Microsoft Excel 97 engineers hid a sophisticated flight simulator Easter egg within the spreadsheet software

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Microsoft Excel 97 contained a hidden 3D flight simulator, a sophisticated Easter egg developed by engineers. The secret feature, accessible through a specific key combination, allowed users to fly over a landscape and view developer credits on a monolith. This was a remarkable engineering feat for its time, embedding a 3D engine into a spreadsheet program. This hidden feature was part of a 1990s trend of elaborate Easter eggs in Microsoft software, which ended in the early 2000s due to security initiatives.


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