<P> Adventure was conceived as a graphical version of the 1977 text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure . It took developer Warren Robinett approximately one year to design and code the game , during which time he had to overcome a variety of technical limitations in the Atari 2600 console hardware , as well as difficulties with management within Atari . In this game , he introduced the first widely known video game Easter egg , a secret room containing text crediting himself for the game 's creation . Robinett 's Easter egg became a tradition for future Atari 2600 titles . </P>
<P> Adventure was conceived as a graphical version of the 1977 text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure . It took developer Warren Robinett approximately one year to design and code the game , during which time he had to overcome a variety of technical limitations in the Atari 2600 console hardware , as well as difficulties with management within Atari . In this game , he introduced the first widely known video game Easter egg , a secret room containing text crediting himself for the game 's creation . Robinett 's Easter egg became a tradition for future Atari 2600 titles . </P>
who created the first video game easter egg
who created the first video game easter egg
Warren Robinett
Warren Robinett