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11-23-2014, 07:14 PM
Txai

Easter eggs

Have you ever found any hidden features on a Genesis game by yourself?

Gunstar Heroes - if you do a melee attack on those flying cyber-birds, they'll drop more stuff.

Splatterhouse 3 - if you unpause after 20 seconds, you'll hear a laugh.
11-23-2014, 07:19 PM
LinkueiBR

Sunset Riders hold C button and press Start on 1 player or 2 Player and you hear a "coin sound"
11-23-2014, 08:02 PM
Benjamin

If you don't move Sonic for a bit, he taps his feet.
11-23-2014, 08:19 PM
QuickSciFi

Seeing Aladdin do his thing... and later Mowgli do his dance... when not doing anything.

I was taken aback!

Blowing up the SEGA logo in Vectorman.... Priceless! :D
11-23-2014, 08:22 PM
Bottino

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Originally Posted by Benjamin

If you don't move Sonic for a bit, he taps his feet.

Repped.

Ah yes, the endind song of Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyo Toitsusen is the same as the third ending of the Anime: Unbalanced Kiss.

Same as the title music, which is a shorter version of Hohoemi no Bakudan, the Anime's opening.
11-23-2014, 08:53 PM
KnightWarrior

Hoow about Vectorman?
11-23-2014, 09:31 PM
Lync

I love hidden game material / Easter Eggs. I might revisit this thread when I give it more thought but off the top of my head that may not be the usual suspects:

Robo Aleste CD - At the very beginning of the game where flying above a waterfall, pause the game periodically and look along the rocks - I happened to find a few rocks that look like skulls! Not terribly interesting but there may be a few eggs within this game's background if you care to look.

Shinobi III - I never got an answer to this, so I'll quote myself:

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Originally Posted by Lync

I'll try not to ramble on as I tend to - but I had been toggling around with the Shinobi III six-button configuration code and accidentally happened upon something I find unusual.

With a six-button controller plugged in, start Shinobi III as you would normally; you will notice that the intro logo "SEGA" scales down into view with each individual letter falling into place.

Now enable the six-button configuration code: set cursor on "Options," second controller - "UP + C" and first controller - "MODE + START". Now return to the title and await for the game to go idle and begin a demo screen. During the demo hold MODE and press START or immediately hold the MODE and START button and hit hard-reset on the console, this may take several tries, however an alternate boot logo of the "SEGA" should appear in which the letters slide right to left in a larger size font off screen, then slide left to right on screen and stop with the letters bunching into one another.

Did this happen for anyone else? Is this something I was just unaware of or do other games have different logo animations per playing with buttons?

Anyone get this?^

Feel like I'm missing something, makes me wonder all of the hidden content programmers put into games that they never divulged and have yet still to be discovered... mysterious...
11-23-2014, 09:59 PM
4Runner

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lync

I love hidden game material / Easter Eggs. I might revisit this thread when I give it more thought but off the top of my head that may not be the usual suspects:

Robo Aleste CD - At the very beginning of the game where flying above a waterfall, pause the game periodically and look along the rocks - I happened to find a few rocks that look like skulls! Not terribly interesting but there may be a few eggs within this game's background if you care to look.

Shinobi III - I never got an answer to this, so I'll quote myself:

Anyone get this?^

Feel like I'm missing something, makes me wonder all of the hidden content programmers put into games that they never divulged and have yet still to be discovered... mysterious...

I just tried this and got the same result you did. After the hard reset, the letters scroll from right to left and they take up the whole screen. Then they scroll left to right and bunch (slightly) in the middle. Cool little trick.
11-24-2014, 02:21 AM
Phantar

Rings of Power:

Start a game. Hold down Down + Right + A + B + C + Start on the second controller. While holding the buttons, reset the console

Naughty Dog indeed! :lol:
11-24-2014, 02:35 AM
Thunderblaze16

There's 2 fun little easter eggs I remember seeing during my time playing, Battle Mania Daiginjō.

During the city speed chase, you well see a reference to one of VIC TOKAI games, SOCKET in a sign and another reference in the same level with a pack of Marios throwing green mushrooms at you.

http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4fcedf32.png
11-24-2014, 06:09 AM
dunpeal2064

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Originally Posted by Benjamin

If you don't move Sonic for a bit, he taps his feet.

In a similar style, Rocket Knight crosses his arms and confidently poses himself to the player when left idle.

Toejam and Earl will fall asleep if left idle, and you have to mash buttons to wake them back up. "wake up... wake up.... WAAAAKE UUUUUP!"
11-24-2014, 07:04 AM
Txai

Whoa! I never thought leaving your characters idle would reveal such amazing feats!
11-24-2014, 12:32 PM
Bottino

If you input a code in the main menu of ISS DeLuxe, you can turn the referee into a dog.

