Unearthing a 31 year old Easter egg in Ecco the Dolphin
bbayles
23 points
5 comments
August 12, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
Jzush
That’s super cool! I loved the original Ecco on the genesis. Beat it several times. I miss when games had real cheats/debug modes. It’s part of the reason I hot in to programming and development in the first place. I feel like kids these days don’t get this experience anymore.
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> CD check gets rid of the This program can only be run from the original CD! nag screen. A built-in no-cd patch, neat :-)