if the Easter Bunny hid our treats as
well as developers hid these secrets
we’d all go hungry welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
most well hidden video game Easter eggs
ever before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
secrets and games that were so well
hidden players and critics alike
completely missed them for the most part
looking at this list however we can’t
blame them a lot of these Easter eggs
stayed hidden for a long time 10
totaka’s song is a short melody hidden
in nearly every game that composer
Kazumi tataka has worked on for Nintendo
it was first discovered on the title
screen of Mario Paint by clicking – oh
and Mario
[Music]
but it was later revealed that the very
first usage of the tune was in the
Japanese Gameboy title X that predated
Mario Paint by a few months some famous
instances of the song appear in Animal
Crossing Yoshi’s Story and Luigi’s
Mansion and according to the composer
himself there are actually quite a few
games where the short melody has yet to
be found
like in wave race 64 happy hunting
everyone number 9 explosive phone number
Grand Theft Auto 5 this secret remained
hidden for almost 3 years and came to
light via Twitter user karma Ingram one
who somehow found out that dialing one
nine nine nine three six seven three
seven six seven connects gamers to an
outlet called black cell phones which
for some reason causes a small explosion
in the area and changes the appearance
of the in-game cellphone now we’re not
saying that it’s the most useful easter
egg out there but the fact it remained a
secret for so long was very cool
considering just how many people poured
endless hours into GTA 5 number eight
programmers initials donkey kong it took
26 years for this easter egg to come to
light which is really the most exciting
thing about this secret
seeing as it’s just the programmers
initials on the title screen but hey it
sure was well hidden land and dire the
person who programmed the atari versions
of donkey kong even admitted himself
that it’s a pretty lackluster easter egg
and way too hard to find but that didn’t
stop people from wanting to find it in
the end
gamers used emulators to look through
the code to find the secret which saved
everyone a ton of time and effort number
fans were delighted when the
long-running boss in the fighting series
became playable through what’s known as
the name entry glitch in super smash
bros melee the glitch also allowed
gamers to do other things such as play
as an all-black character perform a 0
second melee and play alone but playing
as Master Hand was by far the most
desired aspect of this glitch it
remained hidden for quite some time
however as the game was released in 2001
and this secret was only discovered in
2008 and made widely available a year
later when it was posted on the popular
number six I would have been your daddy
skull halo three finding this secret is
only the beginning as tracking down the
hidden skull unlocks some seriously
funny dialogue throughout the game’s
main campaign sure
finding the skull will have you jumping
through hoops quite literally but the
satisfaction of hearing characters
essentially make yo mama jokes and talk
trash to one another makes the
difficulty of finding this easter egg
well worth it it’s not the only well
hidden easter egg in Halo three though
as pressing both thumbsticks down on the
controller during a loading screen when
the system clock is set to December 25th
reveals a happy birthday message to the
daughter of one of the developers happy
number five Chris Houlihan’s room The
Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past this
secret room hidden within the dungeons
of Hyrule has a bit of the backstory to
it back in October 1990 Nintendo Power
magazine held a contest in which a
selected winner would get his or her
name programmed into a future Nintendo
game there are rumors that developers
were not too happy with this contest and
thus decided to make the winner one
Chris Houlihan wait a long time to see
his name on screen by making it damn
near impossible to find locking it away
in a secret room that wouldn’t be found
until 2002 poor Chris had to wait almost
10 years to show this secret off to his
friends number 4 illuminati easter egg
this Easter egg was so well hidden
gamers dubbed it the Illuminati Easter
egg after the infamous secret society it
involves Morse code
foreign languages hidden switches and
key paths and requires gamers to record
sounds from the game and change the
pitch to reveal song lyrics and paths
not all of it the final part of this
mind-bending journey is a randomized
puzzle that wait for it only gives you a
new outfit to use in game you’ve got to
be kidding us we were fine with a large
number three snarky announcer waverace
it took gamers nearly ten years to find
this Easter Egg hidden within the game’s
opening menus but the result was well
worth the wait
ripping around the lush waters of
waverace with a usually upbeat and
bright announcer replaced by a bored
sarcastic one is amazing and such a
great idea for an in-game secret
[Music]
and no we’re not being sarcastic all it
took was a specific combination of
buttons on the audio settings screen and
voila
snarky announcer you’ve chosen poorly
number two Global Easter Egg trials
evolution this gaming secret is truly
epic in size and scale and even
transcends the game itself oh and guess
what
it can’t be unlocked until 21:13 no
that’s not a joke
it goes something like this a secret
location within trails evolution led to
a secret move and a secret song
[Music]
the song contained Morse code and
pointed to four real-world locations
that each contained a small box housing
a key these keys will unlock another box
under the Eiffel Tower in 2113 well I
guess we won’t be learning the secret to
this easter egg but it gets an e for
number one the ZX Spectrum emulator
[Music]
though most of this game secrets were
uncovered shortly after release a
computer engineer managed to find a
rather special one some 15 years later a
gaming emulator hidden deep within the
games code it turns out rare were
experimenting with emulation on the n64
back in the day and placed a ZX spectrum
emulator the UK’s version of the
commodore 64 with 10 games inside of
Goldeneye double O 7 including lunar jet
man gun fright and Knights Lord instead
of removing the emulator before the
game’s release rare just disabled its
access from players and so this Easter
Egg still exists within the legendary
n64 game even today do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and be sure to
subscribe and ring the bell to be
notified about our latest videos [Music]
