So let’s talk about that Easter Egg – Atari®
The story of the Adventure secret room has been told and re-told many times, and the handwritten letter from fifteen-year-old Adam Clayton is a part of gaming historyThat secret room, which held game creator Warren Robinett’s signature, is credited with being the first Easter Egg ever released in a console video game.
Game History 07.05.2022 So let’s talk about that Easter Egg The story of the Adventure secret room has been told and re-told many times, and the handwritten letter from fifteen-year-old Adam Clayton is a part of gaming history That secret room, which held game creator Warren Robinett’s signature, is credited with being the first Easter Egg ever released in a console video game. The term Easter Egg didn’t even exist when Robinett decided to hide his name in the game because Atari policy was to not publicly credit developers for their work . Adam Clayton shared his discovery with Atari in a hand
related reading
- Warren Robinett Interview: Adventure Programmer, Atari 2600, Grundle, Rhindle, and Yorgleweb.archive.org
- The Chemistry Of Game Designgamedeveloper.com
- Dan Salvato on X: "@Warchamp7 @DarkDragoonSSB @Mithost Yeah, I wrote that story a couple years ago and thought it would be fun to include as one of the easter eggs." / Xx.com
- Early history of video games - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Consoles and Competition – Stratechery by Ben Thompsonstratechery.com
- Identifying Skill Issues - by Benjamin Parryskillfulnotes.com
- Alligator Eggs!worrydream.com
- Designing the first ever tabletop game consoleyoutube.com
- Bitsy is the small video game engine with a big community | The Vergetheverge.com
- Hacking ADHD - Strategies for the Modern Developer | Ledgerledger.com
- How Nicky Case designed the game “Adventures with Anxiety” - Storybenchstorybench.org
- Game design is simple, actually – Raph Kosterraphkoster.com