
Chris Houlihan was in the game because he won a contest for Nintendo Power. Since the game is one of the best of all time, his name will go down in gaming history as one of the best.
