Food Fight Easter Egg Found!

[DanBoris]

Well, after pouring over the code for a couple hours I can confirm that there is an Easter Egg in Food Fight! Thanks to "audiemurphy" for starting me on the trail of this. Here are the steps to access the easter egg, which I have confirmed on the real hardware:

 

1. Play one game up to at least level 23. This is easy if you set the skill to beginner and start on level 16.

2. After that game, on the level select screen, select level 23.

3. Hold the pause button on the console and do the following sequence with the joystick: Up, Down, Right, Left, Up, Down, Right, Left.

 

If you do that all right it should display the message.

 

Dan

Edited March 29, 2006 by DanBoris

[Nukey Shay]

Same message as your hack?

[DanBoris]

Same message as your hack?

 

Yes, same message.

 

Dan

[+Mitch]

Cool, I'll have to try that out tonight.

 

Mitch

[RJ]

I didnt get the "alchemist" note but the word "LEVEL" changed to "KEITH" at the bottom of the game screen!

[Tempest]

Talk about coincidence! I've recentally been in put touch with Keith, so I showed him a picture of the easter egg. Here's what he said:

 

Thank you for sending me that screen shot of the easter egg! That

brings back memories. Yes, I hid it really well to make sure that no

one would ever find it and remove it. And then it remained hidden for

20 years...interesting!

 

Apperently he hid it a little too well. Even he couldn't remember how to trigger it.

 

Tempest

[+Propane13]

Apperently he hid it a little too well. Even he couldn't remember how to trigger it.

 

Seems to happen often-- like with the Ninja Golf easter egg. The author knew it was there, but didn't know how to produce it. So, there's possibilities that things like this are still around in other games, which is totally cool!

 

If we ever find the Ikari Warriors warp code, I can die happy.

 

-John

[gdement]

If we ever find the Ikari Warriors warp code, I can die happy.

 

-John

 

It's in an old issue of Nintendo Power. I still have those things, but I have no idea what issue it's in. I just remember it's ridiculously long, but it did work when I tried it a long time ago.

[JagFan422]

sorry for off topic, but does the 7800 Ikari Warriors have a similiar a,b,b,a code like the NES to come back after you die?

[gdement]

If we ever find the Ikari Warriors warp code, I can die happy.

 

-John

 

It's in an old issue of Nintendo Power. I still have those things, but I have no idea what issue it's in. I just remember it's ridiculously long, but it did work when I tried it a long time ago.

 

I just realized you were obviously talking about the Atari version. I'm a little dense sometimes.

[Dauber]

BTW -- just a clarification....earlier this year I was at Inky's house, and he couldn't get the Easter egg to work...

 

The thing is - note the wording of the post: SELECT level 23; don't actually START it.

 

Wow...resurrecting old threads is fun!

[roadrunner]

Cool! I just tried this code! I got the message- By Keith Sawyer The "Alchemist Of Fun" , and the level number changed to Keith 25

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

This game is easily my favorite of all 7800 games I have. Beef Drop is right behind it, with DK jr coming in a close 3rd.

 

I love Food Fight, and I will have to try this out. Thanks!