/vr/ - Retro Games

Bumping for interest

The area that you fight grey fox in metal gear solid is a mockup of the game designer's office

>>362414
I've never known about this. who's Chris Houlihan?

>>362451
contest winner, got to leave a message in the map error catcher

>>362451
Nintendo Power ran a contest to have someones name appear in a game. It was unclear what the game was, turns out it was Link to the Past.

That room is a debug room, designed as kind of a safety net. If the players grid X/Y coordinates fuck up, it triggers some kind of flag in the game code. There are several ways of doing it. If you fall into any hole with that grid fuckup active, the game may crash, so they set it to spit you into that debug room if that situation occurs. Exiting the room puts you back outside your home.

NoA kept the room quiet, and named it after the Nintendo Power contest winner.

>>362387

Mentioning MGS is cheating. The games are basically pieced together from easter eggs and nanomachine paste.

>>362414

I actually got to that once without knowing about it prior. Never managed to get there again.

>>362451

www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/c8xp5s/pop-fiction-episode-01--the-chris-houlihan-room

>>362579

What happened if you did this?

>>362592
"Call Apogee and say Aardwolf." It's a sign that to this day is something that I get asked about a lot. This is a sign that appears on a wall in a particularly nasty maze in Episode 2 Level 8 of Wolfenstein 3D. The sign was to be the goal in a contest Apogee was going to have, but almost immediately after the game's release, a large amount of cheat and mapping programs were released. With these programs running around, we felt that it would have been unfair to have the contest and award a prize. The sign was still left in the game, but in hindsight, probably should have been taken out. To this day, Apogee gets letters and phone calls and asking what Aardwolf is, frequently with the question, "Has anyone seen this yet?"

Also, in a somewhat related issue, letters were shown after the highest score in the score table in some revisions of the game. These letters were to be part of another contest that got scrapped before it got started, where we were going to have people call in with their scores and tell us the code; we'd then be able to verify their score. However, with the cheat programs out there, this got scrapped too.

Basically, "Aardwolf" and the letters mean nothing now. Also note that if you found the Aardwolf sign in the game (without cheating), there's a VERY strong chance that you're stuck in there. The only way out may be to restart, or load a saved game from before you went into that maze.

>>362592
The sprite was found in the resources before they could do anything with the contest they were planning. Abandoned.

>>362609
>>362618

Neat.

>>362609
fuckin pcfags ruin everything

>>362475
>>362506
>>362569
Thanks for filling me in.

I thought the fact that the name Doom was coined from a movie in which Tom Cruise says 'doom' holding a pool cue as a reply and then goes on a murderous rampage is interesting, technically not an easter egg but a nugget nevertheless.

>>362742

what

Still waiting for my Luigi in OoT

>>362803
Didn't know that, Awesome find.

>>362545
I did one time too. After I jumped into the hole in the village.
Was pretty confusing.

I was pretty fucking excited as a kid when I accidentally discovered how to get fireballs as small Mario.

I was playing Micro Machines on the original GB as a kid and one day I randomly pressed some buttons and got into some kind of debugger or secret menu, never managed to do it again though.

>>362936
u wot m8

>>362843
No way, where the shit is that? Kings Quest 1, right?

>>362958
It is a glitch you get by hitting the axe and Bowser at the same time

>>362965
Kings Quest 2. Batmobile sometimes shows up.

>>362958
You just shitposting or asking how to do it?

In a -4/castle level, be big Mario and jump over or run under Bowser. Wait for him to approach, then jump and time it so you hit him and the bridge switch at the same exact time. It's tricky at first but once you do it, you can pull it off pretty consistently.

http://youtu.be/aNkD5mU0znk

>>362976
>>363002
>the axe
>the bridge switch
I was never really sure about this...

>>363008
About what? The fact that the bridge falls out from underneath Bowser when you hit the axe?

It's kind of the only way for small Mario to beat him.

Where did you say you were from, stranger?

>>363036
No, I mean if it was supposed to be an axe or whatever. There's no animation, it just disappears. When we were kids we always called it a switch.

>Where did you say you were from, stranger?
>What are you buying?
>What are you selling?

>>362337
You know nothing of Easter Eggs. 1/2

>Accessing

Beat the game. The last screen on the ending is a photo of the characters with the word おしまい (END).

Let the screen sit for 18 minutes. The photo goes black-and-white.

Let the screen sit for 18 more minutes. The photo goes sepia-tone.

Wait 55 minutes. The music stops suddenly.

After the BGM stops, press A + B + Start + Select + Left on controller 1, and A + B + Right on controller 2. New music starts.

