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Video Game Easter Eggs Found Years Later — Daily trivia Sunday, April 5, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which Atari 2600 game hid a secret room displaying 'Created by Warren Robinett'?
- APitfall!
- BSpace Invaders
- CPac-Man
- DAdventure
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Adventure
Adventure: Atari didn't credit its programmers, so Warren Robinett hid 'Created by Warren Robinett' behind a secret gray dot, and players found it only after he had left.
Q 02Which console's clock must be set to December 25 to reveal Halo 3's hidden 'Happy Birthday, Lauren!' message?
- AWii
- BPlayStation 3
- CGameCube
- DXbox 360
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Xbox 360
Xbox 360: Adrian Perez hid the message for his wife, Lauren, and with the date set, pressing both thumbsticks on a campaign loading screen shows it.
Q 03What did fans find beyond a hidden back entrance in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, over a decade after release?
- AAn explorable pirate ship
- BA flooded cathedral crypt
- CA sealed gladiator arena
- DThe developers' credits room
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An explorable pirate ship
An explorable pirate ship: in 2010 Russian fans rebuilding Blood Omen in 3D found the HMCS Bitter in its data files, behind a tavern wall.
Q 04Which 2017 action RPG had a hidden cheat code, found years later, that skips to the final ending?
- ANier: Automata
- BPersona 5
- CHorizon Zero Dawn
- DThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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Nier: Automata
Nier: Automata: dataminer Lance McDonald dug the code out of the engine, and inputting it after the first boss jumps straight to the last ending.
Q 05Which 1987 NES boxing game hid a crowd cue for an instant knockout that went unnoticed for nearly 30 years?
- AMike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- BRing King
- CUrban Champion
- DBoxing
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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
In April 2016, Reddit user midwesternhousewives spotted that a bearded spectator in the front row ducks at the precise instant a punch will floor Piston Honda or Bald Bull in their second bouts.
Q 06What does the hidden version of Shenmue's park scene, unlocked by a fan two decades on, add?
- ANozomi fights the thugs alongside Ryo
- BThe stray kitten permanently follows Ryo
- CRyo's father appears as a playable fighter
- DA hidden arcade cabinet becomes usable
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Nozomi fights the thugs alongside Ryo
Nozomi fights the thugs alongside Ryo: in 2019 a fan called nullpo revealed that with the kitten's affinity above 500, a split-second seven-button input triggers it.
Q 07What did the hidden input sequence in the arcade game Starship 1, an early Easter egg, award the player?
- ADouble point scoring
- BA bonus level
- CA secret ending
- DTen free games
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Ten free games
Ten free games: the right control sequence flashed 'Hi Ron!' for designer Ron Milner, an egg nobody published until 2017, four decades after the cabinet came out.
Q 08Which id Software co-founder's severed head did artists hide behind the final boss wall in Doom II?
- AJohn Romero
- BJohn Carmack
- CTom Hall
- DAmerican McGee
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John Romero
John Romero found his own head while adding sound effects and struck back with a reversed recording: 'To win the game, you must kill me, John Romero!'
Q 09What does eating the fruit in Shadow of the Colossus's Secret Garden do to the player character?
- AIncrease stamina
- BDecrease stamina
- CRestore health
- DGrant a temporary shield
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Decrease stamina
Decrease stamina: unlike the fruit that normally raises Wander's health, the garden's forbidden fruit lowers both his maximum grip stamina and his maximum health.
Q 10Which fighting game's Super NES version hid a Shin Akuma unlock that a modder found while reverse-engineering it?
- ADarkstalkers 3
- BStreet Fighter Alpha 2
- CMarvel Super Heroes
- DX-Men vs. Street Fighter
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Street Fighter Alpha 2
Street Fighter Alpha 2: modder Gizaha found that entering KAJ on the Super NES high-score table, then holding L, X, Y and Start on controller two, unlocks Shin Akuma.
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