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An Easter egg is a secret message placed in a game by a developer. Typically Easter eggs speak to the audience directly, make an inside joke, or contain vanity messages such as hidden credits.
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==References==
==References==
===Old Man Murray===
===Old Man Murray===
[[Image:Penny_Arcade_-_EvilCorp.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Not really an easter-egg but somewhat related: a Penny Arcade comic about crates and Oni]]
[[Image:Penny_Arcade_-_EvilCorp.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Not an Easter egg, but very apropos: a Penny Arcade comic about crates and Oni]]
[http://www.oldmanmurray.com Old Man Murray] is an online gaming magazine, which developed a well-known [http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/39.html game-rating criterion] : the time (in seconds) until the first crate (or barrel) is sighted when playing the game.
[http://www.oldmanmurray.com Old Man Murray] is an online gaming magazine, which developed a popular [http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/39.html game-rating criterion] called StC ("Start-to-Crate" or "seconds to crate"): the amount of time from the start of the game until the first crate is sighted. The smaller the time, the worse the game, as the moment you see a crate accounts for the lack of inspiration on the part of the developers.


This criterion is referred to as STC ("start-to-crate" or "seconds to crate") or TTC ("time to crate") : the smaller the time, the worse the game, as the moment you see a crate accounts for the lack of inspiration on the part of the developers.
Oni's first level is a warehouse and it is literally ''full'' of crates, barrels and containers. You can see a crate right from where you start the level (there are also crates in the training course, but not in the first room). On one of the first crates you see in the Warehouse, there's a label saying "-OMM- TTC 1.1"...
 
Oni's first level is a warehouse and it is literally ''full'' of crates, barrels and containers. You can see a crate right from where you start the level (there are also crates in the training course, but not in the first room).


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On the first crate you see in the Warehouse, there's a label saying "-OMM- TTC 1.1",
 
:meaning "Old Man Murray : 1.1 seconds to first crate" (pretty bad, needless to say).
...or, in other words, "-Old Man Murray- 1.1 seconds to first crate" (pretty bad, needless to say). The same label also features a reference to [[Developer Mode]]: "THE DAY IS MINE!!" is written along the lower side of the label.
The label on that crate also features a reference to the [[Developer Mode]]:
:"THE DAY IS MINE!!" is written along the lower side of the label.


===Marathon===
===Marathon===
====Marathon symbol====
====Marathon symbol====
The first Oni trailer featured Marathon symbols on the crates (yes, it was also taking place in a warehouse full of crates :) ).
The first Oni trailer featured Marathon symbols on the crates (yes, it was also taking place in a warehouse full of crates :) ). In-game, the Marathon symbol can be seen on the hull of the [[TCTF]] computer [[Damocles]] in {{C6}} and {{C13}} (see texture TXMPTC_SHCOMP2 as well as [[:Image:Genesis Level8 11.jpg|this concept art]]). Fans certainly did not miss this, so Harry brought it up in [http://oni.bungie.org/special/part1/alex.html his interview with Alex Okita]:
 
Ingame, the Marathon symbol can be seen on the hull of the [[TCTF]] computer [[Damocles]] in {{C6}} and {{C13}}.


[http://oni.bungie.org/special/part1/alex.html ALEX OKITA INTERVIEWED BY HARRY]
;Harry: Who did the first Oni trailer? The one yanked from the web rather often.  
;Harry: Who did the first Oni trailer? The one yanked from the web rather often.  
;Alex: I did the direction for it, Steve [Abeyta] and Chris [Hughes] did all the animation.  
;Alex: I did the direction for it, Steve [Abeyta] and Chris [Hughes] did all the animation.  
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;Alex: Yeah (laughs) It kicks up some dust.  
;Alex: Yeah (laughs) It kicks up some dust.  
;Harry: Any significance to the name?  
;Harry: Any significance to the name?  
;Alex: It's kind of cool name.  
;Alex: It's kind of [a] cool name.  
;Harry: It's not gonna drop on your head or anything...  
;Harry: It's not gonna drop on your head or anything...  
;Alex: No, heh. Although it is kind of neat; it's a giant supercomputer which has all these cables going through the ceiling.
;Alex: No, heh. Although it is kind of neat; it's a giant supercomputer which has all these cables going through the ceiling.


