Cabel Sassercabel@panic.com
Jun 7, 2026, 8:06 PMHere’s an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of yourwill REALLY appreciate.
It’s so good, I had to make a video.
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FediThing :progress_pride:FediThing@chinwag.orgJun 7, 2026, 8:10 PMThis is excellent 😁
Jun 7, 2026, 8:11 PM@cabel Fucking amazing.
I'm your desk sized companion! :therian:rabbithawk256@wetdry.worldJun 7, 2026, 8:20 PM@cabel this is ENTIRELY unrelated but I do have to wonder where and how the diamond shape became this ubiquidous icon for "go here." like once you notice it you start seeing it come up everywhere... at first I thought it was exclusive to Control (2019) but it just Keeps Appearing
jonathankoren™jonathankoren@sfba.socialJun 7, 2026, 9:02 PM@cabel fuck yeah! Even better than I hoped!
Jun 7, 2026, 9:16 PM@cabel #Alt4You
Gameplay from Lego Batman: Batman takes something from a stuffed bear and plugs it into a computer. Subtitle: Red Hood One put something in this bear, but what? Let's analyze it.On the computer monitor appears two screens of what looks suspiciously like Commodore BASIC, followed by a banner that reads: BAT BASIC v19.89
Video cuts to a Commodore 64 emulation, where the above program listing is typed in and run. It brings up a small yellow Batman logo, which bounces around the screen.
Libraries Are Data Centers 🌈coreysnipes@hachyderm.ioJun 7, 2026, 9:58 PM@cabel brilliant find 🏆
Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialJun 7, 2026, 10:55 PM@cabel holy Molly this is amazing
Graham Sutherland / Polynomialgsuberland@chaos.socialJun 7, 2026, 11:12 PM@cabel haaaa, Batman DVD logo simulator
opulentpavingmattmaison@mastodon.worldJun 7, 2026, 11:17 PMWhat's the easter egg? Is something in the code?
Austin Huang ❤️austin@mstdn.partyJun 8, 2026, 12:00 PM@mattmaison The BASIC code shown on the in-game computer screen, when entered in a Commodore 64, generates a batman sprite that "flies" across the screen. @cabel This is why alt text is essential.
- opulentpavingmattmaison@mastodon.worldJun 8, 2026, 12:45 PM
- Cabel Sassercabel@panic.comJun 8, 2026, 2:05 PM
@mattmaison @austin Yes, as i explained in the voiceover, i typed in all of the code i saw on the game screen into a c64 emulator, and hit run. the code made that bat signal screensaver. :)
Jun 8, 2026, 4:03 AM@cabel OMG, amazing find! If anyone wants to quickly try it themselves, copy the code here: https://gist.github.com/waxpancake/c6b287e725347cc6981a87bb8fdd11ea
And use the menu in the bottom-right of this excellent browser-based C64 emulator to paste text from clipboard, and hit enter to run it! https://ty64.krissz.hu/
Jeff Atwoodcodinghorror@infosec.exchangeJun 8, 2026, 4:13 AM@cabel OMG CABEL I AM LITERALLY IN TEARS THIS IS SO GOOD THANK YOU FOR THIS
Jun 8, 2026, 4:57 AM@cabel As someone who has transcribed many 8-bit BASIC programs from one platform to another, it is tragic how a screen full of POKEs is correctly interpreted as C64. Every other platform had an actual BASIC that you could do things with!
Thomas Sturmtsturm@famichiki.jpJun 8, 2026, 5:01 AM- Jun 8, 2026, 5:36 AM
Raphael Fetzerpheraph@mastodon.socialJun 8, 2026, 5:11 AM
Mortendrgroftehauge@sigmoid.socialJun 9, 2026, 8:17 AM
Irenes (many)ireneista@irenes.spaceJun 8, 2026, 5:53 AM@cabel yes. that was quite pleasant. thank you for the video.
Jun 8, 2026, 6:37 AM@cabel oh, nice... did they know about https://github.com/egonw/vleermuis ?
salguod, man 🍂🍁 lazysupperlazysupper@famichiki.jpJun 10, 2026, 1:39 AM@cabel Now THAT is an easter egg. 🤯
- Jun 11, 2026, 3:05 PM
@cabel and I thought this was going to be about Lobster Thermidor.
