The whole notion of 'Easter eggs' were inadvertently created by a disgruntled Atari employee in 1979. At the time, company policy disallowed game creators to put credits at the end of their works.

Breakout was published in 1976 by Atari, where a young Steve Wozniak ... Later versions of iPod software moved the easter egg (version 1.1 put it in the "Legal" menu for instance) and before ...

We can trace the origins of digital Easter eggs to 1976 and Atari video game designer Warren Robinett, who wasn't pleased ...

The first use of the term Easter egg for a secret discovery is normally associated with a 1980 computer game called Adventure. The game was published by Atari at a time when many gaming studios ...