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Excel 97 Easter Egg - Flight Simulation

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What it is

A short screen recording of the flight simulator Easter egg hidden in Excel 97, with the steps to trigger it. The uploader notes the mouse controls are hard to handle.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it as a fond example of elaborate hidden Easter eggs in old Microsoft Office.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Check out”

    Shows the 3D flight simulator hidden in Excel 97.

    plasma, 2013-04 · Recommendation · in “Microsoft Excel: Revolutionary 3D Game Engine?”

  2. “The flight sim Easter egg baked into Excel 97 got me hooked!”

    Excel 97 flight simulator easter egg, with Clippy.

    bigjump, 2024-11 · Recommendation · in “'I grew up with it': readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: excel 97, easter egg, flight simulator, microsoft office, retro software

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