Apple Hid Tetris In A Back Room Of Resolution Games' Retrocade

Apple is playing a familiar game with Vision Pro.

Apple’s launch of Retrocade on February 5 made by Resolution Games for Apple Arcade included Pac-Man, Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Galaga, Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble, Frogger, Track & Field, and Haunted Castle. The breakthrough experience fixes 10 years of VR game development and dramatically changes the value proposition for people who wish they could recreate the feel of a classic arcade without the space, money or marriage that would allow for such an investment.

In my initial writeup, I promised more headlines about Retrocade if Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong or Tetris found their way into the application. Tonight, I was just about to fall asleep scrolling Reddit when I found a day-old post from user 5572Life noting a hidden room in the back of the arcade with Tetris inside.

Here’s a video I made showing how you can find it.

If you look at the boxes above the staff entrance in the corner of the arcade one of them will light up and you can pinch your fingers together to enter the secret room. Inside, a terminal appears with Tetris playing in what appears to be the original Russian language.

There are a few more unlit boxes in that corner of the room, so I’m hopeful a few more classic titles might make it into the back room. I’d love to play Spacewar!, Pong or Computer Space back there.

And please, I need Donkey Kong.

I’m reminded of the hidden balls and fox hunts inside Walkabout Mini Golf. Like the recently added rings around Jupiter and the slowly spinning clouds on the planet below, it appears Apple and Resolution designers are more than happy leaving Easter Eggs to find inside virtual reality.