This hidden message was included in the dumped file of The New Tetris. It was written by David Pridie, which was one of the main programmer at H2O. I know it's kind of old, but since I just learned that Dave passed away in 2001, I thought of posting this. I took it from the website dedicated to his memory.
Anyone has found out that kind of hidden messages in other videogames?
Very interesting globaly. I specially liked the part when he talks about Niel Voss' music. It's kind of odd though that nobody at H2O realized that there was a small part of incoherent garbage right in the middle of the rom.The New Tetris said:char *DaveRant = {
********************START MARTIST RANT************************** \
I must say, this was a fun time coming down to San Francisco to do The \
New Tetris. Allthough there were a few problems. First of all being \
our producer.. D*N, my god.. is this guy useless or what?? \
I don't hate you D*N.. but you SUCK, and I mean SUCK as a producer. \
You should go back to testing video games, but I doubt you could even \
manage that properly. I feel sorry for you. During this project you \
just sat around and played video games.. starcraft and everquest. \
Don't even deny that.. when you WERE working, it was making stupid \
Excel (tm) spreadsheets to try and tell me how many bugs I had left \
to fix on a graph.. like WTF is that??? who cares.. I have the bug \
list in front of me, like I need to see it in freaking technicolor. \
So D*N, I must say this.. hold onto, and fake your job while you can, \
because once they find out how truely useless you are, you will be out \
of a job. I cannot think of any skillset you would fit into in this \
industry, so you better hold on tight. (This guy thought I could save \
a name in 8.4 BITS.. like umm.. .4 BITS?? WTF is .4 BITS?? its either ON \
or OFF, not in between... anyhow, Enough about you though. \
\
To Nintendo.. It has been nice working with you.. Alot of you are great \
or were great. Tom 'Snoop Dog' Hertzog - you were great.. one of the \
nicest people I have ever met at Nintendo. You and your crews bug testing \
was outstanding and I commend you for the excellent work. Erich Waas - \
You know we have been friends a long time, but I must say this. After \
you had accepted the ART form for The New Tetris, and later on your higher \
ups said it was not UNISEX enough, you slapped the blame on H2O, Chris Bretz \
in particular. You did not have the balls to accept blame for your \
mistake, and stuck our entire team under IMMENSE stress and FRENZY. This \
to save your A$$ from getting in trouble at Nintendo. I still like you \
Erich, which is more than I can say for the rest of the team that you \
screwed because of this. But I guess your standing at Nintendo is more \
important than the friendships you had here. You always knew we had telent \
and you recognized that. I know you wanted to work with us again one \
day maybe outside of Nintendo, I think you screwed up those chances though. \
\
While I am screaming.. I might as well say this: Niel Voss.. your music is \
freaking KICK A$$.. you are one really damn talented boy. BUT, you are one \
of the laziest music guys I think there isYou could go far if you wanted \
to, but you just lack the GO for it. It is a shame. I wish you all the luck \
and would reccomend you to ANYBODY just because even though everything is last \
minute, and like pulling teeth, the end result is AMAZING. \
\
I am leaving H2O after this project to work at 3DO. I hope this will be a \
good move for me. I love H2O, As amazingly disorganized of a company it is. \
I LOVE the people, I have so many good friends \
there. It will be hard to move on. Of course they will stay my friends. \
They were more than just co-workers.. they were FRIENDS. They were the \
people I lived with, spent my days and nights with.. went to bars with, \
camped with, drank with (alot), did other bad things with (wont elaborate
They are true great friends, and I love them all and will miss them dearly. \
Allthough Vancouver is only a 2 hour flight away, I hope I can visit often. \
My best friends would include. Ross, Max, Scott, Jake, Bretz, Roland, Johnny, \
Sarah.. these are the people I love the most. And I wish you success. My 4.5 \
years at H2O were basically, making games.. drinking alot, playing pool alot, \
going to bars and raves and dancing while really screwed up in the head. THAT \
HAS TO BE THE MOST FUN I HAVE EVER HAD, and probably ever will. The good old \
days. These guys are in Vancouver right now because I got stuck finishing \
this project in San Francisco (Which by all means I LOVE and am staying (hence 3DO)) \
\
Well boys and girls, I just thought I would immortalize some thoughts I have at \
the moment into a rom which will be burned forever. This game sucks. The music \
is great but the game itself is not how we wanted it unfortunately. I mean, it \
is a good game, but some things could be polished, as well as sped up. Could \
use another month to finish this thing off AFTER all the bugs are fixed. oh well, \
woh is me. \
\
I would love to give special loves and kisses to the following. \
My Girlfriend Amy Bond, My Family (Joy, Allyson, Jon Pridie, Brant Sangster), \
My really really best old friends Selim Arikan, Cory Haberly, Jason Vasilash, \
Alfred Huger, Oliver Friedrichs. \
\
Goodbye H2O, it was a blast, and I mean that with all my heart. \
\
(C) 1999 July 1 David Pridie \
If you are reading this, you can obviously see this disclaimer. \
All this material belongs to David Pridie. If you find it and want to post \
it in ANY media format, you must get my permission or feel my wrath
This text if it is ever read, is intended to be read by hackers whom have \
dumped the contents of this rom and viewed it. That is ALL it is for. \
And maybe some of them will remember me from the C64 and PC days, Martial Artist \
of PE/TDT/RAZOR 1911/INC/FLT/TRN/FBR, I was in them all.. and I made trainers \
and intros mostly. I thank that scene for teaching me how to program, because \
without it I don't think I would be where I am today. \
\
Well that does it 4.5 years and Two games later (Tetrisphere and New Tetris). \
Unfortunately I wont be working on Nomans Quest.. but oh well. \
HAPPY CANADA DAY. \
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*****************************END MARTIAL ARTIST RANT ********************
}
Anyone has found out that kind of hidden messages in other videogames?
