is it like a secret or cheat?
2007-01-10 12:21:03 · 7 answers · asked by me 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
According to Wikipedia, the name Easter egg comes from Dan O'Bannon's horror spoof, Return of the Living Dead. In the film, a container of zombies goes missing and is referred to--in code--as an "Easter egg." Of course, the name is more obviously derived from "Easter egg hunt" fame, where Easter-celebrating-children are made to search through an established area (usually the yard) for dyed hard-boiled eggs or plastic eggs filled with candy. Generally (in video games at least) Easter eggs are a reward, not a punishment, although they range from hidden files to secret rooms and often break character from the game, making reference to the developer or to the notion of the Easter egg itself. It's important to distinguish Easter eggs from cheats, since the former represent additional content. However, they're usually superfluous to gameplay. Cheats like the famous "Justin Bailey" code from Metroid may be as notorious as some of the more notable Easter eggs, but they serve a specific function, such as skipping gameplay levels or invoking invincibility. We define Easter eggs as hidden properties of games that can be revealed by button combinations or by accessing remote areas in the game or on the disc itself.
2007-01-10 12:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An easter egg is like a bonus, something that you don't expect. It's neither a secret or a cheat. For example, Project Gotham Racing 2 contains an easter egg: Geometry Wars. Geometry Wars isn't a cheat or a secret in the game, but it's a bonus, an added surprise that you normally wouldn't expect.
The first easter egg was in Adventure where you can find a room with the creator's name in it. Back then, creators weren't really given any credit, so one creator, Warren Robinett, managed to sneak a room that has his name in it into the game.
2007-01-10 20:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
An "Easter Egg" in games is the generic term for all the secret (or hidden) cheats within the game (or a computer program for that matter). It was termed that as it was something that the programmers left in the game for others to find out for themselves.
It could be something as simple as a cheat code or something as complex as a brand new play mode. It varies with the game.
2007-01-10 21:22:36 · answer #3 · answered by TStodden 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A hidden object or place..Usually not able to find without cheats or something..like the easter egg in GTA Vice City was a golden egg in a window you jump through..nobody would ever find that..i saw it on tv...
2007-01-10 20:32:17 · answer #4 · answered by SoSoDef 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an easter egg is something in a videogame that is hard to find usally there just things hiding in the game like secrect cut sceens stuff like that. so mostly there just secret things.
2007-01-10 20:33:34 · answer #5 · answered by anthony_izaguirre@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an easter egg in a game is just like an easter egg in life. difficult to find, but, either interesting,funny or just plain stupid
2007-01-10 21:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by nate f 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a easter egg is somethin hidden in da game that is sometimes hard 2 find and not all games have them.
2007-01-10 20:26:50 · answer #7 · answered by nintendo8888 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