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08th Aug 2013

Turn your YouTube videos into a game of Missile Command and prepare to lose several hours of your life

It's Geek Week on YouTube, and there have been plenty of fun little easter eggs, including this latest one

JOE

It’s Geek Week on YouTube, and there have been plenty of fun little easter eggs, including this latest one

If you’re a fan of retro video games, then you’ll remember the brilliant 1980 arcade game from Atari, Missile Command.

If you fancy a game of it, then the lads at YouTube have you sorted, while you watch any old video you want on the site, sure what more could you want? Simply go to your favourite YouTube video, or any video you particularly want to watch, and hit play. Once the video has started, type ‘1980’, and a game of Missile Command will kick off.

missil command

We have already lost a few hours of our lives messing around with this cool feature, and if you want to know more about the rest of the easter eggs coming your way (or any of the other ones that we’ve already seen this week), then follow the lads at YouTube on Twitter.

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