easter egg

intentional inside joke, hidden message or image, or secret feature of a work

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Vinony files it under 1980s neologisms, Computer humour and Easter egg (media).

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Instance of: subliminal stimuli
Named after: easter egg
Location: software
Image: Mickey Mouse shaped transmission tower Celebration FL-cropped.jpg

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Encyclopedic overview

The secret room in Adventure with Warren Robinett's credit. Adventure is typically regarded as one of the first video games to feature an Easter egg.

An Easter egg is a message, image, or feature hidden in software, a video game, a film, or another—usually electronic—medium. The term used in this manner was coined around 1980 by Steve Wright, the then-Director of Software Development in the Atari Consumer Division, to describe a hidden message in the Atari video game Adventure, in reference to an Easter egg hunt.

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