Looking back at Microsoft Money Easter Eggs
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By Greg Shultz
By Greg Shultz
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.
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.
Money 2000
Money 2000
Then, you specify that it is a checking account.
Money 2000
Money 2000
When you see the Update Details page, type Money Rocks! in the Comment field and click the Done button.
Money 2000
Money 2000
When you return to the Accounts page, select Balance an account from the panel on the left.
Money 2000
Money 2000
When you get to the Which account do you want to balance page, just click the Microsoft account.
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.
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.
Money 2001
Money 2001
Locate the Go to the Internet text box, type Money Rocks!, and click the Go button.
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.
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.
Money 2001
Money 2001
Of course, more often than not, the computer wins.
