A Nearly 20-Year-Old Half-Life Easter Egg Was Just Found

On the very finish of Half-Life: Decay there’s a tiny Easter egg to be discovered, however provided that you alter your perspective and pay shut consideration to a destroyed pc.

This secret was found by Half-Life knowledgeable and YouTuber, MarphitimusBlackimus. Earlier at the moment, they uploaded a brief video demonstrating and explaining the Easter egg.

On the very finish of Half-Life: Decay, a co-op growth to the unique recreation developed by Gearbox Software program for the PS2, you usually see the ending from the angle of Gina. She is among the two scientists you’ll be able to play as within the co-op marketing campaign. Nevertheless, you’ll be able to, with some modifications, view the final scene of the sport from Colette’s perspective. (She’s the opposite scientist you’ll be able to play as in Decay.)

Should you have been to do that, you’d would possibly discover a damaged pc within the nook of the room. It’s solely on display for just a few seconds, however throughout that point a sequence of sparks flash throughout its floor. Whereas these would possibly seem random, MarphitimusBlackimus investigated them and found a tiny secret. If all of the spark results are activated through a map editor, you could find the initials “MA.”

These are the initials of Matthew Armstrong, a degree designer at Gearbox Software program. Armstrong would usually cover his initials in issues he created, included a Group Fortress 2 Basic map.

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That is Easter egg is neat, however it’s not as bizarre as another secrets and techniques hidden in Half-Life: Decay. For instance, there’s a secret that may solely be discovered if the participant hits a corpse about 600 instances.

Out of all of the Half-Life: Decay secrets and techniques, my private favourite was present in 2016 by our previous pal, MarphitimusBlackimus. Should you shoot a management panel proper at the beginning of a degree in Decay, you can get some secret dialogue that by no means fails to make me giggle a bit.