Help & FAQ's
Some details about the various content here on EggHeaven.
Featured Gadgets & Consumer Electronics
The EggHeaven folks are finding both obscure and amazing gadgets and consumer electronics from all over the world we believe our readers would be interested in learning about. You can tell us about any weird and wonderful items you come across too - we cant promise to publish all submissions, but the details will be passed onto our staff for full consideration. Contacts form.
Hardware Codes
The hardware codes listed on EggHeaven are the type you can use for accessing extra settings and/or hidden engineering menus found on some hardware devices. We don't list unlock codes for mobiles or DVD region-free codes.
Computer Easter Eggs
A Computer Egg is an obscure message or feature hidden within software and other such media products that are not immediately accessible to its user. These hidden items are added by the product developers as a bit of fun, and perhaps for extra publicity and marketing advantage too. These can vary from simple animations to rolling credits of programmer names to undocumented features and elaborate built-in extras such as those found in some movie DVD's. Others can be in the form of hidden tracks in music CDs (usually at the end of the disc) or as game easter eggs like this Heart of Liberty City entry for GTA 4. Most are triggered by a set of commands or procedures within the product.
Microsoft featured these mainly in its Windows based software. Microsoft's Flight Simulator in Excel is a good example. They officially ceased adding these with its Trustworthy Computing Initiative in 2002.
Further Reading:
- Wikipedia has a section on these and the historical background on the subject. [wikipedia:virtual Easter Egg]
- Larry Osterman writing about no more Easter Eggs in Microsoft software. MSDN WebLog (October 21, 2005)
- The Microsoft Trustworthy Computing website
Contributing Knowledge
There are several ways you can add content to Eggheaven.com.
- Add a new Hardware Code or Computer Egg. You get recognition for a published listing. › Content Submission Form.
- Post comments or offer additional notes to any entry. This helps enhance the reliability of the listings for all readers.
How Comments Get Published - User comments are very welcome and the preferred way to enhance any listings. These could offer additional ideas, notes or experiences. Although comments like "cool" and "it works great!" are common, those likely won't get published. Remember, on-topic, constructive comments are the key! All user comments are moderated.
Other Info
Listings Accuracy
We try very hard to ensure each code listing is accurate and in the correct sequence. As we don't have access to every product to verify each one personally, some may pass through that wont work. You can help by commenting on these with your experiences to help us verify listings for which all readers benefit.
Old Site
EggHeaven used to be known as 'Egg Heaven 2000' and may still be found on Google with this name. The old URL was www.eggheaven2000.com but will still get you here just fine. Here's a Sneak Peek from 2001!
Contacting Us
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