deep hidden secrets in games

[Freelance]

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3485/game_design_essentials_20_.php
some of these give me headaches considering the practice and luck you'd need to actually get them without cheating.

[Jobabob]

started off well, then it turned into an analysis of crap like the 'barcode battler'. I haven't heard of half the games in the list.

[TE-Hellfire]

A Masters thesis on how some games randomise aspects of their gameplay.

Fantastic.

The only secrets that are generally interesting were the custom maps for Action Half-Life (and I'm sure a poo load of other mods and games) that used to have hidden rooms, which lead to hidden corridors, that eventually lead deeper underground, all the while the decoration becoming gorier, until you finally reach a deep underground chamber which looks like some kind of Satanic abbatoir.

Made by Death Metal enthusiasts, no doubt.

[Gunsmith]

bombjack was the first game i ever played, i think i was 7 when i did

[TheDon]

started off well, then it turned into an analysis of crap like the 'barcode battler'. I haven't heard of half the games in the list.

Oh come on, the barcode battler was great!

[KingDaveRa]

I had a Barcode Battler!

My interest in it didn't last long though.

[Killy]

Good point in there about the Barcode Battler though, they said that if someone found a product which produced a really good monster that people would rush to buy out that product, in the wrong hands that could have made someone a lot of money :p:

[Rupert]

ancient domains of mystery. i played this game a lot when i was young

[Tsung]

I was aware of the secrets in Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Island. The first release of Atari's Tempest had secrets hidden in the game, however I suppose you could call them cheats. If you played a game and finished on certain scores it would unlock bonus features, including stuff like 50 free credits and 256 lifes! :D

[Jez_Gafys]

I never ever found any good barcode. My brother owned one of these are I remember doing the laborious task of scanning everything in the kitchen cupboards in a hope that you would find that imba being. Never did find any item with super stats.

Talking of hidden secrets in games. In the game Super Street fighter two turbo (on the snes) you could put a cheat in to open up the sound test menu. One of the sounds was a wedding march played on a church organ. Through my whole life of playing that game I never once came across that tune played in the game, any ideas?

[Murray-Mint]

Agree with Jobabob about the 'what are these games' thing. Now a hidden secret in a game?

Attempting to pick up the water in the beach scene on Blood Island in Curse of Monkey Island. Do it 30 times in a row and Guybrush will walk under water, giving you a scene from Monkey Island 1.

[The_Epitome]

I never ever found any good barcode. My brother owned one of these are I remember doing the laborious task of scanning everything in the kitchen cupboards in a hope that you would find that imba being. Never did find any item with super stats.

Talking of hidden secrets in games. In the game Super Street fighter two turbo (on the snes) you could put a cheat in to open up the sound test menu. One of the sounds was a wedding march played on a church organ. Through my whole life of playing that game I never once came across that tune played in the game, any ideas?

There are a few games with easter egg tracks in like this - either the composers were mucking about or they made a track that never ended up in the final cut. Since on cartridge each track was generally very small in size there wasn't much problem with coding in a sound test, allowing them to showcase their talents...

[Goots]

Loads of hidden goodies HERE (http://www.eeggs.com/tree/563.html) :)