{"id":408532,"date":"2025-11-13T19:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/408532\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:37:12","slug":"this-ps1-basketball-game-has-been-hiding-a-wholesome-secret-for-almost-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/408532\/","title":{"rendered":"This PS1 Basketball Game Has Been Hiding A Wholesome Secret For Almost 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"This<\/a> Image: Mindscape<\/p>\n

Hiding little Easter eggs in video games isn’t a new craze, but I’ve yet to witness one which is quite as heartwarmingly wholesome as this particular secret, unearthed by @memory_fallen<\/a> (also known as ‘The Master of Finding Cool Hidden Stuff in Old Games’).<\/p>\n

The title in question is NCAA Basketball: Final Four 97<\/a>, developed by High Voltage Software and published by Mindscape in (you guessed it) 1997 \u2013 and it’s hiding a marriage proposal which has only now been discovered, 28 years after it launched.<\/p>\n

To access this Easter egg, you need to plug in a second controller and enter Select, Start, Triangle, Up, X, Square, Up, X, Left, Up, X at the main menu. A ‘Puzzle’ option appears, and selecting this displays a proposal of marriage from a member of the development team to his partner.<\/p>\n

What’s the most heartwarming video game Easter egg? Try this one in *NCAA Basketball Final Four 97* for PlayStation:
* Plug in a second controller.
* Enter Select, Start, Triangle, Up, X, Square, Up, X, Left, Up, X at the main menu.<\/p>\n

The “Puzzle” item has a marriage proposal! pic.twitter.com\/8XDKf912GL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bo (Low Context Burning Rangers) (@memory_fallen) November 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve done some digging, and I can’t find any credits listed for NCAA Basketball: Final Four 97 on Mobygames. However, there’s a Scott Slaby<\/a> listed as working as a producer on some of High Voltage’s other basketball games, including the 2002, 2003 and 2004 editions of NBA Inside Drive.<\/p>\n

Could he be the same Scott who inserted the marriage proposal into Final Four 97? If I find out, I’ll update this post, but it has at least been confirmed<\/a> that she said yes!<\/p>\n

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\"Damien<\/p>\n

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media’s sites from an editorial perspective. He’s also the editor of Time Extension<\/a>, the network’s newest site, which \u2013 paradoxically \u2013 is all about gaming’s past glories.<\/p>\n