by James Hunt
build up software is difficult and often thankless study , so it ’s hardly a surprisal that many developers take it upon themselves to have a niggling fun by inserting Easter eggs — or unofficial messages and content — into software . The first instance date back to 1979 , when software system programmer Warren Robinett mouse a secret code into the Atari 2600 gameAdventurethat revealed his name , surreptitiously besiege Atari ’s insurance policy of not crediting its developers .
Since then , Easter ballock have become comparatively coarse in large software software system , particularly Microsoft Windows . And possibly the greatest Easter egg of them all was " Clouds , " the hole-and-corner Windows 95 theme song which was accessed in an nearly - impossible - to - discover way .
To reach the " Clouds , " simply charge any version of Windows 95 ( we distrust that ’s easier said than done in 2015 ) and execute the following actions :
1 . Right snap on the Desktop and select " New … " then " Folder . “2 . Name the brochure " and now , the here and now you ’ve all been hold back for " then press Enter.3 . Rename the folder to " we proudly present for your view pleasure " then press Enter.4 . Rename the booklet one last clock time to " The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team ! " and press Enter again . Then enter the folder.5 . Instead of the empty folder contents , you ’ll see the Windows 95 product team credits animation with the hush-hush Windows theme melodic line — a piano - based ditty — playing over the top .
The music for the life was written by Brian Orr , an intern on the Windows 95 squad who was instruct to create music that would evoke images of " floating " and " peace " ( to remain on - brand with Windows 95 ’s merchandising ) and to make certain it retained these quality on even the most standard sound card of the day .
The result is surprisingly catchy , specially give the technological limitations — making it a shame that so few people ever got to hear it when you take how many people used Windows 95 and that it was hidden on every microcomputer on which the OS was ever instal .
If you do n’t have access to Windows 95 right now , you’re able to reckon the entire process — and find out " Clouds”—in the video below .
If you delight that , why not visit composerBrian Orr ’s SoundCloud pagefor more behind - the - scenes details .