====Wave Motion Cannon====
A weapon called "Wave Motion Cannon" was [http://marathon.bungie.org/story/weapons.html cut from Marathon]. Like the joke weapon "Pirated Copland beta", it is just a name, not a usable weapon. As we know, the [[Wave Motion Cannon]] is the biggest weapon in all of Oni, and the only one to support 2 firing modes.


Additionally, Oni's inventory icon for the Screaming Cannon looks like an inverted Marathon symbol (with a little imagination). ^^
====Wave Motion Cannon====
A weapon called "Wave Motion Cannon" was cut from Marathon
;(adapted from [http://www.answers.com/topic/marathon-computer-game-series answers.com])
:Upon examining the game's code, it appears that there is another omitted weapon, the "Wave Motion Cannon". Like the Copland beta, it is unusable. However, it does not appear in the demo version. Very little is known about it, or why it did not make the final cut.
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As we know, the Wave Motion Cannon is the biggest weapon in all of Oni, and the only one to support 2 firing modes.
It's the weapon of choice of [[Barabas]], and Konoko can't run, jump, kick or creep while wielding the WMC.
====Frog blast the vent core!====
====Frog blast the vent core!====
Comguys occasionally say "OK, OK, ''don't'' frogblast the vent core!", which is a reference to suicidal enemies (A-BOBs) in Marathon, who'd scream "Frogblast the vent core!" while running at you.
Comm Troopers occasionally say "OK, OK, ''don't'' frog blast the vent core!", which is a reference to the "assimilated" (or "simulacrum") BOBs in Marathon. Intended to blend in with regular civilians (the inhabitants of the Marathon, who were "Born On Board") until they got close enough to the player to detonate themselves, the simulacrums would shout phrases similar to regular BOBs -- but sometimes their expressions would give away that something was not right about them. The biggest giveaway was when one would scream, "Frog blast the vent core!"


Comguys can also scream "She's ''everywhere''!" (referring to Konoko) : another phrase screamed by A-BOBs was "They're everywhere!"
Comm Troopers can also scream, "She's ''everywhere''!" (referring to Konoko); another phrase screamed by the enemy BOBs was, "They're everywhere!" Not coincidentally, Doug Zartman was the voice actor for both Marathon's BOBs ''and'' Oni's Com Troopers.


Doug Zartman was the voice actor for both Marathon BOBs ''and'' Oni's Comguys... so the reference is double.
;Zartman described the inspiration for the quote in the Marathon Scrapbook:
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;(adapted from [http://www.answers.com/topic/marathon-computer-game-series answers.com])
This is a phrase synonymous with the [Marathon] series. Explosive BOB "simulacrums" occasionally shout the phrase, trying to blend in with the regular BOBs and explode around a large amount of humans. Since sometimes they are merely only piecing together random words, their nonsense can give them away.
 
;Doug Zartman, the man who performed the BOB voices, described the inspiration for the quote in the Marathon Scrapbook:
:''The idea was that some of the assimilated Bobs become insane from their conversion and run around yelling nonsense. Alex said to me ‘say something random’, and that phrase tumbled from my lips. Totally spontaneous. While I could have sat down and thought up something more random than that, it worked out well, since it sounds close enough to a real sentence that it kept people guessing and generated some fascinating (and totally wrong) discussion about what the phrase was and its meaning. One popular theory was ‘God bless the Marine Corps!’, which was a fair guess, but still wrong.''
:''The idea was that some of the assimilated Bobs become insane from their conversion and run around yelling nonsense. Alex said to me ‘say something random’, and that phrase tumbled from my lips. Totally spontaneous. While I could have sat down and thought up something more random than that, it worked out well, since it sounds close enough to a real sentence that it kept people guessing and generated some fascinating (and totally wrong) discussion about what the phrase was and its meaning. One popular theory was ‘God bless the Marine Corps!’, which was a fair guess, but still wrong.''


It is very popular to say in the text chat of a networked Bungie game; meant more as a joke than anything; the sheer randomness of this phrase means it can be used at any time.
It was very popular to say this in the text chat of a networked Bungie game; meant more as a joke than anything; the sheer randomness of this phrase means it can be used at any time.