Press B + Select + Right on controller 1, and B + Right + Down on controller 2. Hidemushi's message will start.

Once Hidemushi's message stops, press A + B + Up on controller 1 for his last message.

Wait 18 more minutes, and the game goes back to the title screen.

>>363124

>Translation

"Mmm, that's a nostalgic song playing. Those were good times. Meanwhile, who the hell are these people with this project? I'm so glad it's over. You think it's nothing but good memories? Hell no! Let's use this space to give out some thanks.

First off, Kaoru Ogura, who ran off with some guy in the middle of the project. Yes, you, you bastard. Don't show up at the office without showering after having sex 6 times the previous night. Next, Tatsuya Ōhashi. Yes, you, you bastard. Don't give me your flippant shit — coming in late on the day we ship the ROM like nothing's amiss. You can give me all the porn you want; I'm not forgetting that one. All that fucking weight you put on. No wonder you paid out 18,000 yen and still got nothing but a kiss out of it. Kenji Takano, Namco debugger. You are a part-timer; don't dick around with the project planner. And finally, Kiyoharu Gotō, the biggest thorn to my side in this project. Yes, you, you bastard. Once I get a time machine, I’m sending you back to the Edo period. Go do your riddles over there.

Ahh, that's a load off...wait, no it's not. Kiyoharu Gotō — yes, you, you bastard. Aaaagh, just disappear already.

Come to think of it, some people were helpful to me, too. Mr. Okada, who took all the good stuff. I know all about your abnormal tendencies. Yamagishi, who swore off soaplands until the project was over. Go ahead, knock yourself out now. Iwata, who joined in midway and gave it all he had. Sorry I yelled at you. Keep hanging in there. Fujimura, Udopyu, you probably had it the worst of all. Thanks. I mean it. Gotō's the one to hate here. Also, Takayama, Kudō, Suzuki, Makki, Kaneko, Aihara, Sato (the angel of my heart), Iga. Thanks, everyone.

Yoko-G, good work. This game is dedicated to your wife's birthday."

>After doing step 7:

"Kazumushi, I'm sorry I couldn't come back home much. I love you and always have. Hidemushi"

>>363128
I recall something similar in another game that had a post-ending secret.
I think it was that famicom only game that starred some japanese salaryman running about spreading havoc or whatever.

Interesting stuff.

>>362536
True enough.

>>363128
>Once I get a time machine, I’m sending you back to the Edo period
This is brilliant.

>>363124
That is crazy. How did anyone ever discover that?

Is that game worth playing?

>>363232
>>363232
>japanese salaryman running about spreading havoc or whatever.
You're probably thinking of Takeshi's Challenge, which had all sorts of crazy shit in it.

"There is also a choice on the password-entry screen ("Punch the old man") which also results in an automatic game over, even when the player has not even started the game."

>>363128
This is absolutely incredible. Is there any more context to this?

>>364324
>"Punch the old man"
Best thread all day

>>364324
Yeah, that's the one.
I think if you'd left the ending screen going for a little while there'd be a little witty comment about not taking the game seriously, and if you punched around for copious amounts of time at the starting area you'd get warped straight to the ending.

"That was too close! You were almost a Jill sandwich!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuBXrbLgxSg

not my video.

>>362742
>>362804
Reminds me of something similar in Shadows of the Empire. One of the command points you find in the swoop bike level is shaped like Max from Sam & Max.

It's a LucasArts thing...

Probably not an easter egg, but I couldn't find any information about it so maybe someone could help figure this out. Anyway, I noticed on Super Mario Kart's title screen for the SNES, there are music notes that are part of the background that scrolls by. Are the notes just random or is it an actual melody?

>>366779
I don't see it at all.

>>366745
SMB1 over world theme. Just looking at it reveals that.

>>366745
bump for interest

In Sonic 2's Chemical Plant Zone, there's an extra life in a place only accessible to someone who can climb.

>>366893
there's 2 or 3 up there if you keep gliding from tower to tower

>>366745
Here's what I guess it could look like. It sounds slightly familiar but not really

>>366745
With just bare notes... it doesn't sound familiar. The first few notes sound like the intro to Donkey Kong, though.

I posted this in another thread, but I'll post it again here:

the hidden room in ganon's castle in OoT, the one you need to use the lens of truth to find. i beat the game several times before i knew about this. the game gives you no indication at all, so it's a huge secret to me

>>362337

My favorite easter egg, of all time, comes from Ultima Underworld. In some ways, it was only because I didn't get it the first time.

