Geek Out!: The inside scoop on more Easter eggs

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We reached out to some of our gaming contacts, who provided us some great stops on a gaming Easter egg hunt. Have you gotten any of these?

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii, 2007) - Press buttons inside Samus’ ship and hear secret voice messages from Nintendo executives, Mr. Miyamoto and Mr. Iwata. Also, if your Wii saved files for other games and you got a certain bonus, the ship would be outfitted with cool bumper stickers

New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, 2009) - If a player has 99 lives the map-running Mario will lose his hat

Wii Sports (Wii, 2006) - Players have the ability to throw the bowling ball backwards, surprising the crowd

Wii Sports Resort (Wii, 2009) - Hold down any direction on the D-Pad while the bowling game is loading and you can change the colors of the bowling balls

Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64, 1996) - Fully complete the game, getting all 120 stars, and you can unlock a cannon in the castle's front courtyard. The cannon can get you onto the roof of the castle to meet Yoshi (who will provide plenty of extra lives)

Metroid (NES, 1986) - Enter the code "JUSTIN BAILEY" to start the game will full power-ups.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1992) – Find the hidden room that contains 45 blue rupees and a plaque from the ‘creator’ of the Easter Egg

Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985/1986) - Hit hidden blocks to get a ‘vine,’ which lifts you above the clouds to a series of coins and warp pipes

Halo 3: ODST - Buck and Monkeyman: When Vergil lights Avery Johnson's cigar during the interrogation, push the right thumbstick to the left and the scene will pan over to the left, revealing Edward Buck picking something off of a Caveman eating it
Siege of Madrigal: A song from Bungie’s game, “Myth,” can be heard in the Kikowani Station in several Halo games, including ODST. On Legendary, when standing on top of the small roof above the door on top of the bridge, you can see Marty O'Donnell dancing along to a musical beat with winged hearts flying around him.

Fable II - The Dingly Egg: Find The Grumpy Rabbit book and follow the instructions to the Dingly Egg, an Easter egg that lets you access the rabbit hole and a commemorative mug which is decorated with three of the Lionhead development team's faces

Gears of War II - Find the cowboy hats that your character and allies can wear during the game. There’s also toast and a toaster that provides funny banter between the COGs.

Halo 3 - A gorilla face can be found on the mountains in the Valhalla multiplayer map. Also find Bungie’s Valhalla graffiti on certain holidays, like one that says “BBQ at Bob’s Place” on the Fourth of July

Halo Wars – Forcing the marines to continuously march will make them break out into song. They sing many marching songs that are quite humorous

Sim Copter - There was the code that made all the male residents wear swimsuits and kiss one another… That one got someone fired

iPad app for Paramount Digital Entertainment’s “Top Gun” - Want to turn your jet in to a stock car from Days of Thunder? Change your pilot's name to "COLE TRICKLE". After the name change, you will be wearing a snazzy racing suit during cut scenes! What if you wanted to turn your jet in to a space ship? Just change your pilot's name to "LASERFACE JONES". To unlock the secret volleyball mini game between Iceman and Maverick, change your pilot's name to "VOLLEYBALL.”

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