====Rampancy====
====Rampancy====
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;(adapted from Wikipedia)
;(adapted from Wikipedia)
:Balor is also the name Connacht the Wolf adopts when he becomes the new Leveler in the Myth computer game series. During the seventeenth year of the Grear War, he interrogated Alric, who was previously captured by The Deceiver. In that event Alric learned by chance that the Fallen Lords were bound to Balor. Towards the end of the war, Alric and the Legion went to Rhi'anon, Balor's fortress, and planted the Myrkridian standard they had found inside the Tain, an act that was meant to enrage The Leveler. During the Last Battle, the Avatara immobilized Balor with the aid of the Eblis Stone, thus allowing the barbarians of the Legion to behead the warlord. In the end, Balor's head was thrown into the Great Devoid, ending his life and his sway over the surviving Fallen.
:Balor is also the name Connacht the Wolf adopts when he becomes the new Leveler in the Myth computer game series. During the seventeenth year of the Grear War, he interrogated Alric, who was previously captured by The Deceiver. In that event Alric learned by chance that the Fallen Lords were bound to Balor. Towards the end of the war, Alric and the Legion went to Rhi'anon, Balor's fortress, and planted the Myrkridian standard they had found inside the Tain, an act that was meant to enrage The Leveler. During the Last Battle, the Avatara immobilized Balor with the aid of the Eblis Stone, thus allowing the barbarians of the Legion to behead the warlord. In the end, Balor's head was thrown into the Great Devoid, ending his life and his sway over the surviving Fallen.
====Soundtrack====
====Soundtrack====
A number of ambient themes from '''Myth: The Fallen Lords''' and '''Myth II:Soulblighter''' were reprised in Oni
A number of ambient themes from '''Myth: The Fallen Lords''' and '''Myth II:Soulblighter''' were reprised in Oni
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===Halo===
===Halo===
[[Image:ArofaTamahn - That thing has too many HP.jpg|thumb|170px|right|Not really an easter-egg but somewhat related: a comic about Konoko and Master Chief]]
[[Image:ArofaTamahn - That thing has too many HP.jpg|thumb|170px|right|Not really an Easter egg, but somewhat related: a comic about Konoko and Master Chief]]
Actually a back-reference here. Oni doesn't refer to Halo ([[AE:BGI|YET]]), but [[wikipedia:Halo_(video_game_series)|Halo]] features an entity called [[wikipedia:Office_of_Naval_Intelligence_(Halo)|ONI]]. It stands for '''Office of Naval Intelligence'''.
Actually a back-reference here. Oni doesn't refer to Halo ([[AE:BGI|YET]]), but [[wikipedia:Halo_(video_game_series)|Halo]] features an entity called [[wikipedia:Office_of_Naval_Intelligence_(Halo)|ONI]]. It stands for '''Office of Naval Intelligence'''.


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==Scripts and binaries==
==Scripts and binaries==
===The day after===
===The day after===
In {{C|3}}, there's [[Quotes/Consoles#The_day_after|this console]] right before the acid room:
In {{C|3}}, there's [[Quotes/Consoles#The_day_after|this console]] right before the acid room:
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===[[Developer Mode]]===
===[[Developer Mode]]===
A reference to the Developer Mode (cheatcode '''thedayismine''') is found on a crate label in {{C1}}, along with the Old Man Murray reference.
As mentioned above, a reference to the Developer Mode (cheatcode '''thedayismine''') is found on a crate label in {{C1}}, along with the Old Man Murray reference. Developer Mode was believed to be absent from the retail game builds, but was eventually unlocked in 2006.


Developer Mode was believed to be absent from beta 5 and later of the game builds, but was eventually unlocked in the retail game applications in 2006.
===Developer names===
The [[:Image:No1 chris hughes GLASSMBO.JPG|impact texture]] for the Mercury Bow contains the name of Chris Hughes, one of the texture artists. His name is also preserved in the Hughes Death Adder SMG, the standard weapon for Syndicate Strikers. Konoko's own standard weapon is the Campbell Equalizer Mk4, and the name "Campbell" can be found in a few places connected to Bungie: the Campbell family members mentioned in the [[Quotes/Credits|credits]], the city of Campbell, CA (arguably the true location of [[Bungie West]], not San Jose), and [[History of the Oni community|Steve Campbell]], founder of Oni Central.


===More features===
===More features===
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