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Originally Posted by dunpeal2064

Toejam and Earl will fall asleep if left idle, and you have to mash buttons to wake them back up. "wake up... wake up.... WAAAAKE UUUUUP!"

Yeah, that's a classic one.
11-24-2014, 12:55 PM
Zebbe

*A kid throws a SNES on you on one of the levels in Bart's Nightmare (the kid throws a Genesis in the SNES version).
*If you hold some buttons, one of the lead characters will start stomping on an SFC in Battle Mania right after the Sega logo appears.
*The dwarf from Golden Axe runs the shop in Shining in the Darkness.
*Phantasy Star IV has a Game Gear and references to Ecco, Golden Axe III and Sonic.
*The aircraft from After Burner appears on one of the Outrun levels.
*Wiz 'n' Liz has various references to other Psygnosis games, for example Puggsy.
*Snatcher's nght club has some Konami characters in it, for example Rocket Knight.
*Lemmings or the sequel has a Shadow of the Beast level.
*Pier Solar has many references to other games, for example a Sonic shoe item which boosts speed, and you can only get it if you have a 32X plugged in when playing the game.
*Beggar Prince references the Zero Wing intro.
*Oh Mummy has a Pacman stage and some other stuff.
*Bonanza Bros. has a stage with many paintings inspired by various Sega games.
11-24-2014, 05:43 PM
cleeg

There's the famous hidden Ecco creatures that can be sung to in the prehistoric levels. If I have it right there were supposed to be some creatures rendered in that would ask Ecco who he was and how he sings their songs under the sea, and that they may try living in the sea themselves after contact with Ecco.

I found this myself on the Game Gear version first, and then found also that the same egg was in the MD version too.
11-25-2014, 04:17 AM
Raistlin

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Originally Posted by cleeg

There's the famous hidden Ecco creatures that can be sung to in the prehistoric levels. If I have it right there were supposed to be some creatures rendered in that would ask Ecco who he was and how he sings their songs under the sea, and that they may try living in the sea themselves after contact with Ecco.

I found this myself on the Game Gear version first, and then found also that the same egg was in the MD version too.

Do you have a picture of the creatures? That is very interesting.
11-25-2014, 06:39 AM
cleeg

I seem to remember reading (possibly even on this site) an interview with Ed Annunziata in which he said there were going to be creatures in the location of the game where you get the messages above, but for some reason they were left out. Either the songs they sang were left in by mistake or deliberately, but there are no pictures of the creatures as far as I know.

In the GG version you sang to the seabed and got the reply, and for the MD it was off screen somewhere. It always felt a bit eerie to me somehow!
12-01-2014, 04:16 PM
PrinceOfBrains

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuickSciFi

Seeing Aladdin do his thing... and later Mowgli do his dance... when not doing anything.

I was taken aback!

Blowing up the SEGA logo in Vectorman.... Priceless! :D

Whoa, wait, you can blow the logo up? I remember trying a few times as a kid and eventually getting bored when nothing happened. :D

The only one I have right now is making Beavis and Butthead laugh at the title screen by hitting B and C. I used to drive my mom nuts with that.
12-01-2014, 04:40 PM
cleeg

Pressing buttons on Dr R's MBM title screen makes the letters jump.
12-02-2014, 01:17 PM
midnightrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benjamin

If you don't move Sonic for a bit, he taps his feet.

I remember cracking up the first time I saw it in Sonic 2, when he just basically gives up and lays on the ground.
12-02-2014, 01:35 PM
Tripredacus

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Originally Posted by midnightrider

I remember cracking up the first time I saw it in Sonic 2, when he just basically gives up and lays on the ground.

Its best when you are playing in the 2 player split screen race. If you are better than the other player, he will just lay around waiting for Tails to finish. Tails also has idle animations such as yawning. My favorite sonic animation is the balancing one he makes if on the edge of something.
12-02-2014, 04:40 PM
4Runner

Doesn't Sonic jump off the screen if left idle for too long in Sonic CD?
12-02-2014, 04:43 PM
Zebbe

Yeah, and he says "I'm outta here" or something like that. Requires some time to wait, I think it was a minute or so.
12-07-2014, 09:29 AM
Thief

How to make Liu Kang jerk off in MK1 Genesis;

Do his Fatality from far enough away so that it misses. Walk up to the character and throw him. Now go walk over the character lying on the ground and enjoy Liu Kang having some real fun singing to Michael Jackson's "Beat it!" :D