OpenOffice.org Easter Eggs

Add an Egg | Help | Discussion

Where To Next?

More OpenOffice.org Easter Eggs

OpenOffice.org - Star Wars Game

1. create a new sheetin openoffice.org Calc (spreadsheet)

2. enter this formula in a cell :

=game()

and validate (validation button or enter)

3.the cell will display "say what?"

4. Enter this formula:

=GAME("StarWars")

5. a new window will open with a little game star war game.

6. But if you type again this formula, the cell will return the display "oh no, not again!"

7. to be able to play again, you need to close the file, close openoffice.org and the QuickStarter, and then make the same.

Special Requirements:

All OpenOffice Versions

Avg. Rating:	8.1 of 10 - (303 votes cast)
Your Rating:

Contributed By:

jll on 08-21-2005

Reviewed By:

Pictures Click on the thumbnails for a full-size image, or send in your own


The OpenOffice Star Wars Galaxy game	OpenOffice.org Star Wars Game on Ubuntu

Comments:

unknownwarrior33 writes:: This is a quality egg if I ever saw one. I just downloaded OpenOffice on the recommendation of my dad and after using it, experience told me, "there has to be an egg in here." So I checked and I found it.; 29 of 36 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Simmemann writes:: this is just so cool.; 24 of 41 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

majora1991 writes:: This will also work with the Potable apps version of open office for for U3 Smart jumpdrives PortableApps.com/u3; 12 of 18 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

jsantos writes:: By the way, the game is in German.; 9 of 14 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Gaara writes:: also works in Staroffice.; 2 of 4 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

i.am.socket writes:: It also works in NeoOffice on Mac :-); 2 of 5 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Norman writes:: This easter-egg doesn't work here (on Debian Etch). It only shows "say what?", but doesn't start the game, no matter if I type only =GAME() or =GAME("Star Wars") or even dismiss the last ")" charakter (which is anyway being added automatically)... So, what am I doing wrong?; 2 of 5 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

jackfusion writes:: What do you mean? "and then make the same."; 14 of 41 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

daxson writes:: It only worked for me when I accidentally left off the last parenthese. Correct way: =game("StarWars"; 9 of 32 people found this comment helpful. Did you?