The True First Easter Egg: Ready Player One Was Wrong | Hardboiled History (Its Not Atari Adventure)

[@hivehum]

this channel is criminally underrated. loved this video!

[@fractalsauce]

For real how does this not have more views and subscribers!

[@johnsimon8457]

“Well you’ve just destroyed the only MacDonald’s on the moon…” Not gonna lie, I can take a bit of perverse pride in that.

[@Abelhawk]

I'm so impressed that they correctly said "One small step for **a** man."

[@Imgema]

I can't even find other videos of that Moonlander game. And this channel even found a hidden easter egg in it. I don't know how you can acquire all that information. Subscribed.

[@adamk8639]

Pretty sure she spends hours (DAYS) digging through archives at the library, tracing trails through references from one publication to another.

[@Nintendonomics]

Love the story, very well written and tremendous production value. I learned a lot. Excellent work, Kate!

[@wrathofatlantis2316]

I have watched all your videos, and I just have to say this: Your work in preserving what is unquestionably historically important, however ephemeral and silly it may seem, is without compare. The classy, simple and to the point presentation, as well as the meticulous research, is what distinguishes you from the rest. Unlike most of KZbin, this is truly archival material that preserves the past instead of burying it.

[@squirlmy]

However, the fact is that not many saw these early eggs. On the contrary, very many videogame makers were inspired by the ones in Atari's Adventure. Not in small part because it was designed to give credit to the designer, when the parent company, Atari, suppressed credits, for fear of accomplished game designers demanding more money. These other examples might have technically come before it, but they certainly weren't known to the general public. And their inclusion doesn't have quite the rebellious edge.

[@nextleveltaken]

Great video game history lesson! A Critical Hit! is one of the most underrated channels on YT.

[@MetAlexTHVK]

"Ready Player One takes place in a dystopian future where people cope with the miserable state of their reality by escaping into a virtual one, a scenario I can't relate to at all". *BIG OOF.*

[@SameNameDifferentGame]

This is really fantastic. I love the work you're doing here!

[@malfattio2894]

The earliest version of Pong actually predates the Odyssey by a few years with Ralph Baer's "Brown Box" in the late 1960s

[@PetesTelevision]

Damn. Three years ago. How am I just seeing this now?! Amazing content. I'm off to look at your other vids.

[@onepcwhiz6847]

Notice how the Moonlander game has the text "That's one small step for 'A' man..." which is what Neil Amstrong actually said, not "small step for man".

[@robertjaye8316]

Great work, very well researched and edited.

[@anactualmotherbear]

I'm in this! I'm wearing a VHS hat that I designed myself in Animal Crossing!

[@SirJonSoda]

I just stumbled upon your channel and I'M LOVING IT

[@vinesauceobscurities]

Bada dadada!

[@tuc5987]

This was quite the thriller, thank you, Critical Kate!

[@Vexelius]

Another awesome video! After watching it, I couldn't resist the urge of playing as many versions of Moonlander as I could find... When I was a kid, I remember playing one that was written in QuickBasic. It was very fun! Frustrating, but fun anyways.

[@musaran2]

I played one on dad's 70's programmable calculator. Turn-based, stick LED display, nothing but numbers. Oh how the times have changed…

[@AFGiant]

Outstanding research and presentation!!!

[@Kalnet59]

Amazing video and channel! Looking forward to more! Great work!

[@the-engneer]

I genuinely enjoyed this! Subscribed

[@JordanHJ]

The best thing about that McDonald's is the great locally sourced cheese

[@lrgogo1517]

I… was not expecting that kind of writing when revealing the Easter egg of honor

[@computersocsci]

Great video!

[@vidarlystadjohansen9829]

Love your work

[@JComX]

Lmaoooooo I totally thought the M in Moonlander looked like a McDonalds! That's hilarious it actually was one.

[@GlassEyeGaming]

I spotted Don Knotts in that brief Atari 2600 commercial

[@robertskitch]

I don't have a clue about Ready Player One, but I am here for the Easter Eggs! :)

[@noone-fq5uh]

"If u are watching this then I am dead" someone said the same thing who said it 😟😟😟(I still cannot believe he died although he said he never dies rip legend)

[@MorganIsAway]

Great video

[@EdPalmatier]

Adventure had the first recognized Easter Egg... I was there living it. It was amazing.

[@J0_n_0]

Love the tone this vid is in and then when she says "a fucking McDonalds" 😂

[@onepcwhiz6847]

If you pause the video and read some of the Electronic Games magazine article, you'll see that McDonald's is mentioned!

[@JoeChrisMorris]

Adventure remains a lotta fun on the old VCS

[@canaldohector]

Was the square on Moonlander also a reference to the Space Odyssey monolith?

[@ACriticalHit]

What square are you referring to?

[@canaldohector]

@@ACriticalHit The one at 8:04

[@ACriticalHit]

@@canaldohector Nah, that box is the actual restaurant. Your guy gets out and grabs the burgers from there.

[@sseb22]

Great video, thanks! I'll paste what I already said on Twitter : I especially loved the research on the term Easter Egg itself :)

[@e5frog]

... and there was also System Fairchild Democart, 1977.

[@ACriticalHit]

Yes, but we're talking about Easter Eggs in games. ;-)

[@e5frog]

@@ACriticalHit Interactive learning of a game that could then be played... ;)

[@ACriticalHit]

@@e5frog That's fair.

[@miciso666]

this gonna blow up i swear. cuz mcdonalds made a new ad boasting about this.

[@ACriticalHit]

Wait, they did? Where can I see it?

[@miciso666]

@@ACriticalHit twitch

[@teh1archon]

Wow. My mind is blown 🤯

[@Bitbatgaming]

It just seemed like in RPO that there was too many pop culture references

[@Boojakascha]

This was amazing! I just knew the hoax and wasn't aware it's not true. Thank you!

[@Ewzzy]

It's a fucking McDonald's!?

[@JoeChrisMorris]

Got the Easter egg f0r Adventure 2

[@happycamper90596]

What a Grrreat video 👌

[@AlwaysAskQuestion]

Ready Player One came out before they discovered the other Easter Egg. Hence the mistake... I wouldn't care we don't hear people complaining about how they got the future wrong in Back to the Future 2...

[@ACriticalHit]

Ready Player One came out in 2018. The Video Whizball egg was discovered in 2004. The Starship 1 egg was discovered in 2017. The Moonlander egg was discovered in 1973 but a small number of people ever got to play it.

[@s.kirchoff863]

@@ACriticalHit The book came out in 2011.

[@artemisDev]

Woah, never thought about that, always took it at the face value. Btw, came from @TheEasterEggHunter 's video

[@ACriticalHit]

Thanks for the heads-up!