Anorak's Invitation

Okay this is something we should all be able to recite in our sleep (or at least any serious gunters should be able to) so it would be pointless to re-post the video so I'll just break down the different elements to the video.


Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
Dead Man's Party
MCA Records
April 29, 1986

Time Magazine
2014
Cover: James Halliday

Space Invader's
Arcade
June 1978

Dancing With Myself
Generation X
Kiss Me Deadly
Chrysalis Records
1980

Heathers
Directed: Michael Lehmann
Staring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater
New World Pictures
March 31, 1989

"I, James Donovan Halliday, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this instrument to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all wills and codicils by me at any time heretofore made..."
(Can anyone understand him at this point?)
"...For get it. Even at that speed, it would take me a month to read the whole thing. Sad to say, I don't have that kind of time. Let me just give you the highlights."

(I personally think the bank door looks like one from Batman, but that's could just be me and my obsession with Batman).

"My entire estate, including a controlling share of stock in my company, Gregarious Simulation Systems, is to be placed in escrow until such time as a single condition I have set forth in my will is met. The first individual to meet that condition will in my entire fortune, currently valued in excess of two hundred and forty billion dollars."

"Here's the dough I'm putting up to grabs. What the hell. You can't take it with you right?"

"Now, I'm sure you're wondering, what do you have to do to get your hands on all this moolah? Well, hold your horses, kids. I'm getting to that..."

The Muppet Show
Jim Henson
Kermit the Frog
(Kermy! Kermy! Kermy! Sorry I had to, no one said it was easy being green.)
September 5, 1976- March 15, 1981

Zenith Television
LG Electronics
Founded: 1918

Atari 2600
Atari, Inc.
Second generation
October 14,1977- January 1, 1992

"This was the first videogame system I ever owned, an Atari 2600. i got it for Christmas 1979. My favourite game was this one."

Adventure
Atari, inc.
Designer: Warren Robinett
Christmas 1979

"It was called Adventure. like many early videogames, Adventure was designed and programmed by just one person. But back then, Atari refused to give its programmers credit for their work, so they name of a game's creator didn't actually appear anywhere on the packaging. So the guy who created Adventure, a man named Warren Robinett, decided to hide his name inside the game itself. He hid a key in one of the game's labrinths. If you found this key, a small pixel-sized gray dot, you could use it to enter a secret room where Robinett had hidden his name."

CREATED BY WARREN ROBINETT

"This was the very first videogame Easter egg. Robineet hid it in his game's code without telling a soul, and Atari manufacture and shipped Adventure all over the world without knowing about the secret room. They didn't find out about Eggs's existence until a few months later, when kids all over the world began to discover it. I was one of those kids, and finding Robinett's Easter egg for the first time was one of the coolest videogaming experiences of my life."

Anorak
OASIS Avatar
James Halliday
Wizard
Level: Infinity
Hit Point: infinity

"Before I died, I created my own Easter egg, and hid it somewhere inside my most popular videogame- the OASIS. The first person to find my Easter egg will inherit my entire fortune. The egg is well hidden. I didn't just leave it lying under a rock some where. I suppose you could say that it's locked safe inside a safe that is burried in a secret room that lies hidden at the center of a maze located somewhere [Anorak taps his head] up here. But don't worry. I've left a few clues lying around to get everyone started. And here's the first one."

Copper Key
Jade Key
Crystal Key

Three hidden keys open three secret gates

Wherein the errant will be tested for worthy traits

And those with the skill to survive these straits

Will reach The End where the prize awaits

"I couldn't playtest this particular game, so i worry that I may have hidden my Easter egg a little too well. Made it too difficult to reach. I'm not sure. If that's the case, it's too late to change anything now. So I guess we'll see."

Apple IIe

Apple, Inc.

3rd model in Apple II series

January 1983- November 1993

Commodore 64

(C64)

August 1982- April 1994

Atari 800XL

Atari 8-bit family

November 1979- January 1992

TRS-80 Colour Computer 2

Tandy Corp.

Motorola

1980-1991

"So without further ado, let the hunt for Halliday's Easter egg begin!"