# How do people find Easter Eggs on DVDs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328 "2002-05-29T12:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KXL)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/1 "2002-05-29T12:06:01Z")
I can understand scrolling around in a menu until something with no text near it lights up, but what about those things where you have to, say, enter 1-5-8-9-4, then hit PLAY and STOP simultaneously? Do people sit around all day, trying every possible key combination? Is there software you can run that hunts these things down? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/2 "2002-05-29T12:15:16Z")
Increasingly, Easter Eggs on DVDs are being seen as a marketing tool. A really cool egg will generate a lot of buzz. Although I’m sure there’s probably software out there that will let you reverse engineer the disc and hunt for eggs, I would bet in a lot of cases that the secrets are leaked by the studios themselves in strategic places on the net. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/3 "2002-05-29T12:28:40Z")
I may be wrong about this but the you don’t have to enter the number combinations to reach the egg through the menu system. You can also sit down and go through each and every title screen and that should eventually bring it up. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/4 "2002-05-29T12:33:17Z")
Correct. To get the Star Wars out takes you can either manueuver the menu or simply play the movie and move to title “3.” I’m sure “leaking” eggs is also a main way of getting these out. People know and people talk. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/5 "2002-05-29T13:01:13Z")
Go to [http://www.eeggs.com](http://www.eeggs.com) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/6 "2002-05-29T13:06:40Z")
Here’s another one. [DVD eggs](http://www.dvdeastereggs.com/main.php) ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/7 "2002-05-29T14:37:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*I may be wrong about this but the you don’t have to enter the number combinations to reach the egg through the menu system. You can also sit down and go through each and every title screen and that should eventually bring it up. Right? \*\* Mostly, but not always. [Check out](http://www.dvdeastereggs.com/showEgg.php?eggid=152&grabEggs=t) “Egg 2” for Terminator 2, for example. It unlocks a full, different cut of the film, but you have to key in a certain series of numbers on a certain screen. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/8 "2002-05-29T15:46:54Z")
Nope, read it carefully > [@](#): > > If this still does not work, access Title 3 with your player. This is where the above methods deliver you anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/9 "2002-05-29T16:26:30Z")
I hate Easter Eggs! If I wanted a freaking video game I would’ve bought a Playstation. I like the content but just make them accessible using, y’know, menus. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-find-easter-eggs-on-dvds/111328/10 "2002-05-29T17:06:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*Nope, read it carefully > \*\* Ah, you are correct. My bad. 🙂