Tell us what your favourite video game easter egg is and why for $5!

The phrase 'easter egg' was coined after the 1980 game Adventure, when Atari still had a policy of not crediting its devs to keep competitors from poaching them, prompting developer Warren Robinett to hide a credit to himself in a secret in-game room. But did you know that wasn't the first easter egg? That's widely said to have come in 1973's Moonlander, in which a McDonald's restaurant was (for some reason) hidden on the Moon.

'Easter egg' has since come to mean a fun secret or reference for those in the know, and we want to know which are your favourites and why! Maybe you stumbled upon it yourself without seeing it online first, or perhaps it's the cherry on top of a particularly memorable quest or game for you.

Having featured in games for around 50 years, there are now a lot to choose from. Explain what the easter egg is, why you enjoy it so much, and provide an image, video, or any other form of proof of its existence to net $5.

Task: Show us your favourite easter egg in a video game

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Created at 4:15pm, 20th November, 2023. Page last updated at 2:43pm, 16th May, 2024.
Deadline at 11:30pm, 26th November, 2023.

Submissions (7)

Jenna 11/26/2023

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One of my favorite Easter eggs comes from Grand Theft Auto 5. The Ghost of Mount Gordo! At a specific time in game, around 11-12 at night, you can go up on the mountain and see the ghost. You can’t get too close to her unfortunately, or she will disappear. You can however look at her through your in game phone camera or through a sniper scope. There’s also a message written in blood by her, which writes “Jock”. Jock is a reference to Jock Cranley from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. This woman is believed to be his wife. Very creepy but very interesting! It’s so cool to see in game! There’s so much more to this story!

Edit: I’m having trouble uploading an image to this, but here’s a link to view what she looks like! https://images.app.goo.gl/iDo4hUwNy6Ub4EBy8

Having trouble uploading an image to this, but here’s a link for anyone wanting to see her!

Samuel11/25/2023

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In Fallout: New Vegas, there is a clever little easter egg, near the town of Novac.

Near Novac, there's a refrigerator, with a skeleton inside, complete with a fedora and a whip! This is an easter egg to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where Jones survives a nuclear blast by hiding inside of a lead-lined fridge!

Lanah Tyra11/24/2023

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There is an NPC in FFXIV called the Wandering Minstrel. He can be found at various locations and unlocks the Extreme / Ultimate version of certain fights. His appearance was based on the game's producer Naoki Yoshida. During the recurring The Rising event, celebrating the game's anniversary the Minstrel shows us a vision where our beloved producer has a message for the players, which I think is a very nice gesture.

I don't have my own video of it, but here is one from the 2019 event:

Schadsquatch11/24/2023

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One of my favorite Easter Eggs I found when I was a younger gamer was the Talking Mudkrab Merchant in Morrowind. He looks just like a regular mudkrab, but he buys things at full price and has the most gold out of any vendor in the entire game! An absolutely legendary vendor to have in your back pocket. My younger self had a good laugh watching my little brother vaporize him with a fire blast, only to go loot his body to find a giant stack of gold.

Scrbzy11/24/2023

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For me it's the Hayabusa armour set from Halo 3, I still remember being on comms with the boys when we all unlocked it, us all screeching in triumph.

It really stands out amongst the other armour sets and if you were determined enough you could top it off with a Katana by achieving 1000gs.

I still sucked at Halo, but at least I looked cool ¯\_(ツ)_/¯