#4 Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Ruby room
Remember Nintendo Power? Is it still around? I had subscription back in the early 90s and cherished the golden 50th issue edition, which featured Link’s Awakening. But for this secret, we are talking about a more famous Zelda game: A Link to The Past. Before the game's release, Nintendo Power ran a competition, with the winner of the grand prize getting their name plastered in a secret room located somewhere in the game. The lucky winner of the competition was Chris Houlihan.
Unfortunately, the room was so secret that no one even knew it even existed until recently. This meant that the very few who did find it, would have stumbled upon it by complete accident.
Then the internet came along, and with it, emulation software, which allowed hackers dive into the game's code and discover the secret. See the video below for the five different ways to find Chris Houlihan’s room:
