YouTube lets you get your retro game on with a fun Easter egg that anyone can do. Here's how to play. August 8, 2013 12:59 PM PDT Does anyone else miss the classic cover art of old? (Credit: The Arcade Flyer Archive) Here's another one of those passage-of-time moments that may make elder geeks groan: Thirty-three years after Missile Command blew up the arcade scene, gamers can now play a pint-size version within YouTube. To play the game, all you need to do is direct your Web browser to any video on YouTube, make sure you aren't in a text field (for instance, search), and type in 1980. Within a second, your video slides down and a basic version of Missile Command appears on top of the video. To get you in the mood, "Defend this video from attack \ For great justice!" amusingly appears before you start the game. If you slip up and let missiles strike your video, a glass-shattering effect appears over the content, as well as an accompaniment of loud explosions that, if played at a loud enough volume, will totally startle any cubicle neighbors. In related news, you can also type in 1337 to change all of the comments on a page to leetspeak. In some respects, that's probably a more preferable viewing option to beautify the obscenities and squabbling often seen in this colloquium. I did a poor job protecting CNET 'Rumor Has It' host (and copy editor) Karyne Levy, but at least she's having a good time. (Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET) (Via Gizmodo)
YouTube lets you get your retro game on with a fun Easter egg that anyone can do. Here's how to play.
Here's another one of those passage-of-time moments that may make elder geeks groan: Thirty-three years after Missile Command blew up the arcade scene, gamers can now play a pint-size version within YouTube.
To play the game, all you need to do is direct your Web browser to any video on YouTube, make sure you aren't in a text field (for instance, search), and type in 1980. Within a second, your video slides down and a basic version of Missile Command appears on top of the video. To get you in the mood, "Defend this video from attack \ For great justice!" amusingly appears before you start the game.
If you slip up and let missiles strike your video, a glass-shattering effect appears over the content, as well as an accompaniment of loud explosions that, if played at a loud enough volume, will totally startle any cubicle neighbors.
In related news, you can also type in 1337 to change all of the comments on a page to leetspeak. In some respects, that's probably a more preferable viewing option to beautify the obscenities and squabbling often seen in this colloquium.
I did a poor job protecting CNET 'Rumor Has It' host (and copy editor) Karyne Levy, but at least she's having a good time.
(Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET)
(Via Gizmodo )
