Windows News and info 15th Anniversary 2009-2024
Giants in Tech => Microsoft => Topic started by: javajolt on September 14, 2015, 04:06:13 PM
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(http://s2.postimg.org/sbgicjc6x/Microsoft_8bit_day.jpg)
Go to Microsoft.com, and type the following sequence of commands into the search bar on the upper right side:
Up arrow, up arrow, down arrow, down arrow, left arrow, right arrow, left arrow, right arrow, B, A. (That's a famous cheat code that appeared in a lot of old video games.)
If you look quickly, you'll notice a pixelated version of the new Windows 10 T Rex logo gallop across the bottom of the screen:
Grab one of the little quarters with your pointer and drop it into the 25-cent slot at the left:
(http://microsoft-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Microsoft-Ninja-Cat.gif)
This Easter Egg is a celebration of 8-bit day, a reference to the low-resolution video games that some of us played in arcades back in the 1980s.
source:businessinsider