# Edit Go To x97:l97, or Easter Eggs in Microsoft products?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-go-to-x97-l97-or-easter-eggs-in-microsoft-products/422983 "2007-10-17T01:11:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-go-to-x97-l97-or-easter-eggs-in-microsoft-products/422983/1 "2007-10-17T01:11:06Z")

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Does anyone remember this hidden “game” in Excel '97?

I was wondering if anyone knew of similar hidden features in any of the newer MS products, particularly the Office suite?

Or, for that matter, what was the basis for the programmers being allowed to put that into Excel back then? Microsoft takes a lot of flak for the code bloat in their products, so you would think they’d be reluctant to let programmers insert a minigame where you fly around over a 3D mountain and can watch a movie-style credits screen on one of the mountains.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-go-to-x97-l97-or-easter-eggs-in-microsoft-products/422983/2 "2007-10-17T01:14:16Z")

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I haven’t seen or looked for one in years but they are usually listed at [www.eeggs.com](http://www.eeggs.com).

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**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-go-to-x97-l97-or-easter-eggs-in-microsoft-products/422983/3 "2007-10-17T02:38:07Z")

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heh, thanks for the link.

Looks like there was a tradition of game-like easter eggs in Excel. Unfortunately, they don’t list anything for any newer versions than 2000.