So I'm crawling through the dungeon, and I see a plaque that says "Thou canst not defeat the Drakhai." This was a day before internet lookups were easy, and I hadn't shelled out the cash for a cluebook, so I thought the Drakhai was some tough beastie, maybe that invisible monster alluded to in the manual.

No luck finding one, and I beat the game, a little puzzled as to what it means.

Then, one day months later, I get this flight sim called Wing Commander 2. (I actually never played 1, got it after 2, great series; yeah, I'm an origin fan). Endless waves of those mini aces shouting in their stupid, tinny voices "YOU CANNOT DEFEAT THE DRAKHAI! YOU CANNOT DEFEAT THE DRAKHAI!" Made me want to blow every last one of them into slag.

Re-played UW1 years later, re-read the plaque. I laughed so hard my parents came up to my room, they thought I was having a seizure or something.

<Dopefish still lives

My favorite easter egg is playing as Luigi in Super Mario 64

or maybe it's finding Mew under the truck. I forget.

>>363069
Be enlightened, my child.
http://www.mariowiki.com/Ax

>>367713
Wait, what room are you talking about? You can use the Lens in the shadow room, but I'm not aware of anything outside of that.

In Kirby Super Star, there's a very rare chance to get either a gold Mario statue or a bronze Samus statue as a possible outcome of the Rock ability.

I remember when I got the Samus statue once, my younger self freaked out and tried to find a camera.

In Super Star Ultra, they added statues of Kirby's animal partners as well.

>>362337
This needs more love simply because it's Tomba! Why this isn't universally considered the best PS1 game I'll never know.

Discworld 2 and Eric Idle being "the first person to have said Fuck in a sequel": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyM9OBsjvf0

There's also one in Discworld 1 ("being the first one in a game to say Fuck") but no one's been able to find it yet.
http://archive.adventuregamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28216&

>>371383

Because Tomba 2 exists.

>>371382
Hahaha, Dedede's all like "Oh wow, this looks pretty nice!"

>>371383
Because the PS1 had a hundred games that were just as good.

>>362742
I remember in Monkey Island 3 when operating the stagelights in a certain way you get Max's head.

>>362742

Also in Full Throttle when you use the little bunnies to explode mines there's a Max lying around.

>>367803
I keep finding this little guy everywhere.
You can't escape him, he'll eventually just pop up somewhere, even in games you wouldn't think of like Descent 3 or Off.

>>362657
I shit bricks the first time I saw this.

Mainly because I had previously only done the Apple II version which doesn't have this commercial in it.

>>371986
He's less of an easteregg and more of a force of nature.

>>372040

>>362936
That's cool but it isn't really an easter egg

>>366893
Those only exist in the Knuckles version of Sonic 2. The game exists as a separate ROM in the S&K cartridge. It doesn't just patch Knuckles into Sonic 2.

>>372416

>>363128
>soaplands

This stuff is hilarious, but what the fuck are "soaplands?"

>>371371

In the main room, if you go on the ground floor, and use the Lens, there's a walkway in the middle pillar.

Lots of these in old DOS games. Such as the Rosella rap from King's Quest IV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OCMJKpkEB0

>>372490
http://www.japan-tourist-guide.com/soaplands.php

>>372565
Ah shit. Makes sense.

>>362394
One of my favorite 4th wall ones from Duke is the "You must be at least 48 pixels tall to enter" sign

The absolute only thing on GT I've ever found worth watching
http://www.gametrailers.com/shows/pop-fiction
Someone posted it earlier in the thread too, it's totally worth watching all of the episodes.

as for my own favourites I always enjoyed Easter eggs on the consoles themselves. I can remember the Gamecube having alternate startup sounds by holding Z and also being able to press A and the D-pad as the GBA is starting up a GB game to change the filter and colours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY7EqNkVjfs

>>372639
>coordinating everyone to hold z every time we booted up Melee

good times

>>372639
so that's what it was.

I just figured it was some sinister voodoo shit trapped inside the plastic

>>372639
>as the GBA is starting up a GB game
You could do this on the GBC too

>>362835
>L is Real 2013
but that's happening, Anon.

>>362936
That's a bug, not an easter egg. Still cool, though.

>>371382

>>372685
after ten thousand years I'm finally YOOOOOOOOHHH

In the MSX version of Dragon Quest II, if you talked to the King of Ladatorm while the Princess of Moonbrooke had nothing equipped, he'll give you the skimpy swimsuit, and you'll see this image.

>>372936
T-Thats the skimpy swimsuit that appears in La-Mulana

>>372987
Forgot image.

>>372996
Haha christ, this just tells me that I should really get around to playing La Mulana.
Seems like it stays very true to old MSX-esque games.

