Atari, 1979

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Fun fact: Once upon a time, in 1979 Atari being the shrewd corporation that it was, didn’t credit the people who made their games. Designers feared it would let stars walk away with leverage. One Mr. Warren Robinett took it personally. In 1979, finishing Adventure for the 2600, he hid his name in the cartridge: a 1×1 pixel you had to find, drag to a specific patch of wall east of the Golden Castle, and push through. Inside, a tiny room pulsed “Created by Warren Robinett.” He told nobody.

Adventure shipped in 1980. A young Adam Clayton, fifteen, from Salt Lake City, found it and wrote Atari a letter. Atari decided the right move was not to spend ten thousand dollars on a new ROM mask, but to keep the room and ask their other developers for more. An employee named Steve Wright suggested calling them easter eggs.

And that’s the story of the first known easter egg in history! A guy putting his initials on his work, signed where someone might find it.

This site has one too. ;)

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