OpenOffice.org: Play StarWars Galaxy (Easter Egg)
Posted by Rob Rogers in OpenOffice
If you’re running the recent version of OpenOffice and feel like taking a break and playing then you’re in luck. There’s an Easter Egg that let’s you play a simple version of Space Invaders, titled StarWars Galaxy.
1. Run OpenOffice and start the Spreadsheet application.
2. In a blank cell, input the following:
=GAME("StarWars")
3. Press Return on your keyboard.
4. A splash screen for the game will appear:
5. Select your “Hero” and the game will start.
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October 27, 2008 at 2:35 pm, nick said:
This is really cool. How do you find out? Thanks
November 07, 2008 at 11:26 pm, Matt said:
Close the game, then type it again and it says “oh no, not again!”
November 07, 2008 at 11:39 pm, Grant Brady said:
This works in StarOffice 8 (the commercial version of OO.o 2.4)
November 08, 2008 at 1:44 am, Who Cares said:
StarOffice is the same thing as Open Office, THE GPL lets Star Office sell Open Office. So it is still Open Office, just with there garbage name tacked on.
December 21, 2008 at 8:45 pm, Grant Brady said:
I know this, I just mentioning that Sun Microsystems does not remove this bit of code when they package up OO.o. because they do change things, for instance: they use a different spell checker.
Also its the other way around: GPL doesn’t allow sun to sell star office, the GPL allows thee public into the Star office code base which is released for free as Open Office.
February 21, 2009 at 5:50 am, Mike said:
Why wont it let me play it again? It just keeps saying “Oh no not again”
March 01, 2009 at 5:46 pm, Ben said:
In order to play it again you have to close Open Office including the the quickstarter and open it again.
March 03, 2009 at 1:21 pm, theknight said:
WAW, I didnt expect that, nice tip
February 16, 2010 at 10:36 pm, Nannu said: