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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
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Attachment In the European version of The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland for Game Boy Color, there is a friendly message to hackers:

Hello There Pilgrim...

If you have hacked this ROM, you no doubt are reading
this text. This game is basically a 2 Meg. Game. However,
Nintendo, in their infinite wisdom, has decreed that the
smallest ROM they will produce for the Gameboy Color is
8 Meg. -- Now, what to put in that empty 6 Meg.? So, the
developers of the game decided to put .GIF pictures of
themselves into the game. Why not? Might as well fill the
void with something entertaining. See if you can retrieve
them from this ROM. If you do, you win the prize. Please
call (609) 466-2092 (in New Jersey, USA) if you have been
able to view the two .GIF pictures, located in the rest of
the upper 6 Megs of this ROM. We will have a nice reward
for you...

Good Luck!

Roger W. Amidon
September 28, 2000

The described graphics do indeed exist within the game code. It is unknown who the first person to discover the images were, or if and how they were rewarded. Sadly, Roger W. Amidon has since passed away.
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Console Difference, Hidden Credit, Hidden Message, Sweepstakes, Unused Graphic, Unused Text
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Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
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Attachment Located on the rooftop of Tom's Diner (over at Bradbury & Buran) is a pair of binoculars. If the players uses the binoculars to look up to the left, they'll find graffiti of the Northern cardinal bird that's used in CD Projekt RED's logo. After waiting a few moments, the vision in the binoculars will glitch and shift to show a picture of the game's dev team superimposed over the screen. According to global community director Marcin Momot and senior PR manager Marta Piwońska, this picture was taken at an annual company picnic on CD Projekt RED's 20th anniversary in 2022.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Secret
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Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1993)
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Attachment In the SNES version of Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters, there is an Easter egg where, after clicking a very specific pixel on the ground in the bedroom, three developers will appear in the window and say hello.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986)
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In the Japanese version of Alex Kidd in Miracle World, there is a heartfelt secret message accessible by holding Button 1 on controller 2, and then Button 2 or 1 on controller 1 on the ending screen:

"うまれくる　こどもが　アレクのように　あいとゆうき
をもつ　つよいこでありますように　こういちとえみに　こ
のおはなしを　ささげます。
　そして　アレクをあいする　すべての　ひとが　いつま
でも　こうふくで　ありますように　アレクとともに　い
のっています。
　　バイ　　　　　　　　　　こうたろう
　　　よーこ　まちるだ　　　りえ　わかしまづ
　　　パパ　こういち　　　　とく
　　　いじめっこ　かおり　　いじめられっこ　とし"

In English, this reads:
"We dedicate this story to Kōichi and Emi. May children yet to be born be strong, and have love and bravery like Alex.
And we, together with Alex, hope that all who love him may be forever happy.
By:
Kōtarō
Yōko Matilda
Rie Wakashimazu
Papa Kōichi
Toku
Kaori the Bully
Toshi the Bullied"
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Easter Egg, Ending, Hidden Credit, Hidden Message, Regional Difference, Secret
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 31, 2023
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Gremlins Unleashed
Gremlins Unleashed (2001)
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Hidden Credit, Hidden Message, Secret, Source Code
person FazDude calendar_month September 5, 2023
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NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (1999)
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The Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast versions of NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC contain secret text in their code that some may find to humorously juxtapose one another.

•The Nintendo 64 version contains the text "An Alan Smithee Game", referring to a pseudonym used by filmmakers to disown a project they don't want to be associated with.
•The Dreamcast version contains the text "Joe Rules", likely a signature referring to either programmer Joe Barnes, artist Joe Williamson, or both.
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Coincidence, Console Difference, Credits, Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Unused Content, Unused Text, Version Difference
person GamerBen144 calendar_month September 9, 2019
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Adventure
Adventure (1979)
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Attachment There is a hidden room with the words "Created by Warren Robinett" written vertically down the screen. For years, this was thought to be the first Easter egg ever inserted into a game, until an earlier Easter egg was discovered in the 1973 DEC computer game Moonlander.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit
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Cool Spot
Cool Spot (1993)
subdirectory_arrow_right Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (Game)
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There's a hidden credit line in the ROMs of both Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind and the SNES version of Cool Spot which reads:
(C) 1992 Basement Boys Software

Basement Boys Software were a group famous for making hacking tools on the Commodore 64 in the late 80s, who had some members go on to Chip Level Designs, a company that used to provide sound programming for a number of SNES titles.
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Console Difference, Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Modding, Real Life, Unused Content, Unused Text
person Dazz calendar_month February 16, 2013
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Yars' Revenge
Yars' Revenge (1982)
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After killing the Swirl in mid-flight, a black vertical line appears across the spot where the Swirl was shot. This line is referred to under the Helpful Hints section in the game's manual as the "Ghost of Yars" and warns the player to stay off its "mean streak". If the Yar is in the lower third of the screen and the black spot on its back is aligned across the vertical line at the moment the explosion vanishes, the game ends and goes into the "Game Select" screen with "HSWWSH" in place of the player's score. These are the mirrored initials of the game's creator Howard Scott Warshaw.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Manual, Secret
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League of Legends
League of Legends (2009)
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Attachment The skin Dark Star Cho'Gath was made in collaboration with a critically ill League of Legends player named Bryan, who met Riot Games through a partnership with the non-profit charity the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Bryan wished to "meet the creators of Riot Games, and make a skin with them." Dark Star Cho'Gath was chosen between three skin designs and inspired by Bryan's love of outer space. The skin's theme music is based on a clarinet performance from Bryan. All profits collected from the skin until July 20, 2018 were donated to various non-profit organizations around the world.
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Bonus Content, Character Design, Charity, Development, Fan Works, Hidden Credit, Inspiration, Model, Music, Real Life, Reference, Tribute
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Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 (2008)
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Attachment In King Nnyere's office in his Fort in Lebao-Sako, there is a side table with assorted bottles of liquor, including a unique bottle that can only be found in the Fort. It is a bottle of Extra Special, 43% volume Old French Whisky bottled in Quebec and aged for 30 years, and its label features the face of its brand name "Thomas Gillet: Polack Connection". Gillet was a texture artist at Ubisoft Quebec at the time, but he is not known to have worked on Far Cry 2. The bottle of French whiskey being produced in Quebec is a nod to Ubisoft Quebec, while the name "Polack Connection" seems to both be a nod to the 1971 film "The French Connection" and possibly Gillet's heritage. It's unknown if or how the remaining bottling details relate to Gillet.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Reference, Secret, Suggested, Theory
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Gameplay (there is no close zoom-in on the bottle in this footage so the texture is blurry, but "Polack Connection" can be made out on it, and it's the closest look at the bottle on video available at the moment):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-0fNhHuesk#t=430

Image source:
https://eeggs.com/items/55511.html

Thomas Gillet ArtStation account with Ubisoft credits:
https://www.artstation.com/tomgillet/profile
RealSports Basketball
RealSports Basketball (2018)
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In the unreleased Atari 5200 version of RealSports Basketball, you can press 5 during the attract mode demo to make a cryptic message appear:

"...WHEN RUNNING INTO THE TROPICAL ENTROPY NIGHTLY, BY YOURSELF, PROJECT AND TRY REACHING INTO CIRCLES KILLED, BECAUSE ALL SEEMS STRANGE..."

If turned into an acronym, this message says:

