DAVE Easter egg

The binary string can be seen in the lower-left corner of the BIOS here in Halo: Reach.

The DAVE easter egg is an easter egg found in the Halo 3 Beta and in Halo: Reach.^[1]^[2]

Description

The easter egg can be found on the Beta Mark VI BIOS and the Reach Mark V BIOS in any gametype. When a non-scoped weapon is zoomed-in, a line of binary code is visible in the lower-left corner. In both games the numbers read 01000100011000010111011001100101. When translated from ASCII eight-bit binary code, the code reads "Dave", a reference to Bungie interface designer Dave Candland.

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^ Halo 3 Beta, Heads-Up Display
^ Halo: Reach, Heads-Up Display

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List of Easter eggs in the Halo series

v • d • e Halo: Combat Evolved Easter eggs

.fortune • Birthdate on tank • DMM 2003 • Hellomyname Keyes • Hidden Marine • Hugging Elite • Jonesy • Moa statues • Megg • MRL • Multiplayer Options Spartan Captions • Pistol Kanji • Recorder chip warning • Rex • Siege of Madrigal • Thirsty Grunt • Three dead Grunts

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Halo 2 Easter eggs

Battle Rifle-Plasma Rifle • Cairo Station console message • Cowardly Grunt • Face in Halo • Finding the holo-drone • Great Journey unused objects • Grunt with toys • HI BEN • Half-naked guy • Halo 2 skulls • Hidden gargoyle • Hippo in Halo • Jack o' lantern • Limited Collector's Edition Fan Creations • M on top of Coagulation • Megg • Messages on bomb • Outskirts announcements • Outskirts Energy Sword • Reversed messages • Rex • Rooster Teeth • Scarab Gun • Scorpion emblems • Sid • Siege of Madrigal • Soccer ball • Special dialogue Grunts • Why Am I Here • Zanzibar Easter eggs

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Halo 3 Easter eggs

Boat on "The Storm" • Carved Letters in Sierra 117 • Cavemen • Chief EG-X • Chinese Food • Draft notice • Easter egg towers • Face on the Moon • Final Grunt • Half-naked guy • Halo music on High Ground • Happy Birthday, Lauren! • Jonesy • Lucky Loonie • Microsoft Sam • Missing person poster • Moa statues • Password-lacking Marine • Reversed messages • SABABWL • Sandbox warning • Secret Marine on The Covenant • Secret room on The Covenant • Siege of Madrigal • Man on Standoff • Suck it Fronk • Urinating Brute • Valhalla wall Easter egg • Windows logo

v • d • e Halo 3: ODST Easter eggs

Siege of Madrigal • Cavemen • Identification badge • License plate Easter eggs • Moa statues • New York Times Easter egg • Weapons card

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Halo: Reach Easter eggs

BOB • Chief EG-X • Club Errera Easter egg • DAVE • Dreaming Grunt • Flyable Pelican and Phantom • Four Banshees on The Package • Grunt in a barrel • Hidden weapons on The Pillar of Autumn • John-117 in cryo • Moa statues • Newspaper Easter egg • Original map screenshot Easter egg • Usable Pelican turret • Radio conversations • Reach Racer • Shell-shocked Army trooper • Siege of Madrigal • Spartan dolls Easter egg • Strutting Jun and Emile • Thirteen dead Spartans • Tribute Room

v • d • e Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Easter eggs

Bulletin board • Hugging Elite • Keyboard emoticons

v • d • e Halo 4 Easter eggs

Collector's Edition • Dancing Grunts • Double Rainbow • Gravity Hammers on Shutdown • Hidden weapons caches on Forerunner • Incineration Cannons on Forerunner • Moa statues • Red vs. Blue • Secret Gravity Hammer on Midnight

v • d • e Halo 2: Anniversary Easter eggs

Beamish • BLAST soda cans • Grunt with toys • Hidden toys • Italy on Delta Halo

v • d • e Halo 5: Guardians Easter eggs

Flaming knives on Osiris • Floating Grunt • Halo Kart • Mr. Meeseeks box • Nutrition label • Olive the Pig • Sandworm • Soccer ball • Special weapons • Timmy the Whale • Toy Grunts • Universe article Easter egg • UNSC diver • Warzone Firefight Easter egg • Xbox One turret

v • d • e Halo Infinite Easter eggs

Craig • Giant sandwich • Hidden toys • Jens Hauch Memorial • Peanut the Space Gopher • Sandwich Idol • Xbox Easter egg

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