Editor's note: This article originally appeared on IGN sister-site Geek.com.
In the olden days, programmers could hide something in the code of a video game and be confident that it would never be revealed. But with the advent of the Internet, players are sharing tips, hints, secrets, hacks, and cracks at a breakneck pace. When new games are released, forums light up trying to find these secrets. Most of them get revealed within days, if not hours. But some programmers work a little harder to keep their Easter eggs from public view.
In this feature, we’ll pay tribute to those especially tough nuts. These are secrets that hid just out of reach long after the game was released, waiting for some enterprising soul to hunt them down and loose them on the world.
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In the olden days, programmers could hide something in the code of a video game and be confident that it would never be revealed. But with the advent of the Internet, players are sharing tips, hints, secrets, hacks, and cracks at a breakneck pace. When new games are released, forums light up trying to find these secrets. Most of them get revealed within days, if not hours. But some programmers work a little harder to keep their Easter eggs from public view.
In this feature, we’ll pay tribute to those especially tough nuts. These are secrets that hid just out of reach long after the game was released, waiting for some enterprising soul to hunt them down and loose them on the world.
Continue reading…
Continue reading...