I disagree respectfully. I feel that if one is going to be documenting or discussing "the very first" of something, then it should actually be documented as the

I disagree respectfully. I feel that if one is going to be documenting or discussing "the very first" of something, then it should actually be documented as the very first. I prefer the term "first known" or "first documented" when it comes to something with as spotty a recorded history as video gaming. For years, people thought Warren Robinett had made the first video game easter egg in Adventure for the 2600. Turns out there have been three other contenders for that title. The first contender was Video Whizball on the Fairchild Channel F, from 1978. [1] In 2017, Ed Fries learned of the existence of an egg in the 1977 Atari arcade game Starship 1, and did the legwork to determine a more accurate release date, as well as the egg's trigger method. He dated it to August 13, 1977 (release date, so egg would have existed prior to that date while in development and production). [2] Guinness even currently recognizes the Starship 1 egg as the first known video game easter egg [3]. While this is currently the first known arcade game easter egg (therefore Ed Fries' claim is accurate), there was an even earlier egg found in Spitfire on the Channel F. Someone even found a newspaper ad claiming Spitfire was available for purchase on April 16, 1977, making it the earliest known video game easter egg. [4] And with that I have spent way too much time putting together an HN comment lol [1] http://www.digitpress.com/eastereggs/cfvideowhizball.htm http://www.digitpress.com/eastereggs/cfvideowhizball.htm [2] https://edfries.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/chasing-the-first-arcade-easter-egg/ https://edfries.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/chasing-the-first-a... [3] https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/117435-first-videogame-easter-egg https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/117435-fi... [4] https://web.archive.org/web/20200524234421/https://selectbutton.net/t/i-found-an-easter-egg-from-1977/8828 https://web.archive.org/web/20200524234421/https://selectbut...