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Mindshadow (Apple II)

This standalone adventure game is one of many with an amnesiac protagonist, but one of only two whose in-game hint line is staffed by a clairvoyant bird-king and his butler.

Hidden Screen#

On the title screen, type burger. This game, alongside the Apple II version of The Tracer Sanction, mark the first known instances of this image, which depicts Interplay boss Brian Fargo chopping off programmer Rebecca "Burger" Heineman's head with an axe, and appears in several more games programmed by her, such as the Apple II port of Borrowed Time, the Macintosh port of Wolfenstein 3D, and the 3DO port of Out of This World.

Hidden Ending#

At any point in-game, type burger. The game will immediately end in a manner that appears to be a reference to the aforementioned secret image.

"You hear some rustling in the next room, and a crazed management type comes running in and swings a huge axe at your head."

References#


  1. Title screen↩︎
  2. AVAILABILITY UPDATE - Computer Entertainer, Volume 4, Number 2, May 1985↩︎