Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Chris Houlihan's Room in Link to the Past

Who doesn't love a good Easter Egg in a video game? This is one of my favorites due to the sure oddity of it and the length you have to go to find it. Basically Chris Houlihan won a contest in Nintendo Power to get his own room in the next Zelda game which was A Link to the Past. After winning this contest it seemed to most that he was lost among Nintendo's designers but now we all understand what happened.


This Easter Egg was very elusive for years only few knew about this room but thanks to the internet it has become more known. To find this room there are different methods but they all require the Pegasus boots and a good amount of luck. To get in here you need to gain enough speed to jump into it, not too much not too little or you'll go in another one. Once inside, there are 45 blue rupees and a sign stating "My name is Chris Houlihan. This is my top secret room. Keep it between us, OK?" Nintendo Power has since done contests but none of them allowed you to win a room like this one. The Chris Houlihan room is one of the more unique and jealous enducing Easter eggs of all time. His name now lives in infamy.

24 comments:

  1. I really love eastereggs in videogames too !

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  2. i found this once and i was like woow lol

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  3. Did not even know about this.

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  4. Pretty awesome prize, even if it took a long time for it to become even slightly well known!

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  5. easter eggs are one of the most enjoyable parts to any game imo :D

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  6. I played this game twice and never knew about this.

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  7. Didn't know this, lots of great memories

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  8. This blew my mind and ruined my childhood - in a good way!

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  9. Didn't even know about this, and from one of my favorite games!

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  10. nintendo should do stuff like this again...

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  11. Grr, Chris Houlihan How I envy thou!

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  12. Wow, i've never heard of this. That's so awesome!

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  13. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

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  14. Awesome, I remember trying to get into this room on SNES and repeatedly failing.

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  15. I had no idea such a thing existed! You think they kept this room in the remake?

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  16. can you imagine something like that in OOT? or majoras mask? thatd be crazy awsesome

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  17. I remember when i first found the room, so cool ;D

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  18. DAMN i remember this from way back, i feel old man.

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  19. nice finding, i love easter eggs :D

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