"WRITTEN BY PATRICK BASS"
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Hidden Message, Secret
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 26, 2023
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Midnight Magic
Midnight Magic (1981)
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According to a hidden credit in the game's code, the Atari 2600 version of Midnight Magic was released 3 years after it was completed in 1984, likely for reasons relating to the 1983 US video game crash.
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Corporate Affairs, General, Hidden Credit, Real Life, Unreleased Content
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Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)
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The Western version of the music that plays in the cutscene after clearing all 96 exits has a portion that contains the level clear theme from the original Super Mario Bros..
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100% Completion, Hidden Credit, Music, Regional Difference
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month November 26, 2023
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Spot: The Video Game
Spot: The Video Game (1990)
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Attachment Spot: The Video Game has a hidden credits scene that can occur after watching an all-CPU game, taking place on the game's victory screen. Virgin developers were not allowed to put credits inside games, only in manuals, so this was a way of hiding the credits in the game. The Japanese version adds credits to the game.
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Corporate Affairs, Hidden Credit, Manual, Regional Difference
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 22, 2023
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Spot Goes to Hollywood
Spot Goes to Hollywood (1995)
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Attachment If you enters password PROGRESS and then the cheat code A, Right, Down, B, Left, Up, B, B, A in Spot Goes to Hollywood's pause screen, you will unlock a minigame called FRUITMEISTER 2, a slot machine game using developers' heads. There is no reward for winning the game (something cheekily acknowledged in-game with the caption "win a prize or something - probably"). A first FRUITMEISTER minigame is not currently known to exist in any other Eurocom game.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Minigame, Password, Secret
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Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1993)
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Attachment The Game Gear and Master System version of Daffy Duck in Hollywood has a set of 3 cheat codes - the first 2 being a stage select code and an invincibility code. If you enter those in that order and then the third code, Daffy's sprite will be replaced with a digitized image of Probe founder Fergus McGovern.
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Cheat, Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Secret
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 19, 2023
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Defender
Defender (1981)
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Attachment If you fly up to the height at which the ship spawns while protecting a human in Wave 25 of the Atari 2600 version of Defender, all enemy ships will transform into the letters "BP", standing for Defender creator Bob Polaro.
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Credits, Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Secret
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 17, 2023
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Star Fox 64
Star Fox 64 (1997)
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox (Game)
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Attachment The Official Star Fox Missile File Printout guidebook released alongside the original Star Fox on SNES in Japan mentions two pilots, Desla Koba and Bear Noguccini, who don't appear anywhere in the game proper. They were said to be two of the most capable members in the Cornerian Defense Force, who had previously embarked in cutting-edge Arwing scouting vessels.

Both were said to have mysteriously disappeared. It is said later on in the guidebook that Desla Koba had disappeared in the Asteroid Belt when he came across a mysterious giant space bird, and upon trying to inspect it, he ended up being warped into another dimension, known in-game as "Out of this Dimension". Similarly, Bear was last seen in Sector Y, where he encountered the mysterious space whale before losing all contact, never to be seen again.

Desla Koba would actually be mentioned again in Star Fox 64's official Japanese guidebook, with a similar backstory that he had in the Missile File Printout guidebook. Here, it is said that he led a unit conducting an investigation in Meteo (SF64's equivalent to the Asteroid Belt from SF1), only for communications to suddenly be cut off as he'd apparently entered the stage's warp zone, which simultaneously led to him crashing his aircraft on the nearby planet of Katina. This was said to have occurred more than 10 years prior to the events of Star Fox 64.

Both Desla Koba and Bear Noguccini's surnames seem to come from two of the editors of the Mission File Printout guidebook: Hitoshi Kobayashi and Yukata Noguchi.
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Backstory/Lore, Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Reference, Release Difference
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Japanese Star Fox Mission File Printout guidebook:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1teMzzkSkgzwqcwhdTwWrOhR08gOwh6hl

User's English translation of the above guidebook:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZnqRPY83GGhqYLeOTm82TtkBR6Pzv1WvUiWEkfiaT4/edit

User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Rayman
Rayman (1995)
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The Atari Jaguar version of Rayman contains many messages for developers' family and friends that can be seen by using specific passwords, some written in French while others are written in English. Some notable ones include:

[translated from French]:
The Jaguar is my friend, and so is Rayman, so let them live!!


[translated from French]:
The world is kind
Bettina is kind
Fred and Fred are very kind
Mom is kind
Sophie is very kind
Eric is very kind
Rayman too is very kind
Everyone on Rayman [the development team] is very kind.
Oliver, Jean Christophe and Michel are very kind
Signed: Bettina!!


[translated from French]:
You see I can break your spine in two with this fist of mine!!!
Signed: Serge H


[written in English]:
I wanted to thanks[sic]: Konami and Nintendo for the great games they made!!!


[translated from French]:
For Sale: Ascona (19XX) in wreck state
Signed: Jean Marc G


[translated from French]:
A beer... Gimme a beer, d'ooh... Everyone, let's go to Euro Disney!!!!!!!
Signed: Bruno B
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Development, Hidden Credit, Hidden Message, Inspiration, Version Difference
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