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Excel 97 Easter Egg - Flight Simulation
A short screen recording of the flight simulator Easter egg hidden in Excel 97, with the steps to trigger it. The uploader notes the mouse controls are hard to handle.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters link it as a fond example of elaborate hidden Easter eggs in old Microsoft Office.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Tom.K
- Topic
- software easter eggs
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
Thought the OP meant the actual 3D game engine in Excel 97. Check out [VIDEO] One of the last easter eggs!
plasma on Hacker News · 2013-04
In Microsoft Excel: Revolutionary 3D Game Engine?The flight sim Easter egg baked into Excel 97 got me hooked! [VIDEO] Warning - this video shows Clippy, the very irritating paperclip!
bigjump on Hacker News · 2024-11
In 'I grew up with it': readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.