well as developers hid these secrets
we’d all go hungry welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
most well hidden video game Easter eggs
ever before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
secrets and games that were so well
hidden players and critics alike
completely missed them for the most part
looking at this list however we can’t
blame them a lot of these Easter eggs
stayed hidden for a long time 10
totaka’s song is a short melody hidden
in nearly every game that composer
Kazumi tataka has worked on for Nintendo
it was first discovered on the title
screen of Mario Paint by clicking – oh
and Mario
[Music]
but it was later revealed that the very
first usage of the tune was in the
Japanese Gameboy title X that predated
Mario Paint by a few months some famous
instances of the song appear in Animal
Crossing Yoshi’s Story and Luigi’s
Mansion and according to the composer
himself there are actually quite a few
games where the short melody has yet to
be found
like in wave race 64 happy hunting
everyone number 9 explosive phone number
Grand Theft Auto 5 this secret remained
hidden for almost 3 years and came to
light via Twitter user karma Ingram one
who somehow found out that dialing one
nine nine nine three six seven three
seven six seven connects gamers to an
outlet called black cell phones which
for some reason causes a small explosion
in the area and changes the appearance
of the in-game cellphone now we’re not
saying that it’s the most useful easter
egg out there but the fact it remained a
secret for so long was very cool
considering just how many people poured
endless hours into GTA 5 number eight
programmers initials donkey kong it took
26 years for this easter egg to come to
light which is really the most exciting
thing about this secret
seeing as it’s just the programmers
initials on the title screen but hey it
sure was well hidden land and dire the
person who programmed the atari versions
of donkey kong even admitted himself
that it’s a pretty lackluster easter egg
and way too hard to find but that didn’t
stop people from wanting to find it in
the end
gamers used emulators to look through
the code to find the secret which saved
everyone a ton of time and effort number
fans were delighted when the
long-running boss in the fighting series
became playable through what’s known as
the name entry glitch in super smash
bros melee the glitch also allowed
gamers to do other things such as play
as an all-black character perform a 0
second melee and play alone but playing
as Master Hand was by far the most
desired aspect of this glitch it
remained hidden for quite some time
however as the game was released in 2001
and this secret was only discovered in
2008 and made widely available a year
later when it was posted on the popular
number six I would have been your daddy
skull halo three finding this secret is
only the beginning as tracking down the
hidden skull unlocks some seriously
funny dialogue throughout the game’s
main campaign sure
finding the skull will have you jumping
through hoops quite literally but the
satisfaction of hearing characters
essentially make yo mama jokes and talk
trash to one another makes the
difficulty of finding this easter egg
well worth it it’s not the only well
hidden easter egg in Halo three though
as pressing both thumbsticks down on the
controller during a loading screen when
the system clock is set to December 25th
reveals a happy birthday message to the
daughter of one of the developers happy
number five Chris Houlihan’s room The
Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past this
secret room hidden within the dungeons
of Hyrule has a bit of the backstory to
it back in October 1990 Nintendo Power
magazine held a contest in which a
selected winner would get his or her
name programmed into a future Nintendo
game there are rumors that developers
were not too happy with this contest and
thus decided to make the winner one
Chris Houlihan wait a long time to see
his name on screen by making it damn
near impossible to find locking it away
in a secret room that wouldn’t be found
until 2002 poor Chris had to wait almost
10 years to show this secret off to his
friends number 4 illuminati easter egg
this Easter egg was so well hidden
gamers dubbed it the Illuminati Easter
egg after the infamous secret society it
involves Morse code
foreign languages hidden switches and
key paths and requires gamers to record
sounds from the game and change the
pitch to reveal song lyrics and paths
not all of it the final part of this
mind-bending journey is a randomized
puzzle that wait for it only gives you a
new outfit to use in game you’ve got to
be kidding us we were fine with a large
number three snarky announcer waverace
it took gamers nearly ten years to find
this Easter Egg hidden within the game’s
opening menus but the result was well
worth the wait
ripping around the lush waters of
waverace with a usually upbeat and
bright announcer replaced by a bored
sarcastic one is amazing and such a
great idea for an in-game secret
[Music]
and no we’re not being sarcastic all it
took was a specific combination of
buttons on the audio settings screen and
voila
snarky announcer you’ve chosen poorly
number two Global Easter Egg trials
evolution this gaming secret is truly
epic in size and scale and even
transcends the game itself oh and guess
what
it can’t be unlocked until 21:13 no
that’s not a joke
it goes something like this a secret
location within trails evolution led to
a secret move and a secret song
[Music]
the song contained Morse code and
pointed to four real-world locations
that each contained a small box housing
a key these keys will unlock another box
under the Eiffel Tower in 2113 well I
guess we won’t be learning the secret to
this easter egg but it gets an e for
number one the ZX Spectrum emulator
[Music]
though most of this game secrets were
uncovered shortly after release a
computer engineer managed to find a
rather special one some 15 years later a
gaming emulator hidden deep within the
games code it turns out rare were
experimenting with emulation on the n64
back in the day and placed a ZX spectrum
emulator the UK’s version of the
commodore 64 with 10 games inside of
Goldeneye double O 7 including lunar jet
man gun fright and Knights Lord instead
of removing the emulator before the
game’s release rare just disabled its
access from players and so this Easter
Egg still exists within the legendary
n64 game even today do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and be sure to
subscribe and ring the bell to be
notified about our latest videos [Music]
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