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  • Punchout Code Discovered 30 Years after Release

    By Carl Williams



    It is no secret that there has been a new Easter Egg discovered in Mike Tyson’s Punchout for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is an interesting one too, as it is subtle, but works every time you try and make use of it. It is interesting that many people such as Shigeru Miyamoto have stated that there are many things in classic games that have yet been undiscovered. This is just one of those many secrets.

    The Easter Egg that has been recently discovered is a visual cue for certain opponents. If you look along the bottom row of fans in the background, starting on the left, there is a bearded guy. That is the visual cue. When he ducks at key points is your cue to hit the punch button. This works with Piston Honda and Bald Bull during their special attacks.

    This is pretty cool and opens the door for speculation for visual cues for other fighters. Are there cues in the crowd for defeating Mike Tyson himself? Man that would certainly help defeating the boss of the game.



    Some tips for anyone looking for more visual cues in the background. When you think you have a visual cue Easter Egg, repeat the process many many times prior to announcing it. It is better to be right than first. Visual cues may not all be for punch times, they could be for ducking or they could be for the point that you need to hit the special punch. For all we know, they could be telling you when to duck right or left to avoid a blow.

    By the way, has anyone found that elusive Easter Egg in Donkey Kong that Shigeru Miyamoto likes pointing out not having been found?

    If you have a tip, article idea, or just want to say hi, use the comments or the handy dandy contact link at the top of this page.

    Has this Easter Egg improved your Punchout game or has it hurt you?
    Last edited by dlevere; 04-12-2016, 02:06:45 PM.
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    You're on this site and you don't know what a code is?

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    • #3
      what?
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      • #4
        He's probably giggling at the title calling this a code. I wouldn't technically call it a code either, more like an unnoticed detail of the game that's basically not really all that different than when the boxers themselves give you their hints at what attack they will do next. I was kind of looking at the title and thinking it wasn't a code either, just a never noticed before detail.
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        • #5
          Alright, it's an Easter Egg.
          Last edited by dlevere; 04-15-2016, 01:22:39 PM.
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          • #6
            I still don't know where they even came up with the term "Easter Egg" for things like this either. People just used to call them secrets. The first time I even saw something called an easter egg was in like Halo, and ever since it's like it replaced the word secret in everyone's mind or something.
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            • #7
              An Easter egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in an interactive work such as a computer program, video game or DVD menu screen. The name is used to evoke the idea of a traditional Easter egg hunt.

              Released in 1979, Atari's Adventure contained the first hidden message in a video game to have been discovered by its players; the message is "Created by Warren Robinett", and was inserted by Robinett, the game's programmer. According to Robinett, the term Easter egg was applied by Atari personnel on being alerted to the secret addition, and making the comparison of players' discovery of these secrets akin to the traditional Easter egg hunt.

              Since Atari did not publicly credit game designers, Robinett inserted the message after the game's completion partially in an attempt to gain some recognition for his work. In 2004, an earlier Easter egg was found in Video Whizball, a 1978 game for the Fairchild Channel F system, displaying programmer Bradley Reid-Selth's surname.

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              • #8
                I too was expecting a code akin to the 007-373-5963 skip to Tyson/Mr. Dream code or the 135-792-4680 Another World Circuit code.
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                • #9
                  I'm guessing the phrase came about because it relates to people finding the secrets in-game just like they find eggs on easter that people find in unexpected places. I'm just guessing but that makes sense.
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