Ready Player One's Final Challenge Explained

Note that some spoilers for Ready Player One (the film version) follow, but only as they relate to the subject of the final challenge, finding the Easter egg in Adventure, a 1979 game for Atari 2600.Original box art for Adventure for Atari 2600.In Ready Player One, Halliday's final challenge is not to beat Adventure, but to find the (very well) hidden room with the designer, Warren Robinett's name emblazoned in it. There's a fantastic story behind Robinett's inclusion of what became video gaming