# Games within Excel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-within-excel/375387>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-within-excel/375387 "2006-10-05T15:32:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-within-excel/375387/1 "2006-10-05T15:32:28Z")

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Not a strange geeky exercise or easter egg hunt, but a question about some games I got (Sonic, Tetris, Pacman) in flash format within an excel file.

How come they’re in an excel file? Is it to merely hide a game or does excel do something that lets a flash game hide within?

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**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-within-excel/375387/2 "2006-10-05T16:21:51Z")

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