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Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

By greg shultz October 2, 2007, 2:44 PM PDT

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Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

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While the Microsoft Money developers were a different breed of developers, with financial instincts, they still relished the idea of creating Easter Eggs in their software. And they really went all out in Money 2000 and Money 2001. Let’s take a look.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2000

Money 2000

To access the Easter Egg in Money 2000, you begin by creating a new account and specify that it is held at Microsoft.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2000

Money 2000

Then, you specify that it is a checking account.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2000

Money 2000

When you see the Update Details page, type Money Rocks! in the Comment field and click the Done button.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2000

Money 2000

When you return to the Accounts page, select Balance an account from the panel on the left.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2000

Money 2000

When you get to the Which account do you want to balance page, just click the Microsoft account.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2000

Money 2000

As you watch and listen, the team names and the member’s names will appear on the screen as the Japanese characters continue falling in the background.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2000

Money 2000

After the names appear on the screen for a moment, the falling Japanese characters begin knocking out the letters one-by-one. Then new names appear.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2001

Money 2001

Locate the Go to the Internet text box, type Money Rocks!, and click the Go button.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2001

Money 2001

This is a fully functional Reversi game with 6 levels that you play against the computer or a friend. Here you can see that clicking Moves in the left panel shows your possible moves.

Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs

Money 2001

Money 2001

Even though this is a real game, it does contain the standard credits display. As you hover your mouse pointer over any square, you see the a team member’s name appear at the top of the screen and the name of the team that they were on will appear at the top of left panel.

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Money 2001

Money 2001

Of course, more often than not, the computer wins.

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