Holiday easter eggs

[Graham Mitchell]

So, I booted up Cave Story yesterday on my DSi, and lo and behold, the protagonist is wearing a Santa Claus Hat! Not a big deal, but kind of neat. I assume thet game is designed to do this when the system clock's date is 12/25.

This reminded me of a few other games that did stuff like this. After the Saturn came out (which is the first console I remember having an internal clock) Sega did this with a few games. If I remember correctly Clockwork Knight (can't remember if it's 1 or 2) had special holiday-themed title screens when the system clock was set to the appropriate date.

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing on the Dreamcast had some fun surprises too. I remember the audience consisting of skeletons on Halloween, for example.

In a non-holiday, but similar example, I remember Eternal Darkness on the Gamecube going seriously ape shit if you played the game around midnight.

Is anybody aware of any other games that have easter eggs like this? I posted this in the Modern Gaming forum because this is sort of a phenomenon exclusive to newer machines with system clocks.

Oh, and Happy Holidays, ya'll!

[Doonzmore]

Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights has a similar easter egg. Depending on the system clock date, there's snow, floating hearts, fireworks, etc.

It's easily the best Scooby Doo game. Even if you're not a fan, it's easy to see the labor and respect payed towards the show.

[Darren870]

Same with Simpsons Road Rage. Depending on the system clock certain features/costumes would unlock for the holidays

[Swamperon]

Hmmmmm:

Sonic Shuffle: NiGHTS/Reala appear on Christmas/April 1st

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams: Different event each month in the virtual world.

Is that true about Eternal Darkness?! I did not know this!

[kupomogli]

On Gurumin, you can check the closet during Christmas to get a Santa outfit.



Also, on the Gamecube version of Animal Crossing, there's a reindeer in a Santa outfit that appears on Christmas Eve.

[Graham Mitchell]

Is that true about Eternal Darkness?! I did not know this!

In my experience I only saw the craziest, trippiest shit (like walking on the celing or the Windows blue screen) when playing the game very late at night. During the day I'd mostly get flies or the "Please plug in the controller" message. I haven't researched it, but this was my hunch.

[Scissors]

I was playing DS Kageyama Method - Dennou Hanpuku: Tadashii Kanji Kakitori-Kun (one of those Japanese Kanji practice games) yesterday and Kageyama (the little cartoon teacher in the game) was dressed as Santa and wished me a merry Christmas.