1.Metal Gear Solid
– Psycho Mantis Reads Your Mind
One of the things that really set Metal Gear Solid apart on the original PlayStation was its attention to detail. Beyond the excellent setting, technical accuracy and storytelling, an encounter with Psycho Mantis in a plush office late in the game actually broke the fourth wall. The psychic and telekinetic villain would actually scan your PlayStation memory card for Konami save games and make comments on your gaming trends. Spooky. Clever.
2.Halo: Combat Evolved
– Covenant Grunt’s Food Nipple
The life of a hapless Covenant grunt is no pleasant thing; you’re essentially the first line of defence against the UNSC – which makes you about as useful against a Spartan as a spatula is against a runaway bulldozer. Still, there are perks – such as the food nipples onboard Covenant craft. If you happened to round the right corner in the original Halo, you’d come across a passive grunt who’d say the following: “Good thing the food nipple’s waiting for me back up on the star ship, ’cause man! I’ve worked up a great big Grunty Thirst!” Nice.
3.Diablo II
– Cows From Hell
Waaaaay back when, back during the original Diablo era of the mid-90s, a rumour began that there was a hidden ‘cows’ level buried deep in the game – a stage that only the most click-happy fans could unlock. It was, sadly, a lie. However, Blizzard does love its fans – so lo and behold the sequel, Diablo II, does in fact contain a secret Cows stage. This one was triggered by collecting a specific item before beating the game and then entering a portal to the alternate hell-cow dimension, where wave after wave of angry cattle would come at you from all directions.
4.The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
– The Legend of Chris Houlihan
The famed Nintendo gaming magazine, Nintendo Power, once held a competition for readers to get their names in the then-upcoming Super Nintendo Zelda game. In the end, Chris Houlihan prevailed – and his room could be accessed by speed-running with Pegasus Boots from Kakariko Village through the forest and to Hyrule Castle. A screen would pop up with link in a room full of silver rupees and the following message: “My name is Chris Houlihan. This is my top secret room. Keep it between us, OK?” Sorry Chris, your secret’s been out for a long time. Continues
5.Doom II
– John Romero Must Die
Look, people just didn’t like John Romero a whole lot during theDoom II development cycle at id. The guy had a monumental ego and a head of hair that you really wanted to feed into a meat grinder. That aside, his staff managed to have the final laugh with a little ‘tribute’ to Romero in Doom II. In order to find this secret room, you had to turn on ‘No Clippings’ and walk through a wall in the final room in the game. Then you’d be confronted by this guy – a Hell-Romero.
6.The Legend of Zelda
– ZELDA’s Second Quest
The original Legend of Zelda on NES had a great little Easter Egg. After beating the superb original adventure, players often longed for an original adventure –some hidden levels and extras. Well, Nintendo delivered. All you had to do was type, in all capitals, ‘ZELDA’ in the username box and start a new game. While initially the overworld is the same, all the dungeons are rearranged, making the game more challenging for hardcore fans who thought they’d seen it all.
7.GTA: San Andreas
– Sour Grapes and Rotten Eggs
Gant Bridge, San Andreas. The home of the Easter-Egg-That-Wasn’t in Rockstar’s last PS2 Grand Theft Auto entry. The series has always taken a more literal approach to Easter Eggs – occasionally hiding chocolate eggs or small images of eggs for players to stumble across. However, it seems someone was having a case of the cranky Mondays or something when the following was added to the top of Gant Bridge: “There are no Easter Eggs up here. Go away.” Yowch.
8.Pokemon Red/Blue
– Finding MISSINGNO
Less a true Easter Egg and more a nifty glitch to exploit, the original GameBoy Pokemon allowed you to track down a fabled ‘glitchimon’ called MISSINGNO. In order to catch it, you had to enter Safari Zone, follow a guide on how to catch wild Pokemon and then surf out into the ocean and swim around for a while. Eventually, you’d bump into this freak of nature. Catching it also ended up giving you an infinite number of whatever item you had in your sixth item slot – very handy for rare items like Master Balls or Rare Candy. Therefore, the added benefits of this glitch push it into our top ten.
9.Final Fantasy VII
– …That’s a Lot of Sevens
And that fever is ‘7777’, baby. If you could get any or all three of your characters reduced to exactly 7777 health points in Squaresoft’s seminal Final Fantasy VII, you’d enter ‘Lucky 7s’ mode. In this mode, your characters do 7777 points of damage and you couldn’t control or modify their attacks until the end of the round. That means, if you were unfortunate enough to have this happen to your characters during a particularly vicious boss battle, say during one of the Weapon fights, potentially you could get an unavoidable Game Over. During normal circumstances, however, the damage you dealt far outweighed the risks.
10.World of Warcraft
– The King of Pop
Not in a Michael Jackson kind of way – rather, Blizzard’s sense of humour pervades its way throughout the World of Warcraft universe, splashing pop culture references all over the place. The hugely popular online world variously references Bambi, O RLY? YA RLY., Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Legend of Zelda, Oprah Winfrey, Friday the 13th, Robocop, Snakes on a Plane, Dante’s Inferno, The Loch Ness Monster, and even Indiana Jones – all in the form of characters, quests, items, dialogue and subtle plays on words. Impressive stuff.
Source: https://darkweb20.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/top-10-easter-egg-in-games/