>>373054
Just a warning: La Mulana is completely non-linear.

>>372987
how do you get it to appear in la-mulana?

is it only in the original or in the remake too? I wouldn't be surprised if it was only original.

In Super Mario Bros. 3, if you fly to the top in 6-4 and keep going right, you can find a cross in a game released during Nintendo's "no crosses" rule. You can even tail whip the top and find coins.

>>372936
La-Mulana had a wonderful reference to this.

Also that is kind of hilarious if you remember Enix published it's fair share of H-games back in the day.

Most of the treasures in The Great Cave Offensive were easter eggs.

>>373087
It appears in the remake too, but It doesn't display any picture.

>>373118
So they broke their own rules? What assholes.

>>373118
>no crosses
how did they Castlevania?

>>373153
The crosses were called "boomerangs", but they were obviously crosses. That and Konami just don't give a FUCK.

>>373118
>no crosses
Was that a thing?
new post because wrong pic

Anyone go back to Yoshi's Island 1 and fly up at the middle?

Or, better question, anyone NOT do that, and miss the 3up?

>>373172
Yeah, but they didn't really do a good job.
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Games/Docs/NESReligion.html

>>373146
Not easter eggs. References.
I know Easter Eggs can be references, but there's a difference in this case.

>>373502
Well, thread isn't technically just about easter eggs but anything along those lines.
Take it with a pinch of salt.

>>373263
The moon is also in one of the underground levels.

>mfw my friend first showed me that 2 years ago

>>372639

>I always enjoyed Easter eggs on the consoles themselves

This fucker right here tortured me as a child because I accidentally made it appear one day and was never able to replicate it until I got on the internet years later and looked it up.

Yes, I grew up with a Master System instead of an NES

>>373502
An Easter egg is an intentional hidden message, inside joke, or feature in a work such as a computer program, movie, book, or crossword.

It's an easter egg. Pick your battles.

>>373660
>An Easter egg is an intentional hidden message,
>An Easter egg is hidden
>Easter Egg
>Hidden
Make sure you get your facts straight before picking YOUR battles.

>>373614
My negro

>>373614
let me guess, you lived in a spanish speaking nation of some sort

>>373151
My guess is one christian dev snuck it in as an easter egg
Or it could be because it's the easiest religious symbol to make out of blocks

Duke 3D had a ton of easter eggs and movie references, and they kept it going in Blood. Here's a Duke 3D easter egg in that game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw5LZFWV58Y

>>373737

Yeah, Texas. :(

I was the odd one out.

>>374613

>>373815
>christian dev
>japanese game

yeah i'm sure

>>374721
Maybe a dev had watched too much Saint Seiya

>>374721
There are christians in japan.

You know, the no crosses rule was probably just a western thing. I doubt the Japanese really cared much about it, so they were probably more lax about it or it just slipped their mind.

>>375084
It was a western thing, people are supposing that a Jap dev did it to fuck with the western censoring that was rampant during NES times.

>>375060
It is not very likely that it was inserted by a Christian game dev. That requires way too many assumptions to be true.

>such as
A-Out of the small percentage of Japanese Christians one was part of the small team that made SMB3
B-That unlikely Christian was responsible for the design of that particular level
C-That Christian felt the need to insert a cross in the level for some reason
D-The insertion of the cross was deliberate
E-The insertion of the cross was intentionally hidden.
etc
etc

>>375084
>>375094

Yes many old Yu-Gi-Oh cards were altered because a number of them had a cross or two on 'em.

>>364335
Nope. The guy was just an ass and he had some disk space to spare.

When you sprinkle those electric slime things with powder in Link's Awakening they say something about displaying polygons, probably hinting at the N64.

>>374829
Saint Seiya barely had any Christian elements

>>376376
huh?

Bump for more.

>>376376
In the German version, they say stuff like...

Never without condom!
STOP THE WAR! GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!
Give me your juice, I'll give you mine

>>362414

Mfw that cunt still hasn't come forward about it to this day. Surely Nintendo let him know that he won..

>>379683

>Give me your juice, I'll give you mine

In Addams Family for the snes, there was an invisible door that i would always visit that took you to a room called pugsley's den with some extra lives and powerups. What I didn't know until watching a let's play recently was that there is another door inside that room, which leads to another hall with tons of doors all leading to rooms with more powerups and health.

>>379683
Are you fucking kidding me?
I need to see proof of this.

>>379852
>>380175
http://www.zeldauniverse.net/zelda-news/links-awakening-directors-cut/<wbr>

>>375130
Also possible someone translating added it in.

Bumparoni

>>379796
He probably doesn't even play video games anymore.