07-23-2012, 11:31 PM
The first software Easter egg is popularly thought to have occurred in 1979. Software studios didn't want their staff to gain celebrity status, their names eclipsing those of the brands they'd created. Warren Robinett, then a programmer for Atari, didn't appreciate this lack of acknowledgement. If you move some things on a special place in the game Adventure you came into a secret room where you can see who has made the Game: