godzillajoe Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 And again, how many games have them? I could never find ANY of them personally and was wondering how many are still mysteries and how many are documented somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Hm... Let's see... Homebrew games with easter eggs that i know of are: - Medieval Mayhem - Solar Plexus - Phantom II/Pirate - 2005 Minigame Multicart - Toyshop Trouble - Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission (if you count that as homebrew) There is a list with easter eggs on the DP Site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Digital Press has documented a bunch of easter eggs. Not sure how many in the list are homebrews, but Medieval Mayhem and PHANTOM II + PIRATE are in there. The 2005 Minigame Multicart easter egg is documented in this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Raiders of the Lost Ark had more bugs and Easter Eggs than any other 2600 game. There are still a couple that I cannot confirm such as what use is the dot in the Mesa amongst others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagMax667 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Supposedly, there is a hidden screen in Alfred Challenge. Has anyone found this? Does anyone know how to get to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Not a homebrew...but Hack'Em has an easter egg. Dunno if anybody's found it (you will definately know it if you do). It's triggered only on 1 level in any of the game modes -except- those that feature less than 4 monsters...all 4 of them must be present. Might be impossible to trigger depending on what board you start the game at...so it's done before you reach the keys. And of course, the arcade's split-screen is included at level 256 in all variations. The hacks Advent has an easter egg that "curses" the player, and Haunted Adventure II has a couple of them. Raiders of the Lost Ark had more bugs and Easter Eggs than any other 2600 game. There are still a couple that I cannot confirm such as what use is the dot in the Mesa amongst others More bugs? Hah?? I'm sure that there's plenty of glitchy knock-off games that had more. ...or were you referring to the tsetse flies? Spoiler: The point scale is based off positive or negative actions...and all but one of them have been discovered. The remaining one neither adds nor subtracts - possibly related to something that was removed in the final game. This point scale is used to generate the height of the sprite that holds Indy up to the Ark. Highlight the list to reveal them: +24 (start with) +12 USING SHOVEL IN MESA +10 FINDING ARK + 3 USE OF PARACHUTE + 9 USE OF ANKH + 5 UNCOVERING YAR +14 LOCATING ARK IN MAPROOM + 3 LANDING IN MESA + 1 FINISHING GAME WITH 1 LIFE LEFT + 2 FINISHING GAME WITH 2 LIVES LEFT +-0 ?? UNKNOWN - possibly related to JD's initials or the playfield "key" - 2 BLOWING HOLE IN ENTRANCE ROOM -13 USING SECRET EXIT IN DUNGEON - 4 SHOOTING/WHIPPING THIEVES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 GoSub has a few. If you look at the .bas file, you'll know how to unlock them, though. (I think they were made public, anyway.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 "E.T. Book Cart" has an easter egg. To my knowledge, only one person has found it. (Congratulations, Palmer Eldritch!) Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Anyone find the Go Fish one yet? I spent several hours a day playing that game when I first got it with no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 The easter egg in Solar Plexus is a real doozy. You enter up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, difficulty left B, difficulty left A, and game reset to begin a Pong-ish challenge which doubles as a reference to an NES game that was almost released in the United States. Even if you don't remember the previews of the game in EGM, you should still get the joke. JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 The easter egg in Solar Plexus is a real doozy. You enter up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, difficulty left B, difficulty left A, and game reset to begin a Pong-ish challenge which doubles as a reference to an NES game that was almost released in the United States. Even if you don't remember the previews of the game in EGM, you should still get the joke. JR Now that is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Explodes Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I haven't played any homebrew games. Are they any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 (edited) I haven't played any homebrew games. Are they any good? Yep. You may find product reviews helpful. A number of them also have ROMs available so you can try them(via an emulator) before buying. I have the ROM for Medieval Mayhem, my warlords remake, available here. There's also a couple videos and other things there. Edited August 2, 2007 by SpiceWare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 (edited) I haven't played any homebrew games. Are they any good? Many are very good. Some are among the best games ever created for the 2600. I've written a bunch of reviews in my blog. Also, if you search this forum, you'll find a few threads with homebrew recommendations in them. Edited August 2, 2007 by Nathan Strum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 (edited) There are three easter eggs in Haunted Adventure 2, according to Tony. I've discovered two of them, but the third one still eludes me. Edited August 2, 2007 by Lord Thag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 I haven't played any homebrew games. Are they any good? Remember when you were a kid and you got a new game? That's what I feel like when that AA box shows up after I buy a new homebrew I would say MOST of the homebrews are as good or better than anything released commercially for the 2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Explodes Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Thanks for the links and comments, guys. Stuff looks cool, I'll try some roms. Sorry I diverted the thread a bit. I've owned a 2600 for years, but I never got into the community at all. If I get on anyone's nerves, just lemme know. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I noticed that still a lot of homebrew ROMs are missing in the 2600 section. E.g. Four-Play Medieval Mayhem Lady Bug Space Battle Warring Worms: The Worm (Re)Turns Plus all Holiday Carts. I hope those will be added soon. IMO even the Ebivision games could be included, since DP offers them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 I noticed that still a lot of homebrew ROMs are missing in the 2600 section. E.g. Four-Play Medieval Mayhem Lady Bug Space Battle Warring Worms: The Worm (Re)Turns Plus all Holiday Carts. I hope those will be added soon. IMO even the Ebivision games could be included, since DP offers them anyway. I'd love to get the ones I bought just to put them on my CC2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 It's not exactly an Easter Egg, but Four-Play does have a bonus puzzle game. As the manual states it can be unlocked from the title screen. Has anyone figured out how to unlock it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 It's not exactly an Easter Egg, but Four-Play does have a bonus puzzle game. As the manual states it can be unlocked from the title screen. Has anyone figured out how to unlock it yet? Yup, Hack-O-Matic revealed that secret for me but i yet have to find out how to unlock that "extended" version of Knight Jumper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nognir Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I read in the Wolfenstein Next Mission Thread that there is a secret level in the game. Can anyone tell me how it can be found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 It's not exactly an Easter Egg, but Four-Play does have a bonus puzzle game. As the manual states it can be unlocked from the title screen. Has anyone figured out how to unlock it yet? I figured it out. And to my knowledge nobody has found the easter egg in Go Fish! I probably made it too difficult, but oh wells. It'll be that much cooler for whoever finds it first. Assuming somebody does... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 It's not exactly an Easter Egg, but Four-Play does have a bonus puzzle game. As the manual states it can be unlocked from the title screen. Has anyone figured out how to unlock it yet? I figured it out. And to my knowledge nobody has found the easter egg in Go Fish! I probably made it too difficult, but oh wells. It'll be that much cooler for whoever finds it first. Assuming somebody does... How about a HINT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I read in the Wolfenstein Next Mission Thread that there is a secret level in the game. Can anyone tell me how it can be found? PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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